Hello,
Gave my GMAT today, and its 700(47,38) IR-5.
I took a decision to write gmat in November last year. Good or bad i always go with self-prep. I got soft copies of all
OG's from 10th to 18th. started practicing.
I have to tell my accuracy in math was good, but my pace was terrible. Initially i use to do 20-25, i was able to drag it to 30.
Further, my verbal was not good either. Here my accuracy is also not good, but i was some how able to manage time. My weak link in verbal is CR.
I practiced
OG's studiously. I did 10th, 11th and 18th. I am really thankful to GMATCLUB. It is the corner stone in my entire prep. I depended very heavily on gmatclub for SC. I use to check the explanations and gradually i was able to push my intuition in solving SC questions. I studiously followed Bunel for math doubts, gmatquantum website also helped, for AWA i just followed the chineseburned article. I did not practice IR at all.
I gave GMAT Prep's in 2nd week of Dec and scored around 650. I understood the importance of doing correctly first 10-15 questions. I was scoring 720, 740. I felt confident. I decided to give time to the first 15 questions in both quant and verbal and take a chance with last 7 in math, and last 5-6 in verbal.
Booked 27th Dec to give exam a week before, and went for the exam on 27th.
Shocked !!!
My passport expired a month ago, i did not check properly. They did not accept any other form of ID.
I lost time, money, and most valuable, my momentum.
Again, got busy with some office work, not able to give exam in Jan. In Feb i did not feel like studying. Some where at the end of Feb i slowly started again. Gave the free practice tests of veritas, manhattan. I always feel that doing more tests may demotivate me or i may loose momentum.
I didn't expect to score 750's and above, but i wanted somewhere between 700-750.
Gave the exam today. 700(47, 38) IR-5.
I felt quant literally spoiled my score. My pace was terrible, i guessed the last 6 questions.
In verbal i guessed 4 CR questions to the last, 2 RC questions, but answered all SC questions.
I have a feeling that, my score is not very bad, and the same time its not very good either. I am not sure about my prospects to universities. I am not sure whether i should give another shot.
I will briefly outline my profile, so that people can advice me on this.
Mine should be a typical Indian profile. pre-grad percentages of 80% , and BE electronics from a local college with 70%. Internship with DRDO.
Joined accenture after graduation, and currently project manager with another software company(a Medium level company). Overall 10.5 years of experience with the software industry, and close to 6 years in team lead and project management roles. I am certified PMP. Age 32.
I am not a technically oriented person. I am not naturally attracted to financial matters, so career in finance is not an option. I like to see the larger picture of how things run. These pushed me to become a project manager instead of a technical architect. I am thinking of studying strategy. Please suggest any other better options.
Political science is also something that interests me. I would be happy to consider a programee that offers political science elective.
Please advice me on the programmes suitable for me.
Please advice me whether i should give another shot at GMAT for a better score.
Warm Regards,
Ravi