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Hi vkarmwar,

This latest CAT score is a great improvement over how you were performing back in December. Assuming that you took this CAT in a realistic fashion, then you could absolutely be scoring 720+ right now. At this 'level' though, the GMAT becomes really 'sensitive' to silly/little mistakes, so you really have to 'nitpick' your performance on this CAT. How many questions did you get wrong because of a silly/little mistake? How many did you get wrong because the question was too hard? I'll bet that you'll find at least a few questions that you could/should have gotten correct, but didn't. Making too many of those mistakes will keep you from your score goal.

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Hi vkarmwar,

This latest CAT score is a great improvement over how you were performing back in December. Assuming that you took this CAT in a realistic fashion, then you could absolutely be scoring 720+ right now. At this 'level' though, the GMAT becomes really 'sensitive' to silly/little mistakes, so you really have to 'nitpick' your performance on this CAT. How many questions did you get wrong because of a silly/little mistake? How many did you get wrong because the question was too hard? I'll bet that you'll find at least a few questions that you could/should have gotten correct, but didn't. Making too many of those mistakes will keep you from your score goal.

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Hi Rich,

All the CATs I have given have been in a realistic fashion.
In my GMATPrep score of 710 Q50 V35, I had 8 incorrect Quants and 15 incorrect verbals.

In Quant I should have gotten 4 out of them correct but made silly mistakes. Verbal I think only 4-5 out of the 15 were so. But Verbal was a bit different. Although my score was approximately the same as my MGMATs but the question seemed a lot different.

I am 10 days away from my actual GMAT exam, so what should I be doing now.
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At this stage there isn't much time to do things differently. I would have taken the GMATPrep tests earlier, both of them and then practiced with the pool of questions in the GMATPrep database. The Exam Pack 1 tests could be used closer to the exam to assess and tweak your preparation.

Your score suggests that focusing on verbal would give you the best return. You mentioned that the verbal questions you encountered in your previous CATs were "different", precisely for this reason one should focus on the official GMAT questions. The GMAT writers have a certain style and way of testing ideas and the earlier you get a sense of that, the better you will do on the exam.

Here is a link on gmatclub that posts the entire verbal question database from GMATPrep: all-gmatprep-questions-quant-verbal-187679.html

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Hi Dabral,

I understand what you are saying. But what would you recommend now. I am 10 days away from my actual GMAT.
Should I be delaying the exam? (My last resort). I must achieve my target of a 720. I know a lot more things matter other than just the GMAT but still.

Let me know.

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Hi vkarmwar,

You should certainly plan to take the GMAT as scheduled. From your self-assessment, you spotted a bunch of questions that you should have gotten correct, but didn't. THOSE questions represent your missing points (and you don't even have to get all of those questions correct to hit your score goal). With the remaining time that you have, you should NOT be trying to 'cram' too much practice in - you already know everything that you need to know. Right now, your focus should be on your 'precision' - staying calm, taking good notes and keeping the little mistakes from happening.

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Hi,

I just took my GMAT and scored 700 Q50 V34.
I couldn't hit the figure of 720 but yeah.

I am not sure about retaking the GMAT since I am doing this for only one college, ISB Hyderabad.
I will apply this year and see what happens.

I wish to thank you guys a lot for your continuous support and guidance.

Thanks a lot.
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Hi vkarmwar,

First off, a 700/Q50 is an outstanding score (it's just shy of the 90th percentile overall), so it could be enough to get you into ISB Hyderabad. Since you know exactly what School you want to apply to, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile. There's a Forum full of them here:

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Hi vkarmwar,

First off, a 700/Q50 is an outstanding score (it's just shy of the 90th percentile overall), so it could be enough to get you into ISB Hyderabad. Since you know exactly what School you want to apply to, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile. There's a Forum full of them here:

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Thanks a lot Rich. You have been of great help to me throughout.
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