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655 GMAT Focus, is my quant score too low?
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12 May 2024, 10:04
12 May 2024, 10:04
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Hello All,
I just took the official GMAT Focus yesterday and I scored a 655 (detailed below), but I fear that my quant score is too low for what most business schools want to see.
Score Breakdown:
Total 655 (93rd percentile)
Quantitative Reasoning 80 (66th percentile)
Verbal Reasoning 87 (99th percentile)
Data Insights 80 (86th percentile)
Is this an unbalanced score distribution and/or is my quant score too low? About me, I am 29 years old, I have 6 years of work experience in the public policy sector doing policy analysis, a bachelor's in political science, and master's in public policy.
I have been studying for the GMAT for almost 9 months and have only managed to improve my quant score from 38th percentile (first original GMAT mock test) to 66th percentile. On my two most recent official mock tests I scored 76th percentile in quant (5 questions wrong), and on the official focus test I also got 5 quant questions wrong. I am not sure why the percentile dropped so much from the mock test to the real one for the same number of wrong answers, but I do plan to retake the test to try for a better quant score. All of my mock test scores are below.
Official Mock Tests:
Test 1: Total 645, Q78, V84, DI83
Test 2: Total 705, Q81, V85, DI89
Test 3: Total 625, Q78, V84, DI81
Test 4: Total 655, Q80, V86, DI81
Test 5: Total 645, Q80, V86, DI79
Retake Test 1: Total 755, Q87, V86, DI89
Retake Test 2: Total 705, Q84, V87, DI84
Retake Test 3: Total 735, Q82, V89, DI88
Retake Test 4: Total 705, Q82, V89, DI84
I have been using TTP and GMAT Club as well as the streaks method for improving my quant score. I have been doing streaks of 15 easy and medium difficulty questions, and streaks of 13 for hard questions. The easy and medium streaks are no problem, but it does take me some time to achieve hard question streaks. I definitely have some gaps in my knowledge when it comes to difficult questions. I think my main issue is that I still find some quant questions to be too abstract or confusing for me to solve in 2 minutes under test conditions. Any tips you have for improving in the quant section would be greatly appreciated.
I just took the official GMAT Focus yesterday and I scored a 655 (detailed below), but I fear that my quant score is too low for what most business schools want to see.
Score Breakdown:
Total 655 (93rd percentile)
Quantitative Reasoning 80 (66th percentile)
Verbal Reasoning 87 (99th percentile)
Data Insights 80 (86th percentile)
Is this an unbalanced score distribution and/or is my quant score too low? About me, I am 29 years old, I have 6 years of work experience in the public policy sector doing policy analysis, a bachelor's in political science, and master's in public policy.
I have been studying for the GMAT for almost 9 months and have only managed to improve my quant score from 38th percentile (first original GMAT mock test) to 66th percentile. On my two most recent official mock tests I scored 76th percentile in quant (5 questions wrong), and on the official focus test I also got 5 quant questions wrong. I am not sure why the percentile dropped so much from the mock test to the real one for the same number of wrong answers, but I do plan to retake the test to try for a better quant score. All of my mock test scores are below.
Official Mock Tests:
Test 1: Total 645, Q78, V84, DI83
Test 2: Total 705, Q81, V85, DI89
Test 3: Total 625, Q78, V84, DI81
Test 4: Total 655, Q80, V86, DI81
Test 5: Total 645, Q80, V86, DI79
Retake Test 1: Total 755, Q87, V86, DI89
Retake Test 2: Total 705, Q84, V87, DI84
Retake Test 3: Total 735, Q82, V89, DI88
Retake Test 4: Total 705, Q82, V89, DI84
I have been using TTP and GMAT Club as well as the streaks method for improving my quant score. I have been doing streaks of 15 easy and medium difficulty questions, and streaks of 13 for hard questions. The easy and medium streaks are no problem, but it does take me some time to achieve hard question streaks. I definitely have some gaps in my knowledge when it comes to difficult questions. I think my main issue is that I still find some quant questions to be too abstract or confusing for me to solve in 2 minutes under test conditions. Any tips you have for improving in the quant section would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: 655 GMAT Focus, is my quant score too low?
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12 May 2024, 22:58
12 May 2024, 22:58
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jmsc_11 wrote:
I just took the official GMAT Focus yesterday and I scored a 655 (detailed below), but I fear that my quant score is too low for what most business schools want to see.
