Ideally I'd like to apply to Columbia, NYU, Kellogg, or Chicago. Barring my tests scores, I have what I hope is a competitive profile.
Do you know what a competitive GRE score at those kinds of schools would be? I don't believe they post their GRE scores.
When I used the ETS GRE/GMAT conversion tool it said that my score would be a 680 GMAT: the very bottom of the middle 80% at most those schools. Luckily I have plenty of time to get my score up and I KNOW I can hit at least a 165 quant. I ran out of time on the last quant section and just had to randomly click for the last three questions- not good. haha
I took a practice GMAT but didn't actively study for it. I know this may sound strange, but I thought that if I'm going to spend tons of time studying for an exam, I'd like to get some sort of long-term knowledge value-add to my life, no? As a native English speaker, studying all of the nit-picky grammar that the GMAT covers seemed to provide less value than augmenting my vocabulary.
Again, it's strange but I legitimately enjoyed studying for the GRE verbal; the opportunity to learn obscure English words was the only reason I chose the GRE over the GMAT.
Should I take the GMAT?