Hey guys,
I cant say ive been a very active member here but thought id share my story and see if you guys have any suggestions/recommendations.
I started studying for GMAT about 4 weeks ago and thought i was making good progress. Coming from a quant background the math was pretty basic but the application was not. So I practiced from OG and from the manhattan books and always did reasonably well, never scoring less than 48. Verbal however was a whole other story. It was so up n down even the week before the test. i did about 4 practice tests the week before n it ranged from 32 to 41. I stayed positive and went in to sit my GMAT today.
The essay went ok. With IR i ran out of time but it went alright overall. Then the real test began, and i was pretty comfortable with the quant section, but the verbal killed me. I spent too much time on one RC passage and i was left with 10 questions n barely 11 minutes on the clock. Then the panic set in n i started losing focus, just picking choices that had the right 'look' over actually going through everything in detail. In hindsight i probably wouldve been better off answering as many as i could thoroughly instead of trying to finish in time.
I knew rushing in the end was gonna come back to haunt me as i was waiting for my score to show up. And there it was 680 (48q, 35v)!!!!!
I know it isnt a terrible score but it is lower than what i was expecting and hoping for. I feel like I should do it in a month again and apply for schools in the second round. I dont know if that is a good idea but my ego just wont let me apply with anything under 700.
I cant say ive been a very active member here but thought id share my story and see if you guys have any suggestions/recommendations.
I started studying for GMAT about 4 weeks ago and thought i was making good progress. Coming from a quant background the math was pretty basic but the application was not. So I practiced from OG and from the manhattan books and always did reasonably well, never scoring less than 48. Verbal however was a whole other story. It was so up n down even the week before the test. i did about 4 practice tests the week before n it ranged from 32 to 41. I stayed positive and went in to sit my GMAT today.
The essay went ok. With IR i ran out of time but it went alright overall. Then the real test began, and i was pretty comfortable with the quant section, but the verbal killed me. I spent too much time on one RC passage and i was left with 10 questions n barely 11 minutes on the clock. Then the panic set in n i started losing focus, just picking choices that had the right 'look' over actually going through everything in detail. In hindsight i probably wouldve been better off answering as many as i could thoroughly instead of trying to finish in time.
I knew rushing in the end was gonna come back to haunt me as i was waiting for my score to show up. And there it was 680 (48q, 35v)!!!!!
I know it isnt a terrible score but it is lower than what i was expecting and hoping for. I feel like I should do it in a month again and apply for schools in the second round. I dont know if that is a good idea but my ego just wont let me apply with anything under 700.
