For MBA recruiting, what GMAT scores are MBB looking for? Is it a cutoff score situation or does every point help, even as you approach the top scores?

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Scores are always in the context of the rest of your application. For example, a 690 from a former Accenture consultant will be looked at very differently than someone from an atypical background. Additionally, once you get above around 740 it is mostly a wash.

At BCG we don’t have official cut off‘s, but a GMAT that starts with a six is something that is harder to fight for in recruiting if your application is otherwise standard.

Yeah no A1 pretty sure that’s not how it works. Clients don’t pay for GMAT scores, they do pay for the brand of schools that those GMAT scores typically get you into though

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I had interviews with both BB at below 700 scores and non-consulting background, however was at one of the hsw MBA programs

I recruited in second year, so it was much harder vs first year internship. But even so, there’s no guarantee

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