710: Should I retake?

If it's only going to take three weeks, go with the GMAT. Even if this brings you close to R1 deadlines, you still have the equally good R2. And from 710 to 730 is a significant jump.

I wish you the best of luck!

The deciding factor here is that you think that you can do better, so for that reason I would say: yes, you should retake as you want to make sure you have given your application “your all” before you apply. Should you not get admitted and you did not retake, you will always be wonder what would have happened if you did retake etc.

So definitely retake in this case as a higher GMAT score will make a bigger difference than your other plan as well.

Good luck!

I would retake if you are serious about getting into the schools you listed. The right score is the score that can get you into your target schools. Take a look at the increasingly rising scores at Stanford and Sloan, I think getting closer to or above that average could help you out here.

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You should better improve your Verbal...Within 3 weeks or 2 you can improve it up to 40 and your score will jump up to 740 and it is more sensible for you schools of choice decisions is yours.

Good Luck

Hi hillyboy,

First of all, congratulations on a phenomenal score. 710 is a great score and you can confidently apply to any business school of your choice. However if you feel you can improvise your score by a few more points , you can give it another try. You can work on your verbal and try to cross the 40 mark.

If you want to improve on any individual area such as Sentence Correction, you may subscribe to the individual SC course as you can finish the whole course in 10 days (with proper dedication). If however you are only looking to identify and improve on your weak areas, I would encourage you to purchase the e-gmat scholaranium. It is without a doubt, one of the best practice tools for verbal and will indeed help you on the final leg of your preparations.

Further taking multiple mocks might help. Apart from the GMATPREP, Manhattan GMAT tests and Veritas Prep Tests in my experience have good verbal and Quant section and will certainly help you point out and improve your weak areas.

Further another advantage of taking many mocks is to build up your stamina. Apart from the GMATPREP tests, taking practise tests of any major GMATPREP company ought to do that.


Hope this helps. All the best.