hash2u,

I know how frustrating it can be when you score lower on the real test.
What schools are you going to apply to?
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GMAT: 720 Q47 V41 / TOEFL iBT: 118

geekguru,

I would love to help you out but unfortunately I am not too familiar with EMBA programs. Hope you'll find someone who will be able to answer your questions.

Good luck!
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GMAT: 720 Q47 V41 / TOEFL iBT: 118

MelloFellow,

I was (am?) in the same situation as you. I took the gmat last week and got 720 (Q47, 77% and V41, 92%). Most of the people I spoke to about retaking the gmat told me not to do it and advised me to focus on essays. What background do you have? Apparently if you have an engineering background, adcoms are more forgiving for a slightly lower quant score. At least, that's what I heard. Finally, if you are going to apply for round 2 it's almost already too late to retake gmat.
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GMAT: 720 Q47 V41 / TOEFL iBT: 118

Should I retake?
I got 750 Q51 V40
I aim to shoot for scholarships
I am an entrepreneur into consulting domain
I plan to enter school in 2012
I don't know if I can spend more time on preparation
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GMAT: 750 Q51 V40
GMAT Prep1: 740 Q50 V40 ; GMAT Prep2: 760 Q49 V44; MGMAT1: 700 Q48 V37; Kaptest: 710 Q47 V41; GMAT Prep3: 760 Q50 V44
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Rockrock,

If you have timing issues I think you need to practice more until the strategies become a second nature. Also make sure you keep a log of all the wrong questions, the questions that took you more than 3 minutes to resolve, and all the questions you got right but that you know you did not use the right approach. Let a couple of weeks go by and try to redo all those questions.
I don't know if it's the kind of advice you were looking for but that's what I would do.
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GMAT: 720 Q47 V41 / TOEFL iBT: 118

Hi someone pls help me.I am planning to retake GMAT after a month.Please suggest me some strategies to pace up my prep(My score is 460 Q35,V19)
Thanks,
Aarthi

Hey guys,

I'm curious what you all might recommend based on my epic fail this past Saturday.

Some background on me: BS in Computer Science working for almost two years. Took a PR classroom GMAT class. Baselined around 450 initially.

I did everything in the PR book, read *some* of the stuff in the MGMAT books. I did almost all of the practice problems in the OG 12 recommended by PR but no more. I would say I have dedicated roughly 10-14 hours a week for the past 7 weeks.

The following are my practice tests- (don't have the Q and V for the MBA ones unfortunately). They were taken in chronological order from when I began studying.

M V T
PR 1 28 25 450
PR 2 25 28 450
PR 3 31 32 530
PR 4 32 28 500
PR 5 32 37 570
MBA 1 640
MBA 2 500

I definitely feel like I have improved and was honestly not terribly nervous on test day. However, my Quant score was horrific. My final score was a measly 510- Q25 V36. I did feel like I was rushing my ass off during the math section, although I feel like I have control of my verbal timing.

And then I took a math section of MGMAT last night and scored a 36Q.. go figure.

So a couple of questions:
1. Should I retake (I'm assuming you're going to say a reaffirming yes) and how long should I study until I do (full time ~8-5 so I have my nights and my weekends).
2. Should I focus just on quant or both?
3. How much would a private tutor for quant help?
4. Bought the OG Quant supplement, planning on doing all of those
5. Any recommendations to get more comfortable with the Q timing?


Thanks guys, I know this is just a post in a forum, but being able to share this story with you all gives me the mental strength to keep at it and to give this thing another shot.

Thanks for your suggestions bseb.Which book should I follow for CR?Shall I use CR Bible?I want to practice as many CR sets as possible(excluding the OG CR sets)

Thanks, this was VERY helpful
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Hi Guys,

So just a bit about myself, I wrote the GMAT in June 2010 and got a mark of 480 (22V/33Q). Needless to say this really disappointed me, to the point where I was completely discouraged and not until the last few weeks have I decided to give it another go. I'm still not sure what went wrong that day, but my nerves definitely got to me, and at the same time I know that it's only me that's in the way of achieving a high 600 mark.

I studied for 5-6 months prior, taking the Kaplan in class course and than the online one after wards. On my Kaplan practice tests I was averaging scores of 570, and on the GMAT practice test my highest score was a 610. Closer to the exam I also had a tutor that I saw about 5 times,this is where I felt most of my gains were came from. I'm frustrated at the fact that I put 5-6 months of HARD studying into this, by which I mean 3-4 hours a day and about 6-8 hours on the weekend, and obtained only mediocre results. In fact i've NEVER studied this HARD for anything!

Anyways,
I'm at the point now where I want to formulate a strategy so that I can re-write the GMAT by the end of Feb 2011/Early March 2011. Given that I went through many ups and downs during my past experience with studying and writing the practice tests i'm not to sure where to start. I'm contemplating signing up for another Kaplan course,Veristas Prep course, Knewton course, or just signing up for them online I'm not sure what route to take though. I'm a little bit reluctant to take the Kaplan course again because of the past results. I've read the prep course reviews on the website, but i'm still not swayed by any of them really.

For me this seems to be more of a mental battle. I'm able to understand all the concepts and fundamentals of both the Quant and Verbal sections, but what I found to be the most difficult part for me was finishing the exam sections on time. This held my score back a lot!

Currently I have the OG 12 guide and the kaplan books at my disposal. I guess I need some guidance and motivation to get the ball rolling. In addition if anybody knows of a great tutor in the Toronto area that would be helpful as well!?

The stories on this website are a GREAT PRIMER! I'm glad to have found a website that allows oneself to see that they're not the only ones struggling through this.


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