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harrydnyc · 10-15-2007, 02:51 AM

I have been curious about something for a while, and it has been very hard to find the answer to this question online. Pretty much everyone you speak to about B school admissions will tell you that underepresented US minorites have an advantage in the admissions process, but no one really ever explains in what way.

How does a school evaluate a minority candidate in comparison to non-minority candidates? Do they discount the GMAT score, or GPA? Do they assume that minority candidates will have a lower gmat score based on some national score distribution based on demographics? It seems like no school is really straightforward on this, and I can figure out why. I am just curious if anyone here has any realy insight into this.

Thanks.

GMATbong · 10-15-2007, 01:06 PM

There is no hard formula. Its by number and they need to diversify the class. They don't discount GMAT or GPA. Bschool has a set of academic quanlification - say around 80% for V and Q. Then they are looking at the whole package.

In the pool of white or asian, everyone are doing the same job with the same WE so they look back on GMAT, GPA, UG to see how they compare to each other. No point getting the whole school with asian or Indian, right? So what ended up is that depending on which year, Asian or Indian has higher score.

For minority, if the bschool is not diverse enough, they take the lowest acceptable qualify score.

To answer your question, pretty much everyone is QUALIFY at say, 640 GMAT and 3.0 GPA. The question now is what can you bring to the table?

10-15-2007, 02:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
harrydnyc Banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 90	GMATBONG or Others, can anyone demystify the whole "minority" advantage? I have been curious about something for a while, and it has been very hard to find the answer to this question online. Pretty much everyone you speak to about B school admissions will tell you that underepresented US minorites have an advantage in the admissions process, but no one really ever explains in what way. How does a school evaluate a minority candidate in comparison to non-minority candidates? Do they discount the GMAT score, or GPA? Do they assume that minority candidates will have a lower gmat score based on some national score distribution based on demographics? It seems like no school is really straightforward on this, and I can figure out why. I am just curious if anyone here has any realy insight into this. Thanks.

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10-15-2007, 01:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
GMATbong TestMagic Guru Verified Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,417	There is no hard formula. Its by number and they need to diversify the class. They don't discount GMAT or GPA. Bschool has a set of academic quanlification - say around 80% for V and Q. Then they are looking at the whole package. In the pool of white or asian, everyone are doing the same job with the same WE so they look back on GMAT, GPA, UG to see how they compare to each other. No point getting the whole school with asian or Indian, right? So what ended up is that depending on which year, Asian or Indian has higher score. For minority, if the bschool is not diverse enough, they take the lowest acceptable qualify score. To answer your question, pretty much everyone is QUALIFY at say, 640 GMAT and 3.0 GPA. The question now is what can you bring to the table?

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