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Thank you so much for your feedback! I've been studying since November and did a full Manhattan Prep online course. Since then, I self-studied by going through the GMAT club quant book chapters in content that I was weak on and making study guides, then doing practice problems out of the OG and on GMATClub. I did this until I got through the whole book. In practice, I saw improvement in each category but whenever I did a CAT, the accuracy shot down.

I realized that my accuracy was much higher under practice conditions. In practice, I get 90% 500 questions right, ~70% of 600s, and a solid amount (~50%) of 700s. In CATs the accuracy drops and silly mistakes on a few 500 level questions put me in a low score category I can't get out of. Even on the Q44 CATs, when I went through the incorrect answers and tried them again with a 2 minute timer before checking the solution, I got almost all of them right the second time around.

For me, the linear approach worked in practice settings but doesn't translate on CATs. My hypothesis is that I was focusing too much on the higher-level problems but in a testing environment, I miss too many low-level questions to get to a higher level.

Would love to hear your advice!


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I’m glad you reached out, and I’m happy to help. So, the first thing I noticed is that although your quant score goal is 46+, you did not hit that score on any of your practice exams. Thus, making some changes to your study routine is more important than focusing on your ESR. From what you described, you’ve been following a plan that I call “practice first and figure the rest out later.” In other words, you are doing practice problems before understanding the concepts on which those problems are based, and thus you are trying to learn solely from reading solutions to problems. Following such a study plan will lead to disorganized studying and ultimately hold you back from improving your quant skills. To truly improve your quant skills, you should follow more of a linear and structured study plan in which you learn each GMAT quant and verbal topic individually, and then practice each topic until you’ve gained mastery. Studying in this way will allow you to methodically improve your GMAT quant skills.

Certainly, if you want more specific advice on how to improve your GMAT quant skills, feel free to reach out. You also may find it helpful to read the following articles:
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Hi georgecharlielucy,

I've sent you a PM with an analysis of your ESR and some additional notes and questions.

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Thank you so much for your feedback! I've been studying since November and did a full Manhattan Prep online course. Since then, I self-studied by going through the GMAT club quant book chapters in content that I was weak on and making study guides, then doing practice problems out of the OG and on GMATClub. I did this until I got through the whole book. In practice, I saw improvement in each category but whenever I did a CAT, the accuracy shot down.

I realized that my accuracy was much higher under practice conditions. In practice, I get 90% 500 questions right, ~70% of 600s, and a solid amount (~50%) of 700s. In CATs the accuracy drops and silly mistakes on a few 500 level questions put me in a low score category I can't get out of. Even on the Q44 CATs, when I went through the incorrect answers and tried them again with a 2 minute timer before checking the solution, I got almost all of them right the second time around.

For me, the linear approach worked in practice settings but doesn't translate on CATs. My hypothesis is that I was focusing too much on the higher-level problems but in a testing environment, I miss too many low-level questions to get to a higher level.

Would love to hear your advice!



To improve your GMAT quant score to a higher level, you have to go through GMAT quant carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills. The overall process will be to learn all about how to answer question types with which you currently aren't very comfortable and do dozens of practice questions category by category, basically driving up your score point by point.

For example, if you find that you are not strong in answering Number Properties questions, then carefully review the conceptual underpinnings of how to answer Number Properties questions and practice by answering 50 or more questions just from Number Properties: LCM, GCF, units digit patterns, divisibility, remainders, etc. When you are working on learning to answer questions of a particular type, start off taking your time, and then seek to speed up as you get more comfortable answering questions of that type. As you do such practice, do a thorough analysis of each question that you don't get right. If you got a remainder question wrong, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not properly apply the remainder formula? Was there a concept you did not understand in the question? By carefully analyzing your mistakes, you will be able to efficiently fix your weaknesses and in turn improve your GMAT quant skills. Number Properties is just one example; follow this process for all quant topics.

