Hi,
I have given GMAT twice. The first time I scored a 700. I haven't done solid prep and hence prepared Manhattan SC and the PowerScore Bible for CR rigorously again and scored a 720.
After taking a short break, due to work demands, I really believed I could score higher and prepared verbal under timed conditions and was scoring decently in mocks. I put my heart and soul into it and thought I was getting good at it as I was able to solve LSAT CR and RC questions within reasonable time and was able to spot the minute differences in SC.I was scoring in the low 40s in the
gmatclub tests. I recently gave the exam again and, despite scoring 750 in GMAT Preps and 710 in Kaplan free test, scored a disastrous 690. I ordered the ESR and attached it to the post.
I followed other posts on the same scenario and people suggested it could be because something new came up in the exam that wasn't encountered during practice. While I did not see this happening for me, I definitely rushed through the last 4 questions and guessed the answers on the verbal section and ended up with a 33. I am utterly heartbroken. I really believed I could get a V42 and set my heart for a 750(Given Quant is 50).
Regarding schools, I am looking to apply to McCombs, Tepper and Darden in R2 and really want to get into McCombs. I am almost done with the essays and am wondering if I should give the exam again in December.
I am a female software engineer/Technical Analyst at a fortune 500 company with about 2.8 years of experience from India. I will have 3.4 at Matriculation. I want to do an MBA now because I plan to grow as a CleanTech consultant(or work on Sustainability projects) and I need to get my education early (priority school is McCombs) in order to have enough time to grow in the field. Also, I do not see my plans changing drastically even if I waited another year, so I believe now is the right time. My leadership experiences include leading projects in Undergraduate years and working as an Alumni Manager at a Teach For India initiative. Won some competitions at workplace and at undergraduate level.
So I am planning to write my essays now and plan to give the exam again in December.
Please tell me how to proceed to gain consistency in the verbal section. Also, do let me know your thoughts on my school selection and my chances(I know this would go under the Profile Eval threads but the main reason for writing this post was to fix my erratic and random verbal scores;Hence, I put it here). I plan to talk to some of the alumni to get a realistic picture of my chances at McCombs.
Thanks a million.
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