Trying to decide to take the GMAT or GRE. I’m only one year into my career so I have time, and I took the gmat after studying but bombed. I’ve always been more qualitative so I’m thinking of...

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Don’t get too down about the gmat, you can bring it up significantly. I went from mid 500s on my first test to 700. Math went from ~25%ile to ~60%ile.

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Retweet. I got a 580 first try. Was embarrassed to tell anybody. Ended up with a 670 and I didn’t put in ~that~ much time, also was applying to MS not MBA though so maybe that 710-720 hurdle is a lot tougher

Try the GRE and see! If you’re in the medians that schools are posting for GRE then you’re good, and adcoms say they view the two tests the same. You can always take online accounting/stats/etc courses to beef up the quant profile

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Switching to the GRE which plays more naturally to my strengths (I’ve always been good at vocab and RC). Other parts of my profile: 3.8 GPA in social sciences (took some Econ/bschool classes) , top-ranked public school (UC, UofM, UVA...), athletics in college (until injury), white male, heavy involvement in LGBTQ community (if that matters for ~diversity~). I’m worried that schools will think I can’t do quant but hoping that working for a more quant-oriented firm for 3-4 years answers any questions. Thoughts?

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