Hi there,
I have my second GMAT scheduled for Monday (3 days from now) but I am still wavering on whether or not to go through with it.
I took it a month ago and scored 720 (Q45 -72% V45 -98%). Overall was 94th%ile. AWA 5.0.
I haven't studied much since then but I felt that the math very extremely hard (relative to my tons of practice) and think it's possible that I can go up a couple Q points just by trying a new set of questions. In other words, I think the 45 score could have just been due to fluke/chance regarding the questions I got. My max is probably 48 though - on a very good day. Realistically I could do 46 or 47.
I'm applying to 3 schools: Harvard, Wharton and Columbia. I had a 3.9 undergrad and have an interesting work background, but none of it has been quant-related (got an A in stats and microeconomics, and a B in precalc, but that's ALL I took). I know they'll be looking for evidence of my quant skills and my 72% is a red flag, but is it a deal-breaker?
Also, I know this is silly but the 5.0 AWA bothers me because my job is in communications and a large part of what I do is writing.
Taking the test won't take away from essays at this point...I'm just weighing it against the chance that I might go down (on Wharton's app you need to report all scores). Is it worth the risk to get a 77% or so percentile in quant?
Thanks!
I have my second GMAT scheduled for Monday (3 days from now) but I am still wavering on whether or not to go through with it.
I took it a month ago and scored 720 (Q45 -72% V45 -98%). Overall was 94th%ile. AWA 5.0.
I haven't studied much since then but I felt that the math very extremely hard (relative to my tons of practice) and think it's possible that I can go up a couple Q points just by trying a new set of questions. In other words, I think the 45 score could have just been due to fluke/chance regarding the questions I got. My max is probably 48 though - on a very good day. Realistically I could do 46 or 47.
I'm applying to 3 schools: Harvard, Wharton and Columbia. I had a 3.9 undergrad and have an interesting work background, but none of it has been quant-related (got an A in stats and microeconomics, and a B in precalc, but that's ALL I took). I know they'll be looking for evidence of my quant skills and my 72% is a red flag, but is it a deal-breaker?
Also, I know this is silly but the 5.0 AWA bothers me because my job is in communications and a large part of what I do is writing.
Taking the test won't take away from essays at this point...I'm just weighing it against the chance that I might go down (on Wharton's app you need to report all scores). Is it worth the risk to get a 77% or so percentile in quant?
Thanks!
