Undoubtedly, GMAT is one of the critical components of MBA application package. In the past few years, GMAT averages at many schools have gone up as business schools are placing too much emphasis on the GMAT relative to other factors in MBA admissions. Therefore, students with less than stellar GMAT are often unsure if they would be competitive for their target school or not. With the result, when advising students for their application, the most common questions I come across are:
• “I have GMAT score of XXX. What are my chances of admission for YYYY school?”
• “Which school I should apply to?”
Although answers to these questions depend on a variety of other factors (goals, work experience, accomplishments, leadership stories, skills, extracurricular, voluntary work, etc.), it is an undeniable fact that a strong application package (résumé, essays, short questions, recommendation letters, interview) plays a critical role in showcasing your candidacy and thereby determining your chances of success to any school.
Hence, we have compiled a list of schools (along with GMAT) where MER students have been admitted to various programs (MBA, EMBA, and specialized Master’s programs) of their target schools, some of them with scholarships. The following stats can help you with the following :
• Understand the role that a good application plays in getting you scholarships (and not just admission).
• Assist you in narrowing down the list of schools that you think is achievable, given your GMAT score.
While the following list is not comprehensive, it gives you an idea of what is feasible.
Please note that this list includes stats of students MER has assisted in the past 8 years (since 2011).
| SCHOOL NAME | GMAT/GRE SCORE | REMARKS |
|---|---|---|
| Stanford (MBA) | 770 | Yes |
| Harvard (MBA) | 770 | Yes |
| Wharton (MBA, EMBA) | 640, 640, 750, 760, 770 | Yes( Multiple) |
| INSEAD (MBA, EMBA) | 680, 710, 760, 760, 770 | Yes (Multiple) |
| LBS (MBA, EMBA, MiF) | 600, 620, 660, 680, 700, 770 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarships |
| MIT (MBA, Masters ZLOG) | 760 | Yes |
| Booth (MBA, EMBA) | 610, 610, 620, 660, 660, 680, 680, 690, 710, 720, 720 | Yes(Multiple), with scholarship |
| Columbia (MBA, EMBA) | 610, 620, 740, 750 | Yes (Multiple) |
| Haas (MBA, EWMBA, MISM) | 610, 620, 630, 640, 640, 700, 700, 720, 740 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| Yale (MBA) | 720, 740, 760 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| IESE (Global EMBA, MBA) | 680, 710 | Yes (Multiple) |
| Oxford (MBA) | 680, 700, 730, 740, 770 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| Kellogg (MBA, EMBA) | 610, 640, 660, 720, 720, 720, 740, 750, 750, 760, 760, 770, 770 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| Tuck (MBA) | 710, 750, 760 | Yes, (Multiple) |
| Cambridge (MBA) | 770 | Yes with scholarship |
| HKUST (MBA) | 670, 690 | Yes, (Multiple) |
| HEC (MBA) | 710, 770 | Yes (Multiple) |
| Duke (MBA, CCMBA, Masters) | 620, 710, 720, 750, 760 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| IMD (MBA) | 700 | Yes |
| Darden (MBA) | 680, 760, 760 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| ISB (PGP, PGP Pro) | 620, 660, 680, 680, 700, 700, 700, 710, 710, 720, 730, 750, 760 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| NYU Stern (MBA, EMBA Masters in Real Estate Development) | 680, 700, 730 | Yes (Multiple) |
| UCLA (MBA, MISM, FEMBA) | 610, 630, 640, 640, 660, 680, 700, 720 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| Cornell (MBA, EMBA) | 590, 690, 690, 710, 720, 740 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| Ross (MBA, Masters in Accounting) | 670, 710, 720, 730, 760 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| Georgetown (MBA) | 700 | Yes with scholarship |
