URM (African American male) 3.3 UG GPA from top 50 school (Finance major). Currently at a 680 GMAT but trying to get it to a 710. What are my chances for Georgetown, NYU, UVA, Yale, LBS and Columbia?

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GMAT is just fine for URM

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only 9% score above 650 as a black person. GMAT is good enough for those schools

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Trying as a genuine question not as a close minded dick (i hope) but is that the definitive conclusion drawn from this breakout alone that the test has to be biased? Not saying thats not true but I’m curious if breaking out the test results make ppl think this is more fair or less fair to applicants/applicant groups or just not super useful?

I say this because i notice that gmac is a bit selective in which groups they break out and would imagine that breaking out Asian descent test takers might show a pretty different picture. And iffff they continued with this type of breakout and posted the asian stats would that make applicants feel that this breakout makes the test seem more fair less fair or it’s just not really productive to post this info?

And if the logic is that they want certain groups of applicants to not be discouraged about scores and applying to higher ranked programs (which I suspect is a part of this and maybe a noble mission) should it also just discourage asian applicants on the flip side?

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Gotta get that gmat up for Columbia, or switch to the gre

Depends on your extracurriculars and your “story”

What is URM?

Underrepresented minority.

Hey guys, so I just took my GMAT online and I unfortunately got a 660, which is much lower than my last practice exam (710). Should I try and get this up or am I just fine for the schools I listed?

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