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whats your definition of top mba? hsw or m7? very unlikely
Pro
If you find a program that doesn’t require it, that degree holds little to no weight. The harsh but honest answer
EYP-1 I’m a straight cis gendered Christian white man that didn’t come from money and had no connections to Mckinsey before being hired.
I recognize my path isn’t common
Pro
Yeah if you want some random state school there’s a never ending supply of gmat waivers. If your applying FT, you’d want a gmat score if you want scholarship money.
Rising Star
Good point on the scholarship aspect. I haven’t considered this.
You can do a GRE instead if you really don’t want to do GMAT. But if you’re talking about waiving GRE/GMAT, unlikely if you’re targeting top 20 programs
Chico state doesn’t require gmat
Pro
Ross FT and a few exec programs I think such as Sloan
not impossible though heard stories where sloan waived
A lot of European programs don't have GMAT requirements
Any top MBA school in Europe requires one - LBS, INSEAD, HEC, IESE, etc. I would not look at others.
Pro
Duke waives the gmat for CPAs
Unfortunately not any schools that would be deemed “target”. What’s your MS?
Rising Star
Accounting in order to fulfill the CPA requirements. However, I’m not working in accounting for my role.
What about CFA?
Pro
You want to break into MBB and not take the gmat? That’s just laziness in a weird way. I had numerous classmates that winged the gmat and got 700+
It’s not like you have some hardship for not taking it. Just crank it out. Your MBB job when you get it will be Non stop cranking out work that can’t be procrastinated. Treat this annoying first step as the start. Most people don’t enjoy it but study and get it done.
Just apply for waiver
If that shortcut existed everyone would be doing it
GMAT is easy. Just take it.
Isn't this easy to Google? What info do you think fishbowl would have access to that wouldn't be accessible via Google or schools' admissions websites?
Example search result: https://www.mbaandbeyond.com/blog/gmat-waiver-2023