Each time you strengthen your understanding of a topic and your skill in answering questions of a particular type, you increase your odds of hitting your score goal. You know that there are types of questions that you are happy to see and types that you would rather not see, and types of questions that you take a long time to answer correctly. Learn to more effectively answer the types of questions that you would rather not see, and make them into your favorite types. Learn to correctly answer in two minutes or less questions that you currently take five minutes to answer. By finding, say, a dozen weaker quant areas and turning them into strong areas, you will make great progress toward hitting your quant score goal. If a dozen areas turn out not to be enough, strengthen some more areas.

So, work on accuracy and generally finding correct answers, work on specific weaker areas one by one to make them strong areas, and when you take a practice GMAT or the real thing, take all the time per question available to do your absolute best to get right answers consistently. The GMAT is essentially a game of seeing how many right answers you can get in the time allotted. Approach the test with that conception in mind, and focus intently on the question in front of you with one goal in mind: getting a CORRECT answer.

In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant courses.

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680 score is good but need more exercise in Quant. I tried exampal quant before and i think it may be suited to you, because it solves problem in 2-3 unique ways. It will pick up which way is the best and most suited to your strong skill.

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Update: My live GMAT retakes were all canceled and it's looking like I'm going to have to take the online version. I'm worried about taking the online interim GMAT due to the online scratchpad. Math is already my weakness and I know I will bomb it if I can't write anything down. I've been studying 5 months for the GMAT and am considering switching to the GRE because of this. I would really appreciate any advice!

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Hey GMAT Club! I took the exam yesterday after studying for about 4 months and got a 680 Q41 V42. Overall score was expected but quant was much lower than I would have thought. I'm registered to retake the GMAT on March 31st and am hoping to get my quant score up to 46/47 by then. Would really appreciate any advice! (ESR attached)

I feel like I'm hitting a wall with Quant! In practice, I get all 500 questions right, ~70% of 600s, and a solid amount (~50%) of 700s. In CATs the accuracy drops and silly mistakes on a few 500 level questions put me in a hole I can't dig myself out of. I tried to work on this by grinding GMAT club quant tests but my scores are consistently low (in the 30s! much lower than other platforms). I believe actual quant ability is in the 46-48 range and I need to improve my accuracy on lower level questions to get there. I would really appreciate any tips or advice on how to get there!

Practice CATs:
MGMAT diagnosis (11/18): 620 Q38 V36
MGMAT (1/6): 640 Q40 V37
MGMAT (1/28): 640 Q42 V36
MGMAT (2/14): 680 Q44 V38
GMAC Prep Test (3/4): 690 Q44 V40
Actual GMAT (3/9): 680 Q41 V42

For context, I'm a senior in college applying to HBS and Stanford deferred admission programs due in early April. I'm an overrepresented applicant (white, female, MBB consultant) so I know my scores have to be highly competitive to stand a chance. Is there any hope?

I'm open to hiring a tutor for quant if you have recommendations, but don't want to spend a ton of money (no more than $100/hr)

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YOUR GMAT TOTAL SCORE:

680 (82nd percentile)

Your GMAT Total score of 680 is higher than 82% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years.
Your Integrated Reasoning score of 5 is higher than 52% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years.
Your Verbal score of 42 is higher than 96% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years.
Your Quantitative score of 41 is higher than 40% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years.
Your Quantitative score of 41 and your Verbal score of 42 were used to calculate your GMAT Total score. Especially strong or weak scores on either section significantly impacts the GMAT Total score.
MEAN SCORE:

563.43 (41st percentile)

Definition

The three year mean GMAT Total score is 563.4. This score is better than 41% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years.

Note: GMAT scores are valid for five years. Even though your score won’t change, your percentile ranking may change when compared with a newer pool of applicants. Shifts tend to be gradual over long periods of time.


PERCENTILE RANKINGS COMPARE YOUR PERFORMANCE TO 3 YEARS OF GMAT EXAMS
SAMPLE SIZE:: 739,752

TIME MANAGEMENT BY SECTION

Your mean response time for Integrated Reasoning questions was 2:45 minutes. The Mean response time for this section is 2:23 minutes.

Your mean response time for Quantitative questions was 1:56 minutes. The Mean response time for this section is 1:55 minutes.

