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590 in GMAT :(

by jeril842002 » Mon May 18, 2009 10:45 am
Hi All,
After a lot of hard work put in, I finally messed up my GMAT.

QA - 49
Verbal 22
Essay 5.5
Total 590

I know with this score, I cannot make it to the ivy league.
But with my 3+ years of experience in IT, can I still manage to get admission to a decent B-School in US?

Any advice will be appreciated.

P.S : I have 8.79 / 10 GPA from one of the prestigious universities in India (NIT Calicut)

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by Paxton Helms - Kaplan » Mon May 18, 2009 12:57 pm
Well...your GMAT isn't great, to be sure, but it seems to me that if you messed it up then you can probably go back and get it right, no?

A 22 on your verbal is pretty low and suggests that you either didn't finish, rushed, or didn't understand / anticipate certain question types. It seems like a candid and honest evaluation of your approach to to the test and why you did so poorly on the verbal is in order. That may point a way forward in terms of studying, prep, etc.

Finally, it is probably worth mentioning that a low verbal score is a whole lot better than a low quant score!!

Paxton
Keep me in the loop about your thinking and let me know if you have any more questions.

Paxton



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