I'm new to this forum, so I will give a little background information about myself first.
My name is Anthony, I'm a senior at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. I'm majoring in Accounting and will be applying to a few schools for their Masters of Accounting (MAcc) programs to get my 150 credits in order to sit for the CPA exam.
Overall GPA-3.68
Accounting GPA-3.74 (4.0 Intermediate Accounting)
Interned at regional firm in 2011, interning at Big 4 firm in 2012
Letters of Rec from Intermediate accounting professor, and a Partner at the regional firm I interned at
I DESPERATELY want to go to the University of Michigan (Ross) to complete my MAcc. Their website says the average student is admitted with a GMAT score of 670-680.
I went through "Cracking the GMAT" from Princeton Review in a couple days. I found it relatively easy and learned a few simple basic strategies, but nothing worth writing home about. I've always been a good test taker, so I hoped that I would be a "natural" with the GMAT.
After going through the Princeton book (ordered the Official GMAT prep books but have not started using yet), I took a GMATPrep CAT practice test, and scored a 620. I managed a 44 Quant and a 31 Verbal. I realize I need to heavily practice sentence correction, as this is where I got most of my questions wrong on the Verbal.
Should I expect a lot of improvement? I have only been studying for a few days, so this was a relatively preliminary practice test. I knew I would perform better on the Quantitative section, but I wasn't expecting such a large discrepancy in my scores. Can this be fixed, or is the GMAT a kind of "you get it or you don't" test? I want to apply in 4-6 weeks, and I have a lot of time to study and am willing to put in the hours if that will help me improve. My target score was a 700, so this practice test is obviously a big blow to my confidence. I didn't expect to get a 700 at this stage, obviously, but I didn't expect such a low score.
Am I being too hard on myself? Do most people generally improve a lot throughout the course of their preparation? I think my GPA, experience, and letters of recommendation are very strong, so I'm just hoping I can get that 680 that Ross claims is their average.
Any advice or tips would be great! Wonderful, informative site!
My name is Anthony, I'm a senior at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. I'm majoring in Accounting and will be applying to a few schools for their Masters of Accounting (MAcc) programs to get my 150 credits in order to sit for the CPA exam.
Overall GPA-3.68
Accounting GPA-3.74 (4.0 Intermediate Accounting)
Interned at regional firm in 2011, interning at Big 4 firm in 2012
Letters of Rec from Intermediate accounting professor, and a Partner at the regional firm I interned at
I DESPERATELY want to go to the University of Michigan (Ross) to complete my MAcc. Their website says the average student is admitted with a GMAT score of 670-680.
I went through "Cracking the GMAT" from Princeton Review in a couple days. I found it relatively easy and learned a few simple basic strategies, but nothing worth writing home about. I've always been a good test taker, so I hoped that I would be a "natural" with the GMAT.
After going through the Princeton book (ordered the Official GMAT prep books but have not started using yet), I took a GMATPrep CAT practice test, and scored a 620. I managed a 44 Quant and a 31 Verbal. I realize I need to heavily practice sentence correction, as this is where I got most of my questions wrong on the Verbal.
Should I expect a lot of improvement? I have only been studying for a few days, so this was a relatively preliminary practice test. I knew I would perform better on the Quantitative section, but I wasn't expecting such a large discrepancy in my scores. Can this be fixed, or is the GMAT a kind of "you get it or you don't" test? I want to apply in 4-6 weeks, and I have a lot of time to study and am willing to put in the hours if that will help me improve. My target score was a 700, so this practice test is obviously a big blow to my confidence. I didn't expect to get a 700 at this stage, obviously, but I didn't expect such a low score.
Am I being too hard on myself? Do most people generally improve a lot throughout the course of their preparation? I think my GPA, experience, and letters of recommendation are very strong, so I'm just hoping I can get that 680 that Ross claims is their average.
Any advice or tips would be great! Wonderful, informative site!
