[Vision2020] GMAT Stats

[Joe Campbell]

There is data available on the philosophy department website supporting my claims.



On Feb 6, 2011, at 9:24 PM, Jeffh <jeffh at moscow.com> wrote:

> 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. 
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> 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.
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> 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.
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>> Average GMAT Score by Undergraduate Major
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>> by Mako on May 30, 2010 · 0 comments
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>> in Career,GMAT
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>> Whether worthwhile or not, one of the first things to do when embarking on a long, competitive application process is to assess the field.  Based purely on a historical and statistical perspective, what is my GMAT score expected to be?
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>> 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.
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>> <Average-GMAT-Score-by-Major-e1275190514432.jpg>
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> All data was taken off of the 2009 report from GMAT Stats.
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