Your mean response time for Verbal questions was 1:44 minutes. The Mean response time for this section is 1:44 minutes.

MEAN TIME FOR ALL TEST TAKERS:

1:56 minutes

Definition

For all GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years the mean time to complete a question in the Integrated Reasoning, Verbal, and Quantitative sections is 1:56 minutes.

Integrated Reasoning Performance
YOUR OVERALL IR SCORE:

5 (52nd percentile)

You answered 56% of Integrated Reasoning questions correctly.
Your Integrated Reasoning score of 5 is higher than 52% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this section is 4.41.
Lack of familiarity with the format of the four item types may negatively impact performance in this section.
You completed 12 of the 12 questions in the Integrated Reasoning section.
MEAN SCORE:

4.41 (35th percentile)

Definition

The three year mean GMAT Integrated Reasoning score is 4.4. This score is better than 35% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years.

Note: GMAT scores are valid for five years. Even though your score won’t change, your percentile ranking may change when compared with a newer pool of applicants. Shifts tend to be gradual over long periods of time.

TIME MANAGEMENT - INTEGRATED REASONING

Your mean response time for IR questions was 2:45 minutes. The Mean response time for this section is 2:23 minutes.

Your mean response time for questions you answered correctly was 3:00 minutes.

Your mean response time for questions you answered incorrectly was 2:26 minutes.

MEAN TIME FOR ALL TEST TAKERS:

2:23 minutes

Definition

For all GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years the mean time to complete a question in the Integrated Reasoning, section is 2:23 minutes.

Verbal Section Performance
YOUR OVERALL VERBAL SCORE:

42 (96th percentile)

Your Verbal score of 42 is higher than 96% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this section is 27.08.
Your performance on Critical Reasoning questions was equivalent to a score of 42, which is better than 91% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.57.
Your performance of 50% on Analysis/Critique questions is considered Weak.
Your performance of 75% on Construction/Plan questions is considered Above Average.
Your performance on Reading Comprehension questions was equivalent to a score of 41, which is better than 88% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.24.
Your performance of 83% on Identify Inferred Idea questions is considered Strong.
Your performance of 100% on Identify Stated Idea questions is considered Very Strong.
Your performance on Sentence Correction questions was equivalent to a score of 42, which is better than 94% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this sub-section is 27.27.
Your performance of 50% on Grammar questions is considered Weak.
Your performance of 100% on Communication questions is considered Very Strong.
You completed 36 questions in the Verbal section.
You responded correctly to 100% of the first set of questions, 71% of the second set of questions, 57% of the third set of questions and 88% of the final set of questions.
The average difficulty of questions presented to you in the first set of questions was Medium, the average for the second set of questions was Medium High , the average for the third set of questions was Medium and was Medium for the final set of questions.
The average time it took you to respond to the first set of questions presented was 1:53, the average time for the second set of questions was 2:40, the average time for the third set of questions was 1:34 and 0:54 for the final set of questions.
Please Note: If you sat for the GMAT exam prior to April 16, 2018 this section contained 41 questions, on or after April 16, 2018 the section consists of 36 questions.
MEAN SCORE:

27.08 (46th percentile)

Definition

The three year mean GMAT Verbal score is 27.1. This score is better than 46% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years.

Note: GMAT scores are valid for five years. Even though your score won’t change, your percentile ranking may change when compared with a newer pool of applicants. Shifts tend to be gradual over long periods of time.

TIME MANAGEMENT - VERBAL

In the first set of questions you answered 100% correctly and 0% incorrectly.

In the second set of questions you answered 71% correctly and 29% incorrectly.

In the third set of questions you answered 57% correctly and 43% either incorrectly or did not answer.

In the final set of questions you answered 88% correctly and 12% either incorrectly or did not answer.

MEAN TIME

1:44 minutes

Definition

For all GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years the mean time to complete a question in the Verbal section is 1:44 minutes.

VERBAL PERFORMANCE PROGRESSION:


In the first set of questions you answered 100% correctly and 0% incorrectly.

