{"id":28331,"date":"2024-11-23T09:09:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T14:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=28331"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:25:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T15:25:47","slug":"mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-admissions-is-a-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-admissions-is-a-science\/","title":{"rendered":"MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed: Admissions Is a Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/head-776681_1280.jpg\" alt=\" style=\"width:207px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What does a 3.8 GPA + a 670 GMAT Classic score + four years of work experience + three years of community service equal? It could equal a letter of admission <em>or&nbsp;<\/em>rejection. However, knowing with absolute certainty is impossible because admissions is not a science. If it were, the Admissions Office would just do away with the entire time- and resource-consuming admissions process and use a simple formula. Why not make life that much easier for everyone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In some countries, simple tests are used to establish benchmarks\u2014a candidate gets into a top MBA program with a score of X but not with Y. Some U.S.-based graduate programs have cutoffs for GRE scores or situations in which GMAT\/LSAT scores and grades are definitive. Plainly put, no clear-cut criteria exist with top global MBA programs. Instead, the admissions committee reads a file holistically and seeks evidence of the applicant\u2019s ability to contribute in class and perform at the highest levels post-graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although trying to reduce the MBA admissions process to a science can be tempting, doing so would be unwise. By listening to chatter on message boards or blogs about the \u201cright GMAT score\u201d or the \u201cright amount of work experience\u201d\u2014rather than keeping in mind that the process is holistic in nature, meaning that the admissions committees evaluate all criteria with no particular scorecard\u2014you are wasting valuable time and energy. Simply be your best candidate and present your full story, rather than focusing on stats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does a 3.8 GPA + a 670 GMAT Classic score + four years of work experience + three years of community service equal? It could equal a letter of admission or&nbsp;rejection. However, knowing with absolute certainty is impossible because admissions is not a science. If it were, the Admissions Office would just do away &hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-admissions-is-a-science\/\">Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;&nbsp;<i class=\"fal fa-sm fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":36175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-admissions-myths-destroyed"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed: Admissions Is a Science<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What does a 3.8 GPA + a 670 GMAT score + four years of work experience + three years of community service equal?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-admissions-is-a-science\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MBA Admissions Myths Destroyed: Admissions Is a Science\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What does a 3.8 GPA + a 670 GMAT score + four years of work experience + three years of community service equal?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/mba-admissions-myths-destroyed-admissions-is-a-science\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"mbaMission - 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