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Your
age
Scoring
(When submitting the application)
Under 28
5
28-29
5
30
4
31
3
32
3
33
1
34-35
1
Over 35
0
Gender
Female
3.5
Male
0
Your
BA / GMAT
BA /
BS Grades (GPA)
GMAT:
550
580
600
630
650
680
700
730
750
780
65-69
0
0
1
3
3
5
6.5
8.5
13.5
16.5
70-74
0
1
1
3
4
7
8.5
12.5
15.5
17.5
75-79
0
1
2
4
5
8
11.5
14.5
16.5
18.5
80 or over /
top 20%
0
2
3
5
6
9
13.5
15.5
17.5
19.5
85 or over /
top 15%
0
3
4
6
7
10
14.5
16.5
18.5
20.5
Cum Laude / distinction / top 10%
1
4
6
8
9
12
16.5
18.5
20.5
22.5
Magna Cum
Laude
2
5
7
9
12
15
17.5
19.5
21.5
22.5
Summa Cum Laude / high distinction
3
6
8
11
15
17
19.5
21.5
22.5
22.5
* If your
GMAT score doesn't appear in the table -
find the closest score and adjust the points
(add/subtract 0.5-1 point).
* If you have
two BA degrees (or a dual degree)
and only one is with distinction, use the level
which is exactly in-between. If there is no level
exactly in-between, use the higher level. For
example, if your GPA from one degree GPA is 73 and
the other degree is 82, score it as a 75-79. If one
degree is 81 and the other degree is Magna Cum
Laude, score it like a Cum Laude.
* If at the time of
applying you have not yet received all
grades from your BA/BS degree:
- If you expect to have all of your grades by the
MBA start date, subtract one point. However, you
should contact each of the MBA programs and explain
your situation and evaluate their response. (At
Aringo we have consultants who specialize in
applying to business school immediately after your
undergraduate studies.
Contact us today to get help with your MBA
applications .)
- If you do not expect to complete your degree by
the MBA start date: contact each of the MBA
programs, explain your situation and see if you are
eligible to apply.
* The change in GMAT
prefix from 690 to 700 (from 6 to 7) has a
significant impact.
BA University
Harvard University
8
Very prestigious university
7
Examples: Ivy League, Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge
A top-50 school
5
Examples: Washington University, Tufts, UCLA,
Georgetown
Other university
3
MA / MSc (master's degree)
Graduated
0.5
Graduated with
distinction (no distinction in BA)
1.5
Graduated with
distinction (and graduated from BA
with distinction)
0.7
Graduated with
high distinction (no distinction in BA)
2.5
Graduated with
high distinction (and graduated from BA
with distinction)
1
Quality of your MBA Application Essays
Strong
10.5
Medium
6.5
Weak
1.5
* If you
work
with Aringo to write your MBA application essays ,
choose strong.
Quality of your MBA
Recommendations
Strong
10
Medium
7.5
Weak
4
* If you
work
with Aringo on your MBA recommendations , choose
strong.
Quality of
your Resume and MBA Application
Strong
10
Medium
8
Weak
4
* If you
work
with Aringo on your resume and applications ,
choose strong.
Full Time
Work Experience
Upon starting the
MBA, and including military service
0 months
0
1-11 months
2
12-23 months
3
24-35 months
4
3 or more
years
5
If your work experience only
includes pre-BA MANDATORY military service
-1
If you were a military officer
add 0.25
Number of
people you manage
At
Present
In
the Past (select only if you do not manage any employees now)
1-2 people
1
0
3-4 people
1.5
0.5
5 people
1.5
0.5
6 people
2
0.75
7-9 people
2
0.75
10-19 people
2.5
1
20-49 people
3
1.25
50-100 people
3.5
1.5
Select here if you managed more people in the past than you do at present. (The points you selected above should be for the number of people you currently manage.)
If you only manage people in a matrix or
project management system, give yourself
one third of the points.
Major
Corporation, Government or Military Background
Do you work
for a major corporation from which business
schools recruit?
Click here to find out which companies are in this
category and how many points they are worth
Please add up your points on the above link and enter the total here:
Currently in government career
1.25
Currently in military career (not
one of the options below)
0.5
Military fighter pilot (currently
or in past)
1.5
Military pilot (currently
or in past)
1
Units such as the US Delta Force (currently or in past)
1
Past
Promotions
* Definition :
a situation where a title listed on your
resume is more senior than the previous title listed
on the resume AND in both positions you
worked with the same organization (OR worked with
organizations of similar size in the same industry).
You may include military promotions.
* If all your
promotions are in the same industry, choose "same ".
If your promotions are in two different industries,
choose "different ".
