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kdus
Joined: 10 Aug 2015
Last visit: 30 Sep 2016
Posts: 32
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Schools: Haas EWMBA'19 (M)
GMAT 1: 690 Q48 V35
GMAT 2: 700 Q44 V41
GMAT 3: 710 Q48 V40
GPA: 3.9
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13 May 2016, 09:50
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Hi everyone,
I just finished my 3rd GMAT attempt and got a 710 (Q48, V40). I am not sure if I should attempt GMAT for the 4th time. Please advise!
01/01/2016 - Started GMAT Prep, bought the OG, OG Quant review, OG Verbal review, MGMAT Strategy Guides, and Powerscore CR Bible. On weekdays, I would wake up at 5:15 am and do a study session from 5:30 am to 7-7:15 am before work (1.5 hours), then do another evening session of 1.5 to 2 hours. On weekends, I would do two 3-hour sessions per day.
01/18/2016 - 610 (Q38, V35) MGMAT - Took my 1st CAT
01/19/2016 - Started a live 9-week Manhattan Class taught by Ron Purewal
02/28/2016 - 640 (Q38, V40) GMATPrep 1 - On this exam, my timing in Quant was completely horrible. I had to guess on the last 11 questions (I got all of them wrong too) as I had just a few minutes remaining.
03/06/2016 - 690 (Q46, V38) GMATPrep 2 - This time, I ended up leaving the last quant question blank because I ran out of time again. Based on that, I estimated that my actual quant level could be around Q47-Q49 once my timing issue was fixed. I was also a little disappointed with my verbal score a bit, as I thought I had improved both SC and CR by quite a bit by this time.
03/20/2016 - 740 (Q49, V42) GMATPrep 3 - This exam was taken 2 weeks before my actual exam on April 4th, 2016. I specifically purchased the Exam Pack 1, as I did not want to be mislead by a potentially inflated score from retaking the GMATPrep 1 and 2 and seeing repeat questions (although I realize that the Question Bank is huge for these two tests). Anyway, I was absolutely happy and ecstatic about this score as I had previously estimated that my math and verbal ability would be around Q49 and V40-42 level. (made 9 mistakes in Quant, and 8 mistakes in Verbal).
03/23/2016 - Purchased Question Pack 1
03/27/2016 - 660 (Q47, V35) GMATPrep 4 - OMG!!!
What the hell just happened? An 80-point drop in scores??? Okay, just to be fair, I drank alcohol the night before (because I was feeling sad and dealing with some major personal life issues) and didn't go to bed until after 2am, and couldn't sleep very well the night before. Also, I didn't feel that great in the morning, but still took the exam at 12pm (same as all other exams, because my actual exam was scheduled for 12pm on a Monday). My SC accuracy has been close to 95% in the GMATPrep Question Pack 1, but I didn't end up doing too well here. Overall, I made 10 mistakes in Quant and 10 mistakes in Verbal. What baffled me was that I just made 1 more mistake in Quant and 2 more mistakes in Verbal when compared to GMATPrep 3. My conclusion? I realized for the first 10 questions in both Quant and Verbal, I made 3 mistakes in Quant and 2 mistakes in Verbal (I made 1 mistake in Quant and 0 mistakes in Verbal during the first 10 Questions in GMATPrep 3). Furthermore, I theorized that GMATPrep accounted for experimental questions differently for each practice test, and I may have been just unlucky and did not get some of my correct answers counted by the GMATPrep algorithm when accounting for experimental questions (I believe that's closer to a 25% figure per section). The worst thing about this test score is that I got it 1 week before my actual exam - very demoralizing!!! 
04/04/2016 - 690 (Q48, V35, IR8) ACTUAL GMAT 1- Unfortunately, I kind of got screwed during the real exam. The new employee at the test center messed up my Verbal section (I lost 6 minutes due to his incompetence which caused my computer to freeze, but only 4 minutes were added back to my Verbal section). I was super stressed and frustrated and couldn't focus on Verbal, and ended up with a 690 (Q48, V35 - this was one of the lowest Verbal scores I got). I filed an incident report with Pearson VUE asking for a free retake. Eventually (thanks to Jeremy aka "OfficialGMAT" user on this forum), I got $200 off my retake (I already paid for my 2nd retake the full $250, so this $200 off will apply to my 3rd retake).
04/05/2016 - 04/21/2016 - Started Prep for my 2nd attempt. Redid the OG as well as partially redid the OG Quant/Verbal Reviews. Timed myself for every question and averaged less than 2 minutes. Studied 2 hours in the mornings and 2 hours in the evenings the 1st week. Then only studied for 2 hours in the mornings during the last week before the exam.
