Just finished my GMAT and got a 700 (Q49,V35). It is somewhere between not so great and no so bad. Thanks to BTG and all the members who have shared very useful suggestions and information.
The overall score is actually good, though I would have loved to see a 720. However, on the verbal, I am certainly disappointed. Sentence Correction, which was my strength in all the practice tests, was diificult on the real exam and as a result, my timing was all over the place. I struggled to finish the verbal section on time and literally had to pick random answer choices for the last three questions.
On the other hand, Maths was quite easy. I was ahead of time right from the start and because I took it easy in the middle of the section, I ran out of time for the last question. Also, I think I got the 36th one wrong as well. Other than that, it went really well and I have to say, it is way easier than Manhattan GMAT tests.
A quick question - how bad is a V35? I see that a 49-38 split gives a 710 which means, even if I improve Verbal score to 38, my overall score will increase only by 10 but ofcourse the verbal percentile will be a lot better. As of now, even though 700 translates to a 90 percentile, V35 is only 73 percentile and that bothers me.
Will write more on my preparation and practice tests a little later. Need some rest now.
Thanks again.
The overall score is actually good, though I would have loved to see a 720. However, on the verbal, I am certainly disappointed. Sentence Correction, which was my strength in all the practice tests, was diificult on the real exam and as a result, my timing was all over the place. I struggled to finish the verbal section on time and literally had to pick random answer choices for the last three questions.
On the other hand, Maths was quite easy. I was ahead of time right from the start and because I took it easy in the middle of the section, I ran out of time for the last question. Also, I think I got the 36th one wrong as well. Other than that, it went really well and I have to say, it is way easier than Manhattan GMAT tests.
A quick question - how bad is a V35? I see that a 49-38 split gives a 710 which means, even if I improve Verbal score to 38, my overall score will increase only by 10 but ofcourse the verbal percentile will be a lot better. As of now, even though 700 translates to a 90 percentile, V35 is only 73 percentile and that bothers me.
Will write more on my preparation and practice tests a little later. Need some rest now.
Thanks again.
