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nishantsharma87
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Location: India
Concentration: International Business, Technology
Schools: Guanghua '17 (A$) CKGSB '18 (A$)
GMAT 1: 620 Q39 V35
GMAT 2: 710 Q47 V40
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10 Dec 2015, 14:51
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Hi all, I finally took (technically re-took but the previous attempt was over 2 years ago, with negligible preparation and with no after-thoughts of re-taking the exam or of applying for a MBA program. So I count this as my first real attempt) the GMAT while messing up the Quant and IR section. I just want to convey the points that I think may help future test takers. I haven't concentrated on the organization or grammar of it so please ignore these aspects here.
I spent most of my preparation time on the Quant section (my Verbal has been strong and steady). I started with basic questions covering some topics from the Kaplan and MGMAT books. Later, for most part of my preparation, I worked on 700-level problems ONLY. This was through GMATclub and MGMAT tests. I also worked on some Sentence Correction problems and tried to learn from my mistakes. I didn't study many explanations of RC and CR questions coz I knew I could get the incorrect ones correct just by concentrating more on reading the question and answer choices.
For every question that I answered incorrectly during preparation, I made sure that I spent unlimited time, sometimes more than an hour or two on a single question, trying to understand it from ground up. This I did using GMATclub forum's free and large repository of questions. This would also lead me to study other questions of that topic and I would move on ONLY after I was confident that I wouldn't repeat that same mistake (however, after I had worked on several hundred questions, I found myself repeating those mistakes sometimes!
so not sure how worthy that "unlimited time" proved to be).
In the last week before d-day I took three mock exams, all approximately around the same time as that scheduled for my GMAT exam. I kept a day's gap in between each of those exams to avoid draining my grey muscles and to increase their "elasticity". The last mock test I took was 2 days before d-day. A day before the exam I tried to remain in bed in the morning and sleep again (my exam was scheduled for next day's afternoon). The rest of the day I kept myself occupied with things not related to the GMAT - went out and also scheduled dinner with a friend who was visiting my city then. That night when I went to bed I made a playlist of all my favorite Beatles' tracks, put on my earphones, tried to get my mind off the exam by using controlled breathing and went to sleep. I managed to sleep unusually well - totally unlike me before any important day but I think I felt confident with my preparation, my mock test scores were not varying too much and I just wanted to get done with the GMAT now to move on from there.
How I messed up in Quant
I messed up in Quant mainly because I was too nervous and spend too much time on the first half of the section. As a result I was left only about 1.2-1.5 minutes each for the last 15 questions. I rushed through them, making thoughtful guesses and didn't have enough time to answer the last question, which happened to be a very simple arithmetic problem.
I don't remember getting any probability questions so even if I did, it wasn't a very tricky one. I did however get a tricky permutation/combinatorics question and many algebra and word problems.
Almost ALL the quant questions were unusual - none like I had ever seen before! This was shocking because they were VERY different even from hundreds of either OG or GMATprep questions I had worked on before. They were not all difficult, but just different. In fact, they were like 600-level questions on GMATclub and other sources of GMAT preparation that I had followed during my preparation. As a result, such unexpected questions in the beginning (specially the first which seemed quite tricky) stressed me out and made me very nervous for duration of the whole section. I wish I had included more 600-level questions in my preparation. Anyway, I got a feeling that maybe GMAC has recently released a huge database of questions.
My Quant and Verbal scores in GMATpreps and other mocks
In this order:
GMATprep 1: 730; Q48 or 49, V40
MGMAT1: 650
MGMAT2: 630
MGMAT4: 650
MGMAT5: 610
GMATprep 2: 710; Q48 or 47, V38
GMATprep Exam Pack 1, 1: 680; Q48 or 49, V36 or 37
GMATprep Exam Pack 1, 2: 690; Q45, V39 or 40
I got a 91 percentile on Verbal, same as the overall 91 percentile I scored overall
The last question that I missed on the Quant section was a very easy fraction-rationalization question that I solved mentally but couldn't tick the correct answer in time. This seemed to me like a 500-600 level question and made me feel like my GMAT score was doomed to be in between 600-670, depending on my Verbal performance that was yet to come. I went to the toilet, washed my face and told myself to read every RC/CR question and answer choice with full concentration to get at least a 670 on the overall exam. This resolve made me stay away from slacking during difficult RC or CR questions. I got 4 RCs, including a very long and difficult one. All the CR questions seems easy after I had read the premise and questions thoroughly.
I messed up the IR section
I did not do a single IR practice question and neither did I try to improve my IR mock-scores by any means because in my mock test I was getting an average score in IR and I have read/heard that IR scores do not matter just yet. Even on d-day I tried not to push myself to solve tricky IR questions that the section started with and carried that same attitude throughout the IR section. This I did to save my energy for the sections to follow. I wish I had not done that - it would have also given me the warm-up or conditioning (which I got from the Quant section) I needed for the Quant section.
Let me know if you have any queries, I hope the above can help future test-takers achieve their maximum potential on the GMAT exam.
Also, bb Bunuel and others: Wondering if I should re-take the GMAT or concentrate on applying before Round 2 deadlines (in 20 days) ?
I spent most of my preparation time on the Quant section (my Verbal has been strong and steady). I started with basic questions covering some topics from the Kaplan and MGMAT books. Later, for most part of my preparation, I worked on 700-level problems ONLY. This was through GMATclub and MGMAT tests. I also worked on some Sentence Correction problems and tried to learn from my mistakes. I didn't study many explanations of RC and CR questions coz I knew I could get the incorrect ones correct just by concentrating more on reading the question and answer choices.
