Hello, think after sixth attempt, gmat finally beat me! very frustrating..As my gmat story is very long I would extend on my last 2 attempts.
For the last two attempts it seemed that I was perfectly ready. Year ago, just before my fifth attempt, as I was done with all the tests and I really did them well, I purchased Manhattan gmat tests and scored mainly 700-720, but on test got poor 580! As i am not native English speaker my achiles' heel was verbal, scoring mainly below 30 on real tests. So i started everything from fresh start, did a lot of reading from lsat and gre. Again, before my last exam I was doing fine at home tests, but on final exam, which I took about a month ago, got 680 (q 42 v 41)awa 3.5..it really feels terrible when you end up so close to goal!
Frankly, I thought that i would go for final shot, but I have found very hard to put my heart in it. I really can't decide what to do next? to retake it, or just start my preparation for Toefel. I think that with my age 31, 6 exams in gmat hystory, and highest score 680(with quant. scale score 42 and awa 3.5) I wont have much chance to get at any university in my wish list, which consists of top universities, such as stern, columbia, and etc! I really need some advice from experts, what would you advice-should i go for final shot or continue with my application?
(planNing to apply for 2013 class)
For the last two attempts it seemed that I was perfectly ready. Year ago, just before my fifth attempt, as I was done with all the tests and I really did them well, I purchased Manhattan gmat tests and scored mainly 700-720, but on test got poor 580! As i am not native English speaker my achiles' heel was verbal, scoring mainly below 30 on real tests. So i started everything from fresh start, did a lot of reading from lsat and gre. Again, before my last exam I was doing fine at home tests, but on final exam, which I took about a month ago, got 680 (q 42 v 41)awa 3.5..it really feels terrible when you end up so close to goal!
Frankly, I thought that i would go for final shot, but I have found very hard to put my heart in it. I really can't decide what to do next? to retake it, or just start my preparation for Toefel. I think that with my age 31, 6 exams in gmat hystory, and highest score 680(with quant. scale score 42 and awa 3.5) I wont have much chance to get at any university in my wish list, which consists of top universities, such as stern, columbia, and etc! I really need some advice from experts, what would you advice-should i go for final shot or continue with my application?
(planNing to apply for 2013 class)
