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15 Nov 2015, 05:25
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Hello guys,
I took the GMAT last month and scored a 690 (Q46, V39, IR 2/8, AWA 4/6). I plan to apply in Business Schools in France.
I am a non-native speaker. I am happy with my first GMAT's overall score, especially with my verbal score (89th percentile), and I am fairly happy with my quantitative one (67th percentile).
However, I scored a 4.0 in AWA and I totally bombed IR, and only got 2 out of 8 (12th percentile).
I am retaking the GMAT tomorrow; I really do not know whether I should keep my second GMAT's score (tomorrow) if I score below 690 (660-670-680), even if I score for example 4 in IR (and around 4.5 in AWA).
Do you think it is worth it to keep a lower overall score if I slightly improve my IR/AWA ? Is a 4 in AWA / 2 in IR really bad?
What would you guys do if you were me? At what score would you keep it/cancel it ? (apparently now it is totally possible to cancel the score without having to mention it to B-S)
Thanks so much
I took the GMAT last month and scored a 690 (Q46, V39, IR 2/8, AWA 4/6). I plan to apply in Business Schools in France.
I am a non-native speaker. I am happy with my first GMAT's overall score, especially with my verbal score (89th percentile), and I am fairly happy with my quantitative one (67th percentile).
However, I scored a 4.0 in AWA and I totally bombed IR, and only got 2 out of 8 (12th percentile).
I am retaking the GMAT tomorrow; I really do not know whether I should keep my second GMAT's score (tomorrow) if I score below 690 (660-670-680), even if I score for example 4 in IR (and around 4.5 in AWA).
Do you think it is worth it to keep a lower overall score if I slightly improve my IR/AWA ? Is a 4 in AWA / 2 in IR really bad?
What would you guys do if you were me? At what score would you keep it/cancel it ? (apparently now it is totally possible to cancel the score without having to mention it to B-S)
Thanks so much
15 Nov 2015, 08:29
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I think that you did a decent job. Your score is very high and i you have 4 out of 6 in AWA. This is good result. So if i were you i would have kept this result. But anyway you can re-take the GMAT and then recover your first score if you are not happy with new try. Remember that the higher you score the harder it is to get more next time
15 Nov 2015, 12:45
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Hi alex06,
Many Business Schools have publicly stated that they do not use an applicant's IR score when evaluating applications, so your IR2 is likely not going to be an issue when you apply. Most Schools don't put too much emphasis on the AWA score either - as long as you score at a least a 4 (which you DID), then you should be fine in that area too. This is all meant to say that you should NOT accept a lower overall GMAT score just to get a slight bump up in your AWA, IR or both.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Many Business Schools have publicly stated that they do not use an applicant's IR score when evaluating applications, so your IR2 is likely not going to be an issue when you apply. Most Schools don't put too much emphasis on the AWA score either - as long as you score at a least a 4 (which you DID), then you should be fine in that area too. This is all meant to say that you should NOT accept a lower overall GMAT score just to get a slight bump up in your AWA, IR or both.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