Score Breakdown:
Total 655 (93rd percentile)
Quantitative Reasoning 80 (66th percentile)
Verbal Reasoning 87 (99th percentile)
Data Insights 80 (86th percentile)
Is this an unbalanced score distribution and/or is my quant score too low? About me, I am 29 years old, I have 6 years of work experience in the public policy sector doing policy analysis, a bachelor's in political science, and master's in public policy.
I have been studying for the GMAT for almost 9 months and have only managed to improve my quant score from 38th percentile (first original GMAT mock test) to 66th percentile. On my two most recent official mock tests I scored 76th percentile in quant (5 questions wrong), and on the official focus test I also got 5 quant questions wrong. I am not sure why the percentile dropped so much from the mock test to the real one for the same number of wrong answers, but I do plan to retake the test to try for a better quant score. All of my mock test scores are below.
Official Mock Tests:
Test 1: Total 645, Q78, V84, DI83
Test 2: Total 705, Q81, V85, DI89
Test 3: Total 625, Q78, V84, DI81
Test 4: Total 655, Q80, V86, DI81
Test 5: Total 645, Q80, V86, DI79
Retake Test 1: Total 755, Q87, V86, DI89
Retake Test 2: Total 705, Q84, V87, DI84
Retake Test 3: Total 735, Q82, V89, DI88
Retake Test 4: Total 705, Q82, V89, DI84
I have been using TTP and GMAT Club as well as the streaks method for improving my quant score. I have been doing streaks of 15 easy and medium difficulty questions, and streaks of 13 for hard questions. The easy and medium streaks are no problem, but it does take me some time to achieve hard question streaks. I definitely have some gaps in my knowledge when it comes to difficult questions. I think my main issue is that I still find some quant questions to be too abstract or confusing for me to solve in 2 minutes under test conditions. Any tips you have for improving in the quant section would be greatly appreciated.
Score Breakdown:
Total 655 (93rd percentile)
Quantitative Reasoning 80 (66th percentile)
Verbal Reasoning 87 (99th percentile)
Data Insights 80 (86th percentile)
Is this an unbalanced score distribution and/or is my quant score too low? About me, I am 29 years old, I have 6 years of work experience in the public policy sector doing policy analysis, a bachelor's in political science, and master's in public policy.
I have been studying for the GMAT for almost 9 months and have only managed to improve my quant score from 38th percentile (first original GMAT mock test) to 66th percentile. On my two most recent official mock tests I scored 76th percentile in quant (5 questions wrong), and on the official focus test I also got 5 quant questions wrong. I am not sure why the percentile dropped so much from the mock test to the real one for the same number of wrong answers, but I do plan to retake the test to try for a better quant score. All of my mock test scores are below.
Official Mock Tests:
Test 1: Total 645, Q78, V84, DI83
Test 2: Total 705, Q81, V85, DI89
Test 3: Total 625, Q78, V84, DI81
Test 4: Total 655, Q80, V86, DI81
Test 5: Total 645, Q80, V86, DI79
Retake Test 1: Total 755, Q87, V86, DI89
Retake Test 2: Total 705, Q84, V87, DI84
Retake Test 3: Total 735, Q82, V89, DI88
Retake Test 4: Total 705, Q82, V89, DI84
I have been using TTP and GMAT Club as well as the streaks method for improving my quant score. I have been doing streaks of 15 easy and medium difficulty questions, and streaks of 13 for hard questions. The easy and medium streaks are no problem, but it does take me some time to achieve hard question streaks. I definitely have some gaps in my knowledge when it comes to difficult questions. I think my main issue is that I still find some quant questions to be too abstract or confusing for me to solve in 2 minutes under test conditions. Any tips you have for improving in the quant section would be greatly appreciated.
Hi jmsc_11,
1. 655 is a very good score.
2. I wouldn't worry about that quant score, as (a) Q80 isn't bad, especially on the new GMAT, and (b) even schools that publish minimum recommended scores (like INSEAD) should find Q80 acceptable.
All the best for the retake.
Re: 655 GMAT Focus, is my quant score too low?
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12 May 2024, 23:57
12 May 2024, 23:57
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It really depends on which schools you are targeting. For some, it will be low (specifically if you come from an overrepresented profile of applicants); for other schools, it may not be low.
