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710 (Q-42, V-45) -- Seriously Unbalanced

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710 (Q-42, V-45) -- Seriously Unbalanced

by thought » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:21 am
So I took the GMAT this morning and crossed the 700 threshold which was my goal but my scores are seriously unbalanced.

Q42 (63% yikes!)
V45 (98% woo-hoo!)
710 (92% -- we'll take it)

So I'm pretty sure I'm not retaking but I didn't expect to do that poorly in Quant.

I hear that the 40-40 scaled club is whats important but I also hear that the 80%-80% club is more important.

Anyone have insights?

I have a 3.28 in Econ with a minor in Math and also have some graduate level coursework in Econ with a 3.0 GPA. PLUS, I was a math teacher for a year 4 yrs ago. I work in a tech/quant field and have the (hard) math on the transcript (meaning Set Theory, Advanced Calc, Econometrics, etc. ). I'm hoping this will offset things a bit but that 63% pains me.

Am i right to worry?
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by mike22629 » Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:22 pm
Depends on what school you are aiming for. I'm quite sure that the top 10 will ask for retake, unless the rest of your application makes up for it. The reason I say this is that one guy on this site got a 730, but a 78% in Math and the Wharton School asked him to take the test again.
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by mike22629 » Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:24 pm
They look at Q as more important (I think)
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by gammacad » Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:08 pm
I'm the guy with the 730 and a 78% quant that had to take it again. The adcom at Wharton said that the 80/80 rule isn't hard and fast, but someone might look down on the 78% quant, so I should consider retaking it. Keep in mind I had this conversation in April, and the round 1 applications weren't due until October. I had lots of time to try to get my score up. My undergrad GPA is only a 3.0. I wanted to have only one weak spot, so I retook the gmat.

I would say if you're applying to a top 15 school, and you're not planning on doing a quantitative finance specialty, you're probably OK. If you want to do finance at Wharton, retake it.

I also found the real GMAT quant to be much harder than the GMATPrep quant. If I had it to do over again, I'd use that Manhattan800 or whatever (I forget what it's called. The one with the quant section geared towards those shooting for 700+.)

Good luck.
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