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26 Apr 2025, 13:10
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Just got done taking the GMAT for the first time and got a 615.
I spent 6 months studying. I don't have my official scores yet, but if my memory serves correct I got 94th percentile on DI, 91st percentile on verbal and a whopping 40th percentile on quant.
I know I am capable of so much more, I just don't know what to do at this point. I've spent so many hours on quant, so much money on TTP, and I feel like I have a solid understanding of quant. But apparently not.
Any tips?
I want to retake in 3 weeks. I feel like I just need to buckle down, and I can get my quant score up. The foundation is there, I think I just make stupid mistakes?
Idk.. I'm pretty bummed because I know I can get up to 650+ (GMAT Focus)
Any thoughts or tips?
I spent 6 months studying. I don't have my official scores yet, but if my memory serves correct I got 94th percentile on DI, 91st percentile on verbal and a whopping 40th percentile on quant.
I know I am capable of so much more, I just don't know what to do at this point. I've spent so many hours on quant, so much money on TTP, and I feel like I have a solid understanding of quant. But apparently not.
Any tips?
I want to retake in 3 weeks. I feel like I just need to buckle down, and I can get my quant score up. The foundation is there, I think I just make stupid mistakes?
Idk.. I'm pretty bummed because I know I can get up to 650+ (GMAT Focus)
Any thoughts or tips?
26 Apr 2025, 13:17
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for added context, I just feel like the difference between a 90 percentile score vs an 80th percentile score is like 2 or 3 quant questions... I feel like if I got a little 'luckier' on the questions asked I may have done better.
My proctor also messed up so much, I was pretty flustered by the time I entered the exam. I've always practiced with quant first, since it's my weakest point, so that's what I did. I feel like it was just a recipe for poor performance.
My proctor also messed up so much, I was pretty flustered by the time I entered the exam. I've always practiced with quant first, since it's my weakest point, so that's what I did. I feel like it was just a recipe for poor performance.
26 Apr 2025, 13:27
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Hi.
1. You have a fantastic base and solid ground and data insights and verbal. This is fantastic because it’s a lot simple to fight one battle with one section versus all three sections.
2. Don’t ignore these over the next three weeks as you prepare for retake and spend some time, at least 10% of your effort on each of these to keep them fresh because otherwise, you may lose ground in your strong areas.
3. I recommend taking your weakest section last. I wasn’t very smart but there was no section choice when I was taking my gym out but Verble happened to be my weakest so I took the usual order where verbal was the last and I honestly thought I failed it. It was hard and I kept guessing throughout the entire test and I thought my verbal was trash but it ended up being 96 percentile. The challenge with the GMAT is that it’s adaptive and it’s always challenging and you will never feel comfortable and you will feel flustered especially on a section that your weekend because it’ll keep throwing harder questions as you progress. I would make quant your last
4. All sections contribute to your score equally so getting an extra point on verbal or DI is just as helpful as quant.
5. Focus on points, not percentiles. The final score depends on the points not your percentiles. Every 3 points on the section contribute 20 points to your score. See if you’re looking for 695 for example, you need to get 80 more points on the total score and that’s about 12 sectional points.
6. Once you get your official report, try to figure out and understand what contributed to the lower score.
7. Make sure you take your test warmed up and confident. Never ever take the test without solving 5 to 10 questions first. Waiting for the proctor and being flustered can also put your mind into a different zone so try to minimize that component if you can. Perhaps going to the test center maybe be simpler since there’s no waiting around.
1. You have a fantastic base and solid ground and data insights and verbal. This is fantastic because it’s a lot simple to fight one battle with one section versus all three sections.
2. Don’t ignore these over the next three weeks as you prepare for retake and spend some time, at least 10% of your effort on each of these to keep them fresh because otherwise, you may lose ground in your strong areas.
3. I recommend taking your weakest section last. I wasn’t very smart but there was no section choice when I was taking my gym out but Verble happened to be my weakest so I took the usual order where verbal was the last and I honestly thought I failed it. It was hard and I kept guessing throughout the entire test and I thought my verbal was trash but it ended up being 96 percentile. The challenge with the GMAT is that it’s adaptive and it’s always challenging and you will never feel comfortable and you will feel flustered especially on a section that your weekend because it’ll keep throwing harder questions as you progress. I would make quant your last
4. All sections contribute to your score equally so getting an extra point on verbal or DI is just as helpful as quant.
5. Focus on points, not percentiles. The final score depends on the points not your percentiles. Every 3 points on the section contribute 20 points to your score. See if you’re looking for 695 for example, you need to get 80 more points on the total score and that’s about 12 sectional points.
6. Once you get your official report, try to figure out and understand what contributed to the lower score.
7. Make sure you take your test warmed up and confident. Never ever take the test without solving 5 to 10 questions first. Waiting for the proctor and being flustered can also put your mind into a different zone so try to minimize that component if you can. Perhaps going to the test center maybe be simpler since there’s no waiting around.
