Hi,
I took the GMAt today, got 740. I'm a bit surprised by the score... I got Q:47 (77th percentile) and V:45 98th (percentile). I didn't do too well on the quantitative section, screwed up "easy" questions (compared to what I usually do), especially considering my background (business school + finance), so falling in the 77th percentile for Q section seems a bit disappointing. Am I wrong to think so? I'd like to apply to one of the MBAs that have strong quantitative curriculum, will this score be enough to be taken under consideration for one of these schools, or does it make any sense to try to improve my quant score? I'm also surprised by my V score... I'm French and nowhere near bilingual, 2 seconds talking to me would confirm it, so V45 is surprising as well.
Thanks for the advice
I took the GMAt today, got 740. I'm a bit surprised by the score... I got Q:47 (77th percentile) and V:45 98th (percentile). I didn't do too well on the quantitative section, screwed up "easy" questions (compared to what I usually do), especially considering my background (business school + finance), so falling in the 77th percentile for Q section seems a bit disappointing. Am I wrong to think so? I'd like to apply to one of the MBAs that have strong quantitative curriculum, will this score be enough to be taken under consideration for one of these schools, or does it make any sense to try to improve my quant score? I'm also surprised by my V score... I'm French and nowhere near bilingual, 2 seconds talking to me would confirm it, so V45 is surprising as well.
Thanks for the advice
. Got started with Kaplan premier to get an overview, then got working on the OG, then used the 2 Kaplan workbooks (V & Q). Also bought EZ Solutions advanded math workbook, don't buy it, questions poorly written and not feeling "like" GMAT questions, lots of mistakes, almost useless... After finishing Kaplan premier (2 weeks), I did 710 (Kaplan). After that I spent most of my preparation on the quant part, on the verbal part I mostly did sentence corrections to refresh my knowledge of English grammar. I read a lot of english at work, so I didn't think I could improve much on my score in that area (besides learning a few tips). Until the test I did a lot of exercise, after a month did another Kaplan test - got 790, at that point I started to wonder if Kaplan cheats on its CAT so that you feel like you're improving.... So I did the first GMATprep, got 710, which felt more reasonable. 3 days before the test, I took the second GMATpret, got another 790 which made me feel all pumped up for the exam.
