<p>Hello, Im throwing around a lot of ideas for grad school and one of the is going for my MBA. The school im looking at is U of Colorado - Denver and their site says the average GMAT for admitted students is 560. Is this a high score or something an average student like me (3.0gpa) could achieve?</p>
<p>I scored over a 700 and had an undergrad GPA around 3.0..so my answer is: "I guess" but I am really not seeing the strong positive correllation between GMAT score and undergrad GPA. Some people have high GMAT scores and mediocre GPAs. Some have high GPAs and mediocre GMATs. Some have done well in both. The more important questions are:</p>
<p>How good of a test taker are you?
How much time/effort are you willing to dedicate to the GMAT?</p>
<p>Hey thanks for the link that helped a lot...and wow over a 700 nice work and to answer your questions I'm a pretty good test taker and in terms of time I'm willing to put in a moderate amount of time, but I really struggle with studying. Could you tell me what the GMAT consists of? Im weak in math, is that a large component?</p>
<p>robbie you can grab almost any GMAT book it'll give you a nice introduction about what the test is, how it is scored, and study material. There's plenty of e-books online too (free).</p>
<p>If you are a good test taker and you bust your ass studying, you will do fine. </p>
<p>The quantitative (math) section is half of your overall score but the math is not overly difficult. It is like 8th to 10th grade math. Great math skills are not necessary to score highly. More important than that is having a good understanding of the test, the type of questions that will appear on the test, and having a plan to combat the various question types. Study books will help you with that. Then, just practice practice practice various problems until they can't throw anything at you that you haven't prepared for.</p>
<p>Alright, sounds like like something I can handle. Thanks a lot for your information, I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>I generally find dividing your SAT score by 2 is a rough approximation of what your GMAT will look like, although know many who matured since hs and did much better than this on the GMAT.</p>
<p>well i havent taken the sat, i took the act and got a 27...I dont really know what that is equivalent to on the sat</p>
<p>I generally find dividing your SAT score by 2 is a rough approximation of what your GMAT will look like, although know many who matured since hs and did much better than this on the GMAT."</p>
<p>810 SAT, 670 GMAT :). I scored 690 and 700 on the GMAT prep (I also took the GRE 3 times and went from a low of 1020 to a high of 1300). I'm sure I left 20-30 points on the table, but I think I would top out at ~690-710 or so, as I do believe that 99.99+% of the test takers have a ceiling on the GMAT dictated by their intelligence. However, I agree with you about the correlation, I am pretty anomalous. I think the correlation is closer to the 1/2 of the pre re-centered SAT score.</p>
<p>These tests are learnable, but the down side is that if you don't study, you won't score up to your potential, or even close.</p>