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White Female
Native Speaker
Finance Major
5 years work exp
Currently work on the buyside
I took the test Thursday, November 18th and therefore missed the experimental questions (thank goodness). In terms of difficulty, the math portion was literally exactly like the GMAT prep tests (although it seemed like there were far more number properties DS questions than anything else; really, like an inordinate amount).
I'll give a bit more detail on the verbal since I know that's what most people on this forum are interested in. I am one of those people that never really studied verbal except for doing some questions from the OG here and there to break up my 9 hour long math sessions. However, I wish I would have prepped a little bit more for the sentence correction portion because I think that's where I got dinged. I felt that the critical reasoning and reading comprehension were much easier than the MGMAT or GMAT prep tests. In fact, one of the reading comprehension passages was so easy it freaked me out a little, short, and easy subject matter. The sentence correction was always where I was a bit weak and I felt like those questions were as difficult, if not more difficult than the practice tests.
Overall, my quant score was probably in line with what I should have expected, and my verbal was a little under where it should have been. I am going to take the test again before the R2 due dates and would appreciate any tips on how to get my quant score up in the next 30 days.
My prep and practice tests are below:
MGMAT CAT 1 8/24/2010 (no prep) Q31 (31%) V36 (80%) 560 (57%)
MGMAT CAT 2 9/26/2010 (took it late at night) Q37 (52%) V34 (72%) 590 (67%)
MGMAT CAT 3 10/17/2010 Q32 (35%) V45 (99%) 620 (76%)
MGMAT CAT 4 11/7/2010 Q44 (73%) V 45 (99%) 720 (96%)
(took at work, not a good idea) MGMAT CAT 5 11/9/2010 Q31 (31%) V 40 (91%) 590 (67%)
GMAT Prep 680 lost my raw scores but the quant was in the high 50% range and the verbal was 98%
GMAT Prep 640 (took this one two days before the test. Wouldn't recommend it)
Prep
I took the MGMAT classes but missed quite a few for work.
All the MGMAT math books, didn't crack the verbal books
OG 12 - I used the OG tracker that MGMAT just put out and its awesome. Highly recommended. Didn't finish all of the OG but wished I had
Bought the Beat the GMAT questions a couple days before the test. The math is great; the verbal was kind of weird. Many don't feel like GMAT questions, and if you just select verbal the program spits out reading comp after reading comp question, it needs to be more varied, I got fatigued with all of the reading.
I would love some feedback on how I can improve my quant score, clearly not my strong suit. Right now I am planning on completing the OG and using the GMAT prep materials and the beat the GMAT questions.
Lajohnson2200
White Female
Native Speaker
Finance Major
5 years work exp
Currently work on the buyside
I took the test Thursday, November 18th and therefore missed the experimental questions (thank goodness). In terms of difficulty, the math portion was literally exactly like the GMAT prep tests (although it seemed like there were far more number properties DS questions than anything else; really, like an inordinate amount).
I'll give a bit more detail on the verbal since I know that's what most people on this forum are interested in. I am one of those people that never really studied verbal except for doing some questions from the OG here and there to break up my 9 hour long math sessions. However, I wish I would have prepped a little bit more for the sentence correction portion because I think that's where I got dinged. I felt that the critical reasoning and reading comprehension were much easier than the MGMAT or GMAT prep tests. In fact, one of the reading comprehension passages was so easy it freaked me out a little, short, and easy subject matter. The sentence correction was always where I was a bit weak and I felt like those questions were as difficult, if not more difficult than the practice tests.
Overall, my quant score was probably in line with what I should have expected, and my verbal was a little under where it should have been. I am going to take the test again before the R2 due dates and would appreciate any tips on how to get my quant score up in the next 30 days.
My prep and practice tests are below:
MGMAT CAT 1 8/24/2010 (no prep) Q31 (31%) V36 (80%) 560 (57%)
MGMAT CAT 2 9/26/2010 (took it late at night) Q37 (52%) V34 (72%) 590 (67%)
MGMAT CAT 3 10/17/2010 Q32 (35%) V45 (99%) 620 (76%)
MGMAT CAT 4 11/7/2010 Q44 (73%) V 45 (99%) 720 (96%)
(took at work, not a good idea) MGMAT CAT 5 11/9/2010 Q31 (31%) V 40 (91%) 590 (67%)
GMAT Prep 680 lost my raw scores but the quant was in the high 50% range and the verbal was 98%
GMAT Prep 640 (took this one two days before the test. Wouldn't recommend it)
Prep
I took the MGMAT classes but missed quite a few for work.
All the MGMAT math books, didn't crack the verbal books
OG 12 - I used the OG tracker that MGMAT just put out and its awesome. Highly recommended. Didn't finish all of the OG but wished I had
Bought the Beat the GMAT questions a couple days before the test. The math is great; the verbal was kind of weird. Many don't feel like GMAT questions, and if you just select verbal the program spits out reading comp after reading comp question, it needs to be more varied, I got fatigued with all of the reading.
I would love some feedback on how I can improve my quant score, clearly not my strong suit. Right now I am planning on completing the OG and using the GMAT prep materials and the beat the GMAT questions.
Lajohnson2200
