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17 Oct 2017, 12:00
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Hey GMAT family,
I took my first GMAT exam today. I scored a whopping 480 on minimal studying so I'm not super upset with the score because I deserved a 280. Anyway a little background. I'm 28 years old. I dropped out of high school at 16 missing the majority of my math intensive classes. Got my GED and went to college. Took a ton of economics and finance classes with stats as well. Graduated with a 3.6 GPA in 2015. Fast forward to today where I'm trying to take the next step in my life. I've always wanted to get my MBA and go into consulting.
Not intending on applying to any crazy high ranked schools like Wharton or Stanford. I'd ideally like to stay in the south. Darden, Vandy, Emory, and UNC area schools. So I know those schools coupled with wanting to go into consulting equals a 720+ GMAT needed.
The positive, scored in the 86th percentile on verbal. With a little work I can easily bump that into the lower to mid 90's. IR score was 7 in the 70th percentile so work needed there. The bad is quant where I scored in the 6th percentile. That's where I don't even begin to know where to start. Any suggestions? Because apparently I don't even grasp the basic concepts of math on the GMAT. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I took my first GMAT exam today. I scored a whopping 480 on minimal studying so I'm not super upset with the score because I deserved a 280. Anyway a little background. I'm 28 years old. I dropped out of high school at 16 missing the majority of my math intensive classes. Got my GED and went to college. Took a ton of economics and finance classes with stats as well. Graduated with a 3.6 GPA in 2015. Fast forward to today where I'm trying to take the next step in my life. I've always wanted to get my MBA and go into consulting.
Not intending on applying to any crazy high ranked schools like Wharton or Stanford. I'd ideally like to stay in the south. Darden, Vandy, Emory, and UNC area schools. So I know those schools coupled with wanting to go into consulting equals a 720+ GMAT needed.
The positive, scored in the 86th percentile on verbal. With a little work I can easily bump that into the lower to mid 90's. IR score was 7 in the 70th percentile so work needed there. The bad is quant where I scored in the 6th percentile. That's where I don't even begin to know where to start. Any suggestions? Because apparently I don't even grasp the basic concepts of math on the GMAT. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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17 Oct 2017, 17:30
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Hi jelobb88,
By your own admissions, you've done 'minimal' studying, so this result is actually decent (the average score on the Official GMAT hovers around 540-550 most years). To hit your goal score, you're clearly going to have to make some significant improvements to how you handle the Quant section overall (and if you can squeeze out a couple of additional points in the Verbal section, then your chances of hitting that score will improve). Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
4) Going forward, how many hours do you think you can consistently study each week?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
By your own admissions, you've done 'minimal' studying, so this result is actually decent (the average score on the Official GMAT hovers around 540-550 most years). To hit your goal score, you're clearly going to have to make some significant improvements to how you handle the Quant section overall (and if you can squeeze out a couple of additional points in the Verbal section, then your chances of hitting that score will improve). Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
4) Going forward, how many hours do you think you can consistently study each week?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
17 Oct 2017, 17:44
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Rich,
I have been studying for the past 30 days. The only study material I have is the Official GMAT guides. I have a good window as I am not planning to start applying until the first rounds of 2018. My girlfriend and I are going to take a week long trip to visit the 5 target schools that I would like to attend in July. We want to get a feel for the cities and the schools. If we find one we really love then I will probably apply for EA at that school. I can dedicate 2-3 hours daily to studying. She is still in school and uses some of the evening for homework and that provides a good 2-3 hours to study. Our trip is in July so I was thinking late February or early March would be a good time for a second shot. That way, if it isn't where I'd like it to be I still have extra time to hone skills and make a third attempt.
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I have been studying for the past 30 days. The only study material I have is the Official GMAT guides. I have a good window as I am not planning to start applying until the first rounds of 2018. My girlfriend and I are going to take a week long trip to visit the 5 target schools that I would like to attend in July. We want to get a feel for the cities and the schools. If we find one we really love then I will probably apply for EA at that school. I can dedicate 2-3 hours daily to studying. She is still in school and uses some of the evening for homework and that provides a good 2-3 hours to study. Our trip is in July so I was thinking late February or early March would be a good time for a second shot. That way, if it isn't where I'd like it to be I still have extra time to hone skills and make a third attempt.
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