<p>I was at borders just flippin through Business Week when i came across an article about the GMAT. According to them, many B-schools are eliminating the GMAT as a way to assess applicants. This is because many feel it is unfair to many people who have been out of school for so long and this requirement will impede diversity in business. They say now that work experience is most important, more so than the GMAT. The article also said many top b-schools, UCLA among others, are eliminating the GMAT. I dont know to what extent I should interpret this, but this would be awesome. The GMAT freaks me out. I feel like its the SAT deal all over again...</p>
<p>cool, now I have a chance at a top MBA. i've always been average with standardized tests.</p>
<p>yes, b-schools like ucla now consider work experience to be more important than, gmat and even gpa. youll notice now on the application how it wll have about 3-5 short answer questions focusing on your career history and what you learned in your career and where you plan on going in your career and why you want an mba in the first place and etc. what this also means though is that you probably wont be going to b-school unitl you have about 5 yrs work experience (thats the avg) which means you wont be done until youre about 30. it is also not feaseble to go to b-school right afetr college, as you wont have much to talk about on your app.</p>
<p>for example, my 30 yr old cousin just graduated from ucla anderson with an mba. before, he was senior consultant with microsoft, and he got that position at age 25, a position most wont reach until 40. he graudated with a 3.3 gpa from uci, with a 580 gmat. imagine that...</p>