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Mbecerra106
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Hello!
I just joined this forum a few days ago and this is my first post. I've been studying for the GMAT for several months. Since I'm not a native Engish speaker I focused on the verbal section of the exam. Unfortunately, because of my job I just have time to study on weekends so I started my preparation at the end of 2010. Three months ago I finally decided to start my prep for the Quant Section (I think I understimated it.. and it was a huge mistake) and scheduled my test for December 2nd. I spent the last month reviewing math concepts and two weeks before the tests I decided to take the GMATPrep exams and got the following scores:
GMAT Prep 1: 680 (44Q 38V)
GMAT Prep 2: 690 (43Q 41V)
Although I was not that happy with those scores (I was looking for a 700 or 710), I was pretty sure that I could be able to get at least a decent score (like the ones from my GMAT Prep tests). However, after finishing the exam I was really surprised when my score showed up.. a dissapointing 620 (42Q 33V). I was shocked.. I couldn't believe that I dropped more than 5 points in verbal!
I'm planning to apply on the January round to some schools (top 20 - 30) so I'm going to retake the exam on January 3rd. I'm a little bit scared because I'm not sure about what happened. Should I trust GMAT Prep scores? Are they usually accurate indicators of your performance on the real test?
I know that I'll have to improve my quant score (42 is also pretty dissapointing..) but it was always my main weakness.. but now I'm scared about the verbal section, I never expected to get such a low score in that section.
Do you think it would be possible to improve my quant to 46-47 in one month? What do you think about my verbal scores (GMAT Prep and real test)?
Thank you in advance for your advice!
I just joined this forum a few days ago and this is my first post. I've been studying for the GMAT for several months. Since I'm not a native Engish speaker I focused on the verbal section of the exam. Unfortunately, because of my job I just have time to study on weekends so I started my preparation at the end of 2010. Three months ago I finally decided to start my prep for the Quant Section (I think I understimated it.. and it was a huge mistake) and scheduled my test for December 2nd. I spent the last month reviewing math concepts and two weeks before the tests I decided to take the GMATPrep exams and got the following scores:
GMAT Prep 1: 680 (44Q 38V)
GMAT Prep 2: 690 (43Q 41V)
Although I was not that happy with those scores (I was looking for a 700 or 710), I was pretty sure that I could be able to get at least a decent score (like the ones from my GMAT Prep tests). However, after finishing the exam I was really surprised when my score showed up.. a dissapointing 620 (42Q 33V). I was shocked.. I couldn't believe that I dropped more than 5 points in verbal!
I'm planning to apply on the January round to some schools (top 20 - 30) so I'm going to retake the exam on January 3rd. I'm a little bit scared because I'm not sure about what happened. Should I trust GMAT Prep scores? Are they usually accurate indicators of your performance on the real test?
I know that I'll have to improve my quant score (42 is also pretty dissapointing..) but it was always my main weakness.. but now I'm scared about the verbal section, I never expected to get such a low score in that section.
Do you think it would be possible to improve my quant to 46-47 in one month? What do you think about my verbal scores (GMAT Prep and real test)?
Thank you in advance for your advice!
