Where does the Graduate Management Admissions Test come into the schools evaluation of a candidate?
The GMAT gives us a common denominator across all of the applications. It’s an important factor in the sense that if somebody had an extremely poor GMAT, then they’re unlikely to get to first base [in our admissions process]. After that, the score really isn’t a factor. A stellar score, however, won’t guarantee you a place. I guess all this begs the question, what’s a poor score? Well, our average is 690 this year. It follows that you don’t have to be spot on 690 as this is an average, but it helps to be near it. Our range for the current first year [MBA class] is 600 to 800. Q: First base in a country that focuses on football, not baseball? How many bases are there in London’s admissions process? A: As an applicant, your first hurdle is to get through that review of your paper application. If you then get [invited] to interview, you have a probably a one in three chance of getting an offer. After the interview, we will pull together the comments from the interviewer, the comments from