Same
Different
The promotions were
not in your current industry and not in
your career plan industry
1 promotion
0.2
0
Reduce 0.1
2 promotions
0.75
0.3
Reduce 0.2
3 promotions
1.5
1
Reduce 0.6
4 promotions
2
1.5
Reduce 1
5 promotions
2.5
2
Reduce 1.2
6 promotions
3
2.5
Reduce 1.5
Awards and Distinctions
Major Awards (e.g., Prime
Minister Award)
1.2
Awards
(e.g., distinguished officer/employee)
0.7
Awards for a team you
led
0.7
Awards for a team in which you participated
0.2
Community Service
Non Existent
-1.5
Basic
-0.5
Solid
0.5
Strong
1.7
Business schools
value community service.
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expert help on highlighting your experiences in your
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Sample scoring :
50 hours of volunteer
work in the year prior to application submission:
-0.5
10 hours per year in the past 3 years (after the age of
18): -0.5
30 hours per year of volunteer work in the past year
(after the age of 18): 0
30 hours per year in the past 3 years (after the age of
18): 0.5
60 hours per year in the past 3 years (after 18): 0.5
300 hours per year in the past 3 years (after 18): 1.7
30 hours per year in the past 6 years (after 18): 1.7
Sports
Captain of a
semi-professional sports team
0.75
Captain of a
professional sports team
1.25
Captain of a
professional sports team winning national
championship
2
Captain of a national
sports team
2
Player in a
professional sports team
0.4
Player in a national
sports team or in a professional sports team winning
national championship
0.75
National sports
champion (individual sports)
2
If your
sport experience was before the age of 18 ,
reduce your points by 75%.
If your sport is not among the top-5 popular
sports in the target business school's
country, reduce your points by 50%.
Student Government
Head of University
Student Government (President, Chairman, Etc.) -
large/old university/college
2.1
Head of University
Student Government - relatively small/new
university/college
1.5
Head of School
Student Government
1.2
Class representative
0.4
Additional Points
*Note, some of the
points in the below table may not be politically
correct, but they help you get a truer understanding
of your chances of getting admitted.
Your family has a
business of over 200 employees or is well-known
family
2
Your parent is a senior
politician
2
Your parent is the CEO of company
of 500+ employees
1
You have raised $5 million
from investors
2
You started a company
that made some progress but hasn't yet taken off
0.15
You started a company
that currently employs 5 people (note
that if you manage
these people,
you also have the points
for management)
0.3
You currently work in
biotech / biomedical eng. / bioinformatics /
nanotechnology
0.7
You currently work in
clean tech / alternative energy
0.7
You currently work in
venture capital / private equity / hedge funds
0.7
Your family has a
business in one of the industries mentioned above
2
You have a PHD in
science or engineering
2.5
Nationality
If you are:
American applying to
European program
add 1.5 points
American applying to
American program
add 0.5 points
European applying to
American program
add 1 point
European applying to
European program
add 0.5 point
Indian (due to high
competition)
reduce 1 point
Round
Applying in
first round
4.5
Applying in second
round (or other round which is not last)
3.7
Applying in
last round
2.2
This is the
average difference between rounds. In
reality, sometimes the differences are smaller,
bigger or even opposite - depending on the specific
year and the specific school.
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Scoring Legend
The gap between your score and
the number of points assigned to each school
determines how likely you are to be admitted :
-7 or less = Stretch
-5 / -6 = Closer to being a Stretch than to being
Competitive
-4 = Between competitive and stretch
-3 = Close to being Competitive than to being a
Stretch
-1 / -2 = Competitive
0 = Competitive with potential for a significant
scholarship
+1 = Competitive/Strong with potential for a
significant scholarship
+2 or greater = Strong with potential for a significant
scholarship
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your application
Competitive :
The admission
committee will hesitate before
making a decision. Estimated admission chances are
somewhere around 50%. The result will be greatly
influenced by:
a. Profiles of other applicants in the same
round, and
b. The identity (and mood!) of the admission
committee members reviewing the application.
Strong with potential for a significant scholarship :
There is a
good chance that you will be accepted,
possibly with a significant scholarship. Estimated
admission chances are somewhere around 75-80%.
Stretch :
Candidates with
similar profiles rarely get accepted to this
program. Estimated admission chances are somewhere
around 10%.
