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GMAT 1: 700 Q47 V40
22 Sep 2014, 14:29
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I took the GMAT this past Saturday (September 20th) and received a strange (and improbable, albeit not impossible) quant score on the exam. I received a 31 for my quant score (24th percentile). I also received a 40V (91st percentile) and IR8 (92nd percentile), these were normal and in line with expectations. To put this in perspective I took the actual GMAT two months ago at the end of July and received a 700 (47Q 40V).
Over the past two months I have studied nothing but quant problems practicing an additional 400+ official GMAT questions, with a focus on 600 and 700 level questions. In total I had studied 600+ quant questions (official GMAT questions) with a 73% accuracy for the first time through. When I went back and attempted the problems I had missed (this was my only other attempt at these problems) my accuracy went up to 86%. The average time it took me to answer these problems was 1 minute and 34 seconds.
I have taken a total of 5 practice CATs including a GMAT Prep exam the week before (680 43Q 41V) and never received less than a 41 on the quant section of any CAT (this includes my initial diagnostic). I also took the actual GMAT twice in 2007 for another Masters degree and scored a 46Q and a 42Q on each of those actual exams.
I come from a fairly quantitative background, I double majored in Accounting and Finance, have a Masters of Accounting from a top 5 university, have a CPA and now work in Finance (Private Equity). Test anxiety and nervousness for this test was minimal.
I have found other older posts on GMAT Club discussing weird and uncharacteristic Verbal scores that groups of people seemed to be getting, and I am aware in 2000 or 2001 when the GMAT was administered by ETS, approximately 3% of test takers for a period of time had errors in their scores because the system was logging their answers as unanswered.
Has anyone else who recently sat for the GMAT had uncharacteristic Quant and/or Verbal scores? Or did I really just bomb the section despite all my prep?
At the end of the day I'm still probably okay with my previous score of 700 but I worry that a dip in Quant from 47 to 31 will reflect poorly on me.
Over the past two months I have studied nothing but quant problems practicing an additional 400+ official GMAT questions, with a focus on 600 and 700 level questions. In total I had studied 600+ quant questions (official GMAT questions) with a 73% accuracy for the first time through. When I went back and attempted the problems I had missed (this was my only other attempt at these problems) my accuracy went up to 86%. The average time it took me to answer these problems was 1 minute and 34 seconds.
I have taken a total of 5 practice CATs including a GMAT Prep exam the week before (680 43Q 41V) and never received less than a 41 on the quant section of any CAT (this includes my initial diagnostic). I also took the actual GMAT twice in 2007 for another Masters degree and scored a 46Q and a 42Q on each of those actual exams.
I come from a fairly quantitative background, I double majored in Accounting and Finance, have a Masters of Accounting from a top 5 university, have a CPA and now work in Finance (Private Equity). Test anxiety and nervousness for this test was minimal.
I have found other older posts on GMAT Club discussing weird and uncharacteristic Verbal scores that groups of people seemed to be getting, and I am aware in 2000 or 2001 when the GMAT was administered by ETS, approximately 3% of test takers for a period of time had errors in their scores because the system was logging their answers as unanswered.
Has anyone else who recently sat for the GMAT had uncharacteristic Quant and/or Verbal scores? Or did I really just bomb the section despite all my prep?
At the end of the day I'm still probably okay with my previous score of 700 but I worry that a dip in Quant from 47 to 31 will reflect poorly on me.
22 Sep 2014, 15:51
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Sorry to hear about your score. That does sound very odd - could have a been a fluke and just a bad day.
The suggestion in these cases is usually to retake. You have a strong case to appeal to the GMAC potentially since you have had relatively high scores in the past.
The suggestion in these cases is usually to retake. You have a strong case to appeal to the GMAC potentially since you have had relatively high scores in the past.
22 Sep 2014, 15:59
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That is very odd.
Did the drop in Quant affect your overall score to fall below 700? That seems likely. You should try to find out from your schools if they look at the best score from each section -- some schools do. But it's unclear whether the verdict is that all schools do, so best to confirm in your situation.
Did the drop in Quant affect your overall score to fall below 700? That seems likely. You should try to find out from your schools if they look at the best score from each section -- some schools do. But it's unclear whether the verdict is that all schools do, so best to confirm in your situation.
