740 (Q 42, V 51)

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np75965: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 2; Joined: Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:17 am

by np75965 » Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:23 am

I've been reading through this forum and I feel like I'm a bit of an oddity for having done much better on the verbal than the quantitative. I'm very happy with my score but I have to wonder if schools will be concerned that my quantitative skills aren't strong enough, especially since I plan to concentrate in finance. I feel like I could improve my quantitative score if I took it again but I don't know if its worth retaking when a 740 is a great score and I have the LSAT to prepare for. I'm currently an undergrad senior with a 3.75 GPA pursuing a joint MBA/JD. Opinions?

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caspermonday: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 59; Joined: Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:03 am

by caspermonday » Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:44 am

Probably NOT to retake.
What makes me surprise is that you only received 740 with such impressive scores in each section. I thought this should be around 750!
Anyway congratulations)

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Ludacrispat26: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 113; Joined: Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:51 am; Thanked: 10 times; GMAT Score:690

by Ludacrispat26 » Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:44 am

Congratulations! That is awesome, and I'm glad we finally see somebody with a high V relative to their Q lol.

I'm in a similar situation. I'm an undergrad junior who was looking to do law school, and decided that a JD/MBA would be nice, so now I've taken up the gmat.

Don't retake. Your score is well good enough right now, and your GPA is great too.

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rveeraga: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 42; Joined: Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:52 am; Location: San Jose, CA; Thanked: 2 times

congratulations, np75965

by rveeraga » Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:06 pm

Can you share the secrets such as books or material you used, practise methods you followed, and strategy you developed in getting very high verbal score.

Thanks.

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bvn: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 63; Joined: Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:38 am

by bvn » Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:45 pm

Awesome np75965

Does LSAT help you doing very well in GMAT verbal?
Could you share some your Verbal Experience?

Thank you

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zuleron: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 223; Joined: Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:50 pmFollowed by: 4 members; Location: Philly, USA; Thanked: 76 times; GMAT Score:750

by zuleron » Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:17 am

Congratulations!

If you have intentions of studying finance at a top b-school (H/W/S), then my guess is that a 42 in quant is not going to cut it UNLESS you have a bunch of high-level quant courses with excellent grades i.e. A's in multivariate calculus, linear algebra etc. So while re-taking with a 740 is madness... and might look bad to adcoms, I think this is one situation you can easily explain, and, in fact, one that, in my opinion, would be self evident -- i retook because I felt my quant score was not strong enough given my ambitions. Of course, it is only worth retaking if you can improve your quant.

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np75965: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 2; Joined: Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:17 am

by np75965 » Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:15 pm

Thanks for all the congrats!
My top school choices are Duke and the University of Virginia. They're top 12th and 15th in the US but not quite Harvard or Wharton. I do have A's in statistics 1 & 2, business calculus, and all of my finance and accounting courses. Do you think that will make up for my quant score?

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Ludacrispat26: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 113; Joined: Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:51 am; Thanked: 10 times; GMAT Score:690

by Ludacrispat26 » Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:31 pm

Hey np,

Would you mind detailing a little your study habits, specifically how you went about attack the test, and even more specifically, how you dominated verbal so awesomely? Thanks!

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zuleron: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 223; Joined: Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:50 pmFollowed by: 4 members; Location: Philly, USA; Thanked: 76 times; GMAT Score:750

by zuleron » Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:43 pm

np75965 wrote:Thanks for all the congrats!
My top school choices are Duke and the University of Virginia. They're top 12th and 15th in the US but not quite Harvard or Wharton. I do have A's in statistics 1 & 2, business calculus, and all of my finance and accounting courses. Do you think that will make up for my quant score?

I think so. But there is no harm in calling them up and finding out.

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ownedbytheGMAT: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 11; Joined: Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:13 am; Thanked: 1 times

by ownedbytheGMAT » Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:45 pm

your score is fine. No need to retake. Any AdCom that chooses to ding you because of a 42 on Quant is crazy. Especially if you essays and experience (work, school & community) is stellar.

Good luck with your applications. Don't let anyone second guess your GMAT. Congratulations!!

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