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24 Aug 2018, 16:07
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Recently took the GMAT and scored a 700 (48Q / 38V), which was below what I anticipated going in. Practice tests across GMAT prep in order taken are (each at least a week apart):
720 (49Q / 41V)
750 (48Q / 45V)
770 (51Q / 45V)
780 (51Q / 47V)
770 (50Q / 45V)
770 (50Q / 46V)
Additionally, I took the MGMAT CATs with scores (680, 710, 740, 750, 770) that showed about same relative strength in quant vs. verbal.
In the practice exams with lower verbal scoring situations it's always been a handful of RC questions where I get down to 2 answers and select the incorrect one; and I'm guessing that was the case on the actual exam. I'm from an over-represented applicant pool (white male, >3.6 GPA, top-20 undergrad program, business major, 5 years work experience) and I have my eyes set on Wharton, CBS, Booth, and a few others.
Is it worth it to retake in about a month if I'm looking to apply for Round 2 in January? Is there to gain given its the verbal section, where a few questions can significantly swing the ending score?
I'm awaiting the ESR to give an exact breakout of where I went wrong on verbal.
720 (49Q / 41V)
750 (48Q / 45V)
770 (51Q / 45V)
780 (51Q / 47V)
770 (50Q / 45V)
770 (50Q / 46V)
Additionally, I took the MGMAT CATs with scores (680, 710, 740, 750, 770) that showed about same relative strength in quant vs. verbal.
In the practice exams with lower verbal scoring situations it's always been a handful of RC questions where I get down to 2 answers and select the incorrect one; and I'm guessing that was the case on the actual exam. I'm from an over-represented applicant pool (white male, >3.6 GPA, top-20 undergrad program, business major, 5 years work experience) and I have my eyes set on Wharton, CBS, Booth, and a few others.
Is it worth it to retake in about a month if I'm looking to apply for Round 2 in January? Is there to gain given its the verbal section, where a few questions can significantly swing the ending score?
I'm awaiting the ESR to give an exact breakout of where I went wrong on verbal.
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blight12
Its good that you have already gone for the ESR.
I would say schedule a free consultation with an admissions consultant. You can discuss your full profile including leadership experiences and extra curriculars to really see if there is a need to go for a higher score or if the other aspects of the profile are good enough to compensate.
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Hi blight12,
Your mock test scores are significantly above the 700 that you finally got. This is what we would suggest:
- Did you see repeat questions on the later GMATPrep tests (i.e. either questions from the earlier tests or questions from any other practice material or tests)? If that was the case, even a few questions can skew your mock test scores. If you feel that was not the case, then a drop of ~60-70 points from the mocks to the real test is substantial, and even unusual.
- Getting down to the 2 last options on RC and then having difficulty in choosing among them could be a result of the 'may be true' v/s 'must be true' selection. The best way to overcome this is not more practice or going over concepts again, but simply going over these kinds of questions (several of them) that you get wrong to see how and why you make the wrong choice here. Not easy, yes, but if done right it will get you tremendous results.
- Given that you are targeting Jan deadlines, and have the potential to score in the 750+ range, you should certainly be retaking the test. This is even more important given your list of target schools.
Hope this helps. Feel free to come back with more queries as needed.
