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19 Jul 2004, 16:04
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Took the gmat over the weekend - (690,Q-48(86%),V-35(77%))
Retake?
Should I retake to get into a top-10 school? Verbal is below 80% - a concern?
I think I can increase my score to 720-730 with another 1-1.5 months of prep- is it worth it or should i concentrate on essays/app?
I have posted this query to Linda also.
Stats:
29,M, Indian citizen.
Undergrad GPA (India-Engg) :3.5
Masters GPA (US-Engg) : 3.85
7yrs US experience- Big5 IT consulting firm. Mostly F500 clients.
Leadership:
Current Work: Overachiever Award - last month
Consultant of the month awards - 3 times in 7yrs.
Grad School: President, Engineering Chapter.
Extracurricular: Chair- Voluntary Minority Cultural Org
Test feedback:
AWA topics were real easy.
It helped get my heart rate down for the quant section.
Quant- about 4 comb/prob questions. Overall - like kaplan Quant. Except for 1 prob Q,rest was pretty ok.
Verbal- 1 RC was 75lines long..through me off a lil bit. CR,SC was ok - 800score'ish.
Slightly surprised with the 690..thought i would hit a 710-720 after i was done. Guess not !!
Take both your breaks to the fullest.
Mine was the 12-4 slot. The power bars kept me going. Practise with earplugs at home - may help a little whenu use them at the center.
Sleep well the night before. Prepare a quick chit-sheet for SC (idioms),PS (formulaes) for final day check.
Dont take a prep test the day before.
Prep feedback:
This is how i went about it.
Good info on this site guys ..thanks!
1. Start with Kaplan Diagnostic Test. Get your initial score estimate.
2. Read through the Kaplan GMAT book. Take Kaplan-book test.
3. Kaplan CD (Work through all section problems). (Start taking 1 test every weekend-timed with study material covered during the week)
4. Princeton review test ( Good verbal info and 5 tests)
5. 800score.com (5 tests)
(Note: Mix tests from PR, 800 and Kap. Kap is going to be the toughest. Add 70-90 points from ur kap scores. Subtract 10-40 points from your 800 and PR scores. Gmatclub has a score estimator that you can use.)
6. Official guide (start from the back .. should do at least 100qs from each section. Take 25PS and 12 DS qs at a time to mimic a math test. Same w verbal. Make sure to time yourself).
7. Kaplan Verbal Workout – Good Qs.
8. Kaplan Math Workout – Good math review
9. Deltacourse.com (good probability material. >700 scorers w see at least 3-4 prob qs)
10. End with Kaplan 800 material ( do this well .. esp SC and DS. )
11. Take one test every week and take about 15-17 tests (Start taking AWA sections during the last 10). Use Arco’s essay book for AWA.
12. Take one PP test at the beginning and one towards the end
Use a Spreadsheet to track your efforts - could not cheat after this
Use a Spreadsheet to capture mistakes and hone on areas for improvement - the gmatclub has a template that i used.
Hope it helps!
bk
Retake?
Should I retake to get into a top-10 school? Verbal is below 80% - a concern?
I think I can increase my score to 720-730 with another 1-1.5 months of prep- is it worth it or should i concentrate on essays/app?
I have posted this query to Linda also.
Stats:
29,M, Indian citizen.
Undergrad GPA (India-Engg) :3.5
Masters GPA (US-Engg) : 3.85
7yrs US experience- Big5 IT consulting firm. Mostly F500 clients.
Leadership:
Current Work: Overachiever Award - last month
Consultant of the month awards - 3 times in 7yrs.
Grad School: President, Engineering Chapter.
Extracurricular: Chair- Voluntary Minority Cultural Org
Test feedback:
AWA topics were real easy.
It helped get my heart rate down for the quant section.
Quant- about 4 comb/prob questions. Overall - like kaplan Quant. Except for 1 prob Q,rest was pretty ok.
Verbal- 1 RC was 75lines long..through me off a lil bit. CR,SC was ok - 800score'ish.
Slightly surprised with the 690..thought i would hit a 710-720 after i was done. Guess not !!
