Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Apr 2711:00 AM EDT
-12:00 PM EDT
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors
Apr 2808:00 AM PDT
-11:00 AM PDT
Whether you are just beginning your MBA journey or fine-tuning your path to a 700+ score, GMAT Day is designed to give you a competitive edge.
Apr 2912:30 AM EDT
-01:30 AM EDT
Learn how Kamakshi achieved a GMAT 675 with an impressive 96th %ile in Data Insights. Discover the unique methods and exam strategies that helped her excel in DI along with other sections for a balanced and high score.
Apr 3001:30 AM EDT
-02:30 AM EDT
At one point, she believed GMAT wasn’t for her. After scoring 595, self-doubt crept in and she questioned her potential. But instead of quitting, she made the right strategic changes. The result? A remarkable comeback to 695. Check out how Saakshi did it.
May 0111:00 AM PDT
-12:00 PM PDT
Free- full-length test + 15 concept videos + 150+ short videos + study plan!
May 0306:30 AM PDT
-08:30 AM PDT
Verbal trouble on GMAT? Fix it NOW! Join Sunita Singhvi for a focused webinar on actionable strategies to boost your Verbal score and take your performance to the next level.
novanative
Joined: 16 Aug 2011
Last visit: 14 Apr 2013
Posts: 378
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 50
Status:schools I listed were for the evening programs, not FT
Location: United States (VA)
Schools: McDonough '14 (WL) Smith (A)
GMAT 1: 640 Q43 V34
GMAT 2: 660 Q43 V38
GPA: 3.1
WE:Research (Other)
21 Nov 2011, 10:58
Kudos
Bookmarks
I finally took the test last Saturday afternoon, and I feel okay after getting back my score. Not great, but not horrible.
I woke up around 10 in the morning, and ate lunch at around 2 PM, and then got to the DC test center at around 3:30 for a 4 PM appointment. Inside the test room, it was quiet, and there were maybe about another eight or so test takers taking the exam at around the same time. Overall, my test went smoothly, since I didn't feel ridiculously bad nerves or get fatigued or needed to go to the bathroom during the middle of a section.
I was surprised that we were given earplugs to use if we wanted them. I didn't use them at all.
Books and Course used:
Revolution Prep GMAT course
Kaplan Premier 2012
Kaplan 800
12th Official GMAT Guide, and the 2nd Edition Verbal and Math workbooks.
Diagnostic Tests
Kaplan Premier Test 1 on the CD: 550 (forget breakdown) back in mid August
Revolution GMAT 1: 580 (39 Q, 31 V) - took on Sept 11
Revolution GMAT 2: 640 (40 Q, 37 V) - took on Oct 9
Revolution GMAT 3: 670 (45 Q, 37 V) - took on Oct 16
GMAT Prep 1: 650 (44 Q, 35 V) - took on Oct 23
Revolution GMAT 4: 640 (48 Q, 31 V) - took on Oct 30
GMAT Prep 2: 620 (41Q, 35 V) - took on Nov 2
Manhattan: 680 (46Q, 36V) - took on Nov 6
Kaplan Online CAT from premier (Test 6): 640 (42Q, 36 V)
2. How did I feel about the sections.
I felt good with the math section. I just knew it had to be a score above 40 in a worst case scenario. For the verbal, I didn't feel like I had that much trouble, but I felt that I had so many sentence correction questions there..... Sentence corrections are my achilles' heel in this test, sometimes I do well, sometimes I suck. I likely sucked in this section today. As with Math, I felt that I did better than expected, maybe not too much better than expected, but still an above average day at the office, since I'm no banker/financial consultant.
3. On the Noteboard
I only needed the one noteboard I was given. I never bought one of those sample noteboards from Manhattan or wherever. All I did was use a legal paper pad, use a pen for all scratchwork, and box in work. That is the suggestion I give to everyone else here. Don't buy the noteboard at all. IF you use less than four whole sheets of legal paper (front and back) per test on the GMAT in practice, you're golden.
4. Should I retake or not?
Considering the top three programs I'm looking at:
Georgetown, Maryland, and GW (all evening programs here), I'm overall not feeling too bad, for the latter two at least. Maryland and GW's median GMAT's are at 580, and a 640 is at the 75th percentile of incoming students if not better, so I think I'm set there based on the GMAT scores.
For Georgetown, I'm not so sure. Since I'm not in the federal govt (That's a big contingent for DC schools), consulting, or finance, that's kind of a plus, because I'd give more of a outsiders perspective in the classroom, esp. since I'm in a small company of about 60 people, not at a mega corporation like most business school students in the DC area (and maybe overall). On the other hand, I'm not a URM, and I'm a man, so the job diversity advantage gets negated to at least some degree. Georgetown's median applicant last year had a GMAT of 640, and I'm right there, but among incoming students, a 640 gets into the 25th percentile, and the median is at 660, so I can't say that I have a great chance, though I'm not likely in the "reject now" pile either. I'm leaning towards a retake too, only because the verbal has leaned toward the low end, and I think that I just need to tweak my sentence correction skills, since my reading comp and CR has been solid for the most part.........
