Looks like MBB requires SAT, had a 4.0 in college but only a 1410 SAT - will this kill my chances?

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Depends. Is it on the 2400 or the 1600 scale?

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Haha, if it was the former I’m not sure I’d be capable of writing coherent FB posts much less going MBB ;)

Nope ur ok!! Although where you did undergrad also matters

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What do they really require SAT scores? Even for MBAs?

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For what it’s worth, at Bain, my experience is that we care significantly more about SAT Math than the other sections. That could help or hurt you.

Anecdotally I’ve heard office hearsay that either we or McK did a study at one point about success in consulting being heavily correlated to SAT Math scores. Take that with a grain of salt.

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I’ve also heard anecdotally from a Bain partner that the only score that had a correlation with AC success was the SAT reading

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