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HinConsulting
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Location: United States
Concentration: Healthcare, Strategy
Schools: Booth '15 (A$) Sloan '15 (WL) HBS '15 (D) Duke '15 (A$) Cnsrtm-Hass '15 (WL) Cnsrtm-Tuck '15 (M$) Cnsrtm-Stern '15 (A$) Stanford '15 (D) CBS '15 (WL)
GMAT 1: 750 Q47 V46
GRE 1: Q790 V750
GPA: 3.65
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Schools: Booth '15 (A$) Sloan '15 (WL) HBS '15 (D) Duke '15 (A$) Cnsrtm-Hass '15 (WL) Cnsrtm-Tuck '15 (M$) Cnsrtm-Stern '15 (A$) Stanford '15 (D) CBS '15 (WL)
GMAT 1: 750 Q47 V46
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20 Oct 2012, 04:38
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I took the GMAT yesterday and scored a 750, with a breakdown of 47Q (73%) and 46V (99%). I was upset when I got to the testing center because of work issues in the morning. My team was being blamed by another team for quality issues on the project and I had to defend my team while proving that the team that was blaming us was actually at fault. I was able to prove my case, but I was PISSED. Anger turned to nervousness and I didn't turn in the performance I expected but 750 is good enough.
My study plan:
I didn't study a whole lot because I've been managing a lot of things this summer, including: Additional responsibilities at work, wedding planning, family issues and a move across the state I live in. But I still managed to find time to study and here is what I did.
Phase 1
I started studying in mid-April. I bought the Kaplan Gmat Verbal Foundations and the Kaplan Gmat 800: Advanced Prep for Advanced Students. I worked through both books at a slow pace, doing about one hour of studying each week until I finished them. Then I just started printing out problem sets I found online, but still working at the slow pace of 1hr/wk.
Phase 2
Around the third week of September, I decided it was time to take a real practice test, so I downloaded the software available from MBA.com and took the first practice test. I scored a 730 with 48 Q and 43 V. I didn't have enough time to finish all the quant so I guessed on the last six. I decided to pick up the pace and start doing more real GMAT problems so I bought the extra problems for that program and started working through those. I studied about 5-6 hrs/wk. I took the second practice test last weekend and scored 780 with 49Q and 51V. I reset the score for the first test and took it again in the middle of the week, scoring an 800 with 51Q 51V. I knew that familiarity with the test may have helped, but based on the previous score of 780, I figured 800 was doable.
I didn't get the 800 I was hoping for and 750 is what I estimated I would get under the worst conditions, but I know 750 is a great score and it would be foolish to retake the test.
The funny thing is that I have a background in theoretical physics, so the huge mismatch between my verbal and quant percentiles may look weird to the adcoms. In my defense, I spent years training myself to do rigorous math, and that was difficult to turn off when switching to GMAT math. I'm also not used to working with geometrical problems and with real numbers. At the high-level, physicists mostly use symbols in their equations and rarely have to do any real computation e.g.:
My study plan:
I didn't study a whole lot because I've been managing a lot of things this summer, including: Additional responsibilities at work, wedding planning, family issues and a move across the state I live in. But I still managed to find time to study and here is what I did.
Phase 1
I started studying in mid-April. I bought the Kaplan Gmat Verbal Foundations and the Kaplan Gmat 800: Advanced Prep for Advanced Students. I worked through both books at a slow pace, doing about one hour of studying each week until I finished them. Then I just started printing out problem sets I found online, but still working at the slow pace of 1hr/wk.
Phase 2
Around the third week of September, I decided it was time to take a real practice test, so I downloaded the software available from MBA.com and took the first practice test. I scored a 730 with 48 Q and 43 V. I didn't have enough time to finish all the quant so I guessed on the last six. I decided to pick up the pace and start doing more real GMAT problems so I bought the extra problems for that program and started working through those. I studied about 5-6 hrs/wk. I took the second practice test last weekend and scored 780 with 49Q and 51V. I reset the score for the first test and took it again in the middle of the week, scoring an 800 with 51Q 51V. I knew that familiarity with the test may have helped, but based on the previous score of 780, I figured 800 was doable.
I didn't get the 800 I was hoping for and 750 is what I estimated I would get under the worst conditions, but I know 750 is a great score and it would be foolish to retake the test.
The funny thing is that I have a background in theoretical physics, so the huge mismatch between my verbal and quant percentiles may look weird to the adcoms. In my defense, I spent years training myself to do rigorous math, and that was difficult to turn off when switching to GMAT math. I'm also not used to working with geometrical problems and with real numbers. At the high-level, physicists mostly use symbols in their equations and rarely have to do any real computation e.g.:
20 Oct 2012, 05:13
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HinConsulting
Interesting to hear a take on the GMAT math from a theoretical physicist. I certainly would not be disappointed with the score, though
I would say that the schools mostly care if your score is high enough for them to consider you as a relevant candidate. They dont really care how high your score is, ie 730 or 760 wouldnt make much difference because it is high enough (box ticked) and other part of the applications are considered. 
20 Oct 2012, 09:57
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"I didn't get the 800 I was hoping for and 750 is what I estimated I would get under the worst conditions"-Awesome confidence man!!
Ur verbal seems to be stellar.Any suggestions about how u approach a CR/SC question.Also,how was the exam in general?Did anything surprise u?
Thanks,
Shreeraj
Ur verbal seems to be stellar.Any suggestions about how u approach a CR/SC question.Also,how was the exam in general?Did anything surprise u?
Thanks,
Shreeraj
