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Thanks pkatz and Vivek. I am only applying to one local part time program, so hopefully my score can carry me through.

pkatz, good luck for your apps.

Vivek, good luck for your preps. Remember that a calm composure is extremely important to achieve your full potential in test.
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Thanks pkatz and Vivek. I am only applying to one local part time program, so hopefully my score can carry me through.

pkatz, good luck for your apps.

Vivek, good luck for your preps. Remember that a calm composure is extremely important to achieve your full potential in test.


I would take it again. I have an engineering background, but I was also surprised by my score on the quant section the first time I took the test as a CAT (previous, I had never scored below 99% on any Q test from PSAT on up). Like you, I didn't take it seriously and barely studied for it. I practiced for about 6 weeks, then took it again and got a 51.

More importantly, you seem lilke you have a lot of space to improve your V side. On the GMAT, the total is "greater than the sum of the parts", i.e., if you get 90% on V and 90% on Q, that will translate to about a 98% total (around a 740).

Being that you are in the vicinity of two elite programs, i don't see why you shouldn't invest a llittle time to see what you can get.

JMHO. Best of luck whatever you do.
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Thanks AkamaiBrah for your suggestions. As typical, they are insightful and well appreciated.

I am toying with the retake idea. In Bay Area there is only one elite part-time program on offer - from Berkeley. Stanford does not offer part-time. And the last date for Berkeley app was March 1st. So, any improvement in my score will only be useful for 2005 app. Anyway, it is better to do the retake within 6-8 weeks so that I can optimally leverage the previous preparation.
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