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mohan.ankur
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Dear All
This is my first post here. I am an MBA and need to take GMAT for a Good PHD program.
I am like in my MId 30s with considerable business management experience. The problem is I am completely out of touch with maths and english (the kind which is asked in GMAT) for a long time.
Because the deadline of one of the university I was approaching i decided to take the GMAT with very limited preparation (Less than 3 Days). I came across this video course magoosh.com and went through only the Quant problems and practices a bit (about 400 Questions in various topics for Quant).
Unfortunately, when i gave my test yesterday i got 550. Quant - Scaled Score - 38, 48 Percentile, Verbal - 27, 43 Percentile.
I have the following questions, and would highly appreciate if anyone can throw some light on the my score and how do I prepare for the retake on the basis of the score above.
My target is 700+ at least.
1) After how many days, months i should retake the test. Ideally i want to do this in a month. Do you think that may be enough.
2) On the basis of the core above, if i work a bit more on the Verbal (I did not do any verbal prep before thing this exam) can i increase my score by 100?
3) What should be the best strategy more verbal or more maths?
4) when they say Scaled score of 38, what does that mean? i Mean in terms of % how many questions i got right?
5) I am in the process of accumulating material now for a retake. On the basis of scores above any specific suggestions?
Many Thanks for your help.
Ankur
This is my first post here. I am an MBA and need to take GMAT for a Good PHD program.
I am like in my MId 30s with considerable business management experience. The problem is I am completely out of touch with maths and english (the kind which is asked in GMAT) for a long time.
Because the deadline of one of the university I was approaching i decided to take the GMAT with very limited preparation (Less than 3 Days). I came across this video course magoosh.com and went through only the Quant problems and practices a bit (about 400 Questions in various topics for Quant).
Unfortunately, when i gave my test yesterday i got 550. Quant - Scaled Score - 38, 48 Percentile, Verbal - 27, 43 Percentile.
I have the following questions, and would highly appreciate if anyone can throw some light on the my score and how do I prepare for the retake on the basis of the score above.
My target is 700+ at least.
1) After how many days, months i should retake the test. Ideally i want to do this in a month. Do you think that may be enough.
2) On the basis of the core above, if i work a bit more on the Verbal (I did not do any verbal prep before thing this exam) can i increase my score by 100?
3) What should be the best strategy more verbal or more maths?
4) when they say Scaled score of 38, what does that mean? i Mean in terms of % how many questions i got right?
5) I am in the process of accumulating material now for a retake. On the basis of scores above any specific suggestions?
Many Thanks for your help.
Ankur
The earlier you identify your strengths/weakness and work on them the right way the quicker results will be. If you have timing issues then the problem lies in the fundamentals as well as your strategy. You have find these on your own. If you are comfortable with the basics then you work out a timing strategy that will suit your needs, its important to understand the GMAT algorithm. You can't get everything right, the algorithm throws you a more difficult question once you solve one, you have to guess few questions at some point of time. So spread those guesses evenly. Say keep a mark like for 20 mins you should have finished 10 questions, if not skip the rest and move on. This is one i follow.
