Hi all, this is my first post but i've been following beatthegmat for awhile. Took the GMAT today in California at a pearson center, this is my second attempt. My first attempt was a 630 (45M, 31V).
In terms of preparation, I've taken a full MGMAT course 2 years ago, and i've also had a private tutor for the past 1.5 months, it's unfortunate with this much paid help I haven't been able to improve my score to my target range =/
My gmatprep scores over the past couple of weeks have been in the high 600s to mid 700s, i believe the order was 690, 680, 730, 720, 770 which sort of gave me the expectation I would score in the high 600s or low 700s. My verbal subscores were 41, 35, 44, 40, 47
Math: started out good, i feel pretty comfortable now with math, don't have a huge number of weaknesses, other than not being able to do the super hard questions, but pretty solid on most 600-700 level questions.
Verbal: felt rushed and a didn't know if i was getting the right answer or not on a lot of scs, for crs thought i was doing pretty well (usually don't miss too many crs). rc is a weakness, got the first passage down, but once i got into the long science / history passage felt completely lost. MOST UNFORTUNATE THING is i really really had to go to the bathroom in the middle of verbal and lost 5 minutes, felt like i had to rush the last 15 questions or so and lsot some accuracy there =/
I'm planning on retaking the test again in a month, any recommendations for good verbal strategies going forward?
thanks everybody.
In terms of preparation, I've taken a full MGMAT course 2 years ago, and i've also had a private tutor for the past 1.5 months, it's unfortunate with this much paid help I haven't been able to improve my score to my target range =/
My gmatprep scores over the past couple of weeks have been in the high 600s to mid 700s, i believe the order was 690, 680, 730, 720, 770 which sort of gave me the expectation I would score in the high 600s or low 700s. My verbal subscores were 41, 35, 44, 40, 47
Math: started out good, i feel pretty comfortable now with math, don't have a huge number of weaknesses, other than not being able to do the super hard questions, but pretty solid on most 600-700 level questions.
Verbal: felt rushed and a didn't know if i was getting the right answer or not on a lot of scs, for crs thought i was doing pretty well (usually don't miss too many crs). rc is a weakness, got the first passage down, but once i got into the long science / history passage felt completely lost. MOST UNFORTUNATE THING is i really really had to go to the bathroom in the middle of verbal and lost 5 minutes, felt like i had to rush the last 15 questions or so and lsot some accuracy there =/
I'm planning on retaking the test again in a month, any recommendations for good verbal strategies going forward?
thanks everybody.
