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27 Sep 2010, 09:24
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Hi guys,
Took my GMAT last saturday (9/25) after 2 months of following an erratic study schedule. Ended up with rather dissapointing results:
690 Q:48, V:36
AWA: Not received yet
Study Materials:
MGMAT - Complete set
OG Guide, OG verbal, OG quant
Study Test Scores: (all in 10 days)
MGMAT 1: 700 (Q44, V41)
MGMAT 2: 690 (Q:48, V36)
MGMAT 3: 680 (Q47, V35)
MGMAT 4: 690 (Q:48, V36)
MGMAT 5: 680 (Q:47, V:35)
GMATPrep 1: 700 (Dont recall the split but very similar to above)
GMATPrep 2: 680 (Dont recall the split but very similar to above)
What went wrong:
As you can see, my scores hovered around the 680-700 range and that is what i got in the final exam. But going into the exam, i got greedy and thought i could pull off 700+ score (really stupid of me of think that way!). Anyways, here are some of things that i think contributed to my not-so-stellar performance:
1. I was getting hammered with cartloads of work at my day job in the weeks leading up to the test. I also ended up taking most of my full-length tests in this same window. Combined with work-related stress and lack of sleep, I think i got burnt out by the time i got to the exam. So, i think i might've been better off if i rescheduled my exam by a couple of weeks.
2. I did not spend enough time reviewing full-length exams. I just mechanically wrote tests and hoped that i would peak at the real test with a boost in scores. (plain stupid!)
3. I did not spend enough time reviewing the material and this really worked against me in SC. I could not remember half of the SC rules/idioms that i crammed a month before the test.
Test Day:
Surprisingly, i wasn't feeling nervous or jittery before or during the test. Completed AWA comfortably with a relatively easy argument and issue. Quant was trickier than i expected with a lot of number property/inequality questions. No prob/combinatorics which i had practiced quite a bit before the test. However, verbal really did it for me. I was not confident with most of my SC/CR choices. CR questions looked rather benign but i always ended up with two choices, had to choose one and move on. It was the same case with SC. I was not in a timecrunch in either section. RCs were okay and i think i got a majority of them correct.
I am really dissapointed and was hoping for a 700+ score so that i could take a shot at M7 schools, INSEAD and LBS. I belong to the Indian Engineer applicant pool and any application with a below-700 score will be not looked at competitively. I am planning on taking a break for a week and dive into it again. Planning for a retake by Nov first/second week so that i can still take a shot at most schools for R2. Please let me know what you guys think...thanks for your inputs!
Took my GMAT last saturday (9/25) after 2 months of following an erratic study schedule. Ended up with rather dissapointing results:
690 Q:48, V:36
AWA: Not received yet
Study Materials:
MGMAT - Complete set
OG Guide, OG verbal, OG quant
Study Test Scores: (all in 10 days)
MGMAT 1: 700 (Q44, V41)
MGMAT 2: 690 (Q:48, V36)
MGMAT 3: 680 (Q47, V35)
MGMAT 4: 690 (Q:48, V36)
MGMAT 5: 680 (Q:47, V:35)
GMATPrep 1: 700 (Dont recall the split but very similar to above)
GMATPrep 2: 680 (Dont recall the split but very similar to above)
What went wrong:
As you can see, my scores hovered around the 680-700 range and that is what i got in the final exam. But going into the exam, i got greedy and thought i could pull off 700+ score (really stupid of me of think that way!). Anyways, here are some of things that i think contributed to my not-so-stellar performance:
1. I was getting hammered with cartloads of work at my day job in the weeks leading up to the test. I also ended up taking most of my full-length tests in this same window. Combined with work-related stress and lack of sleep, I think i got burnt out by the time i got to the exam. So, i think i might've been better off if i rescheduled my exam by a couple of weeks.
2. I did not spend enough time reviewing full-length exams. I just mechanically wrote tests and hoped that i would peak at the real test with a boost in scores. (plain stupid!)
3. I did not spend enough time reviewing the material and this really worked against me in SC. I could not remember half of the SC rules/idioms that i crammed a month before the test.
Test Day:
Surprisingly, i wasn't feeling nervous or jittery before or during the test. Completed AWA comfortably with a relatively easy argument and issue. Quant was trickier than i expected with a lot of number property/inequality questions. No prob/combinatorics which i had practiced quite a bit before the test. However, verbal really did it for me. I was not confident with most of my SC/CR choices. CR questions looked rather benign but i always ended up with two choices, had to choose one and move on. It was the same case with SC. I was not in a timecrunch in either section. RCs were okay and i think i got a majority of them correct.
I am really dissapointed and was hoping for a 700+ score so that i could take a shot at M7 schools, INSEAD and LBS. I belong to the Indian Engineer applicant pool and any application with a below-700 score will be not looked at competitively. I am planning on taking a break for a week and dive into it again. Planning for a retake by Nov first/second week so that i can still take a shot at most schools for R2. Please let me know what you guys think...thanks for your inputs!
27 Sep 2010, 10:17
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690 is a great and competitive score !! I won't retake with 690 in hand and would concentrate on apps! Anyhow, if you think you can perform better and do have enough time you can go for retake.
Anyhow, good luck with your retake and apps. Keep all the gmatclub members update about your progress!
Anyhow, good luck with your retake and apps. Keep all the gmatclub members update about your progress!
27 Sep 2010, 11:12
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Pretty good score.Guess it depends on the schools you are applying.Same problem with me.Sometimes really busy with work and sometimes free.My d day is Nov 19th!Hope all goes well in the coming months...
