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Unsure about possible resit

by thechief » Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:06 am
Basically its a weird story, My plan was to apply to London business school for a masters in management (as Im a fresh grad) and had heard about the elusive 700+ so that was my aim. However I didn't really prep for it due to numerous reasons and basically skimmed the Official orange Gmat book the night before (well i crammed as much as I could of it in the night before)

Was far more worried about verbal than quant

Chose not to send my score anywhere etc. as I was so underprepared

However my score somehow came out as 730 but I was 47 (78%ile) quant and 44 (97%ile) verbal with 96%ile overall

Now don't get me wrong, Im over the moon considering the prep time but it got me thinking as to whether it is wrth re-taking it as Im sure I could do far better in the quant or is it just not worth it?

all advice appreciated!
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by becnil » Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:49 pm
First of all, congrats for the excellent score, you did great !! As far as your individual section scores are concerned, you are still close to the 80th% that some schools may ask. You may check the specific schools you want to apply to and see if they are asking for a specific percentile in each of the sections. If not, be happy and concentrate on your application.

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by money9111 » Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:09 pm
i'm envious! that was a very smart move to take it fresh out of college!
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by thechief » Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:27 pm
thanks for the replies, ill check the percentiles requirements and see

thanks again :)