Hi GMAT Experts,
I took GMAT twice recently, once in May and once yesterday, and got the exact same scores on both days: 730/ Q50 + V38 + IR8. I am particularly disappointed in my verbal score, as I have constantly score 40+ in all mock exams I did and my goal is to get 760+. For the past month, I have been trying to improve my accuracy in sentence correction and CR by going over OGs again and I thought I did - got V46 in my last official CAT. But when it comes to the real test, I got a slap on the face again! Whatever I tried in the past month to improve my Verbal seems to have not helped much. Now thinking of retake (again), is it better for me to try it as soon as I can, or give it a break for a few months while I focus on kicking off the rest of the applications first? Another issue I have is I do get background anxiety days/weeks before the test and therefore get really bad sleep all the way leading to the test day
I would really appreciate your insight on my situation as I am feeling a bit stuck and frustrated here
So here are my ESRs for Verbal for both times:
May:Your Verbal score of 38 is higher than 84% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this section is 27.11.
Your performance on Critical Reasoning questions was equivalent to a score of 38, which is better than 78% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.75.
Your performance of 33% on Analysis/Critique questions is considered Weak.
Your performance of 80% on Construction/Plan questions is considered Above Average.
Your performance on Reading Comprehension questions was equivalent to a score of 38, which is better than 80% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.26.
Your performance of 83% on Identify Inferred Idea questions is considered Strong.
Your performance of 75% on Identify Stated Idea questions is considered Above Average.
Your performance on Sentence Correction questions was equivalent to a score of 38, which is better than 81% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.51.
Your performance of 71% on Grammar questions is considered Above Average.
Your performance of 80% on Communication questions is considered Above Average.
You completed 36 questions in the Verbal section.
You responded correctly to 88% of the first set of questions, 71% of the second set of questions, 71% of the third set of questions and 63% of the final set of questions.
The average difficulty of questions presented to you in the first set of questions was Medium, the average for the second set of questions was Medium High , the average for the third set of questions was Medium and was Medium High for the final set of questions.
The average time it took you to respond to the first set of questions presented was 2:07, the average time for the second set of questions was 1:34, the average time for the third set of questions was 1:22 and 1:42 for the final set of questions.
JuneYour Verbal score of 38 is higher than 84% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this section is 27.11.
Your performance on Critical Reasoning questions was equivalent to a score of 40, which is better than 84% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.75.
Your performance of 66% on Analysis/Critique questions is considered Above Average.
Your performance of 100% on Construction/Plan questions is considered Very Strong.
Your performance on Reading Comprehension questions was equivalent to a score of 37, which is better than 78% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.26.
Your performance of 50% on Identify Inferred Idea questions is considered Weak.
Your performance of 100% on Identify Stated Idea questions is considered Very Strong.
Your performance on Sentence Correction questions was equivalent to a score of 37, which is better than 79% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.51.
Your performance of 80% on Grammar questions is considered Above Average.
Your performance of 71% on Communication questions is considered Above Average.
You completed 36 questions in the Verbal section.
You responded correctly to 63% of the first set of questions, 71% of the second set of questions, 86% of the third set of questions and 88% of the final set of questions.
The average difficulty of questions presented to you in the first set of questions was Medium, the average for the second set of questions was Medium , the average for the third set of questions was Medium and was Medium for the final set of questions.
The average time it took you to respond to the first set of questions presented was 2:30, the average time for the second set of questions was 1:46, the average time for the third set of questions was 1:44 and 1:15 for the final set of questions.