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Today I took the GMAT at the Atlanta test center and got a 730.
My profile:
Male with BS Civil Engineering, Minor in Pre-Law from Georgia Tech. Took LSAT cold as a college senior in 2010 and scored a 176/180. 3.5 years experience working on major infrastructure projects for a top 10 global engineering firm. Want to move into management/finance, so an MBA is a pre-requisite for making this transition happen.
Prep Timeline:
I first signed up for the GMAT in February for a May test date, thinking I would have ample time to study. Didn't even crack a single book and realized in late April that it wasn't happening. Moved the test to mid-August, right before R1 for most schools. Come late July, I had still hadn't studied, so I moved the test again to late September (was resigned to missing R1 at most schools).
Since late September was a pretty hard deadline in order to get my apps done in time, I began my study prep in late August by taking one of the 2 provided full length exams.
Prep Strategy:
I procrastinated horribly all 3 times I was signed up for the test, but the last time, I actually began studying by taking the full length practice exam available on the GMAT Prep software. I skipped the entire AWA section, since it wouldn't be graded, and got right into the actual practice test.
GMATPrep 1 Results:
Integrated Reasoning - (8) - I used up all of the time but ~30 seconds and got 9 of 12 correct
Quantitative - (46) - I used 56 minutes and got 27 of 37 correct
Verbal - (44) - I used only 37 minutes and got 33 of 41 correct
Total: 730
After taking this practice test cold and getting a 730 (most of which I attributed to flying through the test and being rusty on standardized test style questions), I pretty much forgot about studying because of work and some vacations I took.
The next "studying" I did was to take the second GMATPrep test the night before the exam. I again skipped the AWA section.
GMATPrep 2 Results:
Integrated Reasoning - (8) - I used 22 minutes and got 11 of 12 correct
Quantitative - (47) - I used 62 minutes and got 23 of 37 correct
Verbal - (41) - I used only 34 minutes and got 33 of 41 correct
Total: 710
I improved in IR and felt pretty good afterwards. I missed more Quant problems, but they must have all been 700/800 level questions, and so I wasn't penalized too heavily (my score went up a point despite missing 4 more questions). Annoyingly, my Verbal dropped 3 points despite missing the same number of questions, but it was after 11pm and I wrote it off to being tired. The next day was exam day, and I was feeling pretty decent about my chances of hitting my target score of 750.
Test Day Experience:
I got to the testing center about 15 minutes before the exam. I skipped breakfast other than a bottle of iced coffee because traffic was horrendous and I would have been late otherwise. I was the only person taking the GMAT - lots of nurses and pharmacy techs taking their licensing exams it seemed. I felt pretty calm despite the initial scare of bad traffic, so I sat down, put the noise cancelling headphones on, and fired up the exam. Sent scores to GT, Emory, LBS, Sloan, and Darden.
Started with AWA and was immediately aggravated with myself for not practicing it before. I don't write very often for my job and could have used some practice, but it came back well enough from being pre-law. I would guess my score will be around a 5, but a point higher or lower wouldn't surprise me terribly. Got to IR and crushed the first 8 questions, then got stuck a bit on 9-10. 11 and 12 were easy, and I was very confident at this point that I had gotten the maximum 8 on that section. I would say I finished with about 8 minutes to go.
Took the break to clear my head and used all of it but 15 seconds. Used the bathroom, drank a whole bottle of water, ate some snack crackers and applesauce. Still didn't feel very fatigued at this point. Got going on Quant and had a ton of trouble with the 2nd question, but eventually got into a rhythm. I hate, hate, hate data sufficiency but felt that I was doing pretty well. I missed a couple of questions because I forgot some basic middle school triangle geometry (30/60/90, gah) and some pretty basic factoring. I realized with about 10 questions to go that every question seemed extremely easy and became paranoid that I was bombing, so I took 3+ minutes each on the last 7 questions or so. Still finished with about 15 minutes on the clock and took the final break. Another bottle of water, finished the crackers, etc.
At this point, I was feeling pretty mentally fatigued, and I understood now why I should have done the writing sections during the practice tests - you get mentally fatigued by the time you reach Verbal when you are taking the full test. Nevertheless, Verbal flew by and I felt pretty good about 90-95% of my answers. I tried to take my time with each question, but most of the questions were pretty straightforward. I would say all of the ones I missed I had whittled down to 2 possible answers and just selected the wrong one. I finished with over 30 minutes left and got my final score - 730.
GMAT Results:
Integrated Reasoning - (8) - Felt like I crushed this section and I did
Quantitative - (49) - If you had asked me after I finished, I would have said 45, so this was certainly a pleasant surprise.
Verbal - (41) - Noooo! I really thought I did better than this - it's the same score I got the night before when I was exhausted and unfocused.
Total: 730
I realize that not studying leaves me with no room to complain, but I was extremely pissed to not get at least a 43V, which would have boosted my score to a 750 - my target score.
I've recently received a big promotion and will be matriculating in 2017 rather than 2016, so I'm postponing (big surprise!) my applications until next year. I need to decide whether or not to retake. If I can actually get myself to study (big if, I know), I think 780+ is possible.
My profile:
Male with BS Civil Engineering, Minor in Pre-Law from Georgia Tech. Took LSAT cold as a college senior in 2010 and scored a 176/180. 3.5 years experience working on major infrastructure projects for a top 10 global engineering firm. Want to move into management/finance, so an MBA is a pre-requisite for making this transition happen.