Take both your breaks to the fullest.
Mine was the 12-4 slot. The power bars kept me going. Practise with earplugs at home - may help a little whenu use them at the center.
Sleep well the night before. Prepare a quick chit-sheet for SC (idioms),PS (formulaes) for final day check.
Dont take a prep test the day before.
Prep feedback:
This is how i went about it.
Good info on this site guys ..thanks!
1. Start with Kaplan Diagnostic Test. Get your initial score estimate.
2. Read through the Kaplan GMAT book. Take Kaplan-book test.
3. Kaplan CD (Work through all section problems). (Start taking 1 test every weekend-timed with study material covered during the week)
4. Princeton review test ( Good verbal info and 5 tests)
5. 800score.com (5 tests)
(Note: Mix tests from PR, 800 and Kap. Kap is going to be the toughest. Add 70-90 points from ur kap scores. Subtract 10-40 points from your 800 and PR scores. Gmatclub has a score estimator that you can use.)
6. Official guide (start from the back .. should do at least 100qs from each section. Take 25PS and 12 DS qs at a time to mimic a math test. Same w verbal. Make sure to time yourself).
7. Kaplan Verbal Workout – Good Qs.
8. Kaplan Math Workout – Good math review
9. Deltacourse.com (good probability material. >700 scorers w see at least 3-4 prob qs)
10. End with Kaplan 800 material ( do this well .. esp SC and DS. )
11. Take one test every week and take about 15-17 tests (Start taking AWA sections during the last 10). Use Arco’s essay book for AWA.
12. Take one PP test at the beginning and one towards the end
Use a Spreadsheet to track your efforts - could not cheat after this
Use a Spreadsheet to capture mistakes and hone on areas for improvement - the gmatclub has a template that i used.
Hope it helps!
bk
19 Jul 2004, 21:56
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Yes, Linda is the best person to answer your question. We rookies can only speculate.
Thanks
Praetorian
Thanks
Praetorian
19 Jul 2004, 22:34
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BK:
Congrats for a nice score. I think praterion is right that linda can answer your question best. I would say that your score is well balanced ..but if you are aiming for top 5-15 schools. < 80 % ile in verbal might be a bit of issue for some schools if other aspects of your application are just average. Since you come from IT backround..u know there are scores of indians in this group with 700+ scores. But as i always say.. retake it only if you are very sure of 720+ with verbal at 85%ile. I messed my GMAT history by retaking a 690. On both the occasions after that, my score was less than 690. I did a big mistake by retaking without any extra preparation. Now I wish to take it last time only to get matters straight.. and iam trying to work as hard as possible. A 680+ score should convince adcomms that my first 690 was not a fluke and after two bad attempts, Iam back to business.
Regarding your preparation.. what were your scores on practice tests? Did you use gmat+ material. I had 800score tests..but i am not sure of the conversion method from individual raw scores to total score. In my first test.. i scored 46 in quant and 40 ( 83%ile) in verbal. Can you tell how to do that.
good luck.
Congrats for a nice score. I think praterion is right that linda can answer your question best. I would say that your score is well balanced ..but if you are aiming for top 5-15 schools. < 80 % ile in verbal might be a bit of issue for some schools if other aspects of your application are just average. Since you come from IT backround..u know there are scores of indians in this group with 700+ scores. But as i always say.. retake it only if you are very sure of 720+ with verbal at 85%ile. I messed my GMAT history by retaking a 690. On both the occasions after that, my score was less than 690. I did a big mistake by retaking without any extra preparation. Now I wish to take it last time only to get matters straight.. and iam trying to work as hard as possible. A 680+ score should convince adcomms that my first 690 was not a fluke and after two bad attempts, Iam back to business.
Regarding your preparation.. what were your scores on practice tests? Did you use gmat+ material. I had 800score tests..but i am not sure of the conversion method from individual raw scores to total score. In my first test.. i scored 46 in quant and 40 ( 83%ile) in verbal. Can you tell how to do that.
good luck.
but have not worked with spreadsheets for a long time.
