Hi all,
I sat my second attempt at the GMAT earlier and scored a 720 (Q44V45 with 8 for IR). This was an improvement on my first attempt three months ago (690 - Q39V45) but feeling deflated because the imbalance is still there.
As an arts graduate aiming to apply to top 10 programmes this year, I feel the quant side will be especially important for my profile, so still disappointed with 44. I've been scoring 80th percentile quant in GMAT Prep tests and there were a couple of questions today that I knew were within my reach but which I fluffed. I therefore plan to retake next month to push higher in quant.
I'd really value people's thoughts on the following questions:
1) Does retaking sound like a good decision in my case?
2) Should I book in for the next available date (e.g. 31 days) or would people recommend I leave it longer than a month? I want to leave enough time to write strong essays but still have a month or two to play with.
3) What's the max number of times I should be thinking about retaking, purely in terms of the message I send to the schools? For instance, if I score, say, 65th percentile next time, I'll probably be tempted to take it a fourth time! If I took it a fourth time, would that go down badly with adcoms or would it be worth it if I got to say 80th percentile?
Thanks in advance for your help!
I sat my second attempt at the GMAT earlier and scored a 720 (Q44V45 with 8 for IR). This was an improvement on my first attempt three months ago (690 - Q39V45) but feeling deflated because the imbalance is still there.
As an arts graduate aiming to apply to top 10 programmes this year, I feel the quant side will be especially important for my profile, so still disappointed with 44. I've been scoring 80th percentile quant in GMAT Prep tests and there were a couple of questions today that I knew were within my reach but which I fluffed. I therefore plan to retake next month to push higher in quant.
I'd really value people's thoughts on the following questions:
1) Does retaking sound like a good decision in my case?
2) Should I book in for the next available date (e.g. 31 days) or would people recommend I leave it longer than a month? I want to leave enough time to write strong essays but still have a month or two to play with.
3) What's the max number of times I should be thinking about retaking, purely in terms of the message I send to the schools? For instance, if I score, say, 65th percentile next time, I'll probably be tempted to take it a fourth time! If I took it a fourth time, would that go down badly with adcoms or would it be worth it if I got to say 80th percentile?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Last edited by adamw on Thu May 07, 2015 12:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.
