Big Improvement from 510 --> 620!

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Big Improvement from 510 --> 620!

by 510_At_It_Again » Sat May 16, 2009 1:50 pm
I took the GMAT again this morning and I improved my score a lot! The first time I had issues with the testing center and anxiety got the best of me. This time I paced myself much better using the question# 10/55th minute, 20/35, 30/15. This helped me out a lot especially with keeping me calm. I always knew that nerves would be the most difficult thing for me to manage so I was very disappointed when I took the GMAT the first time and didn't do as well as I thought I could have.

I also took advantage of the breaks and to relax and refocus. That was all I did different this time around. I didn't devote a lot of additional studying between the last test and this one, b/c I just wasn't able to. I am considering taking it one last time and studying like its the first time around just to see if I can OFFICIALLY BEAT THE GMAT!

March 2009
Q 29
V 31
510

May 2009
Q42
V35
620
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by myohmy » Sat May 16, 2009 6:19 pm
Congratulations on the fantastic improvement! Hopefully I will be joining you in the score-improvement-with-retake club when I sit for the exam.

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by aj5105 » Sat May 16, 2009 7:20 pm
Indeed a big improvement! Congratulations.

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by hk » Mon May 18, 2009 6:58 am
Thats brilliant improvement especially in Quant. I say you beat the gmat.

620 is a pretty decent score. Many top 50 ranked schools have their 80% intake gmat scores ranging from 600. And most schools would definitely agree that anything above 600 is definitely a good score.

COngratulations.
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