630@MGMAT

abhijit_s_2000 · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:14 am Post subject:

Hi Stacy,
My scheduled GMAT date is next Friday -7th September. I gave Test#4 and Test#5. However my scores were around 640 only.

Test#4: 640 (43Q, 33V)
Test#5: 620 (49Q, 28V)

I am now left with just 4 days. I somehow want to cross 700 mark.
I would appreciate if you can provide some tips to me for it.

My RC scores and speed have improved in MGMAT, but CR continues to torment me, now SC has also dropped.

Stacey Koprince · Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:21 am Post subject:

In the final week before taking a test, it is very rare for people to learn a lot of new things or make great improvements in their scores. Generally, the final week is best spent reviewing your plan and high-level strategies so that you can execute at your best level on the actual test (and that best level is likely going to be closely tied to your current level).

If you haven't taken the official test before, just go ahead and take it and see how you do; you can use that data to help you prepare for the second time. If you have taken it before though and are worried about having too many scores on your record, then you may have to consider whether you should postpone, given the distance between your practice test scores and your desired score.

abhijit_s_2000 · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:22 am Post subject:

Hey Stacy,

I gave GMAT today and got 690 (49Q, 35V). I am feeling a bit releived now, but disappointing for not having crossed the 700 mark.

I am grateful to you. Your help and tips for GMAT were of immense help to me. God bless you.

I am thinking for taking a retake for a 700+ score after a couple of months but right now I am applying to a b-school in India.
Thanks once again.

Stacey Koprince · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:27 am Post subject:

That's excellent! Don't be too blinded by the magical "7--" mark that everyone thinks they need to hit. A 690 is the 91st percentile - that's an absolutely fantastic score. Congratulations!