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08 Jul 2006, 17:22
Kudos
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I took the GMAT 6 years ago and was forced to retake it when I finally decided to apply to b-school last month. In 2000, I managed to get a 660. So you can imagine how I felt when I saw on the screen that I got a 560 this afternoon. The admissions committee told me that I only needed a 620.
I don't have a clue of what went wrong. I went into the test feeling confident that I would get at least a comparable score to the one I got in 2000. I had studied for about 3-4 weeks (Was that enough time???). I was hitting between 630 & 680 on the practice tests. I realize that it must have been nerves but I couldn't have imagined this horror.
If I don't get rejected on Monday but asked to retake the test in August, is that enough time to make up 60-70 points in 4 weeks?
Here are my scores:
Q 41
V 27
Total 560
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I don't have a clue of what went wrong. I went into the test feeling confident that I would get at least a comparable score to the one I got in 2000. I had studied for about 3-4 weeks (Was that enough time???). I was hitting between 630 & 680 on the practice tests. I realize that it must have been nerves but I couldn't have imagined this horror.
If I don't get rejected on Monday but asked to retake the test in August, is that enough time to make up 60-70 points in 4 weeks?
Here are my scores:
Q 41
V 27
Total 560
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
08 Jul 2006, 20:33
Kudos
Bookmarks
60-70 points can be done. I went from 640 to 730 in 5 weeks. A friend of mine did 550 to 680 in 5 weeks. Do not despair. There are many options. Some people on this site have pulled 400's into 700's. There was one guy who I believe went from the 200's to the 600's (though not in 5 weeks).
You can pull this off.
But...
In order to help give solid advice... we need more information
How many practice exams have you taken?
How is your timing?
What books are you studying from?
Do you keep an error log?
Do you review the error log?
What are your previous practice exam scores? (verbal / quant breakdowns)
Did you take practice exams with the two essays or without?
You say "something went wrong" - were you nervous?
How much time can you study per week?
Have you considered taking a class?
Is english your native tongue?
How do you feel about Sentence correction?
Critical REasoning?
Reading comprehension?
Geometry?
Permutations?
What are your weak areas?
ETc...
You can pull this off.
But...
In order to help give solid advice... we need more information
How many practice exams have you taken?
How is your timing?
What books are you studying from?
Do you keep an error log?
Do you review the error log?
What are your previous practice exam scores? (verbal / quant breakdowns)
Did you take practice exams with the two essays or without?
You say "something went wrong" - were you nervous?
How much time can you study per week?
Have you considered taking a class?
Is english your native tongue?
How do you feel about Sentence correction?
Critical REasoning?
Reading comprehension?
Geometry?
Permutations?
What are your weak areas?
ETc...
09 Jul 2006, 05:06
Kudos
Bookmarks
Thanks for your post!!!
I'll try to answer as many of your questions as I can.
I studied using the Kaplan online self-study module.
I took the PowerPrep twice. These Q/V scores are approximate:
46Q
38V
Total - 680
43Q
38V
Total - 650
In addition, I took the Kaplan test once.
39Q
38V
Total - 630
My timing was better on the 680 PowerPrep test than on the others. I took the tests without the essays and I didn't make an error log.
I will probably have to put in at least 20-30 hours a week if I'm going to do much better (I had put in half that much previously).
English is my first language but I know that sentence correction was my achilles' heel. Also, you could say that I got extremely nervous on the actual test towards the end of the verbal section as I probably didn't maximize my time and was forced to hurry through the last 6-7 questions.
As for other areas,
Critical Reasoning - I'm a cynic by nature. This is not a serious weakness but any tips on improving this would be appreciate.
Reading Comprehension - My strength in this subject depends on how familiar I am with the subject. Political & Economy-related passages are easy for me. The science-related passages are torture as they take up a lot of time for me to read and understand.
Sentence Correction - Believe it or not, I've never been good at this.
Geometry - I have mastered the basics but have some trouble in more complicated areas (It's been 20 years since I've taken a geometry class.)
Permutations/Combinations - A weakness.
AWA - I admit that I didn't put in a lot of time into this and it is probably going to be reflected in my scores.
If I get rejected tomorrow, I probably will take a class as I only want to take this wretched test one more time.
I hope this provides a more thorough analysis of where I'm coming from.
Any tips would be appreciated.
Thanks.
I'll try to answer as many of your questions as I can.
I studied using the Kaplan online self-study module.
I took the PowerPrep twice. These Q/V scores are approximate:
46Q
38V
Total - 680
43Q
38V
Total - 650
In addition, I took the Kaplan test once.
39Q
38V
Total - 630
My timing was better on the 680 PowerPrep test than on the others. I took the tests without the essays and I didn't make an error log.
I will probably have to put in at least 20-30 hours a week if I'm going to do much better (I had put in half that much previously).
English is my first language but I know that sentence correction was my achilles' heel. Also, you could say that I got extremely nervous on the actual test towards the end of the verbal section as I probably didn't maximize my time and was forced to hurry through the last 6-7 questions.
As for other areas,
Critical Reasoning - I'm a cynic by nature. This is not a serious weakness but any tips on improving this would be appreciate.
Reading Comprehension - My strength in this subject depends on how familiar I am with the subject. Political & Economy-related passages are easy for me. The science-related passages are torture as they take up a lot of time for me to read and understand.
Sentence Correction - Believe it or not, I've never been good at this.
Geometry - I have mastered the basics but have some trouble in more complicated areas (It's been 20 years since I've taken a geometry class.)
Permutations/Combinations - A weakness.
AWA - I admit that I didn't put in a lot of time into this and it is probably going to be reflected in my scores.
If I get rejected tomorrow, I probably will take a class as I only want to take this wretched test one more time.
I hope this provides a more thorough analysis of where I'm coming from.
Any tips would be appreciated.
Thanks.
