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All,
I just took my first test today. Got a 710. Feeling disappointed for sure because of my math showing.
The breakdown is the real issue - 44 math 41 verbal. If I had gotten a 710 with a better math score (like ~47) I would feel better
The 44 in math is a little surprising, as I've been testing in between 45 (on here) and 47 (on the official GMAT practice exam).
I am pretty much only considering a top 10 school at this point, and wanted to get a third party perspective. However, I feel like I almost certainly have to take it again to bring up my math score. Thoughts?
I just took my first test today. Got a 710. Feeling disappointed for sure because of my math showing.
The breakdown is the real issue - 44 math 41 verbal. If I had gotten a 710 with a better math score (like ~47) I would feel better
The 44 in math is a little surprising, as I've been testing in between 45 (on here) and 47 (on the official GMAT practice exam).
I am pretty much only considering a top 10 school at this point, and wanted to get a third party perspective. However, I feel like I almost certainly have to take it again to bring up my math score. Thoughts?
11 Jun 2017, 13:55
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi there,
I would suggest taking the GMAT again to bump the quant score up despite being a PhD. Unfortunately, in the past few years, I have been seeing weaker quant scores hurting candidates even if they had strong GPAs and/or were working in a quantitative field (such as Finance). The admissions process is very competitive, so you really don't want to leave anything up to chance - aim to get above an 80th percentile in the quant section. I hope this helps!
Best,
Shaifali
(Harvard Business School grad)
I would suggest taking the GMAT again to bump the quant score up despite being a PhD. Unfortunately, in the past few years, I have been seeing weaker quant scores hurting candidates even if they had strong GPAs and/or were working in a quantitative field (such as Finance). The admissions process is very competitive, so you really don't want to leave anything up to chance - aim to get above an 80th percentile in the quant section. I hope this helps!
Best,
Shaifali
(Harvard Business School grad)
12 Jun 2017, 01:25
Kudos
Bookmarks
Jason8
All,
I just took my first test today. Got a 710. Feeling disappointed for sure because of my math showing.
The breakdown is the real issue - 44 math 41 verbal. If I had gotten a 710 with a better math score (like ~47) I would feel better
The 44 in math is a little surprising, as I've been testing in between 45 (on here) and 47 (on the official GMAT practice exam).
I am pretty much only considering a top 10 school at this point, and wanted to get a third party perspective. However, I feel like I almost certainly have to take it again to bring up my math score. Thoughts?
I just took my first test today. Got a 710. Feeling disappointed for sure because of my math showing.
The breakdown is the real issue - 44 math 41 verbal. If I had gotten a 710 with a better math score (like ~47) I would feel better
The 44 in math is a little surprising, as I've been testing in between 45 (on here) and 47 (on the official GMAT practice exam).
I am pretty much only considering a top 10 school at this point, and wanted to get a third party perspective. However, I feel like I almost certainly have to take it again to bring up my math score. Thoughts?
I can’t really say if that score is good enough or not without knowing more about your profile, that you didn’t get into now, but I think the real question is: do you think you can do better if you prepare more/use a different method etc.? If so, I would definitely retake as you do want to give it your all in every way before applying. Otherwise there might be a lot of “what ifs” if you don’t get accepted.
So basically what I am saying is that only you can decide if you should retake or not based on that.
