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25 Apr 2006, 14:12
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Well I finally did it - I took the GMAT today at 12:45 and let me tell you, I am GLAD its over! However, the score I got looks like I will be taking the exam again.
First things first - the test center was very professional, not many people were there so it was a good atmosphere - and the test is in the exact same format as the practice software (GMATPrep). So once you are familiar/comfy with that you will be set.
The essays to me are easy - I can write pretty well and pretty fast when I have to. However I consider the essays more of an annoyance than anything.
The math - is it harder than ETS? I couldnt tell you because this was my first time. But I can tell you this, there was less of an emphasis on triangles then there has been on all the practice material. I only saw 2 combo/permu questions - and they were near the end when unfortunately I was running out of time. I would say that while the math isnt necessarily harder, it does make you think a little more because they present different figures (I did see a quadrilateral, a pentagon, parallelogram) so know your figures. I had been in the 39-42 range so the 38 is disappointing. I ran out of time on the math which is unusual for me and made me panic a little.
The verbal - my god, to me this section just seems to get harder every time. On my practice tests I was scoring between 35-38 and I was shocked to see a 40 on this section. To me the sentence correction answer choices all look so similar now with only slight discrepency's compared to blatantly obvious wrong answers on Kaplan (easy-med ques). I felt like every question was hard on the verbal with the exception of maybe 2-3. But thats just me.
Thanks for all of the good vibes and support. As I prepare to retake the exam I will be using this forum a little more closely - it seems like the people who are getting 700+ have a totally different style of prep then I did. Cant say I am loving the idea of taking this thing again - however I am happy I got a 640 - it is a good score, its 80th percentile and 6 months ago I couldnt have hoped for a score out of the 500's.
First things first - the test center was very professional, not many people were there so it was a good atmosphere - and the test is in the exact same format as the practice software (GMATPrep). So once you are familiar/comfy with that you will be set.
The essays to me are easy - I can write pretty well and pretty fast when I have to. However I consider the essays more of an annoyance than anything.
The math - is it harder than ETS? I couldnt tell you because this was my first time. But I can tell you this, there was less of an emphasis on triangles then there has been on all the practice material. I only saw 2 combo/permu questions - and they were near the end when unfortunately I was running out of time. I would say that while the math isnt necessarily harder, it does make you think a little more because they present different figures (I did see a quadrilateral, a pentagon, parallelogram) so know your figures. I had been in the 39-42 range so the 38 is disappointing. I ran out of time on the math which is unusual for me and made me panic a little.
The verbal - my god, to me this section just seems to get harder every time. On my practice tests I was scoring between 35-38 and I was shocked to see a 40 on this section. To me the sentence correction answer choices all look so similar now with only slight discrepency's compared to blatantly obvious wrong answers on Kaplan (easy-med ques). I felt like every question was hard on the verbal with the exception of maybe 2-3. But thats just me.
Thanks for all of the good vibes and support. As I prepare to retake the exam I will be using this forum a little more closely - it seems like the people who are getting 700+ have a totally different style of prep then I did. Cant say I am loving the idea of taking this thing again - however I am happy I got a 640 - it is a good score, its 80th percentile and 6 months ago I couldnt have hoped for a score out of the 500's.
25 Apr 2006, 18:33
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Hi,
640 is decent score. You will get 700 on your next attempt. Try to solve as many problems as you can in GMATCLUB.COM. However, please share your prep style for a dumb student like me. Thanks.
ma466
640 is decent score. You will get 700 on your next attempt. Try to solve as many problems as you can in GMATCLUB.COM. However, please share your prep style for a dumb student like me. Thanks.
ma466
