This series of emails and PMs focuses on situations that many Test Takers face during their studies. The names of the original posters have been changed to protect their identities.<\/p>\n
Question About Overall Percentile<\/strong> I\u2019m so excited and wanted to thank you for all of your help. I just took the GMAT today and got a 710. Is this a mistake though? I got a 47 on the quant (70the percentile) and a 40 on the verbal (90th percentile), but how does this add up to a 710 (92nd percentile) overall?<\/p>\n Whiskey<\/p>\n Hi Whiskey,<\/p>\n Congratulations on your score result; I\u2019m glad that we could help. A 710 is a fantastic score (and there's no mistake with your score report). Each section on the GMAT has it's own percentile. Percentiles are a measure of how you performed relative to how other Test Takers performed; Scaled Scores are the scores that matter though, as they measure how well you performed against the TEST. While each individual section had its own percentile, your OVERALL performance was better relative to Test Takers than either of your individual results.<\/p>\n Taking Daily CATs is NOT a Good Idea<\/strong> I took my first gmat prep three weeks ago and got a 640 (V31, Q47) and took the second test today and got 700 (V37,Q49). My question is should I keep taking a test everyday to keep my momentum and stamina levels up. I am really hoping to stay at the 700 level leading into test day in two weeks.<\/p>\n Yankee<\/p>\n Hi Yankee,<\/p>\n Taking a CAT every day is NOT a good idea. You'd be better served sticking to your normal practice routine for the next 2 weeks and scheduling in 2 more CATs TOTAL.<\/p>\n Some people go \"CAT crazy\", take too many CATs in a short period of time, and end up \u201cburning out\u201d before their actual GMATs. We want to avoid that.<\/p>\n Other than the 2 full-length CATs, your practice should NOT be excessive because you're already scoring at a high level. Since you're at this level, maintaining it shouldn't be hard; the key now is to NOT burn out before your real GMAT.<\/p>\n When To Focus on Timing<\/strong> I have taken GMAT previously 2 years back and got a 560 but I plan to take it again. I have started preparing and it\u2019s been a total of 2 weeks. At this stage is it recommended to start timing myself or should I focus on grasping the content right now.<\/p>\n Zulu<\/p>\n Hi Zulu,<\/p>\n Right now, you should be working on learning the content and tactics necessary to crush the GMAT. Pacing is something that will naturally improve over time (and is something you'll factor in down the line). For example, for those students who plan to study for 3+ months, pacing shouldn\u2019t be a concern until 6-8 weeks into the process. Knowledge and familiarity come first.<\/p>\n GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made, This series of emails and PMs focuses on situations that many Test Takers face during their studies. The names of the original posters have been changed to protect their identities.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1,243,940],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gmat","category-uncategorized","category-blog","category-gmat-prep-gmat","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30578"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30618,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30578\/revisions\/30618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHi Rich,<\/p>\n
\nRich,<\/p>\n
\nDear Rich,<\/p>\n
\nRich<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"