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27 Jan 2021, 19:51
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Hi, I took my first diagnostic GMAT yesterday and scored a 740. This score was very surprising to me since I found the quant portion pretty difficult. Moreover, I only got 22/31 correct on Quant and 26/36 correct on Verbal. Can I trust this first diagnostic score? My goal is to score 760+ but definitely expected my baseline to be lower, around the ~650 range from the numbers I've seen people able to improve. Thanks for any input.
27 Jan 2021, 21:11
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Hi dlj272727,
A 740 is an exceptional initial CAT score (the average score on the Official GMAT hovers around 550 most years). There are a variety of different factors that can impact your score on a practice CAT/mock, including the 'brand' of CAT, the time of day that you begin the Exam, how well-rested you are, whether you have seen any of the questions before or not, how strict you were about following Test-Day parameters, etc. At face value, that type of result implies that you are a strong overall critical-thinker, but one result is not enough data to say for sure if that is your actual 'ability level' (as you may have gotten a bit 'lucky' or 'unlucky' while taking this Practice Test).
Before I can offer you any additional 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 so far? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) What were the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for this CAT/mock?
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
A 740 is an exceptional initial CAT score (the average score on the Official GMAT hovers around 550 most years). There are a variety of different factors that can impact your score on a practice CAT/mock, including the 'brand' of CAT, the time of day that you begin the Exam, how well-rested you are, whether you have seen any of the questions before or not, how strict you were about following Test-Day parameters, etc. At face value, that type of result implies that you are a strong overall critical-thinker, but one result is not enough data to say for sure if that is your actual 'ability level' (as you may have gotten a bit 'lucky' or 'unlucky' while taking this Practice Test).
Before I can offer you any additional 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 so far? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) What were the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for this CAT/mock?
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
27 Jan 2021, 21:41
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dlj272727 - A score of 740 on a diagnostic practice test is outstanding. That said, I would like to know what test did you take? Was it an official practice test by GMAT Prep or a practice test offered by other test prep companies. Please understand that GMAT is a test of ability and not accuracy; therefore, you can get a Q50-51 even with several incorrect answers. What were the sectional raw scores?
27 Jan 2021, 22:43
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Thanks so much for the input, really appreciate it. To answer your questions, it was my first test and I haven't studied for it yet. Breakdown was Q49, V41. I felt pretty comfortable on verbal. Though the score wasn't amazing, I feel like some studying on the sentence correction part will help a lot and am confident I can improve here. For quant, I found many of the questions difficult and definitely expect that I need to do a good amount of studying here. I did not expect to receive such a high score and imagine that a decent amount of the questions I got right I was not 100% certain on.
Re: goals, my goal is 760+ and I will not be applying to business schools for another 2 years at the minimum, but want to take it within 3 months.
Re: goals, my goal is 760+ and I will not be applying to business schools for another 2 years at the minimum, but want to take it within 3 months.