For every question that I answered incorrectly during preparation, I made sure that I spent unlimited time, sometimes more than an hour or two on a single question, trying to understand it from ground up. This I did using GMATclub forum's free and large repository of questions. This would also lead me to study other questions of that topic and I would move on ONLY after I was confident that I wouldn't repeat that same mistake (however, after I had worked on several hundred questions, I found myself repeating those mistakes sometimes!
so not sure how worthy that "unlimited time" proved to be).In the last week before d-day I took three mock exams, all approximately around the same time as that scheduled for my GMAT exam. I kept a day's gap in between each of those exams to avoid draining my grey muscles and to increase their "elasticity". The last mock test I took was 2 days before d-day. A day before the exam I tried to remain in bed in the morning and sleep again (my exam was scheduled for next day's afternoon). The rest of the day I kept myself occupied with things not related to the GMAT - went out and also scheduled dinner with a friend who was visiting my city then. That night when I went to bed I made a playlist of all my favorite Beatles' tracks, put on my earphones, tried to get my mind off the exam by using controlled breathing and went to sleep. I managed to sleep unusually well - totally unlike me before any important day but I think I felt confident with my preparation, my mock test scores were not varying too much and I just wanted to get done with the GMAT now to move on from there.
How I messed up in Quant
I messed up in Quant mainly because I was too nervous and spend too much time on the first half of the section. As a result I was left only about 1.2-1.5 minutes each for the last 15 questions. I rushed through them, making thoughtful guesses and didn't have enough time to answer the last question, which happened to be a very simple arithmetic problem.
I don't remember getting any probability questions so even if I did, it wasn't a very tricky one. I did however get a tricky permutation/combinatorics question and many algebra and word problems.
Almost ALL the quant questions were unusual - none like I had ever seen before! This was shocking because they were VERY different even from hundreds of either OG or GMATprep questions I had worked on before. They were not all difficult, but just different. In fact, they were like 600-level questions on GMATclub and other sources of GMAT preparation that I had followed during my preparation. As a result, such unexpected questions in the beginning (specially the first which seemed quite tricky) stressed me out and made me very nervous for duration of the whole section. I wish I had included more 600-level questions in my preparation. Anyway, I got a feeling that maybe GMAC has recently released a huge database of questions.
My Quant and Verbal scores in GMATpreps and other mocks
In this order:
GMATprep 1: 730; Q48 or 49, V40
MGMAT1: 650
MGMAT2: 630
MGMAT4: 650
MGMAT5: 610
GMATprep 2: 710; Q48 or 47, V38
GMATprep Exam Pack 1, 1: 680; Q48 or 49, V36 or 37
GMATprep Exam Pack 1, 2: 690; Q45, V39 or 40
I got a 91 percentile on Verbal, same as the overall 91 percentile I scored overall
The last question that I missed on the Quant section was a very easy fraction-rationalization question that I solved mentally but couldn't tick the correct answer in time. This seemed to me like a 500-600 level question and made me feel like my GMAT score was doomed to be in between 600-670, depending on my Verbal performance that was yet to come. I went to the toilet, washed my face and told myself to read every RC/CR question and answer choice with full concentration to get at least a 670 on the overall exam. This resolve made me stay away from slacking during difficult RC or CR questions. I got 4 RCs, including a very long and difficult one. All the CR questions seems easy after I had read the premise and questions thoroughly.
I messed up the IR section
I did not do a single IR practice question and neither did I try to improve my IR mock-scores by any means because in my mock test I was getting an average score in IR and I have read/heard that IR scores do not matter just yet. Even on d-day I tried not to push myself to solve tricky IR questions that the section started with and carried that same attitude throughout the IR section. This I did to save my energy for the sections to follow. I wish I had not done that - it would have also given me the warm-up or conditioning (which I got from the Quant section) I needed for the Quant section.
Let me know if you have any queries, I hope the above can help future test-takers achieve their maximum potential on the GMAT exam.
Also, bb Bunuel and others: Wondering if I should re-take the GMAT or concentrate on applying before Round 2 deadlines (in 20 days) ?
16 Dec 2015, 20:39
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I think your score is good. Q47 is a fine score esp since your overall is over 700. Schools do like some diversity, not just Q50 and low V.
However, with skipping the IR, I am not sure how the schools will react to that. They are still not coming out with any clear guidance but that may be something to ask each individual AdCom and see if that is an immediate red flag. I do not know the answer to this question, unfortunately.
If you do not want to contact the schools, you can retake the test - there is no downside.
However, with skipping the IR, I am not sure how the schools will react to that. They are still not coming out with any clear guidance but that may be something to ask each individual AdCom and see if that is an immediate red flag. I do not know the answer to this question, unfortunately.
If you do not want to contact the schools, you can retake the test - there is no downside.
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Joined: 06 May 2013
Last visit: 03 Dec 2019
Posts: 23
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Concentration: Marketing, Strategy
Schools: Marshall '18 (A$) Olin '18 (D) McDonough '18 (D) Mendoza '18 (A$) Fisher '17 (A$) Tippie '18 (A$)
GMAT 1: 710 Q46 V41
Schools: Marshall '18 (A$) Olin '18 (D) McDonough '18 (D) Mendoza '18 (A$) Fisher '17 (A$) Tippie '18 (A$)
GMAT 1: 710 Q46 V41
Posts: 23
19 Dec 2015, 01:07
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I have a similar score IR 3 Q46 V41...I can tell you from personal experience that schools prefer a balanced score. It would be best to retake it if you intend to apply to top schools! I got rejected at a few schools which stress on the importance of a strong quant score!