Prep Timeline:
I first signed up for the GMAT in February for a May test date, thinking I would have ample time to study. Didn't even crack a single book and realized in late April that it wasn't happening. Moved the test to mid-August, right before R1 for most schools. Come late July, I had still hadn't studied, so I moved the test again to late September (was resigned to missing R1 at most schools).
Since late September was a pretty hard deadline in order to get my apps done in time, I began my study prep in late August by taking one of the 2 provided full length exams.
Prep Strategy:
I procrastinated horribly all 3 times I was signed up for the test, but the last time, I actually began studying by taking the full length practice exam available on the GMAT Prep software. I skipped the entire AWA section, since it wouldn't be graded, and got right into the actual practice test.
GMATPrep 1 Results:
Integrated Reasoning - (8) - I used up all of the time but ~30 seconds and got 9 of 12 correct
Quantitative - (46) - I used 56 minutes and got 27 of 37 correct
Verbal - (44) - I used only 37 minutes and got 33 of 41 correct
Total: 730
After taking this practice test cold and getting a 730 (most of which I attributed to flying through the test and being rusty on standardized test style questions), I pretty much forgot about studying because of work and some vacations I took.
The next "studying" I did was to take the second GMATPrep test the night before the exam. I again skipped the AWA section.
GMATPrep 2 Results:
Integrated Reasoning - (8) - I used 22 minutes and got 11 of 12 correct
Quantitative - (47) - I used 62 minutes and got 23 of 37 correct
Verbal - (41) - I used only 34 minutes and got 33 of 41 correct
Total: 710
I improved in IR and felt pretty good afterwards. I missed more Quant problems, but they must have all been 700/800 level questions, and so I wasn't penalized too heavily (my score went up a point despite missing 4 more questions). Annoyingly, my Verbal dropped 3 points despite missing the same number of questions, but it was after 11pm and I wrote it off to being tired. The next day was exam day, and I was feeling pretty decent about my chances of hitting my target score of 750.
Test Day Experience:
I got to the testing center about 15 minutes before the exam. I skipped breakfast other than a bottle of iced coffee because traffic was horrendous and I would have been late otherwise. I was the only person taking the GMAT - lots of nurses and pharmacy techs taking their licensing exams it seemed. I felt pretty calm despite the initial scare of bad traffic, so I sat down, put the noise cancelling headphones on, and fired up the exam. Sent scores to GT, Emory, LBS, Sloan, and Darden.
Started with AWA and was immediately aggravated with myself for not practicing it before. I don't write very often for my job and could have used some practice, but it came back well enough from being pre-law. I would guess my score will be around a 5, but a point higher or lower wouldn't surprise me terribly. Got to IR and crushed the first 8 questions, then got stuck a bit on 9-10. 11 and 12 were easy, and I was very confident at this point that I had gotten the maximum 8 on that section. I would say I finished with about 8 minutes to go.
Took the break to clear my head and used all of it but 15 seconds. Used the bathroom, drank a whole bottle of water, ate some snack crackers and applesauce. Still didn't feel very fatigued at this point. Got going on Quant and had a ton of trouble with the 2nd question, but eventually got into a rhythm. I hate, hate, hate data sufficiency but felt that I was doing pretty well. I missed a couple of questions because I forgot some basic middle school triangle geometry (30/60/90, gah) and some pretty basic factoring. I realized with about 10 questions to go that every question seemed extremely easy and became paranoid that I was bombing, so I took 3+ minutes each on the last 7 questions or so. Still finished with about 15 minutes on the clock and took the final break. Another bottle of water, finished the crackers, etc.
At this point, I was feeling pretty mentally fatigued, and I understood now why I should have done the writing sections during the practice tests - you get mentally fatigued by the time you reach Verbal when you are taking the full test. Nevertheless, Verbal flew by and I felt pretty good about 90-95% of my answers. I tried to take my time with each question, but most of the questions were pretty straightforward. I would say all of the ones I missed I had whittled down to 2 possible answers and just selected the wrong one. I finished with over 30 minutes left and got my final score - 730.
GMAT Results:
Integrated Reasoning - (8) - Felt like I crushed this section and I did
Quantitative - (49) - If you had asked me after I finished, I would have said 45, so this was certainly a pleasant surprise.
Verbal - (41) - Noooo! I really thought I did better than this - it's the same score I got the night before when I was exhausted and unfocused.
Total: 730
I realize that not studying leaves me with no room to complain, but I was extremely pissed to not get at least a 43V, which would have boosted my score to a 750 - my target score.
I've recently received a big promotion and will be matriculating in 2017 rather than 2016, so I'm postponing (big surprise!) my applications until next year. I need to decide whether or not to retake. If I can actually get myself to study (big if, I know), I think 780+ is possible.
12 Nov 2015, 10:53
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Forgot to update this - I ended up with a 5.0 on my AWA. I may end up retaking the test sometime in the spring to offset my rather poor undergrad GPA, but I'm not sure. 730 is a pretty good score, but with my (admittedly lofty) targets, I want to maximize my chances.
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great and effortless score seems ... can you please tell how you prepared for verbal ? I guess being native speaker night have helped you a lot as natives can identify wrong sentence by ear and comprehend verbal stuff more quickly 