In the second set of questions you answered 71% correctly and 29% incorrectly.

In the third set of questions you answered 57% correctly and 43% either incorrectly or did not answer.

In the final set of questions you answered 88% correctly and 12% either incorrectly or did not answer.

DIFFICULTY OF VERBAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED:


Average Difficulty of questions answered correctly/incorrectly broken down into four sections.

In the first set of questions the average level of difficulty for questions presented to you was Medium.

In the second set of questions the average level of difficulty for questions presented to you was Medium High.

In the third set of questions the average level of difficulty for questions presented to you was Medium.

In the final set of questions the average level of difficulty for questions presented to you was Medium.

VERBAL TIME MANAGEMENT:


Average time per correct response:

In the first set of questions you spent an average of 1:53 minutes on each correct answer and 0:00 minutes on each incorrect answer.

In the second set of questions you spent an average of 2:32 minutes on each correct answer and 3:00 minutes on each incorrect answer.

In the third set of questions you spent an average of 1:46 minutes on each correct answer and 1:19 minutes on each incorrect answer.

In the final set of questions you spent an average of 0:54 minutes on each correct answer and 0:53 minutes on each incorrect answer.

Quantitative Section Performance
YOUR OVERALL QUANTITATIVE SCORE:

41 (40th percentile)

Your Quantitative score of 41 is higher than 40% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years. The mean score for this section is 40.2.
Your performance on Problem Solving questions was equivalent to a score of 42. Your score is better than 42% of all sub-section scores recorded in the past three years. The mean for all test takers is 40.2.
Your performance on Data Sufficiency questions was equivalent to a score of 37. Your score is better than 30% of all sub-section scores recorded in the past three years. The mean for all test takers is 40.17.
Your performance on Arithmetic questions was equivalent to a score of 44. Your score is better than 47% of all sub-section scores recorded in the past three years. The mean for all test takers is 40.33.
Your performance on Algebra/Geometry questions was equivalent to a score of 37. Your score is better than 31% of all sub-section scores recorded in the past three years. The mean for all test takers is 40.1.
Your performance of 33% on Geometry questions is considered Weak.
Your performance of 100% on Rates/Ratio/Percent questions is considered Very Strong.
Your performance of 72% on Value/Order/Factors questions is considered Above Average.
Your performance of 83% on Equal./Inequal./Alg. questions is considered Strong.
Your performance of 50% on Counting/Sets/Series questions is considered Weak.
You completed 31 questions in the Quantitative section.
You responded correctly to 57% of the first set of questions, 86% of the second set of questions, 57% of the third set of questions and 86% of the final set of questions..
The average difficulty of questions presented to you in the first set of questions was Medium, the average for the second set of questions was Medium, the average for the third set of questions was Medium and was Medium for the final set of questions.
The average time it took you to respond to the first set of questions presented was 1:56, the average time for the second set of questions was 1:43, the average time for the third set of questions was 1:53 and 2:14 for the final set of questions.
Please Note: If you sat for the GMAT exam prior to April 16, 2018 this section contained 37 questions, on or after April 16, 2018 the section consists of 31 questions.
MEAN SCORE

40.2 (38th percentile)

Definition

The three year mean GMAT Quantitative score is 40.2. This score is better than 38% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years.

Note: GMAT scores are valid for five years. Even though your score won’t change, your percentile ranking may change when compared with a newer pool of applicants. Shifts tend to be gradual over long periods of time.

TIME MANAGEMENT - QUANTITATIVE

Your mean response time for Quant questions was 1:56, compared to the mean of all sub-section scores recorded in the past three years which was 1:55.

Your mean response time for Problem Solving questions was 2:18, compared to the mean of all sub-section scores recorded in the past three years which was 2:07.

Your mean response time for Data Sufficiency questions was 1:27, compared to the mean of all sub-section scores recorded in the past three years which was 1:42.

Your mean response time for Arithmetic questions was 1:48, compared to the mean of all sub-section scores recorded in the past three years which was 1:55.

Your mean response time for Algebra/Geometry questions was 2:08, compared to the mean of all sub-section scores recorded in the past three years which was 1:55.

