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svijayaug12
Joined: 06 Jun 2013
Last visit: 11 Aug 2020
Posts: 98
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Concentration: Technology, General Management
Schools: XLRI GM"18 ISB '17 (M) NTU '17 (S) Simon '18 (S) Olin '18 (S) Boston U '18 (S) Carlson '18 (II)
GMAT 1: 680 Q48 V35
GPA: 3.47
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Schools: XLRI GM"18 ISB '17 (M) NTU '17 (S) Simon '18 (S) Olin '18 (S) Boston U '18 (S) Carlson '18 (II)
GMAT 1: 680 Q48 V35
Posts: 98
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05 Oct 2015, 05:29
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Hi,
I took a second shot at GMAT today and scored a 650 on the GMAT with the split as Q48 and V30.
I was hoping to score at least >= 680 based on my scores on the mock test. However, for some reason (post-mortem yet to be done), I failed again.
I had scored a 570 in my earlier attempt, but that was with vague understanding of the SC & CR concepts.
But this time, I made sure that I work on those areas and I Indeed did slog through this 11 months, but only to fail again. I am really hoping to score 680+ at least and wishing to take another attempt in another 30 days or so.
In this regard, can you all please help me understand if it would realistic to expect such a score improvement.
Also, a V30 on the verbal is really low. I would want the score to be at-least reaching a V35.
Hoping for some tips around this and a study plan that I could use to improve my overall score specifically on the verbal section.
Vijay
I took a second shot at GMAT today and scored a 650 on the GMAT with the split as Q48 and V30.
I was hoping to score at least >= 680 based on my scores on the mock test. However, for some reason (post-mortem yet to be done), I failed again.
I had scored a 570 in my earlier attempt, but that was with vague understanding of the SC & CR concepts.
But this time, I made sure that I work on those areas and I Indeed did slog through this 11 months, but only to fail again. I am really hoping to score 680+ at least and wishing to take another attempt in another 30 days or so.
In this regard, can you all please help me understand if it would realistic to expect such a score improvement.
Also, a V30 on the verbal is really low. I would want the score to be at-least reaching a V35.
Hoping for some tips around this and a study plan that I could use to improve my overall score specifically on the verbal section.
Vijay
05 Oct 2015, 11:28
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HI Vijay,
First off, a 650/Q48 is a solid score (it's right around the 80th percentile overall), so it could be enough to get you into your first-choice Business School. With a 650, you're actually closer to a 680 than you realize, but the question now is whether a retest is really even necessary.
1) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
2) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't bron, they're made,
Rich
First off, a 650/Q48 is a solid score (it's right around the 80th percentile overall), so it could be enough to get you into your first-choice Business School. With a 650, you're actually closer to a 680 than you realize, but the question now is whether a retest is really even necessary.
1) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
2) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't bron, they're made,
Rich
svijayaug12
Joined: 06 Jun 2013
Last visit: 11 Aug 2020
Posts: 98
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 72
Concentration: Technology, General Management
Schools: XLRI GM"18 ISB '17 (M) NTU '17 (S) Simon '18 (S) Olin '18 (S) Boston U '18 (S) Carlson '18 (II)
GMAT 1: 680 Q48 V35
GPA: 3.47
Products:
Schools: XLRI GM"18 ISB '17 (M) NTU '17 (S) Simon '18 (S) Olin '18 (S) Boston U '18 (S) Carlson '18 (II)
GMAT 1: 680 Q48 V35
Posts: 98
Kudos:
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05 Oct 2015, 11:42
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Hi Rich,
Thanks for your prompt response.
Please find my answers below:
a) I thought I would apply during the round 2 application cycle of the business cycle. I believe most of the business schools have their deadline around the last week of October till about second week of November.
b) I am an IT professional with close to 8.5 years of work experience working in a reputed MNC (Fortune 500 company). I am interested in applying for the one year mba programs.
Some schools that I have short listed include Nanyang business school (Singapore), Emory business school (USA), Mendoza college of business (USA), Marshall school of business (USA).
Also I forgot to mention in my earlier post, I scored badly on the IR section. I scored only 2. I am not sure why I scored so low, but definitely it is possible that I must have only scored on the questions that were tagged as experimental and missed out on others. This is perhaps the lowest ever score that I got based on my scores from full length of mock tests. The IR score was never lower than 5. I was myself shocked to see that I scored miserably bad on this section.
I am not sure how the IR score would impact my overall admission to business schools, but if it would, it gives me a even more compelling reason to take the GMAT once again.
Also, I am now planning to take the GMAT within a period of 1 month and looking forward to score 700+. It looks like, only if we aim for greater than 720, we actually land at somewhere close to 700.
Your inputs are highly appreciated on whether I should try applying to the above bschools based on the above score and my profile.
Vijay
Thanks for your prompt response.
Please find my answers below:
a) I thought I would apply during the round 2 application cycle of the business cycle. I believe most of the business schools have their deadline around the last week of October till about second week of November.
b) I am an IT professional with close to 8.5 years of work experience working in a reputed MNC (Fortune 500 company). I am interested in applying for the one year mba programs.
Some schools that I have short listed include Nanyang business school (Singapore), Emory business school (USA), Mendoza college of business (USA), Marshall school of business (USA).
Also I forgot to mention in my earlier post, I scored badly on the IR section. I scored only 2. I am not sure why I scored so low, but definitely it is possible that I must have only scored on the questions that were tagged as experimental and missed out on others. This is perhaps the lowest ever score that I got based on my scores from full length of mock tests. The IR score was never lower than 5. I was myself shocked to see that I scored miserably bad on this section.
I am not sure how the IR score would impact my overall admission to business schools, but if it would, it gives me a even more compelling reason to take the GMAT once again.
Also, I am now planning to take the GMAT within a period of 1 month and looking forward to score 700+. It looks like, only if we aim for greater than 720, we actually land at somewhere close to 700.
Your inputs are highly appreciated on whether I should try applying to the above bschools based on the above score and my profile.
Vijay
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