Help needed for B school selection

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Hi

I appeared for my GMAT for the third time and scored 660 . I was planning to apply in these colleges
ISB, NUS, NTS , Rotman, XLRI
Profile details are:
Indian female with 5 years of work exp in IT industry B.Tech. 71%
12th 89%
10th 92%

1)My concern is that I am not sure that whether I will be able to get through any of the above mentioned?

2) shall I try once more for exam?

3) Any colleges parallel to these in terms of ranking, exposure, outcome and financials where I can apply?

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EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi srtas,

First off, a 660 is a strong Score, so it could be enough to get you into your first-choice School. As such, a retest might not be necessary. You're ultimately asking Admissions questions though, so you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile. There's a Forum full of those Experts here:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/ask-admissio ... tants-124/

If you do choose to retest though, then we have to examine your prior studies. It would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

Studies:
1) What were your Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for your Official 660?
2) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
3) What study materials have you used so far?
4) On what dates did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

srtas · Answer

Thanks for the response  EMPOWERgmatRichC 
Please find my answers below in blue
1) What were your Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for your Official 660? -------  V31,Q49 
2) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week? --------- I am studying from last year but have taken several breaks. Before this exam I studied for approx. 3 months ,2-3 hrs per day 
3) What study materials have you used so far?----------------- I have exhausted all official gmat materials (old ,new). bunuel maths questions,powerscore bible for CR 
4) On what dates did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)? ---------------  I took 1st exam in Aug 2018 and score 540 (Q48, V17) and 2nd exam in jan 2019 and scored 540 again ( Q47, v19).

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi srtas,

Having your 1st and 2nd Official Scores for reference is useful, but in my prior post, I asked about your practice CAT/mock Scores leading up to this 3rd attempt (since there could be patterns in those practice Exams that could help to explain why you are currently getting certain types of questions wrong. So on which days did you take your practice Exams and how did you score on each of those?

With a Q49/V31 you clearly have some opportunities to pick up some serious points in the Verbal section (and the V31 implies that you lost some serious points in at least 1 of the 3 major Verbal question types - RC, SC and CR).

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

srtas · Answer

EMPOWERgmatRichC  : I was scoring b/w 650- 720 in my tests In Manhattan tests was scoring 650-670 consistently and in official scored 700 and 720. The last test that I gave before I used to give 2 tests in a week (one on weekend and one on Wednesday). 
Yes I ordered my ESR and got to know that I scored pretty bad in RC. 5th Percentile in RC, 97th in CR and 79th percentile in SC.
In my practice tests I was getting 50% RC correctly.
Can you suggest some ways to Improve my concentration in RC.

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