I would love to enter the Columbia CBS MBA in January term, but I have a not very strong GMAT (635, equivalent to 680 from the old version). Is this enough to get in or do you recommend trying to give the Executive Assessment? Which one is preferred? If helpful, I have 3.5 years of work behind me, including 2 years at McKinsey

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Get a higher score, you can do it!

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Score isn’t everything, got into multiple schools with a 310 gre (top 15 and M7)

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Dm me if you need tips. I’m applying this fall and went from a 580 gmat legacy to a 710 legacy but ended up taking the gre and got a 331

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For j-term, your score is enough as long as you have a gpa of 3.0 or more

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I got in with 161

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I would try the EA to see how you do. I couldn’t do too well on the GMAT but took the EA and ended up with a very high score. Check out the gmat prep tests and see if you do well

Thanks everyone. What is a target EA score I should aim for?

I got in with a 156 and was told anything higher than a 150 should be good if you have a gpa higher than 3.0

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The prep you have done for the GMAT is totally transferrable to the EA. Give that test a shot. Ideally get >160 with all subscores in the double digits.

There aren't sufficient EA scores to make the EA part of the rankings calculation. Adcom just needs confidence that you can do the work.

If you are a consultant at McK then they likely will not be concerned about you.

Assuming you are sponsored, entering the J-term is a piece of cake. They want you to be able to pay and have a job waiting for you.

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