The Georgetown 1st round deadline is also on Jan 15 for evening students, so I'll have to make a rather quick decision on what to do there.
5. Strategies.
The Ad/BCE or BD/ACE strategy is golden in the data sufficiency for quant. Conceptualizing answers is also one thing that can help eliminate wrong answers once you are at those hard questions too.
I woke up around 10 in the morning, and ate lunch at around 2 PM, and then got to the DC test center at around 3:30 for a 4 PM appointment. Inside the test room, it was quiet, and there were maybe about another eight or so test takers taking the exam at around the same time. Overall, my test went smoothly, since I didn't feel ridiculously bad nerves or get fatigued or needed to go to the bathroom during the middle of a section.
I was surprised that we were given earplugs to use if we wanted them. I didn't use them at all.
Books and Course used:
Revolution Prep GMAT course
Kaplan Premier 2012
Kaplan 800
12th Official GMAT Guide, and the 2nd Edition Verbal and Math workbooks.
Diagnostic Tests
Kaplan Premier Test 1 on the CD: 550 (forget breakdown) back in mid August
Revolution GMAT 1: 580 (39 Q, 31 V) - took on Sept 11
Revolution GMAT 2: 640 (40 Q, 37 V) - took on Oct 9
Revolution GMAT 3: 670 (45 Q, 37 V) - took on Oct 16
GMAT Prep 1: 650 (44 Q, 35 V) - took on Oct 23
Revolution GMAT 4: 640 (48 Q, 31 V) - took on Oct 30
GMAT Prep 2: 620 (41Q, 35 V) - took on Nov 2
Manhattan: 680 (46Q, 36V) - took on Nov 6
Kaplan Online CAT from premier (Test 6): 640 (42Q, 36 V)
2. How did I feel about the sections.
I felt good with the math section. I just knew it had to be a score above 40 in a worst case scenario. For the verbal, I didn't feel like I had that much trouble, but I felt that I had so many sentence correction questions there..... Sentence corrections are my achilles' heel in this test, sometimes I do well, sometimes I suck. I likely sucked in this section today. As with Math, I felt that I did better than expected, maybe not too much better than expected, but still an above average day at the office, since I'm no banker/financial consultant.
3. On the Noteboard
I only needed the one noteboard I was given. I never bought one of those sample noteboards from Manhattan or wherever. All I did was use a legal paper pad, use a pen for all scratchwork, and box in work. That is the suggestion I give to everyone else here. Don't buy the noteboard at all. IF you use less than four whole sheets of legal paper (front and back) per test on the GMAT in practice, you're golden.
4. Should I retake or not?
Considering the top three programs I'm looking at:
Georgetown, Maryland, and GW (all evening programs here), I'm overall not feeling too bad, for the latter two at least. Maryland and GW's median GMAT's are at 580, and a 640 is at the 75th percentile of incoming students if not better, so I think I'm set there based on the GMAT scores.
For Georgetown, I'm not so sure. Since I'm not in the federal govt (That's a big contingent for DC schools), consulting, or finance, that's kind of a plus, because I'd give more of a outsiders perspective in the classroom, esp. since I'm in a small company of about 60 people, not at a mega corporation like most business school students in the DC area (and maybe overall). On the other hand, I'm not a URM, and I'm a man, so the job diversity advantage gets negated to at least some degree. Georgetown's median applicant last year had a GMAT of 640, and I'm right there, but among incoming students, a 640 gets into the 25th percentile, and the median is at 660, so I can't say that I have a great chance, though I'm not likely in the "reject now" pile either. I'm leaning towards a retake too, only because the verbal has leaned toward the low end, and I think that I just need to tweak my sentence correction skills, since my reading comp and CR has been solid for the most part.........
The Georgetown 1st round deadline is also on Jan 15 for evening students, so I'll have to make a rather quick decision on what to do there.
5. Strategies.
The Ad/BCE or BD/ACE strategy is golden in the data sufficiency for quant. Conceptualizing answers is also one thing that can help eliminate wrong answers once you are at those hard questions too.
07 Jul 2020, 17:31
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi himadeepmovva,
The original poster of this thread has not logged into GMATClub for over 7 years, so you might not receive a response from him/her.
Since your last couple of posts have been about Critical Reasoning, we can certainly discuss how best to approach those types of questions. However, it's not clear if that's the only area that you need to work on (or even the immediate area that you need to work on). Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, 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 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 take the GMAT?
6) 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
The original poster of this thread has not logged into GMATClub for over 7 years, so you might not receive a response from him/her.
Since your last couple of posts have been about Critical Reasoning, we can certainly discuss how best to approach those types of questions. However, it's not clear if that's the only area that you need to work on (or even the immediate area that you need to work on). Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, 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 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 take the GMAT?
6) 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
