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12 Sep 2006, 07:43
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Like a few other fellows on this forum, I have benefitted immensely by reading the motivational posts on this forum, and hence had promised myself, to share my own part of the story once i am done with the monster.
After months/weeks (actually quite a lot of time) of preparation, which was quite erratic to start with me having to travel across continents, i had to stabilize and organize my priorities in order to give my GMAT. So put in some consistent studying for the last 2-3 months, finally could take the courage to take my GMAT this last monday. As the D day got closer, i could feel my heartbeat increasing by the day, and just a night before the exam, i couldnt get much sleep. Tried to calm myself down.
The exam started without a incidence, AWA topics were not straight, but were interesting ones, was able to complete both with about 5 minutes left. I hope i did well, will get to know more once i receive the scores.
Had some cashews and juice to re-energize my half sleepy mind before the quant. Was in a kind of trance state before quant started, but as it progressed i started enjoying it a little, which helped me complete it 3 mins before the time finished. I felt like, having done decent on it.
Second break, again some fruits and some juice and water, was feeling a little tired in the head for some lack of sleep on the previous night. Started Verbal just in time, like always wasnt too sure about the verbal answeres, it started with a bunch of SC and then a CR and then a RC, which seemed to be on the tougher side, i think things got bad at this point, as the SCs seemed easier after this point. CR toughness seemed consistent throughout, with I being able to eliminate all but two options. Had to guess after on a couple of CRs after the elimination round. Around Question 32, I just started to wonder about what score will I get, like most of us was quite obsessed with the 7 figure. Could just manage to complete verbal with a minute to go and then some screens to collect some data, which i had already provided on mba.com, dunno why they recollect it.
then came the moment, which was to show me the result of my preparation of months, just closed my eyes and prayed to god for anything above 700. Damn, got 680 (Q-49, Verbal-34). Overall 89 percentile. I knew right at that moment, that i am hung in the middle, the score is not excelling at the same time it is not too bad. But with the kind of Unis i am targetting, it seems to be a tad on the lower side of their median/avergae scores. I am still thinking about giving it again next month, while got to work on the apps parallely.
Do you think that if at all i am able to improve it by 40-50 odd points, will it have a significant positive impact on my apps ?
After months/weeks (actually quite a lot of time) of preparation, which was quite erratic to start with me having to travel across continents, i had to stabilize and organize my priorities in order to give my GMAT. So put in some consistent studying for the last 2-3 months, finally could take the courage to take my GMAT this last monday. As the D day got closer, i could feel my heartbeat increasing by the day, and just a night before the exam, i couldnt get much sleep. Tried to calm myself down.
The exam started without a incidence, AWA topics were not straight, but were interesting ones, was able to complete both with about 5 minutes left. I hope i did well, will get to know more once i receive the scores.
Had some cashews and juice to re-energize my half sleepy mind before the quant. Was in a kind of trance state before quant started, but as it progressed i started enjoying it a little, which helped me complete it 3 mins before the time finished. I felt like, having done decent on it.
Second break, again some fruits and some juice and water, was feeling a little tired in the head for some lack of sleep on the previous night. Started Verbal just in time, like always wasnt too sure about the verbal answeres, it started with a bunch of SC and then a CR and then a RC, which seemed to be on the tougher side, i think things got bad at this point, as the SCs seemed easier after this point. CR toughness seemed consistent throughout, with I being able to eliminate all but two options. Had to guess after on a couple of CRs after the elimination round. Around Question 32, I just started to wonder about what score will I get, like most of us was quite obsessed with the 7 figure. Could just manage to complete verbal with a minute to go and then some screens to collect some data, which i had already provided on mba.com, dunno why they recollect it.
then came the moment, which was to show me the result of my preparation of months, just closed my eyes and prayed to god for anything above 700. Damn, got 680 (Q-49, Verbal-34). Overall 89 percentile. I knew right at that moment, that i am hung in the middle, the score is not excelling at the same time it is not too bad. But with the kind of Unis i am targetting, it seems to be a tad on the lower side of their median/avergae scores. I am still thinking about giving it again next month, while got to work on the apps parallely.
Do you think that if at all i am able to improve it by 40-50 odd points, will it have a significant positive impact on my apps ?
13 Sep 2006, 05:58
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Hi bizblue..
certainly score is very good, but of course if you have target then you should give another try..
It will be great if you can share ur preprations strategy..ur prep score..
By the way what are ur target collleges?
-Guleri
certainly score is very good, but of course if you have target then you should give another try..
It will be great if you can share ur preprations strategy..ur prep score..
By the way what are ur target collleges?
-Guleri
20 Sep 2006, 04:29
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Hi, I think you should go for one more shot. I assume you are looking forward to studying in some top b-school.
You must have seen how competitive folks here are. I think this is going to be the typical applicant pool. As you know, how we position ourselves is what ultimately matters. However, when there are so many excellent candidates trying to get into top schools, I guess adcoms will try to reject some applicants with some or other reason. With average credentials, less than 700 GMAT score can be one reason. Why give a chance to them?
You must have seen how competitive folks here are. I think this is going to be the typical applicant pool. As you know, how we position ourselves is what ultimately matters. However, when there are so many excellent candidates trying to get into top schools, I guess adcoms will try to reject some applicants with some or other reason. With average credentials, less than 700 GMAT score can be one reason. Why give a chance to them?
