Well, I just got out of the test center and I'd have to say I'm pretty disappointed. Ended up with a 640 (Q36 V41).
I'm mostly shocked with my weak quant score. I took every Manhattan GMAT practice test, both GMATPrep tests, and a Princeton Review test and never ended up with a quant score nearly as low as a 36. I think my lowest ever prior to today was a 40, and I usually averaged a 44-48.
I felt like the questions on the test kept hitting my quant weak spots repeatedly and I was in a major rush. Ended up with 20 minutes and around 15 questions left. I know I should have stuck to the 2 minute rule, but I fell in the trap of, "well...if I spend a little more time on this one, I'll get it right..." Verbal, on the other hand, felt like a breeze the whole way through.
Crazy thing is that in the past I've almost always done better on the math parts of standardized tests than the verbal parts. I typically do very well in math classes. I guess the fact that there are so many engineers and the like taking the test that it's a bit tougher to get a high math score on.
I studied:
- All of the Manhattan GMAT Math books, except for Fractions, Decimals, and Percents.
- OG 12 (all problems quant, bit more than half verbal)
Verbal wise, I'm definitely satisfied. Only a few days of studying really helped me improve my scores here. I went from averaging about a 36V to 40+ consistently. I am a native English speaker though, so this obviously helps. I love the fact that the GMAT doesn't test vocabulary, poetry, old English, or anything like that.
A week before the test, I took GMATPrep 2 and got a 750 (Q48, V45). Obviously, this didn't correlate too much with my real score. There were a few repeat questions though from the OG, so I guess that messed things up a bit.
Anyways, that's my debrief. My next plan of action is to study for quant some more and take it again next month. My goal is to get a 680+...not going for an MBA as I'll be a fresh UGrad, but instead a top MS Accounting/Finance program and perhaps later a Ph.D.
I'm mostly shocked with my weak quant score. I took every Manhattan GMAT practice test, both GMATPrep tests, and a Princeton Review test and never ended up with a quant score nearly as low as a 36. I think my lowest ever prior to today was a 40, and I usually averaged a 44-48.
I felt like the questions on the test kept hitting my quant weak spots repeatedly and I was in a major rush. Ended up with 20 minutes and around 15 questions left. I know I should have stuck to the 2 minute rule, but I fell in the trap of, "well...if I spend a little more time on this one, I'll get it right..." Verbal, on the other hand, felt like a breeze the whole way through.
Crazy thing is that in the past I've almost always done better on the math parts of standardized tests than the verbal parts. I typically do very well in math classes. I guess the fact that there are so many engineers and the like taking the test that it's a bit tougher to get a high math score on.
I studied:
- All of the Manhattan GMAT Math books, except for Fractions, Decimals, and Percents.
- OG 12 (all problems quant, bit more than half verbal)
Verbal wise, I'm definitely satisfied. Only a few days of studying really helped me improve my scores here. I went from averaging about a 36V to 40+ consistently. I am a native English speaker though, so this obviously helps. I love the fact that the GMAT doesn't test vocabulary, poetry, old English, or anything like that.
A week before the test, I took GMATPrep 2 and got a 750 (Q48, V45). Obviously, this didn't correlate too much with my real score. There were a few repeat questions though from the OG, so I guess that messed things up a bit.
Anyways, that's my debrief. My next plan of action is to study for quant some more and take it again next month. My goal is to get a 680+...not going for an MBA as I'll be a fresh UGrad, but instead a top MS Accounting/Finance program and perhaps later a Ph.D.
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