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by salmaan » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:21 am
Just took the GMAT on Saturday, March 27. I really wanted to break that 700 threshold, but fell short at 690 (Q44/V41).

Pacing is always tough. I had a pretty difficult Verbal question that I couldn't wrap my head around. I spent 6 minutes on it, got flustered and moved on. I ended the section with 6 extra minutes, so ideally, I could've spent 12 minutes on this question. I realized the right answer right after the exam, and can't get it out of my head that if I had gotten it right, it may have bumped me up. Of course, it could have been experimental, and I surely can't blame my modest performance on one question anyway.

I know i didn't blow it out of the water, but thanks to everyone here, I learned a lot about the exam. If I knew what I know now, I'm confident I could get about 30-40 pts higher.

I can post my experience here, if anyone is interested...

Scores are as follows:

Kaplan Premier - 630
Kaplan Online Event - 600
GMAT Prep 1 - 720 (Q44/V44)
MGMAT CAT - 660 (but I ran out of time on the Quant)
GMAT Prep 2 - 670 (Q47/V35) -> Improved in math, started to slip on Verbal
GMAT Prep 1 (Round 2) - 720 (Q46/V42)
Actual GMAT - 690 (Q44/V41)
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by harshavardhanc » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:33 am
salmaan wrote:Just took the GMAT on Saturday, March 27. I really wanted to break that 700 threshold, but fell short at 690 (Q44/V41).

Pacing is always tough. I had a pretty difficult Verbal question that I couldn't wrap my head around. I spent 6 minutes on it, got flustered and moved on. I ended the section with 6 extra minutes, so ideally, I could've spent 12 minutes on this question. I realized the right answer right after the exam, and can't get it out of my head that if I had gotten it right, it may have bumped me up. Of course, it could have been experimental, and I surely can't blame my modest performance on one question anyway.

I know i didn't blow it out of the water, but thanks to everyone here, I learned a lot about the exam. If I knew what I know now, I'm confident I could get about 30-40 pts higher.

I can post my experience here, if anyone is interested...

Scores are as follows:

Kaplan Premier - 630
Kaplan Online Event - 600
GMAT Prep 1 - 720 (Q44/V44)
MGMAT CAT - 660 (but I ran out of time on the Quant)
GMAT Prep 2 - 670 (Q47/V35) -> Improved in math, started to slip on Verbal
GMAT Prep 1 (Round 2) - 720 (Q46/V42)
Actual GMAT - 690 (Q44/V41)
Congrats!!!! :) wish you all the best for the application process ahead!
Regards,
Harsha
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by becnil » Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:04 pm
Don't feel too bad !! you did nice. Congratulations !!
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