<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>There is data available on the philosophy department website supporting my claims.<br><br><br></div><div><br>On Feb 6, 2011, at 9:24 PM, Jeffh <<a href="mailto:jeffh@moscow.com">jeffh@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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. <br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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<h1 class="entry-title">Average GMAT Score by Undergraduate Major</h1>
<p class="headline_meta">by <span class="author vcard fn">Mako</span>
on <abbr class="published" title="2010-05-30">May 30, 2010</abbr> · <span><a href="http://www.randomwok.com/career/average-gmat-score-by-undergraduate-major/#comments" rel="nofollow">0 comments</a></span></p>
<p class="headline_meta">in <span><a title="View all posts in Career" href="http://www.randomwok.com/category/career/" rel="category tag">Career</a>,<a title="View all posts in GMAT" href="http://www.randomwok.com/category/gmat/" rel="category tag">GMAT</a></span></p>
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<p>Whether worthwhile or not, one of the first things to do when
embarking on a <a href="http://www.randomwok.com/personal_finance/im-going-to-business-school-even-though-i-shouldnt/">long,
competitive application process</a> is to assess the field. Based
purely on a historical and statistical perspective, what is my GMAT
score expected to be?</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><Average-GMAT-Score-by-Major-e1275190514432.jpg></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>All data was taken off of the 2009 report from <a href="http://www.gmac.com/gmac/researchandtrends/gmatstats/">GMAT Stats</a>.
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