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680 should I retake? 29 May 2012, 14:42
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I'm pretty upset at the moment. Just finished the gmat and got a 680 (43Q, 40V). Also, I left the last quant question blank due to bad timing. My understanding is that leaving a question blank drops your raw score 3 points.

My GMATprep practice scores were as follows.

710 (46Q, 41V)
740 (49Q, 42V)

I want to attend a top 10 school and my score is at the low end. Thinking about using another month to study then retaking.

What does GMATclub think?
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680 should I retake? 29 May 2012, 15:55
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Definitely retake! Good luck.
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680 should I retake? 29 May 2012, 16:22
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Clicks- i feel your pain. i took the GMAT today 5/29 and scored 680 (44Q, 39V). my GMATPrep quant scores were Q47 and Q49 respectively, similar to your's. did you also feel that the quant was considerably harder?
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680 should I retake? 29 May 2012, 17:05
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Clicks- i feel your pain. i took the GMAT today 5/29 and scored 680 (44Q, 39V). my GMATPrep quant scores were Q47 and Q49 respectively, similar to your's. did you also feel that the quant was considerably harder?
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Yes, the quant on the actual GMAT seemed much harder than GMATprep. At first I thought it was because I was getting so many questions right. Sadly my score proves otherwise :cry:
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680 should I retake? 30 May 2012, 07:01
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Yes, the quant on the actual GMAT seemed much harder than GMATprep. At first I thought it was because I was getting so many questions right. Sadly my score proves otherwise :cry:
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Do you plan to retake?

It sucks because 680 puts you in a such an awful predicament: expend your energy either on practicing quant and learning IR for a retake next month or on writing/perfecting applications for early 1st round. 680 is a score that'll put top-10 schools out of reach but will give you a somewhat fair shot at schools ranked 11-25.
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Yes, the quant on the actual GMAT seemed much harder than GMATprep. At first I thought it was because I was getting so many questions right. Sadly my score proves otherwise :cry:

Do you plan to retake?

It sucks because 680 puts you in a such an awful predicament: expend your energy either on practicing quant and learning IR for a retake next month or on writing/perfecting applications for early 1st round. 680 is a score that'll put top-10 schools out of reach but will give you a somewhat fair shot at schools ranked 11-25.
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My goal is a top 10 school, so I guess I'll have to retake. Was really hoping I wouldn't have to learn IR but it is what it is.
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680 should I retake? 31 May 2012, 04:30
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hi, I took the test on 28/5 and even I think that there is a drastic difference between quant levels of actual GMAT and GMAT prep. I do feel your pain.

I have shared by exp at 680-q48-v34-totally-devastated-133393.html and there are some nice useful tips by roboas.

you should definitely retake, if you havent taken it twice already. ATB.
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