MEAN TIME FOR ALL TEST TAKERS:

1:55 minutes

Definition

For all GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years the mean time to complete a question in the Quantitative section is 1:55 minutes.

QUANTITATIVE PERFORMANCE PROGRESSION:

Definition

Average Difficulty of questions answered correctly/incorrectly broken down into four sections.

In the first set of questions you answered 57% correctly and 43% incorrectly.

In the second set of questions you answered 86% correctly and 14% incorrectly.

In the third set of questions you answered 57% correctly and 43% either incorrectly or did not answer.

In the final set of questions you answered 86% correctly and 14% either incorrectly or did not answer.

DIFFICULTY OF QUANTITATIVE QUESTIONS ANSWERED:


In the first set of questions the average level of difficulty for questions presented to you was Medium.

In the second set of questions the average level of difficulty for questions presented to you was Medium.

In the third set of questions the average level of difficulty for questions presented to you was Medium.

In the final set of questions the average level of difficulty for questions presented to you was Medium.

QUANTITATIVE TIME MANAGEMENT:


Average time per correct response:

In the first set of questions you spent an average of 2:14 minutes on each correct answer and 1:32 minutes on each incorrect answer.

In the second set of questions you spent an average of 1:50 minutes on each correct answer and 0:57 minutes on each incorrect answer.

In the third set of questions you spent an average of 1:34 minutes on each correct answer and 2:18 minutes on each incorrect answer.

In the final set of questions you spent an average of 2:30 minutes on each correct answer and 0:42 minutes on each incorrect answer.

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YOUR OVERALL AWA SCORE:

This report is created before your Analytical Writing Essay is scored and will appear within 24 hours of the exam scores being made official. If the score has been cancelled for any reason, the information will not appear in the Enhanced Score Report.

MEAN SCORE:

4.49 (17th percentile)

Definition

The three year mean GMAT AWA score is 4.5. This score is better than 17% of GMAT Exam scores recorded in the past three years.

Note: GMAT scores are valid for five years. Even though your score won’t change, your percentile ranking may change when compared with a newer pool of applicants. Shifts tend to be gradual over long periods of time.
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Hi georgecharlielucy,

The current 'restrictions' involved in taking the at-home GMAT are a concern for most GMATers, so you're not alone. Assuming that the Schools that you're interested in will accept the GRE Score as part of the application process, then taking that Exam is certainly something to consider. Have you taken any practice GRE tests yet? You can access 2 for free from www.gre.org, so you might want to take one to see how comfortable you are with that Exam. Once you have that Score, you should post back here (or you can PM me directly) and we can discuss the results and how you might best proceed with your studies.

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You can subscribe to gmatclub tests. Practice every quant question (600level and 700level) there. You can find good explanation too.

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Hi Rich,

Thank you so much for your advice! I took the Manhattan prep free GRE practice test:

Total score: 317
Quant: 159
Verbal: 158

The medians for the schools I'm applying to are 163-165 for both Quant and Verbal. I'm so used to the GMAT at this point that I have no idea if those are good scores or not and how much time it will take to move 7 points on the GRE. I attached the assessment report as well. From first glance, I really need to work on vocab (13% accuracy on Sentence Equivalence). By content area, my quant accuracy was much lower for Word Problems (38% accuracy). The other content areas were 67%-100%. I would love to hear your thoughts and advice!

Thanks!!

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The current 'restrictions' involved in taking the at-home GMAT are a concern for most GMATers, so you're not alone. Assuming that the Schools that you're interested in will accept the GRE Score as part of the application process, then taking that Exam is certainly something to consider. Have you taken any practice GRE tests yet? You can access 2 for free from https://www.gre.org, so you might want to take one to see how comfortable you are with that Exam. Once you have that Score, you should post back here (or you can PM me directly) and we can discuss the results and how you might best proceed with your studies.

