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09 Feb 2007, 11:30
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Literally, just ended the test less than an hour ago. I studied for about 3 months (I only consider 1 of those months focused). Going in, my range on practice tests was between 650 - 710.
My first AWA was the argument essay. I think I did well on this one. The issue essay wasn't hard, but I couldn't write enough to support my side. Halfway through, I realized that I misinterpreted the statement and could’ve written more if I argued the other way.
The math section was my strong point on practice tests, but turned out to be my weak spot on the actual. I don’t think I effectively utilized my time. I also had a couple of hard questions that knocked me off my game plan. I knew going into my second break that I had bombed the math section pretty bad. I couldn't get into a rhythm.
Verbal section was exactly what I expected. I didn’t find anything too challenging. I knew that I needed to get into a rhythm if I was going to make up for the math score I was expecting.
Overall, I’m not happy or disappointed. I still need to figure out if I should take it again. Statistically, in my ethnicity I scored significantly above the mean score. Not sure if it will help with the places I had my scores sent.
My first AWA was the argument essay. I think I did well on this one. The issue essay wasn't hard, but I couldn't write enough to support my side. Halfway through, I realized that I misinterpreted the statement and could’ve written more if I argued the other way.
The math section was my strong point on practice tests, but turned out to be my weak spot on the actual. I don’t think I effectively utilized my time. I also had a couple of hard questions that knocked me off my game plan. I knew going into my second break that I had bombed the math section pretty bad. I couldn't get into a rhythm.
Verbal section was exactly what I expected. I didn’t find anything too challenging. I knew that I needed to get into a rhythm if I was going to make up for the math score I was expecting.
Overall, I’m not happy or disappointed. I still need to figure out if I should take it again. Statistically, in my ethnicity I scored significantly above the mean score. Not sure if it will help with the places I had my scores sent.
09 Feb 2007, 12:07
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I think you are a great candidate for a re-test. reason #1 You hit your low end. reason #2 You did bad on the section which is normally your strong point reason #3 You will need a higher score for job applications
09 Feb 2007, 17:45
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I think you'll probably do great if you re-take. If you do a search under my username in this "Share Your GMAT Experience" I've explained in a couple of posts something that was kind of a revolutionary strategy for me that made my GMATPrep scores improve by 30 or 40 points instantly just by using this new strategy. I know this sounds like an informercial, but basically what I discovered was that if you get to a hard math problem and you can just look at it and tell that it's going to take a lot of time to work out, and even then you may not be able to solve it, you should skip it.
I skipped several on the GMAT and got a pretty good score. I would literally get to a math problem and think "Holy sh*t, this is going to take forever" so then I would spend twenty seconds seeing if there were any choices that were easy to eliminate and then I would guess and move on. Check out my earlier postings for all the boring details, but I swear this made a huge difference for me.
I skipped several on the GMAT and got a pretty good score. I would literally get to a math problem and think "Holy sh*t, this is going to take forever" so then I would spend twenty seconds seeing if there were any choices that were easy to eliminate and then I would guess and move on. Check out my earlier postings for all the boring details, but I swear this made a huge difference for me.
