I just Beat The GMAT!

Hello to the awesome folks on this forum and a big thanks to the people who run this site!

I finally took my GMAT today and scored a 750 (Q50, V41).

Although this is the first time I am posting on this site, I have benefitted tremendously from reading the postings here.

I am hoping to post my "detailed brief" (isn't that an oxymoron?) some time soon, but wanted to say something about the exam itself. GMAT is the best exam I have ever taken. The quality of the questions, both in quant and verbal, left me speechless and humbled. I can't say the same about the other preparation tests that I took (apart from GMATPrep) before that exam. I didn't see a question on the GMAT quant that would have taken anyone with average IQ more than 2 minutes to solve if they knew how to solve it. In contrast, the prep tests had quite a few questions that didn't meet that criterion.

Even though Manhattan GMAT has really good tests and I will still recommend them, I didn't find the scores representative of the true score at all. In my case to my utter frustration, I didn't score more than 670 in any MGMAT (took only three). In effect I scored at least +80 in the real GMAT. I do generally perform better under pressure, but that can't explain a minimum difference of 80 points.

In my judgement, if you are able to score above 650 in MGMAT tests, you are well set for 700+ score, just make sure you don't slip up on G day.

@MrinalB!

Congrats on the good score!!

Great score!

Looking forward to your debrief

Congratulations on an excellent score. By the way I read on the Manhattan site I think but is it true that our score level increases more if we strive for a better score in verbal (since most people are generally stronger in quant)?

congrats !

wow, that sure is an awesome score, congrats!!!!

wish you the best of luck on your apps!

Indeed a great score - Mrinal!!

well done!

MrinalB congrats on an excellent score! What were your MGMAT scores like (with Q/V breakdown, if possible)? I too have found MGMAT scores to be somewhat lacking, just want to see if I should be worrying a little lesser

Thanks again

congrats - I fully agree with the MGMAT comments. I scored a 750 as well ..... my highest MGMAT score was 680 (excluding repeats where I saw quite a few repeat questions)

In hindsight, I would say that CATs should be used to:
a) build stamina and get used to test experience
b) identify areas of weakness (i.e. use them as diagnostic tools .. not predictive ones)
c) MGMAT has one huge advantage: even though the test scores don't do well on prediction (at least in mine and your case) they are consistent. What this allows you to do is compare one test against an earlier one to see which areas you have improved in. They also have great analysis tools

Date / CAT Source / Total Score / V Score / V% / Q Score / Q%
Nov-07 Kaplan Free CAT 600 (no V / Q split)
Nov-07 MGMAT CAT 600 V32/64% Q42/63%
Apr-08 GMAC CAT 1 640 V38/83% Q39/55%
Apr-08 MGMAT CAT 600 V32/64% Q41/61%
Aug-08 VP CAT 730 V42/95% Q54/99%
Aug-08 MGMATCAT 640 V39/87% Q38/53%
Aug-08 MGMAT CAT 670 V38/83% Q43/68%
Aug-08 GMAC CAT 2 740 V47/99% Q45/75%
Aug-08 MGMAT CAT 610 V38/83% Q35/42%
Aug-08 MGMAT CAT 580 V45/98% Q28/24%
Aug-08 GMAC CAT (repeat)skipped test portionskipped/skipped 45/75%
Aug-08 MGMAT CAT (repeat)68036/78%47/79%
Aug-08 GMAC CAT (repeat)70045/98%41/61%
Aug-08 MGMAT (repeat)skipped test portion37/81%skipped/skipped
Aug-08 GMAC CAT (repeat)skipped test portionskipped/skipped 47/79%
Aug-08 MGMAT (repeat)71038/83%48/84%
Sep-08 MGMAT (repeat)skipped test portion44/97%skipped/skipped
Sep-08 GMAC CAT (repeat)skipped test portionskipped/skipped 49/88%

[quote="LSB"]congrats - I fully agree with the MGMAT comments. I scored a 750 as well ..... my highest MGMAT score was 680 (excluding repeats where I saw quite a few repeat questions)

In hindsight, I would say that CATs should be used to:
a) build stamina and get used to test experience
b) identify areas of weakness (i.e. use them as diagnostic tools .. not predictive ones)
c) MGMAT has one huge advantage: even though the test scores don't do well on prediction (at least in mine and your case) they are consistent. What this allows you to do is compare one test against an earlier one to see which areas you have improved in. They also have great analysis tools
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Definitely helpful - appreciate you sharing this with us. +1 for you

hi people,

scored 750 today. quant -50, verbal -42

got a lot of material on this site; thanks to all for that. can somebody also give budding gmat test takers advice on how to sleep well the night before the gmat? i had a sleepless night and was worried about 'impairment of cognitive skills'.

ravi