GMAT score reporting

Question

When reporting a GMAT score, It is known that all the previously attempted GMAT scores will be sent.

Will there be any indication in the score sent about the GMAT exams that were booked but were not attended or about the GMAT exam scores that were canceled?

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi urshi,

To answer your immediate questions: NO - Schools will not see that you cancelled any results nor any attempts that you did not actually attempt.

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

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Schools will not be made aware of any canceled GMAT scores or any scheduled GMATs that you may have missed.

urshi · Answer

Thanks  EMPOWERgmatRichC  and  ScottTargetTestPrep  for your response!

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi urshi,

Based on your first post in this thread, have you recently taken the GMAT (or are you planning to take it soon?)? Before I can offer you any advice for your studies, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

Studies:
1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) On what dates (or approximate 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)?

Goals:
4) What is your overall goal score?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?

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

urshi · Answer

Hi  EMPOWERgmatRichC , Just noticed your post. Apologies for the delay in response.

I took the GMAT yesterday. Scored 640 ( Q 48 V29). I am planning to retake the exam after improving my verbal score.

Studies:
1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?  - I have been studying for GMAT since time immemorial. I don't have a fixed time to sit and study for the GMAT. It ranges from studying 50 hours per week to no time to even think about GMAT. 
2) What study materials have you used so far?  Again, I can't pin point on one study material. I've read every study material that comes my way. 
3) On what dates (or approximate 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 Prep mock 6: Jan 1st - 700 ( Q49 V36)
GMAT Prep mock 5: Jan 4th - 640 (Q49 V29)

Official GMAT : Jan 6th - 640 (Q48 V29)

Goals:
4) What is your overall goal score?  720+ 
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?  I want to apply asap since I have 6+ years of work ex now. Predominantly top-notch schools in Europe

It would be helpful if anyone can guide me on the next steps to take so as to achieve 720+ score by march

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi urshi,

To properly plan out this next phase of your studies, we need to be far more specific about how you have been studying up to this point (so that we can avoid wasting your time or doing redundant work).

1) What specific study materials have you used over the course of all of your studies?
2) You listed just 2 CAT/mock Scores (from Exam Pack #2), so you clearly have taken other CATs. On what dates (or approximate 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)?
3) What specific application deadlines are you facing?

If you took your GMAT at a Test Center, then you might also choose to purchase the Enhanced Score Report. While the ESR doesn’t provide a lot of information, there are usually a few data points that we can use to define what went wrong on Test Day (and what you should work on to score higher). If you purchase the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you.

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

Kinshook · Answer

Schools will not be able to see your cancelled or unattempted GMATs.

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GMATWhizTeam · Answer

Hi urshi,

Your quant score seems consistent. On a good day, you are capable of scoring Q49 if you focus a little on the test taking strategy. The actual concern is the verbal part. Seems like you are struggling with almost all the three modules and it is likely that you are not using the right methods to solve questions. Let me elaborate it to you.

How to approach Verbal? 
Verbal questions can be very tricky. You will often come across close answer choices which are worded similarly. So, it's important that you are conceptually clear and that you use the right methods and strategies to solve questions. Remember that, GMAT Verbal is all about eliminating four answer choices rather than choosing the right one.

So, I suggest you to focus on the methods along with the concepts. When you finish learning the concepts of any topic,   make sure that you learn the methods to solve question types tested from that topic.  
 Once you do this, practice a few questions to solidify your learning.  
 Repeat the process for all the topics 
 Once you are done with all the topics, start taking timed quizzes to get used to the time constraint

The path ahead: 
I understand that you have studied a lot but your score suggests that there are certain conceptual gaps and that you are highly struggling with the application of concepts. So, the primary focus has to be to identify your weak areas and work on them. There is a certain structure which you have to follow while preparing.

Identify if it's the concept of a topic or it's application that you are struggling with 
 If it's the concept, revisit it and make sure you do it perfectly this time 
 If it's the application, learn the right methods to solve question types tested from that topic 
 So, you move to the next topic, only once you are confident about the concepts and methods of the previous topic

You can practice a few questions without any time limit to get used to the methodology. You start taking timed quizzes only once you are done with all the topics. I hope you have understood the structure. You can go through the below recording to understand the approach better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sD35ZuGgD4

Hope it helped. I suggest you to focus more on the process than on practicing questions. If you wish to have a detailed discussion regarding the same, you can get in touch with me using the below link.

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