Why You Should Not Always Worry About Getting the Highest Academic-Based Score

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I am bringing this topic out to people because most students aim at getting the highest score possible, which there is nothing wrong with that; however, what most students miss is that they do not understand that with being a high-score-based student, there is a disadvantage comes along. In this blog, we discuss the skills that top students cannot show.

Getting a high score makes you lose other vital social skills. This is due to the nature of the person because not all people are the same. Some can get a very high score and be in the 99th percentile and others cannot due to their capabilities and limitations. People with an amazingly great record of academic performance are suited to be more scientist or philosophers than bank or manufacturer managers. With that being said, the cleverest people are not necessarily the best managers. For example, the smartest people have more difficulty marketing themselves in a job interview than the people with the excellent social skills.

Most companies are not interested in people with pure, high academic performance with no record of community involvements. This is why some of these cleverest people engage in different school organizations to gain these important social skills to become a people-person. Even though doing that might slightly enhance your social skills, such as leadership or emotional intelligence, there is a limit to where these people can get. On the other hand, most business schools are not only interested in perspective candidates with high GMAT scores, but also well-rounded or, in some cases, rounded-yet-sharp-pointed candidates. This is why business schools check whether you took on a role of a leader or a team-player in certain situations or organizations.

Some "A" students actually work for "C" students because these "C" students failed early in life and; thus, learned important skills that perhaps are not taught inside classrooms. Additionally, these "C" students are more outgoing, influential, confident and perhaps emotionally intelligent.

In conclusion, people are born with different skills, capabilities and limitations. The takeaway here is that one should take advantage of the skills he or she has while still young and not worry about not being able to get the highest score possible.

Source:

Gordon, A. MBA Admissions Strategy, From Profile Building to Essay Writing.