EMPOWERgmatRichC wrote:
Hi karankaul18,
First off, a 660 is a strong score (it's right around the 80th percentile overall), so it could be enough to get you into your first-choice School. There's certainly no harm in retesting though - and if you really were sick on Test Day, then that could have thrown off your performance enough to cost you the missing points that you were after. Many Test Takers spend 3 months (or more) of consistent study time before they hit their 'peak' scores, so if you've studied for just 2 months, then you might naturally improve as you continue to study. That having been said, there is an important aspect to Test Day that you might not realize.
The Quant section of the GMAT is NOT a 'math test' - it's a 'critical thinking test' that requires lots of little calculations as you work through it. A Q44 means that you did well on most of the 'math questions' that you faced in the Quant section, but you made a number of little mistakes as you worked through the section AND you missed out on LOTS of 'strategy-based' questions. To score at a much higher level in this section, you need to become more of a 'strategist' and less of a 'mathematician.' To that end, you don't necessarily need that much additional study time. If you're a flexible-enough thinker to learn and practice new Tactics, then you could potentially retest in a month and hit 700+.
Before I can offer you any additional advice, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) Did you use any other study materials besides the books you listed?
2) How have you scored on EACH of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
Goals:
3) What is your goal score?
4) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
5) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
So here is my detailed GMAT prep:
Cold Test in September-GMAT Prep-Scored 600 (Q37,V37)
After this, I started with the
OG 2019. After completing the
OG, I gave another CAT.
Kaplan CAT-610(Q41,V32)
Then I started the Kaplan Prep Plus 2019
Then another CAT
Kaplan CAT-680(Q45,V38)
I then picked up Kaplan 800, and then another mock
Kaplan CAT-680(Q46,V37)
Then I did some gmat club questions, and then two days before the date, gave one last mock.
GMAT Prep-710(Q47,V41)
I believe the problem for me in quant is that I tend to make silly mistakes, and end up getting wrong answers.
I'll now be picking a date for December last week, and also have my college exams in between.
My target score is at least a 700, and I know I can score more than 700.
I'll be applying to schools in January.
I'm looking for a masters in finance program. The top schools for the program are MIT Sloan, UCLA, Haas, Maryland, John Hopkins