School
points
72
Kellogg
71
Chicago
70
INSEAD
69
Berkeley
68
Tuck
67
Michigan ,
LBS
66
Duke ,
Cambridge
65
Oxford,
UCLA ,
Darden ,
Cornell
63
Carnegie Mellon ,
IESE ,
Toronto
61
UNC ,
USC,
Austin ,
Emory ,
Georgetown,
HEC Montreal,
HEC Paris,
ESADE,
IE Business School ,
Rotterdam,
Ivey,
Queen's,
McGill,
Schulich,
Babson ,
SDA Bocconi,
Washington University (Olin)
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require adjustments of the standard scoring below,
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Adjust your Points for the Following Schools
Columbia
Harvard
IMD
MIT
NYU
Stanford
Wharton
Yale
Columbia
*Your adjusted score for this program is at the bottom of the section.
Select from the following to adjust your score for Columbia:
Is your background is strictly in high-tech (not including finance-related high tech? (Drop 0.5 points)
You started a company
that made some progress but didn't particularly
succeed so far
Add 0.15
You started a company
that currently employs 5 people
Add 0.2
The following adjustments have also been made automatically to your score:
If your GMAT score is equal to or above 750,
0.5 points have been added.
If your GMAT score is below 700,
0.5 points have been dropped.
Adjusted Score:0
Use this adjusted key to understand how competitive you are for admission:
64
Stretch
70
Competitive
74
Strong
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Harvard
*Your adjusted score for this program is at the bottom of the section.
Select from the following to adjust your score for Harvard:
Do you currently work in one of the below industries?
Biotech / biomedical eng. / bioinformatics
Add 0.5
Nanotechnology
Add 0.5
Clean Tech / Alternative Energy
Add 0.5
The following adjustments have also been made automatically to your score:
4.9 points have been reduced from the total number of points.
Points have been added based on the number of people you manage as follows:
In present
In past
1-2 people
Add 0
Add 0
3-4 people
+0.5
0
5-6 people
+0.9
+0.1
7-9 people
+1.25
+0.25
10-19 people
+1.5
+0.5
20-49 people
+2
+1
* If you manage
people in present but managed more people in the
past, go with present points and add a bit.
Otherwise, don’t give points for both present and
past.
Adjustments for promotions:
1 promotion
0
2 promotions
0
3 promotions
Add 0.5
4 promotions
Add 1.25
5+ promotions
Add 1.75
Adjustments for Age
under 28
Add 2.4
28-29
Add 1.4
30-31
Add 0.5
32-33
Add 0.2
Over 33
0
Adjusted Score: -4.9
Use this adjusted key to understand how competitive you are for admission:
67
Stretch
73
Competitive
77
Strong
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IMD
*Your adjusted score for this program is at the bottom of the section.
The following adjustments have been made automatically to your score:
Your age when submitting the application:
30: add two
points
31-32: add two
points
33-35: add 4
points
Over 35: add 3
points
Adjusted Score: 0
Use this adjusted key to understand how competitive you are for admission:
63
Stretch
69
Competitive
73
Strong
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MIT
*Your adjusted score for this program is at the bottom of the section.
Select from the following to adjust your score for MIT
You started a company
that made some progress but didn't particularly
succeed so far
Add 0.15
You started a company
that currently employs 5 people
Add 0.35
Adjusted Score: 0
Use this adjusted key to understand how competitive you are for admission:
63
Stretch
69
Competitive
73
Strong
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NYU
*Your adjusted score for this program is at the bottom of the section.
Check the following to adjust your score for NYU
Is your background primarily in engineering (excluding finance-related engineering)? (-0.5)
The following adjustments have been made automatically to your score:
1 point has been added
if your GMAT score is equal to or above 730.
0.5 points have been dropped
if your GMAT score is below 700.
0.5 points have been removed if you are applying in the first round.
Adjusted Score: 0
Use this adjusted key to understand how competitive you are for admission:
59
Stretch
65
Competitive
69
Strong
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Stanford
*Your adjusted score for this program is at the bottom of the section.
The following adjustments have been made automatically to your score:
0.5 points have been added
if your GMAT score is equal to or above 750.
0.5 points have been dropped
if your GMAT score is below 700.
Adjusted Score: 0
Use this adjusted key to understand how competitive you are for admission:
67
Stretch
73
Competitive
77
Strong
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Wharton
*Your adjusted score for this program is at the bottom of the section.
The following adjustments have been made automatically to your score:
Community
Service
Non Existent
Reduce 1 point
Basic
Reduce 0.5 points
Solid
Add 0.5 points
Strong
Add 1 point
Adjusted Score: 0
Use this adjusted key to understand how competitive you are for admission:
65
Stretch
72
Competitive
75
Strong
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Yale
*Your adjusted score for this program is at the bottom of the section.
The following adjustments have been made automatically to your score:
0.5 points have been dropped
if your GMAT score is below 700.
Adjusted Score: 0
Use this adjusted key to understand how competitive you are for admission:
62
Stretch
68
Competitive
72
Strong
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