I recently took the GMAT for the first time and scored a 690 (47Q/37V). My goal is to attend one of the M7 universities, with a strong preference towards GSB. I've been told that I have a strong profile other than the GMAT (3.9 undergrad GPA, WE at a BB, Executive of a non-profit). I know that a 690 on the GMAT will not cut it for the top MBA programs and I plan on retaking the GMAT once or twice to score in the low/mid 700s, but I do not know where I should focus my time. I studied ~3 months for this exam leveraging the
Manhattan GMAT books for learning concepts and the
OG online practice questions. I purchased the Enhanced Score Report and shared the summary of both the quant and verbal below. Please help me interpret it and feel free to share any advice on what I should focus on this next month. Thanks in advance!
Verbal• Your Verbal score of 37 is higher than 83% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score
for this section is 26.86.
• Your performance on Critical Reasoning questions was equivalent to a score of 38, which is better than 79% of GMAT
Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.48.
• Your performance on Reading Comprehension questions was equivalent to a score of 41, which is better than 88% of
GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.13.
• Your performance on Sentence Correction questions was equivalent to a score of 35, which is better than 73% of
GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.
• You completed 36 questions in the Verbal section.
• You responded correctly to 75% of the first set of questions, 100% of the second set of questions, 57% of the third set
of questions and 63% of the final set of questions.
• The average difficulty of questions presented to you in the first set of questions was Medium, the average for the
second set of questions was Medium , the average for the third set of questions was Medium and was Medium for the
final set of questions.
• The average time it took you to respond to the first set of questions presented was 1:52, the average time for the
second set of questions was 2:10, the average time for the third set of questions was 1:54 and 1:18 for the final set of
questions.
• Please Note: If you sat for the GMAT exam prior to April 16, 2018 this section contained 41 questions, on or after April
16, 2018 the section consists of 36 questions.
Quantitative• Your Quantitative score of 47 is higher than 63% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean
score for this section is 39.4.
• Your performance on Problem Solving questions was equivalent to a score of 47. Your score is better than 62% of all
sub-section scores recorded in the past three years. The mean for all test takers is 39.41.
• Your performance on Data Sufficiency questions was equivalent to a score of 48. Your score is better than 65% of all
sub-section scores recorded in the past three years. The mean for all test takers is 39.46.
• Your performance on Arithmetic questions was equivalent to a score of 48. Your score is better than 67% of all subsection
scores recorded in the past three years. The mean for all test takers is 39.52.
• Your performance on Algebra/Geometry questions was equivalent to a score of 46. Your score is better than 59% of all
sub-section scores recorded in the past three years. The mean for all test takers is 39.4.
• You completed 31 questions in the Quantitative section.
• You responded correctly to 86% of the first set of questions, 71% of the second set of questions, 57% of the third set of
questions and 71% of the final set of questions..
• The average difficulty of questions presented to you in the first set of questions was Medium High, the average for the
second set of questions was Medium High, the average for the third set of questions was Medium High and was
Medium High for the final set of questions.
• The average time it took you to respond to the first set of questions presented was 2:17, the average time for the
second set of questions was 2:14, the average time for the third set of questions was 2:06 and 1:12 for the final set of
questions.
• Please Note: If you sat for the GMAT exam prior to April 16, 2018 this section contained 37 questions, on or after April
16, 2018 the section consists of 31 questions.