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GMAT Retake

by qwerty12321 » Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:33 pm
Hi

I just gave the GMAT yesterday and my score dropped from 680 to 650.

Should I give the GMAT again in a month's time or should I wait and give it in May-June next year?

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by [email protected] » Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:31 am
Hi qwerty12321,

Can you provide a bit more information about your Test and plans:

1) What were your Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for your Official GMAT?
2) What schools are you planning to apply to? And when?
3) How were you scoring on your practice CATs?

While they may look like scores that are quite different from one another, a 650 is "in range" of a 680. A 650 is right around the 80th percentile, so it's a solid performance. It could be that you don't need to retest.

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by qwerty12321 » Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:18 pm
Hi Rich

Before the GMAT I was scored a 670,650,680 in MGMAT tests and 740,740 in GMATPrep 1 and 2.

I scored less in verbal, even lesser than my previous GMAT score.

Can you suggest me what to do?

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by [email protected] » Wed Jul 30, 2014 10:28 pm
Hi qwerty12321,

Before I can offer any suggestions, I'm still going to need exact answers to my prior questions. Knowing your overall scores is not enough information.

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by qwerty12321 » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:37 pm
Hi Rich

My scores were:
GMAT 1: 680 (Q49, V34)
GMAT 2: 650 (Q50, V28)

I plan to apply to Harvard, MIT, Yale, Stanford, Duke and Kellogg before R2.

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by [email protected] » Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:20 pm
HI qwerty12321,

I need to know your complete CAT scores too.

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