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23 Aug 2020, 08:58
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Hi All,
I took GMAT online and offline in the last 3 days and have been somewhat disappointed in myself during both attempts. With limited time to prepare, I'd like to ask for some advise on how to proceed.
First of all, I just took the offline one today and the preliminary scores are: 730 (V40, Q49, IR8). I'm very disappointed with my verbal score and definitely believe I can do significantly better. Quant is the section I always struggle with, and my score here is within the range of what I normally could score, but with better preparation and luck, I may also improve 1 point there. With AWA, I was pretty upset by that point and didn't do the best time management; I didn't have time to finish the last sentence of my essay and didn't have time to proof read. I'm really not sure what the score would be for that section. I really want something 760+. Do you think I should cancel this score?
I took the GMAT online version 2 days ago, but with so many technical difficulties and interruptions, I really have no idea how I did. And that awful online experience was what prompted me to book the offline test today. I understand the online score cannot be cancelled, and I have 48 hours to decide on whether or not to cancel my offline score. This means within this period, I probably won't know how I did on Awa offline or how I did overall online. Should I go ahead and cancel, since I can reinstate my score later anyways?
So far I've read all the Manhattan Prep materials and Kaplan 800 material, I finished the OG Difficult 300. I took maybe 10 quant mocks from GMATCLUB and took 5 official CATs:
1: 680 (Q47, V36, IR4) - zero prep
2: 710 (Q48, V40, IR7) - 1 week into prep
3: 740 (Q48, V44, IR8) - 2 weeks into prep
4: 760 (Q50, V41, IR5) - 4 weeks into prep
5: 720 (Q47, V42, IR8) - 3 days ago, I did it late at night after long day of work, as that was the time for my online GMAT as well, and was falling asleep constantly during the test. So I wasn't too discouraged by the result.
What frustrates me is that I feel like I've hit a certain plateau and stopped seeing any improvement from incremental study, although I know I've been studying and learning new things. Also I feel I was very nervous during both attempts and was not my best self. I have limited time to study for the GMAT with a demanding job (I can allocate 5-15hrs/week), and I think I can take one last shot in 16 days. Can you give me any advise on how best to use those 16 days to boost my score? Thanks a lot for your help.
I took GMAT online and offline in the last 3 days and have been somewhat disappointed in myself during both attempts. With limited time to prepare, I'd like to ask for some advise on how to proceed.
First of all, I just took the offline one today and the preliminary scores are: 730 (V40, Q49, IR8). I'm very disappointed with my verbal score and definitely believe I can do significantly better. Quant is the section I always struggle with, and my score here is within the range of what I normally could score, but with better preparation and luck, I may also improve 1 point there. With AWA, I was pretty upset by that point and didn't do the best time management; I didn't have time to finish the last sentence of my essay and didn't have time to proof read. I'm really not sure what the score would be for that section. I really want something 760+. Do you think I should cancel this score?
I took the GMAT online version 2 days ago, but with so many technical difficulties and interruptions, I really have no idea how I did. And that awful online experience was what prompted me to book the offline test today. I understand the online score cannot be cancelled, and I have 48 hours to decide on whether or not to cancel my offline score. This means within this period, I probably won't know how I did on Awa offline or how I did overall online. Should I go ahead and cancel, since I can reinstate my score later anyways?
So far I've read all the Manhattan Prep materials and Kaplan 800 material, I finished the OG Difficult 300. I took maybe 10 quant mocks from GMATCLUB and took 5 official CATs:
1: 680 (Q47, V36, IR4) - zero prep
2: 710 (Q48, V40, IR7) - 1 week into prep
3: 740 (Q48, V44, IR8) - 2 weeks into prep
4: 760 (Q50, V41, IR5) - 4 weeks into prep
5: 720 (Q47, V42, IR8) - 3 days ago, I did it late at night after long day of work, as that was the time for my online GMAT as well, and was falling asleep constantly during the test. So I wasn't too discouraged by the result.
What frustrates me is that I feel like I've hit a certain plateau and stopped seeing any improvement from incremental study, although I know I've been studying and learning new things. Also I feel I was very nervous during both attempts and was not my best self. I have limited time to study for the GMAT with a demanding job (I can allocate 5-15hrs/week), and I think I can take one last shot in 16 days. Can you give me any advise on how best to use those 16 days to boost my score? Thanks a lot for your help.
23 Aug 2020, 09:30
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What is the rationale behind cancelling the score? Just because you want to score 760 is probably not the valid reason. Anyway, you have only scored 760 once in all of your mock tests, so 730 is an understandable results. Who knows, you could have scored 760 in your online attempt.
I encourage you to keep the score and give it another shot in next 2 weeks as you mentioned. Putting together a strong application should also be a priority.
I encourage you to keep the score and give it another shot in next 2 weeks as you mentioned. Putting together a strong application should also be a priority.
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23 Aug 2020, 10:31
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Nope. You should start working on your applications instead. You'll require a lot of time doing that. You've already got a score which is good enough for top 10 b schools. Now unless you are from a over represented applicant pool, you should start creating your login IDs for those b schools you covet to join and send out LOR requests immediately. Congratulations it's a good score.
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