| IE (EMBA) | 710 | Yes with scholarship |
| IIM Banglore (PGP) | 700 | Yes |
| Tepper (MBA) | 620, 680, 720, 760, 760 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| Warwick (MBA, Masters in Economics) | 680, 710 | Yes, (Multiple) with scholarship |
| McCombs (MBA) | 610, 620, 670, 680, 690, 750; 322 (GRE) | Yes (Multiple), with scholarships |
| Emory (MBA) | 640, 680, 700, 710, 720 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| Imperial (MBA) | 650 | Yes |
| Kelly (MBA) | 660, 680, 700, 710 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarships |
| USC Marshall (MBA, EMBA, Masters in Accounting, Masters in Industrial Engineering) | 640, 650, 710; GRE 310, 327 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| IIM, Ahmedabad (PGP) | 690, 730, 740 | Yes (Multiple) |
| University of Irvine (MBA) | 720 | Yes |
| UNC Kenan Flagler (MBA, online MBA) | 680, 710, 720 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| OLIN (MBA, Masters) | 680, 740 | Yes (Multiple) |
| RICE (MBA, EMBA) | 600, 610, 650, 680, 700, 730 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| ASU (MBA) | 660, 680, 710 | Yes, (Multiple) |
| WHU (MBA) | 610 | Yes |
| Maryland (MBA) | 710 | Yes with scholarship |
| Purdue (MBA) | 620 | Yes with scholarship |
| Cranfield (MBA) | 680 | Yes with scholarship |
| Wisconsin (MBA) | 590 | Yes, with 100% scholarship |
| Carlson (MBA) | 690, 710 | Yes, (Multiple) with scholarship |
| OHIO University (Online MBA) | 680 | Yes |
| Rotman ( MBA) | 620, 680, 700 | Yes (Multiple) |
| Tippie (MBA) | 720 | Yes with scholarship |
| George Washington University | 620 | Yes with scholarship |
| CEIBS (MBA) | 690, 700, 720 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| EDHEC (MBA) | 650, 660 | Yes (Multiple) |
| Manchester (MBA) | 610, 670 | Yes, (Multiple) with scholarship |
| Schulich, (MBA) | 620, 630, 640 | Yes (Multiple) |
| Foster (MBA) | 700, 700 | Yes, (Multiple) with scholarship |
| Ivy Richards (MBA, EMBA) | 620, 720 | Yes, (Multiple) with scholarship |
| Mays A & M (MBA) | 660, 680, 700 | Yes (Multiple), with scholarship |
| UC Davis (MBA) | 710 | Yes, with scholarship |
| Lisbon, (MBA) | 640 | Yes |
| Rochester (MBA) | 650 | Yes, with scholarship |
| William & Mary (MBA) | 630 | Yes with scholarship |
| Leeds (MBA) | 640 | Yes with scholarship |
| McMaster (MBA) | 620, 680 | Yes (Multiple) |
| Telfer (MBA) | 650 | Yes |
| Mendoza (MBA) | 700, 710 | Yes, (Multiple) |
| Washington University (MBA) | 620, 630 | Yes, (Multiple) |
| RSM (MBA, Masters in International Management) | 590, 620 | Yes, (Multiple) |
| Zicklin (MBA) | 610 | Yes with scholarship |
| UCL (Masters in Construction Economics and Management) | 620 | Yes |
| LOYOLA (EMBA) | Not required | Yes |
| Ivy League (EMBA) | Not required | Yes |
| BYU (MBA) | 710 | Yes |
| University of Washington (MBA) | 323 (GRE) | Yes |
| CU Bolder (MBA) | 327 (GRE) | Yes |
| University of Mass Amherst (MBA) | 327 (GRE) | Yes |
| UT Austin ( Masters in Accounting) | 620 | Yes |
| University of Chicago (Masters of Financial Mathematics, Masters in Analytics) | 610, 680 | Yes, (Multiple) with scholarship |
| CMU (MISM) | 680 | Yes with scholarship |
| Opus (MBA) | 610 | Yes |
| AALTO (Masters in International Design Business Management ) | 630, 710 | Yes (Multiple), with 100% scholarship |
| Ted Rogers (MBA) | 650 | Yes |
| University of Sydney (MBA) | 620 | Yes with scholarship |
