pawananand007 wrote:
I have 5 years and 6 months of IT MNC experience and I am currently in the US on a H4 visa. I took GMAT today and got 570 only
In practice tests I always scored in 680-700 range.
Quants was good with 47 but in Verbal I got conscious and goofed up and got only 22
Round 2 of all my target B Schools start next Monday, please advise what should I do? Shall I retake GMAT (but that be too late for some B Schools), shall I write GRE or which B Schools shall I apply to in order to at least make it to the interview. I am really disappointed with my score and I am clueless right now. Any help would be highly appreciated.
Thanks.
Dear
pawananand007I'm happy to respond.
My friend, I'm sorry to hear about your struggles. This blog may give you some insight about performing lower on the real GMAT than on the practice tests.
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2014/lower-on-t ... ice-tests/I'll say a few things.
1) Do not, DO NOT, switch to the GRE. Each test has a steep learning curve. You have invested a great deal of time and energy into the GMAT already. Don't go back to square one with a new test.
2) Making a major increase on GMAT verbal skills is hard in a short period. Here's a set of GMAT Idiom flashcards that can help you:
https://gmat.magoosh.com/flashcards/idiomsHere's a blog with a long-term plan for improving GMAT Verbal performance.
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2014/how-to-im ... bal-score/Perhaps the most helpful would be a
Magoosh membership, which comes with a
score guarantee. Unfortunately, it would be hard to master all the resources
Magoosh has to offer in only a few days.
3) Understand, my friend, that my role is a GMAT expert. I can tell you a ton about the test, about how to solve individual problems, etc. I am not an admission consultant. I don't know anything about what schools out there accept what scores.
4) What you want to do is very hard, and you are already behind the clock, striving to make magic happen in Round Two. I will simply pose the question: does it make sense to reassess and wait a year with your plans? If you did, you could spend the year developing a habit of reading to improve your verbal skill significantly; you could practice stress management skills so that you didn't get flustered on the real GMAT next time; and you would have ample time to work through
Magoosh's entire curriculum and get the maximum benefit from it.
These are my thoughts. Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Mike
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Mike McGarry
Magoosh Test PrepEducation is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. — William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939)