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06 Jan 2017, 13:06
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When I made my username, I had already gotten a solid score and thought I would ride with it. But was talked into taking it. Here are my results:
1st Time: 41Q , 46V - 720 Total
2nd Time: 50Q , 34V - 690 Total
I obviously had a lot of room for improvement on the quant after taking it the first time. I knew I was capable of improving (strong quant background: 4.0 in finance & acct in college, CPA, 5 years experience in Finance) so I went along with it. I focused on increasing my quant and definitely got a little cocky on the verbal. The day before the test, I was mainly reviewing math, started to feel like I was under prepared for verbal and studied way too much. Slept poorly. Didn't feel super confident about the quant when I started the verbal. Couldn't stop thinking about the quant and my brain was shot from over studying.
What do I do here? Can I send both? Do I look like a crazy person because of the extremes? Do I look like I am capable of achieving high in each or just inconsistent? Does each high score just look like a fluke? Do I just send the higher overall score and justify the low quant with my job experience?
Yale, Cornell, and UVA apps due next week so no time to retake.
Update - I didn't realize that I only had 72 hours to cancel the second scores so now they're definitely going to see both, right?. What do I do now? I assume some kind of explanation in the optional essay? If so, what do I say? I obviously shouldn't make a bunch of excuses for the swing. Do I say that I meant to cancel the score? HELP!!
1st Time: 41Q , 46V - 720 Total
2nd Time: 50Q , 34V - 690 Total
I obviously had a lot of room for improvement on the quant after taking it the first time. I knew I was capable of improving (strong quant background: 4.0 in finance & acct in college, CPA, 5 years experience in Finance) so I went along with it. I focused on increasing my quant and definitely got a little cocky on the verbal. The day before the test, I was mainly reviewing math, started to feel like I was under prepared for verbal and studied way too much. Slept poorly. Didn't feel super confident about the quant when I started the verbal. Couldn't stop thinking about the quant and my brain was shot from over studying.
What do I do here? Can I send both? Do I look like a crazy person because of the extremes? Do I look like I am capable of achieving high in each or just inconsistent? Does each high score just look like a fluke? Do I just send the higher overall score and justify the low quant with my job experience?
Yale, Cornell, and UVA apps due next week so no time to retake.
Update - I didn't realize that I only had 72 hours to cancel the second scores so now they're definitely going to see both, right?. What do I do now? I assume some kind of explanation in the optional essay? If so, what do I say? I obviously shouldn't make a bunch of excuses for the swing. Do I say that I meant to cancel the score? HELP!!
06 Jan 2017, 17:27
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Thanks for sharing.
Better not to cancel the score as this would show some your potential in both quant and verbal. You may check directly with the schools if they want to give you more time to retake.
For your optional essay, it could help to highlight your responsibilities with tasks that rely on communication and analytical skills. This could help address potential concerns.
All the best!
Better not to cancel the score as this would show some your potential in both quant and verbal. You may check directly with the schools if they want to give you more time to retake.
For your optional essay, it could help to highlight your responsibilities with tasks that rely on communication and analytical skills. This could help address potential concerns.
All the best!
