I just Beat The GMAT!

Today I finally took the GMAT after months of prep, but didn't payback as I had hoped for. I wasn't unrealistic in my expectations, knew I was not strong in verbal so was anticipating a score of around Q50 and V32 range which would nudge past the 700 mark for me.

I ve spent the last 2 months going over every problem I could find. Took up the Manhattan GMAT CAT tests,I never ever had a problem with quant, until today. I saw on the forums and outside that the quant on MGMAT was pretty tough, but I was consistent in averaging around the 48 mark, so was pretty confident that if I could manage that it was ok for me. I never managed over 32 in verbal too, did so today surprisingly.

The AWA was pretty ok, nothing unexpected sailed through it.

The quant was just weird, the questions were inconsistent compared to those I had practiced with. The majority both for problem solving and DS hovering around the Integer inference and algebra types. Very less of combinatorics,ratios and ROW problems. For the first time in my life I ran out of time in a quant section,barely finished on time. Just a handful ( 5-6 ) of straightforward questions everything else were just plain labor oriented with no conceivable short cuts.

The vocab was not unexpected and was pretty consistent with those in the practice tests and the OG.

Overall it was not as I expected and am considering taking the test again in a month, I am sure I can get the quant up.

PS: Suggestions are always welcome

Hi, Thanks for your honesty.

Believe me 670 is not small score. You have a reason to be happy. But yes, I agree, you have to reason to raise it up.

I would suggest you not to leave the preparation now and continue and test again after 3 months. You should bounce back to 700+

I need a suggestion from you:--

How did you prepare for math? I am little handy in English but math intimidates me. I have my test in the first week of January. I shall be finishing all th MGMAT stretegy guide by next month. Are they sufficient. Would you please let me know the study materials you did refer and what was your approach.

Thank you!!

Hi

Thanks for your support, yes I might take it in 2-3 months.

For math I studied from Kaplan, OG and the tests in MGMAT.

Verbal from the OG and MGMAT should be sufficient, just keep practicing though, it ll help you spot errors in SC and CR.

What were your scores in Verbal in Mgmat?
Did you mean that you did not cross 32 in verbal of Mgmat tests?

yes my quants used to avg around 48 in MGMAT and vocab in the low 30s but I got to learn from my mistakes a lot.

First, did you do the essays on your practice tests (MGMAT, GMATPrep, ...)?