Not happy, not dissapointed, 650 today - Q42. V38, 84 %

I have been kinda looking forward to sharing this experience with you. Today, I took the GMAT and I didn’t do that well as I hoped but I didn’t really screw it either : )

Thanks to everybody here who shaped my math/verbal skills. Paul, you were the first one I got in touch with in here, and thanks for the words of encouragements and your advice. Although I did disagree with your verbal reasoning sometimes, I very much respect the consistency in your learning that led you to get your 710.

When I first took the GMAT a year ago, I scored 550. No studying, nothing. This time, I took 4 months of studying; I knew my weaknesses and I knew my strengths. I was good in reasoning, well .. in English overall. I wasn’t that good in quant. So I had worked on quant for 2 months, I also subscribed to American Scientist to improve my reading comprehension.
I ended up with exactly the opposite combination of score from anybody else I saw on this forum:
Quant: 42 , 66%
Verbal: 38, 85 %
Overall: 650, 84 %


From what I have seen, nobody has such weird combination of score. Usually quant is up and verbal is down. Well, I am excellent in reasoning and reading comprehension, I have never been taught math fundamentals and that’s what killed me. I am pretty sure this is not an indicator of my stupidity but I will make sure my kids get the fundamentals in their blood. Additionally, I am not a native speaker. So this all is very striking as many foreigners excel in math but do not do well in verbal. I would much more prefer ETS to design the quant as the Mensa designs their IQ test. I took their test before and was immediately offered a membership. The difference is that GMAT tests your math fundamentals. Mensa tests your logic and “3d thinkingâ€