04/10/2016 - 730 (Q49, V41) GMATPrep 1 RETAKE - I was pretty happy and thought that my actual GMAT range is Q48-49 and V40-42.
04/22/2016 - 700 (Q44, V41, IR8) ACTUAL GMAT 2 - I am not sure how I screwed up quant this time. Although it could be because I rushed through the section and had around 8 minutes left at the end (I completed the first half of the quant section in 20-25 minutes and forced myself to slow down for the second half and still had time left over). So here I am today only with a 10 point improvement from my last test on April 4th. I was really expecting a Q48-49 because I have been scoring in that range consistently on GMATPrep.
04/25/2016 - 05/09/2016 - Started Prep for my 3rd attempt. Didn't take any GMATPrep exams, studied for about 1-1.5 hours in the mornings during weekdays by doing GMAT Question Pack 1 questions, didn't do anything on the weekends.
04/22/2016 - 710 (Q48, V40, IR5) ACTUAL GMAT 3
AGE: 30
SEX: Male
COUNTRY of ORIGIN: Originally from Uzbekistan, but getting my US citizenship this summer.
EDUCATION: undergrad from a state school in the US with a major in Accounting.
UNDERGRAD GPA: 3.9
CERTIFICATION: Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
WORK EXPERIENCE: 4-5 years. 2 years in Big 4 audit. <1 year as Sr. Financial Analyst in a Tech company. <1 year as a Sr. Solutions Consultant implementing financial systems, 1 year as a Sr. Financial Analyst at a Tech start-up backed by a VC.
TARGET SCHOOLS: HBS, Stanford GSB, Wharton, MIT Sloan, Berkley Haas EWMBA, Yale SOM, and maybe Columbia, Duke Fuqua, and Tuck.
I'm planning to apply to schools in Round 1 this year. Please advise if I should retake and aim at getting 730-740?
Thank you!
I just finished my 3rd GMAT attempt and got a 710 (Q48, V40). I am not sure if I should attempt GMAT for the 4th time. Please advise!
Below are my results/timeline:
January 2016:
01/01/2016 - Started GMAT Prep, bought the OG, OG Quant review, OG Verbal review, MGMAT Strategy Guides, and Powerscore CR Bible. On weekdays, I would wake up at 5:15 am and do a study session from 5:30 am to 7-7:15 am before work (1.5 hours), then do another evening session of 1.5 to 2 hours. On weekends, I would do two 3-hour sessions per day.
01/18/2016 - 610 (Q38, V35) MGMAT - Took my 1st CAT
01/19/2016 - Started a live 9-week Manhattan Class taught by Ron Purewal
February 2016:
02/28/2016 - 640 (Q38, V40) GMATPrep 1 - On this exam, my timing in Quant was completely horrible. I had to guess on the last 11 questions (I got all of them wrong too) as I had just a few minutes remaining.
March 2016:
03/06/2016 - 690 (Q46, V38) GMATPrep 2 - This time, I ended up leaving the last quant question blank because I ran out of time again. Based on that, I estimated that my actual quant level could be around Q47-Q49 once my timing issue was fixed. I was also a little disappointed with my verbal score a bit, as I thought I had improved both SC and CR by quite a bit by this time.
03/20/2016 - 740 (Q49, V42) GMATPrep 3 - This exam was taken 2 weeks before my actual exam on April 4th, 2016. I specifically purchased the Exam Pack 1, as I did not want to be mislead by a potentially inflated score from retaking the GMATPrep 1 and 2 and seeing repeat questions (although I realize that the Question Bank is huge for these two tests). Anyway, I was absolutely happy and ecstatic about this score as I had previously estimated that my math and verbal ability would be around Q49 and V40-42 level. (made 9 mistakes in Quant, and 8 mistakes in Verbal).
03/23/2016 - Purchased Question Pack 1
03/27/2016 - 660 (Q47, V35) GMATPrep 4 - OMG!!!
