Got beat by the gmat:) again

[elizabethsmith909]

Ok! I really don't want to tell anyone my score, but here is how it went down. All I need is a 450 on the gmat. The first time I took it I really did not study at all and made what I needed in the verbal section, and did bad in the quant. section. This time I improved my quant. score by 6 points and my verbal score went down by 6 points. If I would have maintained my verbal score I would have gotton a 450. I just don't understand why my verbal score dropped so low. I did get nervous during the test and I ran out of time on the verbal section and had to guess on the last six questions. Do colleges take the highest section scores from each test or do they take the highest total score from each test.

[VP_Jim]

Sorry to hear about your drop in verbal. On a personal note, the day I got my highest math score ever, I inexplicably dropped 7 percentiles in verbal. Maybe just a bad batch of questions...

Anyway, usually schools will look at your highest score, but it varies from program to program. You should probably call the schools you're most interested in to find out their policies.