Whats Tucks average GMAT score, and how flexible is that?
Every year the pool and averages change. This past year, the average was 704. We had a range from 570-780 of admitted scores. The year before, our range was 540-800. Q: What advice would you give someone with a lower score? A: There must be something interesting and unique about the person on the lower end of the spectrum. The GMAT is not the deciding factor — there have been students with very high GMAT scores who have not been a good match for the community. The GMAT is helpful in providing me with additional data points about important quantitative and verbal skill sets. Looking at the quantitative side, you have to look at the GMAT, undergraduate performance, work experience, as well as feedback from recommendations. If an engineer didn’t ace the GMAT, it won’t bother me because I’ll still be confident in that person’s abilities quantitatively. Looking at the verbal side, you have the interview, analytical writing scores, essays, and comments from recommenders. All of these factor
