A Short Debrief

Hi all,

I just took the GMAT, and I hope that this debrief can be useful to other non-traditional applicants like me. I scored a 710 (Q45, V42) with only 2-3 weeks of studying, and with a lot of help from this forum. Accordingly, I want to express my gratitude to all those who have posted so that others like me can observe, learn, and continue to browse obsessively as the time to take the GMAT approaches.

I am only a senior in college and so I realize that it is a long shot for me to be admitted to an MBA program without work experience. I hope my score is good enough to achieve that.

Several factors that contributed to my 2-3 week study time involved my research abroad over the summer, and breaking up with a significant other. However, this forum gave me the courage to continue and to approach the GMAT even though I had no desire to do so in the beginning of August. I ordered the MGMAT quant guides, did not go through the whole OG, but did all of the MGMAT tests and the Kaplan Premier book (and some Kaplan tests). I did not follow other advice that suggested to stay away from practice tests in the days before the exam. I also reviewed Powerscore CR before I took the test.

I am incredibly grateful for the 6.0 AWA guide, as it was very useful. Lastly, I feel that a large part of my strategy came from ideas on this forum, and I am very impressed with these posts.

I really do not want to retake, but am open to suggestions about this. Also, I want anyone else with a short study program to know that it is possible to break 700 without much studying .


Thank you again!