Most MBA schools in US, UK and Canada have only Fall intake (August). Only a few schools have Spring intake too, but it isn’t such a popular option and thus I wont be talking about it. Lets consider you want to start your MBA in August 2008. Then, let’s classify the month in which you might want to give your exam.
Jan – Apr 2007: Early Head Start
This gives you more than enough time for school research and essays. I doubt many of you would be prepared that early though. Moreover, in case you get a bad/average GMAT score, you have enough time to prepare again.
May – July 2007: Best time
Something like the earlier one. You can give your GMAT again quite comfortably in case you need to. I think this is the best time to give your GMAT, as you have the right time for making that perfect application and catch the schools in Round1.
Aug – Sept 2007: Good Time
Just about the right time. Schools start accepting applications for Round1 by October. So you can catch a few schools in Round1 and leave the rest for Round2.
PS: I gave my exam on Sept 17th.
Oct – Dec 2007: Still good
Advantage: Round 1 for most colleges would have been over by now. Your target is round 2, the safe round (explained later). Most schools have their second round deadlines somewhere around Mid December to Mid January.
Jan – Feb 2008: Closing
This, according to me, is the last you can try your luck at GMAT. You could probably catch the third and final deadline of most schools. Besides you could get schools in Canada (I’ve heard some schools in Canada having their second deadlines around Mar/Apr)
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for how many years is the GMAT score valid?
"Best time to give GMAT" was indeed very nicely put.
Please tell me that if say I wish to start my MBA prog in Aug next yr & I give my GMAT in May; by when should I be ready with all the transcripts, recommendation letters etc. and get done with sending the applications?
Awesome blog! You must have helped a ton of people with this.
You mention "Your target is round 2, the safe round (explained later)". Which section is this explained in? I could not locate it.
I forgot to check the box for "Email follow-up comments" when I published my previous comment. I had to publish a new comment for that. Great blog anyways!
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Nice Post. Whenever students get register for GMAT exam. The important thing is how well your preparation is. So i think student should concentrate on their preparation. If you think that you are fully prepared then that will be the good time to crack GMAT exam.
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