[reformed.student]

Hi! I have already applied to SSE for MSc program, but I chose Accounting instead of Finance. I am a non-EU student from a developing country in South-East Asia. The University Admission in Sweden received my documents on 31st January, so the status of my application is still in progress..hope to hear from SSE soon.

Wish you all the best for your applications guys!

[ggatzil]

Hello everyone!
I want to ask those who are allready admitted to SSE what were their gmat awa section scores?
I am asking because i haven't understand how important awa is and i have heard that a lot of people skip this section.
Thank you in advance!

[slct]

(Original post by ggatzil)
Hello everyone!
I want to ask those who are allready admitted to SSE what were their gmat awa section scores?
I am asking because i haven't understand how important awa is and i have heard that a lot of people skip this section.
Thank you in advance!

haven't received my admissions results yet, but AWA is used in the same manner as TOEFL is - only as a checkmark; if you have above 4.5-5.0, as noted on their website, you should be enough (for TOEFL, if you have above 100 you're good to go). The important parts are the quantitative and verbal scores

[Kingy950]

I received an early off from SSE. I scored a 5.5 on the AWA section of the GMAT but I don't think it bears any significance on being accepted. A good score will not boost your chances; they just want you to have scored above a minimum so that they know you can write. As slct says, the main score, made up of the quantitative and verbal sections, is the important thing. From my experience and from what I have heard, SSE and other European schools place a lot of importance on the GMAT score, so do well in it and you stand a good chance, but the AWA is of little importance.

[reformed.student]

(Original post by Kingy950)
I received an early off from SSE. I scored a 5.5 on the AWA section of the GMAT but I don't think it bears any significance on being accepted. A good score will not boost your chances; they just want you to have scored above a minimum so that they know you can write. As slct says, the main score, made up of the quantitative and verbal sections, is the important thing. From my experience and from what I have heard, SSE and other European schools place a lot of importance on the GMAT score, so do well in it and you stand a good chance, but the AWA is of little importance.

Hi Kingy! I have a 700 GMAT (Q43, V42, AWA 5.0), but unfortunately I have an average GPA of 3.2 (on the 4-point scale). Do you think I still have a good chance to be accepted to SSE? Will my GPA serve as a hindrance for my application?

Thank you in advance

[Kingy950]

(Original post by reformed.student)
Hi Kingy! I have a 700 GMAT (Q43, V42, AWA 5.0), but unfortunately I have an average GPA of 3.2 (on the 4-point scale). Do you think I still have a good chance to be accepted to SSE? Will my GPA serve as a hindrance for my application?

Thank you in advance

Hi reformed.student

700 is a good GMAT score and I believe above average for the intake at SSE, so that is a strong part of your application. I'm not sure how that GPA scale converts to the english grading scale so I can't really comment on how significant a 3.2 is. I have an average 2:1 so far so nothing special, but I don't know if a 3.2 is below that?

Obviously there will be applicants with a higher GPA than you, but since you have a good GMAT that will hopefully make up for it. As I think I've said before, SSE from what I hear places emphasis on the GMAT, and you have a good score so I would have thought you have a decent chance.

Best of luck anyway.

[slct]

(Original post by Kingy950)
Hi reformed.student

700 is a good GMAT score and I believe above average for the intake at SSE, so that is a strong part of your application. I'm not sure how that GPA scale converts to the english grading scale so I can't really comment on how significant a 3.2 is. I have an average 2:1 so far so nothing special, but I don't know if a 3.2 is below that?

Obviously there will be applicants with a higher GPA than you, but since you have a good GMAT that will hopefully make up for it. As I think I've said before, SSE from what I hear places emphasis on the GMAT, and you have a good score so I would have thought you have a decent chance.

Best of luck anyway.

Have you accepted the offer from SSE by the 20th as you mentioned before, or still deciding between that and Cass?

[Kingy950]

I never applied to Cass.

I had offers from Rotterdam School of Management and Grenoble Graduate School of Business. I accepted the SSE offer though as I have liked everything I have heard about and researched of the school and program. I have an application still pending for HEC Paris, but I don't think I am interested in it anymore. Yes it is a very highly ranked school and course, but for 20,000 euros more? My heart is set on SSE and I can't wait to get there.

[lego]

(Original post by Kingy950)
I accepted the SSE offer though as I have liked everything I have heard about and researched of the school and program. I have an application still pending for HEC Paris, but I don't think I am interested in it anymore. Yes it is a very highly ranked school and course, but for 20,000 euros more? My heart is set on SSE and I can't wait to get there.

It's like I have written this, except I don't have an answer yet. At this point I really hope that the rumors that they focus on the GMAT are true. My personal statement could have been better.

[slct]

With more than 500 applicants for MSc Finance, GMAT should be a good measure to gauge the performance of applicants.
I've emailed the admission office recently, and they are still evaluating applications.

[lego]

Only around 500? Are you sure? Isn't the class size like 150?

[slct]

the class size is about 45-50 for MSc Finance

[Jakeh]

congrats guys, i didnt make the gmat, 6's in my AWA 78th percentile verbal, flunked my maths, so embarassed.

[Kingy950]

Well good luck to everyone with their applications! I hope you all hear some positive news soon so that we can all start looking towards and planning for a bright future at SSE.

[Franzel]

In Sweden its dark, not bright!

[slct]

did anyone's status change on the UniversityAdmissions.se?
I got a Merit Ranking of 99/99 for MSc Finance

[lego]

(Original post by slct)
did anyone's status change on the UniversityAdmissions.se?
I got a Merit Ranking of 99/99 for MSc Finance

I got the same 99/99. A friend of mine also got 99/99 and our grades and GMAT are very different. I don't think this means much. I think this is all coming from universityadmissions.se, and not SSE, so this is not a decision of acceptance. Can those of you who got an early offer confirm this?

[slct]

(Original post by lego)
I got the same 99/99. A friend of mine also got 99/99 and our grades and GMAT are very different. I don't think this means much. I think this is all coming from universityadmissions.se, and not SSE, so this is not a decision of acceptance. Can those of you who got an early offer confirm this?

what are yours and your friend's GMAT scores?

[Franzel]

Here the same...

Think there will be first results in the next days!

[lego]

(Original post by slct)
what are yours and your friend's GMAT scores?

760 and 680
From the facebook page of another Swedish university I read that basically this message means we meet the minimum requirements and we will be considered during the selection process. 99/99 is given to those who applied in time and meet the requirements, it's not number of points based on which an admission decision is made. There are other numbers/letters given to those who applied late, don't meet the GMAT requirement, etc.