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Hello Guys,

I have taken the GMAT second time yesterday and scored a dismal 680, needless to say I am more than disappointed. On my first attempt I scored AWA - 5.5, IR - 1, Q48, V34 for a total of 670.

On the second attempt I scored AWA - (not yet known), IR - 7, Q44, V39.

I have consistently scored at around 710-720 on my GMATPrep practice tests. So I don't know what to make of this result. I think my scoring pattern on the real test is very inconsistent eventhough my overall scores are very close.

I went from a 34 (71 percentile) on the verbal to 39 (89 percentile) on the second test.

At the same time, I went from a 48 (74 percentile) on the quant to 44 (58 percentile) on the second test.

And again from a IR score of 1 (zero percentile) to 7 (81 percentile).

I thought GMAT was supposed to be consistent to within 30 points (or so the GMAC claims) but it has not been the case with me? Any thoughts? :|
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Hello Guys,

I have taken the GMAT second time yesterday and scored a dismal 680, needless to say I am more than disappointed. On my first attempt I scored AWA - 5.5, IR - 1, Q48, V34 for a total of 670.

On the second attempt I scored AWA - (not yet known), IR - 7, Q44, V39.

I have consistently scored at around 710-720 on my GMATPrep practice tests. So I don't know what to make of this result. I think my scoring pattern on the real test is very inconsistent eventhough my overall scores are very close.

I went from a 34 (71 percentile) on the verbal to 39 (89 percentile) on the second test.

At the same time, I went from a 48 (74 percentile) on the quant to 44 (58 percentile) on the second test.

And again from a IR score of 1 (zero percentile) to 7 (81 percentile).

I thought GMAT was supposed to be consistent to within 30 points (or so the GMAC claims) but it has not been the case with me? Any thoughts? :|
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Did you completely ignored quant in your studies???
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Hello Guys,

I have taken the GMAT second time yesterday and scored a dismal 680, needless to say I am more than disappointed. On my first attempt I scored AWA - 5.5, IR - 1, Q48, V34 for a total of 670.

On the second attempt I scored AWA - (not yet known), IR - 7, Q44, V39.

I have consistently scored at around 710-720 on my GMATPrep practice tests. So I don't know what to make of this result. I think my scoring pattern on the real test is very inconsistent eventhough my overall scores are very close.

I went from a 34 (71 percentile) on the verbal to 39 (89 percentile) on the second test.

At the same time, I went from a 48 (74 percentile) on the quant to 44 (58 percentile) on the second test.

And again from a IR score of 1 (zero percentile) to 7 (81 percentile).

I thought GMAT was supposed to be consistent to within 30 points (or so the GMAC claims) but it has not been the case with me? Any thoughts? :|

Did you completely ignored quant in your studies???
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I did not ignore my quant, although I did spend marginally more time in preparation for the Verbal section for the second time. I don't know whether this means that the GMAT test is more statistically variable than we believe it to be, or that I my performance is very inconsistent?
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I have several questions regarding your application. Are you an Indian-American or Indian applicant? If you are Indian-American, you would be considered a minority and not an international student for reporting purposes. In addition, did you earn your 3.83 GPA at a four-year school in the United States? If your answer is yes to both of these questions, then I would not take the GMAT again. If you are not a U.S. citizen, but attended a four-year degree program in the United States, then I would not bother taking the GMAT again. If you an international applicant from an Indian university, then I would say that you should take the GMAT again. Your stats and good enough and if you have solid work experience-- you probably could get into a top 10 business school.
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I did not ignore my quant, although I did spend marginally more time in preparation for the Verbal section for the second time. I don't know whether this means that the GMAT test is more statistically variable than we believe it to be, or that I my performance is very inconsistent?
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Sorry, I am a retaker myself and I am in the same boat. I have been studying for sometime for second attempt with a focus on Verbal, Now i have a feeling that I ignored Quant. For Quant if you don't practice your brain doesn't identify pattern as easily. Don't you think there was a change in your performance ion your first and second attempt for quant. I am seeing my score consistent in Mocks. When I solve hard problems I feel that my ability to recognize pattern is not as good as it used to be in my first attempt.
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I did not ignore my quant, although I did spend marginally more time in preparation for the Verbal section for the second time. I don't know whether this means that the GMAT test is more statistically variable than we believe it to be, or that I my performance is very inconsistent?


Sorry, I am a retaker myself and I am in the same boat. I have been studying for sometime for second attempt with a focus on Verbal, Now i have a feeling that I ignored Quant. For Quant if you don't practice your brain doesn't identify pattern as easily. Don't you think there was a change in your performance ion your first and second attempt for quant. I am seeing my score consistent in Mocks. When I solve hard problems I feel that my ability to recognize pattern is not as good as it used to be in my first attempt.
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You are right about not being able to recognize patterns, but my quant score during the mocks wasn't very different from what I was scoring the first time. It must be the repeat questions on GMATPrep which gave me a false sense of security.
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I have several questions regarding your application. Are you an Indian-American or Indian applicant? If you are Indian-American, you would be considered a minority and not an international student for reporting purposes. In addition, did you earn your 3.83 GPA at a four-year school in the United States? If your answer is yes to both of these questions, then I would not take the GMAT again. If you are not a U.S. citizen, but attended a four-year degree program in the United States, then I would not bother taking the GMAT again. If you an international applicant from an Indian university, then I would say that you should take the GMAT again. Your stats and good enough and if you have solid work experience-- you probably could get into a top 10 business school.
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Thanks for the reply, I am an Indian citizen and received my undergraduate degree from a University in the United States. My primary target school is ISB Hyderabad, they have average GMAT of 710 for their admits. I have a two years post-graduation work experience, but my work experience is decent not stellar. I think I would be more confident with a 700+ score.
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Thanks for the reply, I am an Indian citizen and received my undergraduate degree from a University in the United States. My primary target school is ISB Hyderabad, they have average GMAT of 710 for their admits. I have a two years post-graduation work experience, but my work experience is decent not stellar. I think I would be more confident with a 700+ score.
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If you think you can do better in the next test I would advice you to re-take if you are targeting ISB and be in the range of 730, that will definitely improve your chances given your work-ex. Apply in Rd 2
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