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13 Jan 2015, 05:05
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Hello all! Very sorry about the long post, but really need some advice from you guys
I'm looking for some advice on whether, in my case, it makes sense to retake the GMAT and, if the answer is yes, ways to prepare for it. Any help would be extremely useful!!
Current: final year Econ undergrad at one of Oxford/Cambridge/LSE. Grade: Expecting a comfortable First Class overall (course selection was quant-heavy). Fairly Good ECs - main highlights:
1) team leader and then president of society offering consulting services to charity organisations and small businesses
2) VP for society focused on developing leadership attributes of members
3) Football(Soccer) + Successful long-term investment competition
Future: Signed with a BB IB in London. Hoping to do a MBA at H/S/W after a few years of work experience. Also contemplating applying for HBS 2+2 in R3 - more for the experience, since I know the programme's extremely competitive. Nevertheless, before I graduate this year, I want to get a GMAT score with which I would be comfortable applying.
Used MGMAT (5 textbooks for Quant and RC, CR and SC books for Verbal) and OG13 to prepare (took about 1.5 months). Test scores in chronological order:
MGMAT 1: 680 (Q48,V35)
MGMAT 2: 670 (Q46,V35)
MGMAT 3: 700 (Q45,V40)
MGMAT 4: 710 (Q50,V36)
MGMAT 5: 680 (Q46,V37)
GMATprep 1: 760 (Q50, V42) - IR 8
GMATprep 2: 740 (Q51, V38) - IR 8
Actual GMAT: 740 (Q49, V41) - AWA 6, IR 8
Quant wasn't the best, but I know that where I have room to improve is Verbal. If I can get my Verbal to ~45 I could significantly improve the overall picture. Ideally, I would like a 760+ score. I know that 740 is a good score, that adcoms look at the separate scores and that I shouldn't be stressing too much over it. But my goal is to get a score with which I will be happy applying to my schools of choice in 4 years. Also, a higher score might help if I wish to move to PE after 1-2 years of work, which would ultimately help with an MBA application.
Q1: Given the whole picture - is it worth retaking the GMAT, so that I can be better prepared for Verbal? (I'd really like to do that, however, I only recently found out that schools would actually see past scores that I have put on my report card) I feel that my true score should be higher than 740 and that I could easily get that.
Q2: If I decided to improve my verbal, how should I get those extra 5 points? number of errors on the verbal section is usually in the 6-8 region and quite evenly split between RC CR and SC.
Thank you so much for any help! It's something that I've been stressing over for the past month and any advice would be very useful
I'm looking for some advice on whether, in my case, it makes sense to retake the GMAT and, if the answer is yes, ways to prepare for it. Any help would be extremely useful!!
Current: final year Econ undergrad at one of Oxford/Cambridge/LSE. Grade: Expecting a comfortable First Class overall (course selection was quant-heavy). Fairly Good ECs - main highlights:
1) team leader and then president of society offering consulting services to charity organisations and small businesses
2) VP for society focused on developing leadership attributes of members
3) Football(Soccer) + Successful long-term investment competition
Future: Signed with a BB IB in London. Hoping to do a MBA at H/S/W after a few years of work experience. Also contemplating applying for HBS 2+2 in R3 - more for the experience, since I know the programme's extremely competitive. Nevertheless, before I graduate this year, I want to get a GMAT score with which I would be comfortable applying.
Used MGMAT (5 textbooks for Quant and RC, CR and SC books for Verbal) and OG13 to prepare (took about 1.5 months). Test scores in chronological order:
MGMAT 1: 680 (Q48,V35)
MGMAT 2: 670 (Q46,V35)
MGMAT 3: 700 (Q45,V40)
MGMAT 4: 710 (Q50,V36)
MGMAT 5: 680 (Q46,V37)
GMATprep 1: 760 (Q50, V42) - IR 8
GMATprep 2: 740 (Q51, V38) - IR 8
Actual GMAT: 740 (Q49, V41) - AWA 6, IR 8
Quant wasn't the best, but I know that where I have room to improve is Verbal. If I can get my Verbal to ~45 I could significantly improve the overall picture. Ideally, I would like a 760+ score. I know that 740 is a good score, that adcoms look at the separate scores and that I shouldn't be stressing too much over it. But my goal is to get a score with which I will be happy applying to my schools of choice in 4 years. Also, a higher score might help if I wish to move to PE after 1-2 years of work, which would ultimately help with an MBA application.
Q1: Given the whole picture - is it worth retaking the GMAT, so that I can be better prepared for Verbal? (I'd really like to do that, however, I only recently found out that schools would actually see past scores that I have put on my report card) I feel that my true score should be higher than 740 and that I could easily get that.
Q2: If I decided to improve my verbal, how should I get those extra 5 points? number of errors on the verbal section is usually in the 6-8 region and quite evenly split between RC CR and SC.
Thank you so much for any help! It's something that I've been stressing over for the past month and any advice would be very useful
Updated on: 08 Jan 2019, 09:30
Originally posted by MartyTargetTestPrep on 13 Jan 2015, 09:59.
Last edited by MartyTargetTestPrep on 08 Jan 2019, 09:30, edited 1 time in total.
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rpa101
Regarding the schools and retaking, from what I understand they tend to give the most weight to the highest, and possibly the most recent, score. So retaking is not really an issue.
To get better at verbal, maybe find an online question bank to work with and do some slow careful practice, seeking to clearly define what makes each answer choice wrong or correct.
Also, by realizing that verbal is largely a test of logic and with that understanding going at the questions determined to get the answers right by hook or by crook, you may find that you can drive up that verbal score practically with sheer willpower.
My basis for scoring an average of around 50 on verbal is mostly just knowing a few key rules for CR, knowing some key sentence construction concepts for SC and being super organized and careful when doing RC. Lately, to lock in 51, I have been learning about some more common idioms and things, and picking up some strategies people talk about. Really though the things I do most to get verbal questions right are use logic and be super determined and careful.
13 Jan 2015, 15:01
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Hi rpa101,
A 740/Q49 is an OUTSTANDING performance - you're well above the 90th percentile and you have a set of scores that would make any Business School happy. So the short answer is NO - you should not retake the GMAT. At this level, a higher GMAT score is likely going to do NOTHING to improve your applications. Considering the schools that you're applying to, you have to make sure that your OVERALL application is strong AND that you present yourself correctly.
Top5 Business Schools receive so many applications that the Admissions Committees usually end up selecting just 10% of applicants for admission (and sometimes it's less than that). The tough part is that almost all of the applicants are great applicants. Being qualified is only part of the requirement though - you also have to "stand out." As such, you might find it beneficial to work with (or at least consult with) an Admissions Expert about how you present yourself. In that way, you'll be likely to increase your chances.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
A 740/Q49 is an OUTSTANDING performance - you're well above the 90th percentile and you have a set of scores that would make any Business School happy. So the short answer is NO - you should not retake the GMAT. At this level, a higher GMAT score is likely going to do NOTHING to improve your applications. Considering the schools that you're applying to, you have to make sure that your OVERALL application is strong AND that you present yourself correctly.
Top5 Business Schools receive so many applications that the Admissions Committees usually end up selecting just 10% of applicants for admission (and sometimes it's less than that). The tough part is that almost all of the applicants are great applicants. Being qualified is only part of the requirement though - you also have to "stand out." As such, you might find it beneficial to work with (or at least consult with) an Admissions Expert about how you present yourself. In that way, you'll be likely to increase your chances.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
