[Vision2020] GMAT Stats

[Jeffh]

GMAT data is available, but one must be authorized as a member of a 
school requiring the GMAT for admission in order to obtain the data.  I 
will ask some friends to help with additional data so that this issue of 
"performance" on an exam can be carefully analyzed and the data reported 
below can be verified.

According to the source below (for 2009), the top GMAT performers have 
undergraduate degrees in Engineering - with average scores of 587 and 
the sciences at 559.

Finance majors come in at 548.  Humanities majors come in at 540, as 
compared to general business majors (marketing, POM, human resources, 
AIS, management) at 517.

>
>   Average GMAT Score by Undergraduate Major
>
> by Mako on May 30, 2010 · 0 comments 
> <http://www.randomwok.com/career/average-gmat-score-by-undergraduate-major/#comments>
>
> in Career <http://www.randomwok.com/category/career/>,GMAT 
> <http://www.randomwok.com/category/gmat/>
>
> Whether worthwhile or not, one of the first things to do when 
> embarking on a long, competitive application process 
> <http://www.randomwok.com/personal_finance/im-going-to-business-school-even-though-i-shouldnt/> 
> is to assess the field.  Based purely on a historical and statistical 
> perspective, what is my GMAT score expected to be?
>
> Below is a chart showing the Average GMAT Score by Undergraduate 
> Major.  Finance was my undergraduate concentration and is a subset of 
> the business category indicated on the chart.
>
> Therefore, based on major alone, I'm predicted to score at the 50th 
> percentile among my fellow Finance majors.  To get into a top school, 
> I realistically need to score in the 90th percentile and get a 700 on 
> the test.
>
> One thing I think is lame is how business majors stack up against 
> those who majored in humanities.  Seriously?  Did the average business 
> major score 23 points less than someone in humanities?  I feel 
> wholeheartedly ashamed from my undergraduate b-school brethren.  Maybe 
> I should have majored in Engineering if I intended to get my Masters 
> in Business all along.
>
> All data was taken off of the 2009 report from GMAT Stats 
> <http://www.gmac.com/gmac/researchandtrends/gmatstats/>.
>

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