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FC wrote:Sorry for my honest response, but nobody can claim that he or she is able to increase from 610 to 750. There are a lot of posts like this one and I believe sometimes it is better to get a "slap on the face". To say that you can increase such a great amount of points, first of all you must prepare yourself to score 750+ on practice tests. Otherwise you will continue to fool yourself. It is a waste of time, money and chance to get admitted into a top MBA program if you take the GMAT without decent preparation and, most important, without any score on the GMATPREP. I hope I have enlightened something for you.

money9111 wrote:I would like to know if you were scoring in the 700+ range on your CAT exams. If this is the case then there is another issue that we all need to tackle to figure out how you can have those scores translate to the actual test environment.

Also... depending on where you're thinking about applying, do you really need that 700+ score? I'm trying to think of this from the perspective of the adcom and not as someone who is aiming for that higher score. They're going to see over a 2 year period... [490, Canceled, 540, 610] - yes they will see that you canceled your score. If a 610 falls within the 20-80% score range for the school.. then you're set.

money9111 wrote:Given that information I will say the following...

If this were the future and we were all looking back and saw that you scored a 750 on the exam in your 5th try... we would all congratulate you and not think too much of it.

If you say that you have a normal profile... then I don't think that a 750 on your 5th try will get you that admit into your dream school. There are extenuating circumstances of course...

What I would do in your situation is... focus my time on the rest of my application and try to accomplish something that would set you apart.

Honestly... if you have a normal profile and a 750... you're still very normal in the applicant pool... but keep in mind I don't know what your dream school is, but if you need a 750+ to get into it.. then it must be 1 or 2 in the world, (and even those you don't NEED a 750)

money9111 wrote:mehravikas I assume you're going to take the exam again right? maybe your nerves got to you... one thing they've said in my MGMAT class introduction is to plan on taking the exam twice from the get go. I think people underestimate how nervous they become during the exam. if you know that you're going to take the exam twice, then it kind of relieves the tension off the first one, subsequently making you more relaxed.

since your first exam is over, I wouldn't worry too much about it now since you can't change it. just prepare for the next sitting