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Hi georgecharlielucy,

A 317/Q159/V158 is a really strong initial GRE practice Score - so with a few adjustments to how you "see" (and respond to) the overall GRE, then I think that you would have a reasonable chance to hit your Score Goal. You seem to already understand how important your vocabulary knowledge will be to locking in that higher Verbal Score - but it would help to know a bit more about your performance on this practice GRE.

"Review" is an exceptionally important part of the GMAT/GRE training process; your ability to define WHY you're getting questions wrong is essential to defining the areas that you need to work on (and the specific things that you need to 'fix'). As such, I'd like to know a bit more about the practice GRE (and the more EXACT you can be with your answers, the better):

After reviewing the Quant and Verbal sections of this practice test, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just could not remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard or you did not know the necessary vocabulary?
4) Because you were low on time and had to guess?
5) How many Verbal questions did you 'narrow down to 2 choices' but still get wrong?

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Hi Rich,

The vast majority of my verbal mistakes were because I didn't know the vocabulary. 80% of those were narrowed down to two but still got it wrong.
Quant was majority silly/little mistakes or not "seeing" it until looking at the answer, and then understanding what I missed. A small amount were things that are tested on the GRE but not on the GMAT, like the percentiles of normal distribution. I did run low on time on one math section and had to guess on 2 at the end.

I would like to take the GRE end of May and am hoping for a score around 164 each for verbal and quant. I've already spent so much time and money prepping for the GMAT, I'd like to spend as little as possible on this transition. What are the essentials that you would recommend?



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Hi georgecharlielucy,

A 317/Q159/V158 is a really strong initial GRE practice Score - so with a few adjustments to how you "see" (and respond to) the overall GRE, then I think that you would have a reasonable chance to hit your Score Goal. You seem to already understand how important your vocabulary knowledge will be to locking in that higher Verbal Score - but it would help to know a bit more about your performance on this practice GRE.

"Review" is an exceptionally important part of the GMAT/GRE training process; your ability to define WHY you're getting questions wrong is essential to defining the areas that you need to work on (and the specific things that you need to 'fix'). As such, I'd like to know a bit more about the practice GRE (and the more EXACT you can be with your answers, the better):

After reviewing the Quant and Verbal sections of this practice test, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just could not remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard or you did not know the necessary vocabulary?
4) Because you were low on time and had to guess?
5) How many Verbal questions did you 'narrow down to 2 choices' but still get wrong?

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Hi Rich! I wanted to give you an update and ask for your thoughts:

I just took the GRE and got 160 Quant and 164 Verbal. I'm in the waitpool for Stanford Business School as a deferred admit (applied without scores) and am wondering if I should retake.

Their medians are 165 for both Quant and Verbal. I know I could do a bit better on the test, at least in quant (I was averaging 162 on practice). I just got a survey from them asking for an update and saying that they'll be reviewing and releasing decisions at the end of June.

If I retake in late June, do I risk losing the spot? If I submit the score I have will they reject me before I can retake it? I'm torn between these three options and would love advice:

1. Submit this score and don’t retake

2. Submit this score and also let them know that I’ll be retaking in late June

3.Don’t submit these scores and just tell them I’m taking it in late June

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Hi georgecharlielucy,

A 317/Q159/V158 is a really strong initial GRE practice Score - so with a few adjustments to how you "see" (and respond to) the overall GRE, then I think that you would have a reasonable chance to hit your Score Goal. You seem to already understand how important your vocabulary knowledge will be to locking in that higher Verbal Score - but it would help to know a bit more about your performance on this practice GRE.

"Review" is an exceptionally important part of the GMAT/GRE training process; your ability to define WHY you're getting questions wrong is essential to defining the areas that you need to work on (and the specific things that you need to 'fix'). As such, I'd like to know a bit more about the practice GRE (and the more EXACT you can be with your answers, the better):

After reviewing the Quant and Verbal sections of this practice test, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just could not remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard or you did not know the necessary vocabulary?
4) Because you were low on time and had to guess?
5) How many Verbal questions did you 'narrow down to 2 choices' but still get wrong?

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Hi georgecharlielucy,

This recent GRE Score is a nice improvement over your initial Score! I've sent you a PM.

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