Mixed feelings about a good score
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13 Jul 2014, 08:40
The shortest version of my situation:
Just graduated from a top 5 school in the US. Decent GPA, honors, blah, blah, blah
Starting job soon in ibank
Wanted to take GMAT to get it out of the way
Scored 760 (49Q, 44V, 8IR)
How I feel:
Excited about my overall score, but disappointed that my Q is only 79%. Never gotten below a 90% on any of the practice tests
Think I got lucky on verbal
Math has always been my strong side... perfect score for math on SAT and SAT II. Don't know what happened.
How I studied:
Took first two practice tests and realized my weak spot is SC.
Read Manhattan's SC twice and did the problems once
Ended up still getting a lot of SC wrong during additional practice the day right before test
Tips:
Will recommend anyone who does not do will under stress to take it with a possibility of a retake. That was my whole thought process while taking the test. If I don't do well, too bad, I'll just retake it in 2 years.
I didn't like the idea of getting too many prep books since I feel some will actually drag you down more than they will help. (While I was browsing through some other tests prep, I simply thought some were just bad)
I had Kaplan for its online CATs and Manhattan SC
Will like to hear thoughts on possible schools. (and answer questions, although I don't know how much I can answer)