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21 Sep 2020, 09:18
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Hi All,
I know there are an abundance of discussions detailing ways to improve score, etc, but I was hoping to get more customized advice based on my situation.
I took the GMAT for the first time this past Saturday (9/19/20) and scored a 680 (45Q 38V). While I'm a little disappointed with this score as my goal is 710, I know i have to be happy being in the ~82nd percentile, and I believe this is a fair score based on recent practice tests. I am aiming to go to in the Fall of 2022 and to go to a top 20 school, with my goals right now being Wharton (I live in Philly but i think this might be a reach school), UT Austin McCombs, Duke Fuqua, UNC Flagler. I am a CPA and have worked 4+ years in big 4 audit and just wrapped up a rotation in our transaction financial due diligence practice and am in the process of transferring over full time. I went to a small university in the Philly area with a GPA of 3.84 and feel like I have solid leadership (recently founded an alumni-student mentor program at my alma mater, help lead a few organizations and fundraisers at my firm). I also think i will have strong recommendation letters from my current supervisors at work, although after I internally transfer, I will have about a year and a half to make strong connections with my new supervisors.
- I started studying in May with Manhattan prep books and then also bought the OG question bundle. I scored a 530 (35Q and 29V) on my diagnostic Manhattan exam. While the Manhattan materials were good and I think their practice exams are more challenging than the actual exam and the official GMAT practice exams, i didnt feel like these materials were taking me to the next level.
- After a few weeks of studying, I jumped up to 600 on Manhattan practice exams. A few weeks later, 630.
- About 2 months in to studying, i bought the Target Test Prep material. I am very happy with this material and think it is not only excellent material for both quant and verbal, but also excellent for the structure of the study program - it helped me with setting a plan and having a purpose.
- I took the 2 official GMAT practice exams in the 2 weeks leading up to my test date. I scored a 660 (45Q and 36V) on test 1 and 710 (49Q and 39V) on test 2. I was thrilled with the 710, but definitely knew this was probably an outlier.
- As mentioned above, I then scored a 680 (45Q 38V) on the actual test.
- I have been studying very hard for the past 3-4 months while working full time (about 12+ hour work days) so I am a little burnt out and am planning to take a little break from studying and start back up in December or early spring.
I am definitely going to purchase the ESR to review. I know I have the ability to bump my score up further and am going to do everything I can to improve. Based on my practice exams and the real exam, I think my goal is 47Q and 40V. I think I have a good handle on all quant topics, but I find myself making dumb mistakes periodically. Also on 700+ level questions, I feel like I know the topic but I'm missing the last leg to get me over the hump of solving the problem (if that makes sense). It isn't like i have no clue how to solve or don't understand the problem when I go back and review.
On verbal, I feel like I am very strong on CR, and fairly strong on SC and RC. I definitely focused much of my studying on the quant side, but I know verbal is where you can really get more bang for your buck on increasing your overall score so I want to really focus on verbal on the next go around.
I think I just need to continue to do practice questions over and over. I plan on buying TTP again when I start back up as well. I know don't have much detail on what specific areas I was weak in on the real exam, but will have that data once I have access to the ESR. I was just wondering if there was any advice on what I should focus on to get this increase goal. Any recommendations/advice would be greatly appreciated.
I know there are an abundance of discussions detailing ways to improve score, etc, but I was hoping to get more customized advice based on my situation.
I took the GMAT for the first time this past Saturday (9/19/20) and scored a 680 (45Q 38V). While I'm a little disappointed with this score as my goal is 710, I know i have to be happy being in the ~82nd percentile, and I believe this is a fair score based on recent practice tests. I am aiming to go to in the Fall of 2022 and to go to a top 20 school, with my goals right now being Wharton (I live in Philly but i think this might be a reach school), UT Austin McCombs, Duke Fuqua, UNC Flagler. I am a CPA and have worked 4+ years in big 4 audit and just wrapped up a rotation in our transaction financial due diligence practice and am in the process of transferring over full time. I went to a small university in the Philly area with a GPA of 3.84 and feel like I have solid leadership (recently founded an alumni-student mentor program at my alma mater, help lead a few organizations and fundraisers at my firm). I also think i will have strong recommendation letters from my current supervisors at work, although after I internally transfer, I will have about a year and a half to make strong connections with my new supervisors.
- I started studying in May with Manhattan prep books and then also bought the OG question bundle. I scored a 530 (35Q and 29V) on my diagnostic Manhattan exam. While the Manhattan materials were good and I think their practice exams are more challenging than the actual exam and the official GMAT practice exams, i didnt feel like these materials were taking me to the next level.
- After a few weeks of studying, I jumped up to 600 on Manhattan practice exams. A few weeks later, 630.
- About 2 months in to studying, i bought the Target Test Prep material. I am very happy with this material and think it is not only excellent material for both quant and verbal, but also excellent for the structure of the study program - it helped me with setting a plan and having a purpose.
- I took the 2 official GMAT practice exams in the 2 weeks leading up to my test date. I scored a 660 (45Q and 36V) on test 1 and 710 (49Q and 39V) on test 2. I was thrilled with the 710, but definitely knew this was probably an outlier.
- As mentioned above, I then scored a 680 (45Q 38V) on the actual test.
- I have been studying very hard for the past 3-4 months while working full time (about 12+ hour work days) so I am a little burnt out and am planning to take a little break from studying and start back up in December or early spring.
I am definitely going to purchase the ESR to review. I know I have the ability to bump my score up further and am going to do everything I can to improve. Based on my practice exams and the real exam, I think my goal is 47Q and 40V. I think I have a good handle on all quant topics, but I find myself making dumb mistakes periodically. Also on 700+ level questions, I feel like I know the topic but I'm missing the last leg to get me over the hump of solving the problem (if that makes sense). It isn't like i have no clue how to solve or don't understand the problem when I go back and review.
On verbal, I feel like I am very strong on CR, and fairly strong on SC and RC. I definitely focused much of my studying on the quant side, but I know verbal is where you can really get more bang for your buck on increasing your overall score so I want to really focus on verbal on the next go around.
I think I just need to continue to do practice questions over and over. I plan on buying TTP again when I start back up as well. I know don't have much detail on what specific areas I was weak in on the real exam, but will have that data once I have access to the ESR. I was just wondering if there was any advice on what I should focus on to get this increase goal. Any recommendations/advice would be greatly appreciated.
21 Sep 2020, 17:43
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Hi jrm1994,
I'm glad to see that you plan to pick back up with TTP before your next GMAT. Once you dive back in why don't you reach out to us on live chat, and we can discuss your game plan in further detail. We've got your back, my friend.
I'm glad to see that you plan to pick back up with TTP before your next GMAT. Once you dive back in why don't you reach out to us on live chat, and we can discuss your game plan in further detail. We've got your back, my friend.
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