580: Do I have a shot?

Hawk269, I'm in your shoes as well. But my verbal isn't as strong as yours. I work in marketing & rarely use any quant. for my work so it's a little unfair "competing" with all the engineers and other math geniuses.

However, I have made great strides in the past two months to bring my Quant. to the late 30s, I even got a 40 on a test which is great for me. I checked out Kaplan Math Workbook which gave me a very good understanding and practice for many of the types of problems that the GMAT tests. It doesn't have stats or probability but you can find info on that here. You may want to TIME yourself in that book.

Also, your post doesn't state whether you used the offical guide. That's the best source for me for practicing GMAT math. I think DS problems are horrible--my weakest area & the main reason for my low score. However, the offical guide has helped in that area as well.

In the end, I will show via my college transcripts and essays that I earned an A or B in all of my quant. classes (Calc., Alegebra, Trig, Stats, etc.) & I will be enrolling in a finance and accounting class to prepare for the MBA program as well. I don't test to my true ability in quant., & it's unfair that a TIMED test is supposed to deterimine's one's ability.