thirst wrote:I think my profile isn't uncompetitive, nor is it a shoe in for a top 5. More so than having addition to having a higher score possibly giving me the smallest of advantageous, I am mainly retaking the test because I feel like I can do better. I do not plan to elect to have the scores sent to schools. In some ways, I feel like I got beat up, and I feel challenged to tame it. If for nothing else, to improve my math and verbal skills.
You simply can't rule out anxiety.
A better GMAT score doesn't guarantee admission, but it may alleviate some of your anxieties about admission issues. However, 720 is competitive, it is the median score of most schools. So half of the people admitted have lower scores than you. I'd spend more time with my profile and forget GMAT forever.
Whatever you score on your next exam, you'll feel like retaking it, because you'll know that you can do better. Of course you can. But do you have to? Spend those 300 dollars on a weekend in a spa town or go skiing or do whatever pleases you. By retaking GMAT at this point, you'll only make GMAC richer but you won't make yourself feel better. Let go of the GMAT.
Oh, and there will always be some uncertainty about your application, whether it's right or not and whatever score you achieve on GMAT. Yoi have to let it go and see what happens. It's hard but there is no business without risk. Take it and forget GMAT. There's only one thing for sure in life: that handsome guy with the black robes and the scythe in his hand.
Freedom comes when you learn to let go,
Creation comes when you learn to say no.
