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Hi everyone­ ! I wanted to share my experience with the GMAT FE. I received a score of 705 which is close to 99 percentile. This was something I wasn't expecting honestly from all the mocks I did
  • Official Mock 1 : 625
  • Official Mock 2 : 650
  • Official Mock 3 : 665
  • Official Mock 2(Retake) : 695 (I didn't any repeat questions)
Here is my preparation journey:
  • Have previously taken the GMAT 3 times (Last one taken in 2019) and the highest I had received was 710 (GMAT Classic Edition). I had taken several courses during these 3 attempts
  • This time, I took Top One Percent and found the content to be comprehensive enough to not warrant some other purchase.
  • Practiced for 3 months (almost 4-5 hours daily) and giving healthy amount sectional mocks, ful mocks at really tough levels and maintained error log. Another thing that was absolutely cruicial for me was meditation and just sitting and doing questions for 3 hours straight, this helped build stamina while always being in the moment and not deviating
GMAT day Experience (Quant, Verbal then DI):
  • Took my test in Boston, the center was very quite and very nice. I took the exam at 5pm because that was the only slot available. 
  • I had little bit jitters but as soon as the test started, the adrenaline kicked in.
  • The difficulty in quant wasn't too much (personal opinion) and I could cruise through it with spare time left.
  • Verbal was little difficult for me (Not because of the level of the question, but in the last few days my mind started to get basic concepts muddled up), due to which my accuracy suffered
  • I took my 10 mins after Verbal , I gained my composure and walked a little to get pumped up. Meditated for 4 mins and started DI
  • DI was a breeze, but found a lot of DS questions that were more logic based than Mathematical based
  • At the end, I saw the elusive 705 and was about to crap my pants. I was really happy
Score Breakdown
  • Quant - 88(95th Percentile)
  • Verbal - 82(79th Percentile)
  • DI - 85 (99th Percentile)
My question to the GMAT Experts in this forum is that I wanted to target schools such as MIT, Stanford, Kellogg, Wharton, Harvard. Given the imbalance in the percentile, should I retake the exam ??? For little background, I am a Data Scientist with Masters from M10 school.
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Should I retake GMAT ? My 705 GMAT FE experience/debrief 18 May 2024, 22:10
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My question to the GMAT Experts in this forum is that I wanted to target schools such as MIT, Stanford, Kellogg, Wharton, Harvard. Given the imbalance in the percentile, should I retake the exam ??? For little background, I am a Data Scientist with Masters from M10 school.­
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­Hi haroog96,

That's a great (99%!) score. I wouldn't worry about the V82 if I were you.

All the best for the application process.
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Knowing your score, your background, I see no reason to suggest that you should consider taking GMAT again. I think you should start working on aplications and see how you can align your goals with respective MBA at target schools. 

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Hi everyone­ ! I wanted to share my experience with the GMAT FE. I received a score of 705 which is close to 99 percentile. This was something I wasn't expecting honestly from all the mocks I did

  • Official Mock 1 : 625
  • Official Mock 2 : 650
  • Official Mock 3 : 665
  • Official Mock 2(Retake) : 695 (I didn't any repeat questions)
Here is my preparation journey:

  • Have previously taken the GMAT 3 times (Last one taken in 2019) and the highest I had received was 710 (GMAT Classic Edition). I had taken several courses during these 3 attempts
  • This time, I took Top One Percent and found the content to be comprehensive enough to not warrant some other purchase.
  • Practiced for 3 months (almost 4-5 hours daily) and giving healthy amount sectional mocks, ful mocks at really tough levels and maintained error log. Another thing that was absolutely cruicial for me was meditation and just sitting and doing questions for 3 hours straight, this helped build stamina while always being in the moment and not deviating
GMAT day Experience (Quant, Verbal then DI):

  • Took my test in Boston, the center was very quite and very nice. I took the exam at 5pm because that was the only slot available. 
  • I had little bit jitters but as soon as the test started, the adrenaline kicked in.
  • The difficulty in quant wasn't too much (personal opinion) and I could cruise through it with spare time left.
  • Verbal was little difficult for me (Not because of the level of the question, but in the last few days my mind started to get basic concepts muddled up), due to which my accuracy suffered
  • I took my 10 mins after Verbal , I gained my composure and walked a little to get pumped up. Meditated for 4 mins and started DI
  • DI was a breeze, but found a lot of DS questions that were more logic based than Mathematical based
  • At the end, I saw the elusive 705 and was about to crap my pants. I was really happy
Score Breakdown

  • Quant - 88(95th Percentile)
  • Verbal - 82(79th Percentile)
  • DI - 85 (99th Percentile)
My question to the GMAT Experts in this forum is that I wanted to target schools such as MIT, Stanford, Kellogg, Wharton, Harvard. Given the imbalance in the percentile, should I retake the exam ??? For little background, I am a Data Scientist with Masters from M10 school.
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Congratulations on your Score! Please share your Preparation tips and strategy for the Data Insight Section. Thank You.
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­Hi haroog96,

Given that you significantly outperformed your practice tests on the actual GMAT, I don't see any reason to retake it. Additionally, the variance in your section percentiles doesn't seem to be a big issue. So, stand pat and enjoy your 705!
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