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25 Aug 2008, 15:55
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Hi all, I took my GMAT last week and scored 690 (Q42, V44) for a total 88 percentile.
My practice tests ranged from 670 to 720, so my score is smack dab in the middle - my Quant, however, was much lower than I had done on practice (63 percentile on GMAT, 73%-79% on ManhattanGMAT and GMATPrep).
So, while I am a little disheartened to find my score to be SO close (and yet so far away), I'm relatively encouraged by the fact that, (1) in a pinch, I can use the 690 and can take some classes to build an alternative transcript for Quant, and that (2) I have the ability to score higher if I just maintain Verbal and improve on Quant.
I'm also applying in Fall of '09 for matriculation in Fall of '10, so I'm not (as) pressed for time.
My current plan is to take a break from studying, then go back into it with some bottoms-up math tutoring with a goal of getting around 70%+ in Quant on the second attempt.
Does anyone have advice about the structure of Quant tutoring? I'm thinking of doing 1 hr of tutor a week, then maybe 2 hrs of homework. So, 3 hours total from September til February. Then in late February (when work dies down a little), I'm planning on kicking up the prep to 10-12 hrs a week, and then retake the test in April.
Some notes about the experience:
1. I did not expect my heart to beat so rapidly! Seriously - it was so loud!
2. I had to tell myself to stay focused on Verbal - because I can feel my brain going la-la-la towards the middle.
3. Timing was okay, but I did run out of time towards the last problem. If I had 1 more minute, I could've solved it. This has taught me that questions I just could not solve? Toss it. Because I sure could've used those 20 extra seconds I spend agonizing over some hard problems.
4. Know the basics, especially for Quant. What're the most popular Pythagorean Triangles, what's 2^6, etc. They would've saved me precious seconds that, again, I could've used.
My practice tests ranged from 670 to 720, so my score is smack dab in the middle - my Quant, however, was much lower than I had done on practice (63 percentile on GMAT, 73%-79% on ManhattanGMAT and GMATPrep).
So, while I am a little disheartened to find my score to be SO close (and yet so far away), I'm relatively encouraged by the fact that, (1) in a pinch, I can use the 690 and can take some classes to build an alternative transcript for Quant, and that (2) I have the ability to score higher if I just maintain Verbal and improve on Quant.
I'm also applying in Fall of '09 for matriculation in Fall of '10, so I'm not (as) pressed for time.
My current plan is to take a break from studying, then go back into it with some bottoms-up math tutoring with a goal of getting around 70%+ in Quant on the second attempt.
Does anyone have advice about the structure of Quant tutoring? I'm thinking of doing 1 hr of tutor a week, then maybe 2 hrs of homework. So, 3 hours total from September til February. Then in late February (when work dies down a little), I'm planning on kicking up the prep to 10-12 hrs a week, and then retake the test in April.
Some notes about the experience:
1. I did not expect my heart to beat so rapidly! Seriously - it was so loud!
2. I had to tell myself to stay focused on Verbal - because I can feel my brain going la-la-la towards the middle.
3. Timing was okay, but I did run out of time towards the last problem. If I had 1 more minute, I could've solved it. This has taught me that questions I just could not solve? Toss it. Because I sure could've used those 20 extra seconds I spend agonizing over some hard problems.
4. Know the basics, especially for Quant. What're the most popular Pythagorean Triangles, what's 2^6, etc. They would've saved me precious seconds that, again, I could've used.
03 Sep 2008, 05:46
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dude you got a 690. you are totally wasting your time, in my humble opinion, studying for the gmat. get a life, volunteer, forcus on your essays, etc. you are lucky and in a position to bolster your applications in other ways. a 700 or 720 gmat over a 690 won't be worth the effort. if you have taken economics, you'll know that every cost is an opportunity cost. in your case, the opportunity cost of spending more of your precious time studying for a marginal increase in score is extremely high: you could spend that time doing things that you can put in your applications and potentially write about in the essays.
think about it. the 690 shows any adcom with half a brain that you are smart. they see literally thousands and thousands of gmat scores. they know a 690 is excellent. and after they see your gmat score for 2 seconds they won't care, because it's BORING. they use it to get a 2 second impression of how smart you might be, and anyone in the business will see a 690 and say: he's smart, but what has he done...what makes him special or interesting?
you've already cleared the GMAT hurdle. congrats. now focus your time and effort where it counts. the only people who care about this absurd "700 club" are gmat club people, these are not adcoms. the extreme overachiever element this site attracts makes people think that anything below 700 is bad or unsatisfactory. that is absurd. i got a 650, that's the 80th percentile. That means I did better than the vast, vast majority of people who take this test, and you did even better. yet, all i see is negative about 650, 660, etc. please. if you don't get in with this score, take it again in a year, and re-apply.
i'm just saying, if it were me, i would understand the opportunity cost involved here and move forward without remaining stuck in gmat land. good luck dude.
think about it. the 690 shows any adcom with half a brain that you are smart. they see literally thousands and thousands of gmat scores. they know a 690 is excellent. and after they see your gmat score for 2 seconds they won't care, because it's BORING. they use it to get a 2 second impression of how smart you might be, and anyone in the business will see a 690 and say: he's smart, but what has he done...what makes him special or interesting?
you've already cleared the GMAT hurdle. congrats. now focus your time and effort where it counts. the only people who care about this absurd "700 club" are gmat club people, these are not adcoms. the extreme overachiever element this site attracts makes people think that anything below 700 is bad or unsatisfactory. that is absurd. i got a 650, that's the 80th percentile. That means I did better than the vast, vast majority of people who take this test, and you did even better. yet, all i see is negative about 650, 660, etc. please. if you don't get in with this score, take it again in a year, and re-apply.
i'm just saying, if it were me, i would understand the opportunity cost involved here and move forward without remaining stuck in gmat land. good luck dude.
02 Apr 2010, 23:46
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If you have scored 690 in your first attemot, you clearly can do better. I would suggest you take the GMAT again. Trust me, you will be a lot less nervous since you have already gone through the entire experience once. 
