DDB1981 wrote:
hey Dan,
You probably do not need to retake this test. 710 is a good score, and the fact that your verbal outstrips your quant in this one instance of the test might actually do 2 things for you:
(1) make you more attractive as a candidate for marketing
(2) incite questions about your math, in which case you can lean on other stories corroborating your math skills, and how this was actually one of your weaker performances in math
That said, purely as an academic exercise at this point, what's your typical verbal percentile? 96 is your personal best, but are you always in the high 80's/low 90's? And what about math? Are you typically much higher?
the GMAT overall score is based on a bivariate (math and quant) normal distribution, meaning that you get EXTRA recognition for being pretty good in both areas, rather than being exceptional in one and avg in the other, so in theory, if you only drop a bit in verbal (and are therefore still pretty good) but get a "pretty good" quant score instead of ur current avg score, you have a very real shot of hitting a higher mark next time around.
Again, this is probably not necessary, because frankly, if the rest of your application isn't very strong, an extra 20-30 points on your GMAT isn't what's going to put you over the top.
hope this helps!
That definitely does help! I usually fall in the V40/41 area, so still around the 90th percentile in quant. Do you know around what I would need to get in quant to fall into the "very good" category? I'm assuming around the 80th percentile?
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer!