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16 May 2021, 10:05
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Hi both admission experts and GMATprep-experts,
On the 5th of May 2021, I decided to apply to London Business School, Masters in Financial Analysis, which has the last round deadline 28th of May. I read a book (called GMAT for Dummies), I think, and scheduled my GMAT exam on the 9th of May 2021, so basically 4 days of real preparation (up till this point, I only knew about the structure of the GMAT + meaning of DS questions).
As the dumb person I am, I just searched up "gmat good score" on Google, and the first thing that came up was: "A GMAT score between 650 and 690 is good, and a score of 700 or higher is great, MBA experts say.". So I thought that a range of 650-700 would be doable.
However, when I got my test scores back 2 days later (670 with Q46, V37, IR8), I noticed the percentiles. I do not want to go back on MBA website to see my score again, but if I remember correctly the percentile was like 50% hehe... meaning half of the test takers scored better than me on quant. Funny thing is that I am the 2 times defending champion in the Nordic Mathematical Contest from high school, received a scholarship from my local country's mathematical society award to study abroad etc.. So I would say I am over average in terms of the quantitative section.
To meet my deadline, I scheduled the GRE to the 16th of May (today). A hell of a proctor-experience compared to GMAT; proctor in GRE interrupted me during the exam, alt-tabbed my Windows, asked me to move my camera several times more down to see my whole face, so it ended up with me almost lying on the chair. They basically remote access your PC, check your windows-settings for everything, check your files etc. So check-in was like 40 minutes before I got my exam. Fine.
To keep it short; GRE quant is much easier than GMAT quant, but GRE verbal is seriously on another level. If I remember correctly, they have switched the sentence correction with sentence replacement-thingy. It can get reaaaaal tricky; I had to read 4-5 sentences, and fill all blanks in the way that best completes the passage. Might sound easy, huh? Well, for a non-native speaker, when the answer choices are 9 different strange words you never have heard before, e.g leniency, recapitulations of, disdain, and obfuscate. So SC correction is much easier to learn I suppose for a non-native speaker, so go for GMAT anyways.
So my unofficial GRE score was Q164, V161. I do not know what this means (did not find anything about score percentiles on their site).
So my questions for any GMAT experts and admission experts:
1. What does Q164 and V161 mean in terms of percentiles, and how does it approximately translate into a GMAT score? Both total, quant and verbal.
2. Also; the only reason I want to go to school this year is because next year, I would have worked 2 years in the finance industry. This means I would only be qualified for MFin, but the average age there is like 28, so I would rather attend this year at LBS MFA. I am 22 years old btw. Any prep companies out there that can teach the "GMAT-math" in like a week? I know how to solve multishaped geometry questions and hard questions, but I just need to find a prep company that focuses on how to tackle these questions FAST.
2. My personal recruitment officer at LBS MFA, actually knows I got a 670 in GMAT, and she also knows I took the GRE with 2 days of study. Should I apply with both, if not; which score?
On the 5th of May 2021, I decided to apply to London Business School, Masters in Financial Analysis, which has the last round deadline 28th of May. I read a book (called GMAT for Dummies), I think, and scheduled my GMAT exam on the 9th of May 2021, so basically 4 days of real preparation (up till this point, I only knew about the structure of the GMAT + meaning of DS questions).
As the dumb person I am, I just searched up "gmat good score" on Google, and the first thing that came up was: "A GMAT score between 650 and 690 is good, and a score of 700 or higher is great, MBA experts say.". So I thought that a range of 650-700 would be doable.
However, when I got my test scores back 2 days later (670 with Q46, V37, IR8), I noticed the percentiles. I do not want to go back on MBA website to see my score again, but if I remember correctly the percentile was like 50% hehe... meaning half of the test takers scored better than me on quant. Funny thing is that I am the 2 times defending champion in the Nordic Mathematical Contest from high school, received a scholarship from my local country's mathematical society award to study abroad etc.. So I would say I am over average in terms of the quantitative section.
To meet my deadline, I scheduled the GRE to the 16th of May (today). A hell of a proctor-experience compared to GMAT; proctor in GRE interrupted me during the exam, alt-tabbed my Windows, asked me to move my camera several times more down to see my whole face, so it ended up with me almost lying on the chair. They basically remote access your PC, check your windows-settings for everything, check your files etc. So check-in was like 40 minutes before I got my exam. Fine.
To keep it short; GRE quant is much easier than GMAT quant, but GRE verbal is seriously on another level. If I remember correctly, they have switched the sentence correction with sentence replacement-thingy. It can get reaaaaal tricky; I had to read 4-5 sentences, and fill all blanks in the way that best completes the passage. Might sound easy, huh? Well, for a non-native speaker, when the answer choices are 9 different strange words you never have heard before, e.g leniency, recapitulations of, disdain, and obfuscate. So SC correction is much easier to learn I suppose for a non-native speaker, so go for GMAT anyways.
So my unofficial GRE score was Q164, V161. I do not know what this means (did not find anything about score percentiles on their site).
So my questions for any GMAT experts and admission experts:
1. What does Q164 and V161 mean in terms of percentiles, and how does it approximately translate into a GMAT score? Both total, quant and verbal.
2. Also; the only reason I want to go to school this year is because next year, I would have worked 2 years in the finance industry. This means I would only be qualified for MFin, but the average age there is like 28, so I would rather attend this year at LBS MFA. I am 22 years old btw. Any prep companies out there that can teach the "GMAT-math" in like a week? I know how to solve multishaped geometry questions and hard questions, but I just need to find a prep company that focuses on how to tackle these questions FAST.
2. My personal recruitment officer at LBS MFA, actually knows I got a 670 in GMAT, and she also knows I took the GRE with 2 days of study. Should I apply with both, if not; which score?
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16 May 2021, 23:10
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I have a very quick suggestion for you.. Go to GRE to GMAT converter on official GRE website(Just google it if you want) and you can easily convert your GRE score to GMAT score and get all the percentiles. This is the standard way.
Also, your GRE score is very good and it is above 700 when you convert from GRE to GMAT.
Hope it helps..
Also, your GRE score is very good and it is above 700 when you convert from GRE to GMAT.
Hope it helps..
22 May 2021, 09:13
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Hi Yehboddy,
I know I responded to you elsewhere but what did you end up doing? Have you submitted your GRE score?
I know I responded to you elsewhere but what did you end up doing? Have you submitted your GRE score?
