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)
Text version of ESR below:
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.
Analytical Writing Assessment
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.