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04 Jul 2010, 19:37
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I know there are a million threads like this but I just spent the last four months studying (Last month, 12 hour days) and was anticipating a 750-760.
Besides going through the usual books(MGMAT series, OG, PowerScore, Paper Sets), I did all of the GMATClub tests and was in the 90-95% range for the last ten tests. Was scoring 50-51 on GMATPrep and I was able to lift my Verbal scores above 40 as well. Looking at my score I feel like I've underperformed. Funny because during the test I felt like everything was going just fine. Was getting tough questions and was able to work through them.
The only reason I even bother to ask is because of my poor 2.6 GPA. (Mechanical Engineering from a top Canadian School). Everything is much more competitive these days with the downturn in the economy. Even my quant percentile was a bit of a shock 83 percentile for Q49.
I feel like I can score a 50 to 51 in Quant and as a native speaker there is no reason I can't shoot above 40 in verbal. But is it worth the risk? Maybe signing up for a course?
Besides going through the usual books(MGMAT series, OG, PowerScore, Paper Sets), I did all of the GMATClub tests and was in the 90-95% range for the last ten tests. Was scoring 50-51 on GMATPrep and I was able to lift my Verbal scores above 40 as well. Looking at my score I feel like I've underperformed. Funny because during the test I felt like everything was going just fine. Was getting tough questions and was able to work through them.
The only reason I even bother to ask is because of my poor 2.6 GPA. (Mechanical Engineering from a top Canadian School). Everything is much more competitive these days with the downturn in the economy. Even my quant percentile was a bit of a shock 83 percentile for Q49.
I feel like I can score a 50 to 51 in Quant and as a native speaker there is no reason I can't shoot above 40 in verbal. But is it worth the risk? Maybe signing up for a course?
04 Jul 2010, 22:59
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hi gparmar16, there's a thread in the GMAT Section that explains whether one should do or retake or not. Seeing how confident you're describing your GMAT experience, it does seem like that you could have probably done better. However, I really don't think that a 720 or a 750 is any different in the adcom's eyes when you're applying to the top schools in the nation. The GMAT, in my opinion, is used as a benchmark, that as long as you have the score schools are looking for, whether you achieve 800 is not in the question anymore (i.e. Stanford rejected 800s last year). I believe a 720 is already competitive for all the schools in the world, since even H/S/W has an average of around 718. I would focus more on the application at this point, rather than trying to boost your score another 30 points (let alone the danger of having it go down...)
If you're gun-ho about re-taking it, Knewton offers its course for free if you don't improve your score by 50 points. Seems to me a win-win situation for me. If you're going this route, make sure you read the terms and conditions as I don't know anything about Knewton directly.
last but not least, a Q49 is only a 83 percentile?!?! That's a bit too low for a Q49, imho...
If you're gun-ho about re-taking it, Knewton offers its course for free if you don't improve your score by 50 points. Seems to me a win-win situation for me. If you're going this route, make sure you read the terms and conditions as I don't know anything about Knewton directly.
last but not least, a Q49 is only a 83 percentile?!?! That's a bit too low for a Q49, imho...
04 Jul 2010, 23:39
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Yea the 83 is right for a Q49.
I figured with a higher than average GMAT my GPA wouldn't bring me down. Knewton sounds like a great idea with that guarantee (if it applies). Anyone else agree it's not worth it? Maybe I'm falling victim to setting my goals a bit too high.
I figured with a higher than average GMAT my GPA wouldn't bring me down. Knewton sounds like a great idea with that guarantee (if it applies). Anyone else agree it's not worth it? Maybe I'm falling victim to setting my goals a bit too high.
