Hello beatthegmatters!
Please help: I took the test today... got a Q 44 V 40 for a 690.
Is my poor quant performance going to keep me out of a top 10 program?
Profile: University of Texas - McCombs BBA Finance graduate, 3.4 overall GPA, 3.6 finance GPA, started out in engineering with straight A's in Calculus, physics, chemistry, etc... I am an analyst for a large and well regarded alcoholic beverage company, and have had 4 promotions in 5 years (moving around the country to 4 cities). I managed 6 employees for one of my positions, now I am a category manger. Strong extracurricular activities in college (sports and service organizations) and a little charity work after graduation.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
#1 choice - Berkeley, then MIT (I am an MBA legacy), and Kellogg
Debrief:
BTG has been a huge resource for my GMAT preparation.
I signed up for the Knewton class about a year and a half ago. I took about 80% of the class. Clearly I was not very committed to the GMAT at the time.
I got serious about the GMAT two months ago. I started perusing BTG and developed a strategy.
I completed the Kaplan Math Workbook, Power Score Critical Reasoning Bible, and developed a homework schedule that involved doing 37 quant problems a night from the OG.
Practice Tests from a year ago:
Knewton: 530 (Yikes good thing I am not easily discouraged)
MGMAT 1: 590
MGMAT 2: 610
MGMAT 3: 620
MGMAT 4: 580
GMAT Prep 1 : 710 v 39, q 48
GMAT Prep 1 (second time): 710 v 38 q 49
GMAT Prep 2: 650 (doh!) v 39 q 44
GMAT Prep 2 (second time): 720 v 40 q 49
I realized when i started to study on my own that the actual material is not that tough. To learn the nuts and bolts I studied the "Math Review" in the official guide. I then did the Kaplan math workbook. I was doing very well on the quant section so I moved on to addressing verbal issues. By the time I got back to quant my score had plummeted. In the 9 days leading up to the exam I did 80% of the quant problems in the OG guide again. I took the GMAT prep 2 the second time 3 days before the real deal and got a 720. I figured all was right with the world. I relaxed the day before the exam and then... BAM... I bombed the quant section.
Please help: I took the test today... got a Q 44 V 40 for a 690.
Is my poor quant performance going to keep me out of a top 10 program?
Profile: University of Texas - McCombs BBA Finance graduate, 3.4 overall GPA, 3.6 finance GPA, started out in engineering with straight A's in Calculus, physics, chemistry, etc... I am an analyst for a large and well regarded alcoholic beverage company, and have had 4 promotions in 5 years (moving around the country to 4 cities). I managed 6 employees for one of my positions, now I am a category manger. Strong extracurricular activities in college (sports and service organizations) and a little charity work after graduation.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
#1 choice - Berkeley, then MIT (I am an MBA legacy), and Kellogg
Debrief:
BTG has been a huge resource for my GMAT preparation.
I signed up for the Knewton class about a year and a half ago. I took about 80% of the class. Clearly I was not very committed to the GMAT at the time.
I got serious about the GMAT two months ago. I started perusing BTG and developed a strategy.
I completed the Kaplan Math Workbook, Power Score Critical Reasoning Bible, and developed a homework schedule that involved doing 37 quant problems a night from the OG.
Practice Tests from a year ago:
Knewton: 530 (Yikes good thing I am not easily discouraged)
MGMAT 1: 590
MGMAT 2: 610
MGMAT 3: 620
MGMAT 4: 580
GMAT Prep 1 : 710 v 39, q 48
GMAT Prep 1 (second time): 710 v 38 q 49
GMAT Prep 2: 650 (doh!) v 39 q 44
GMAT Prep 2 (second time): 720 v 40 q 49
I realized when i started to study on my own that the actual material is not that tough. To learn the nuts and bolts I studied the "Math Review" in the official guide. I then did the Kaplan math workbook. I was doing very well on the quant section so I moved on to addressing verbal issues. By the time I got back to quant my score had plummeted. In the 9 days leading up to the exam I did 80% of the quant problems in the OG guide again. I took the GMAT prep 2 the second time 3 days before the real deal and got a 720. I figured all was right with the world. I relaxed the day before the exam and then... BAM... I bombed the quant section.