What the hell just happened? An 80-point drop in scores??? Okay, just to be fair, I drank alcohol the night before (because I was feeling sad and dealing with some major personal life issues) and didn't go to bed until after 2am, and couldn't sleep very well the night before. Also, I didn't feel that great in the morning, but still took the exam at 12pm (same as all other exams, because my actual exam was scheduled for 12pm on a Monday). My SC accuracy has been close to 95% in the GMATPrep Question Pack 1, but I didn't end up doing too well here. Overall, I made 10 mistakes in Quant and 10 mistakes in Verbal. What baffled me was that I just made 1 more mistake in Quant and 2 more mistakes in Verbal when compared to GMATPrep 3. My conclusion? I realized for the first 10 questions in both Quant and Verbal, I made 3 mistakes in Quant and 2 mistakes in Verbal (I made 1 mistake in Quant and 0 mistakes in Verbal during the first 10 Questions in GMATPrep 3). Furthermore, I theorized that GMATPrep accounted for experimental questions differently for each practice test, and I may have been just unlucky and did not get some of my correct answers counted by the GMATPrep algorithm when accounting for experimental questions (I believe that's closer to a 25% figure per section). The worst thing about this test score is that I got it 1 week before my actual exam - very demoralizing!!! April 2016:
04/04/2016 - 690 (Q48, V35, IR8) ACTUAL GMAT 1- Unfortunately, I kind of got screwed during the real exam. The new employee at the test center messed up my Verbal section (I lost 6 minutes due to his incompetence which caused my computer to freeze, but only 4 minutes were added back to my Verbal section). I was super stressed and frustrated and couldn't focus on Verbal, and ended up with a 690 (Q48, V35 - this was one of the lowest Verbal scores I got). I filed an incident report with Pearson VUE asking for a free retake. Eventually (thanks to Jeremy aka "OfficialGMAT" user on this forum), I got $200 off my retake (I already paid for my 2nd retake the full $250, so this $200 off will apply to my 3rd retake).
04/05/2016 - 04/21/2016 - Started Prep for my 2nd attempt. Redid the OG as well as partially redid the OG Quant/Verbal Reviews. Timed myself for every question and averaged less than 2 minutes. Studied 2 hours in the mornings and 2 hours in the evenings the 1st week. Then only studied for 2 hours in the mornings during the last week before the exam.
04/10/2016 - 730 (Q49, V41) GMATPrep 1 RETAKE - I was pretty happy and thought that my actual GMAT range is Q48-49 and V40-42.
04/22/2016 - 700 (Q44, V41, IR8) ACTUAL GMAT 2 - I am not sure how I screwed up quant this time. Although it could be because I rushed through the section and had around 8 minutes left at the end (I completed the first half of the quant section in 20-25 minutes and forced myself to slow down for the second half and still had time left over). So here I am today only with a 10 point improvement from my last test on April 4th. I was really expecting a Q48-49 because I have been scoring in that range consistently on GMATPrep.
May 2016:
04/25/2016 - 05/09/2016 - Started Prep for my 3rd attempt. Didn't take any GMATPrep exams, studied for about 1-1.5 hours in the mornings during weekdays by doing GMAT Question Pack 1 questions, didn't do anything on the weekends.
04/22/2016 - 710 (Q48, V40, IR5) ACTUAL GMAT 3
My Profile/Background:
AGE: 30
SEX: Male
COUNTRY of ORIGIN: Originally from Uzbekistan, but getting my US citizenship this summer.
EDUCATION: undergrad from a state school in the US with a major in Accounting.
UNDERGRAD GPA: 3.9
CERTIFICATION: Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
WORK EXPERIENCE: 4-5 years. 2 years in Big 4 audit. <1 year as Sr. Financial Analyst in a Tech company. <1 year as a Sr. Solutions Consultant implementing financial systems, 1 year as a Sr. Financial Analyst at a Tech start-up backed by a VC.
TARGET SCHOOLS: HBS, Stanford GSB, Wharton, MIT Sloan, Berkley Haas EWMBA, Yale SOM, and maybe Columbia, Duke Fuqua, and Tuck.
Should I Retake GMAT - 4th ATTEMPT?
I'm planning to apply to schools in Round 1 this year. Please advise if I should retake and aim at getting 730-740?
Thank you!
13 May 2016, 10:56
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Thanks for sharing your profile. A 710 is a pretty good score and combined with your really strong GPA you should be pretty solid here. Now if you are looking at the ever rising GMAT scores you will be below many of the top schools so given that is middle of may and you have scored higher on some of your practice exams. You would have time to take another run at the GMAT and still have plenty of time to prep a solid application for R1. So make a decision if you really think you can raise your score and decide if its worth the time investment to chase those remaining points.
kdus
Joined: 10 Aug 2015
Last visit: 30 Sep 2016
Posts: 32
Own Kudos:
Schools: Haas EWMBA'19 (M)
GMAT 1: 690 Q48 V35
GMAT 2: 700 Q44 V41
GMAT 3: 710 Q48 V40
GPA: 3.9
Products:
13 May 2016, 11:10
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Hi!
Thanks for your input. I guess my main question/concern is whether I should take the GMAT in 16 days from my 3rd attempt - which would be around May 27th - or I should complete my applications and then take the exam in early August!?
