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11 Apr 2010, 21:37
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Took the exam yesterday morning. I got a 410 (15th percentile) - Q24 (14th percentile) and a V23 (28th percentile). Nothing much to say other than the test PWNED me.
Prep time: (embarassed to say) january through march - over 3 months: studied 15 hours a week jan through feb, did maybe 35-40 hours per week entire month of march.
Prep materials:
MGMAT (5) mathbooks - just the theory, did not have enough time to do all the end-of-chapter review questions
OG12 - PS only.
MGMAT Cats - 5 of them - scoring within the 490-520 range
KAPLAN Cats - absolutely simple stuff compared to what I saw on the real exam - 450-520
GMATPrep - 3 of them - 410, 490, 510.
My thoughts: The Quant portion of my exam tested the same areas/principles/topics as discussed in the OG, and covered in the OG question sets -- BUT -- they contain far more twists and variations than the OG questions. although this did not make the problems more difficult, they certainly involved more time while working them out. the content i thought was consistent with the content covered in the OG BUT it was way more advanced/in depth on the real exam. and this is where i think i failed.
One thing I can say to hopefully benefit others is - just because you may be proficient in a topic that is covered in OG12 does NOT mean that you may see - or should expect to see - problems that cover questions similar to the contected tested on the real exam. All of the questions on the exam I had covered in review working through the OG12 but, on the exam itself, they dug far deeper into theory (fundamentals) than the book's prep/sample questions get into. For example, I was pretty decent with workrate problems, ratio problems, fraction problems in the OG but the ones I came across on the exam puzzled me. although it says somewhere on this site that medium difficulty problems take 2 steps to solve and difficult problems take 3 steps to solve - i think this is not the case. i recall using half of an entire page of scrap laminated paper to do a single problem - and i did this for many problems on the exam.
Retake? Not me. Although my score was dismal/horrendous/horrific and other adjectives, I think my profile and undergrad will help me get into the school I'm applying to. My application should be submitted within 1.5 weeks from now. lets see how things go.
my profile --- 2010-profiles-w-admit-dings-results-no-discussion-78475.html?view-post=658418#p658418
my preparation thread with practice cat scores, etc -- taking-the-exam-on-april-10-how-to-fast-track-quant-progress-90808.html
Prep time: (embarassed to say) january through march - over 3 months: studied 15 hours a week jan through feb, did maybe 35-40 hours per week entire month of march.
Prep materials:
MGMAT (5) mathbooks - just the theory, did not have enough time to do all the end-of-chapter review questions
OG12 - PS only.
MGMAT Cats - 5 of them - scoring within the 490-520 range
KAPLAN Cats - absolutely simple stuff compared to what I saw on the real exam - 450-520
GMATPrep - 3 of them - 410, 490, 510.
My thoughts: The Quant portion of my exam tested the same areas/principles/topics as discussed in the OG, and covered in the OG question sets -- BUT -- they contain far more twists and variations than the OG questions. although this did not make the problems more difficult, they certainly involved more time while working them out. the content i thought was consistent with the content covered in the OG BUT it was way more advanced/in depth on the real exam. and this is where i think i failed.
One thing I can say to hopefully benefit others is - just because you may be proficient in a topic that is covered in OG12 does NOT mean that you may see - or should expect to see - problems that cover questions similar to the contected tested on the real exam. All of the questions on the exam I had covered in review working through the OG12 but, on the exam itself, they dug far deeper into theory (fundamentals) than the book's prep/sample questions get into. For example, I was pretty decent with workrate problems, ratio problems, fraction problems in the OG but the ones I came across on the exam puzzled me. although it says somewhere on this site that medium difficulty problems take 2 steps to solve and difficult problems take 3 steps to solve - i think this is not the case. i recall using half of an entire page of scrap laminated paper to do a single problem - and i did this for many problems on the exam.
Retake? Not me. Although my score was dismal/horrendous/horrific and other adjectives, I think my profile and undergrad will help me get into the school I'm applying to. My application should be submitted within 1.5 weeks from now. lets see how things go.
my profile --- 2010-profiles-w-admit-dings-results-no-discussion-78475.html?view-post=658418#p658418
my preparation thread with practice cat scores, etc -- taking-the-exam-on-april-10-how-to-fast-track-quant-progress-90808.html
12 Apr 2010, 00:50
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Ugh... this a really annoying score.
Definitely go with the apps and with your plan.
If for some reason you will need to retake the GMAT - check with me. We can figure out some kind of a plan to get you on the solid ground, though as with everything, that's a commitment of time and energy. Good luck!
Definitely go with the apps and with your plan.
If for some reason you will need to retake the GMAT - check with me. We can figure out some kind of a plan to get you on the solid ground, though as with everything, that's a commitment of time and energy. Good luck!
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I think you should definitely go for a retake. Take help from BB as stated above.
Since you have done only OG12 PS only which is a big mistake. OG12 DS is must and if possible go through OG quant and OG verbal. They will surely boost your score to 600.
Though its my personal opinion but its not a big deal to improve the score if you follow proper strategy. Good score will always keep you edge.
