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08 Oct 2016, 09:07
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I sat the GMAT for the first time yesterday and scored 710 (45Q 42V). This was a little bit surprising, as both my practice MGMAT CATs were 640 (39Q 38V). I did these CATs one month and two months before the actual exam, and did no preparation in between besides revising the CATs.
I'm aiming for a 750 and recognise that I need to prepare a little bit more in order to get there. Does anyone have any advice about or experience with strategies for reaching 750 from the 710 level?
My preparation prior to yesterday's GMAT involved reading through most of the MGMAT strategy guides and completing about three quarters of the problem set questions within these guides as I read through. I also took two MGMAT CATs, as mentioned before, one quant and verbal only, and one with all four sections. I also probably completed about 30 quant problem solving questions in the OG17.
My ESR showed good pacing (I didn't finish any section besides IR early, and answered all questions in time), so I don't think improving timing would provide much of a score boost. I also wasn't feeling too anxious, so exam nerves shouldn't have gotten in the way. I assume, if applying to top 10 schools, I should focus on lifting my quant score? How is this best achieved? By practicing with OG questions, memorising shortcuts or by taking more practice CATs (like GMATPrep)? I'm a little worried that my real GMAT score was a fluke, based on my much lower MGMAT CAT scores.
Is it relatively harder to lift a verbal score? I wouldn't mind lifting that to a 44+ if possible. I am a native English speaker, so I focused my efforts on the sentence correction strategy guide for verbal, and sentence correction ended up being my best question type in verbal.
I appreciate any advice!
I'm aiming for a 750 and recognise that I need to prepare a little bit more in order to get there. Does anyone have any advice about or experience with strategies for reaching 750 from the 710 level?
My preparation prior to yesterday's GMAT involved reading through most of the MGMAT strategy guides and completing about three quarters of the problem set questions within these guides as I read through. I also took two MGMAT CATs, as mentioned before, one quant and verbal only, and one with all four sections. I also probably completed about 30 quant problem solving questions in the OG17.
My ESR showed good pacing (I didn't finish any section besides IR early, and answered all questions in time), so I don't think improving timing would provide much of a score boost. I also wasn't feeling too anxious, so exam nerves shouldn't have gotten in the way. I assume, if applying to top 10 schools, I should focus on lifting my quant score? How is this best achieved? By practicing with OG questions, memorising shortcuts or by taking more practice CATs (like GMATPrep)? I'm a little worried that my real GMAT score was a fluke, based on my much lower MGMAT CAT scores.
Is it relatively harder to lift a verbal score? I wouldn't mind lifting that to a 44+ if possible. I am a native English speaker, so I focused my efforts on the sentence correction strategy guide for verbal, and sentence correction ended up being my best question type in verbal.
I appreciate any advice!
08 Oct 2016, 11:20
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Hi Nissa,
First off, a 710 is an outstanding score (it's right around the 90th percentile overall), so you should apply to any Business Schools that interest you. While a Q45 won't impress anyone, it likely won't keep you out of most Programs either (with the exception of highly competitive Finance Programs or other Specialty Programs). As such, a retest might not be necessary. Depending on the specific Programs that you plan to apply to, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile. There's a Forum full of them here:
ask-admission-consultants-124/
With a Q45, you actually have a great opportunity to pick up points in the Quant section. That score result implies that you were really good at most of the 'math' questions that you faced on Test Day, but you would have made some little mistakes throughout the section and you missed out on lots of 'strategy-based' points. If you do choose to retest, with a goal to raise your Quant Scaled Score, then an emphasis on Quant Tactics, pattern-matching, etc. would be advisable.
1) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
2) Do you know which specific Programs you are planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
First off, a 710 is an outstanding score (it's right around the 90th percentile overall), so you should apply to any Business Schools that interest you. While a Q45 won't impress anyone, it likely won't keep you out of most Programs either (with the exception of highly competitive Finance Programs or other Specialty Programs). As such, a retest might not be necessary. Depending on the specific Programs that you plan to apply to, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile. There's a Forum full of them here:
ask-admission-consultants-124/
With a Q45, you actually have a great opportunity to pick up points in the Quant section. That score result implies that you were really good at most of the 'math' questions that you faced on Test Day, but you would have made some little mistakes throughout the section and you missed out on lots of 'strategy-based' points. If you do choose to retest, with a goal to raise your Quant Scaled Score, then an emphasis on Quant Tactics, pattern-matching, etc. would be advisable.
1) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
2) Do you know which specific Programs you are planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
08 Oct 2016, 18:04
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You definitely want to focus on Quant if you decide to re-take. To begin with, your Quant percentile is much lower than your Verbal figure, and MBA programs put great emphasis on Quant skills. Morever, the marginal return on Verbal is likely lower than that on Quant: gaining an extra point in Verbal is probably harder than doing the same in Quant.
Would you mind sharing your ESR, by the way?
Would you mind sharing your ESR, by the way?
