I came back from the test centre, got 680(Q-49, V-34). Although my scores in VA in the Manhatten tests were better- 45 twice, 42, 38. GMAT Prepv2- 40, 36
Couple of comments on prep:
1. I have been studying primarily through OG 12, Manhatten Sentence correction, Official guide verbal workout
2. I have been preparing on and off from last 2-3 months. Some days I could devote 1-2 hrs and other days I could spend only less than an hour for prep. Weekends were better 4-6 hrs.
3. Gave first GMAT Prep 20 days back got 730 then gave Manhatten CATs- 740, 720,710, 770, 710 and 2 days before test, GMAT Prepv2- 700. Got demotivated after seeing the last score as I was looking forward to a score of >740 but still thought I can learn from the mistakes and can do better at test.
4. Test day reflections:
a) IR few questions were really time consuming and had to guess on last 2-3 questions, my timing was not great
b) QA- very similar to GMAT Prep, not calculation heavy, few probability but not very difficult. I had to guess on few questions where I couldn't solve with in less than 3 min.
c) VA- Not sure what went wrong here. One RC was really difficult , answers were hard to find. I really had a bad timing here. I was having 13-15 min left for around 15 questions and had to really move fast to finish test and definitely accuracy would have gone down.
May be I should have postponed taking the test when I got 700 in GMAT Prepv2 2 days before test but I had gone through few posts in which some people mentioned they got a much higher score in actual GMAT. I thought to test luck and probably it didn't favor me. A lesson that decision should have been based on only facts..
Just a brief background, I am an Indian with almost 8 years experience.
I am considering 2 options and need inputs on both:
1. I am thinking of applying with the current score to the Schools where I can expect admits and focus on my application.
2. Appear again in a month's time and give more CATs,learn from mistakes and try to do better than what i have done now. Target would be 740+
Does it make sense to appear again in a month's time and expect a 8-9 points improvement in VA in actual exam. I still think my preparation was better although I accept results don't reflect the same thing..
Couple of comments on prep:
1. I have been studying primarily through OG 12, Manhatten Sentence correction, Official guide verbal workout
2. I have been preparing on and off from last 2-3 months. Some days I could devote 1-2 hrs and other days I could spend only less than an hour for prep. Weekends were better 4-6 hrs.
3. Gave first GMAT Prep 20 days back got 730 then gave Manhatten CATs- 740, 720,710, 770, 710 and 2 days before test, GMAT Prepv2- 700. Got demotivated after seeing the last score as I was looking forward to a score of >740 but still thought I can learn from the mistakes and can do better at test.
4. Test day reflections:
a) IR few questions were really time consuming and had to guess on last 2-3 questions, my timing was not great
b) QA- very similar to GMAT Prep, not calculation heavy, few probability but not very difficult. I had to guess on few questions where I couldn't solve with in less than 3 min.
c) VA- Not sure what went wrong here. One RC was really difficult , answers were hard to find. I really had a bad timing here. I was having 13-15 min left for around 15 questions and had to really move fast to finish test and definitely accuracy would have gone down.
May be I should have postponed taking the test when I got 700 in GMAT Prepv2 2 days before test but I had gone through few posts in which some people mentioned they got a much higher score in actual GMAT. I thought to test luck and probably it didn't favor me. A lesson that decision should have been based on only facts..
Just a brief background, I am an Indian with almost 8 years experience.
I am considering 2 options and need inputs on both:
1. I am thinking of applying with the current score to the Schools where I can expect admits and focus on my application.
2. Appear again in a month's time and give more CATs,learn from mistakes and try to do better than what i have done now. Target would be 740+
Does it make sense to appear again in a month's time and expect a 8-9 points improvement in VA in actual exam. I still think my preparation was better although I accept results don't reflect the same thing..
