710, Q47 V40

[sm332]

So I went through my first sitting yesterday. I thought I would do a brief recap.

7-11am:

Wake up at usual time (7:30am) and brush up on some last minute stuff while enjoying some slam bang 20/20 cricket courtesy IPL. I just chilled for the most part. I am from the school of thought which thinks, "˜If you dont know it the day of, you arent learning it then’ and consequently I just enjoyed my Saturday morning.

11am:

I learn that the TTC is on strike, this after 2 weeks of news suggesting that all was well between the corporation and the bargaining unit. Anyhow, I am able to get to the test center by the scheduled time. They inform me that they are running over time and hence my appointment doesnt begin till 12:10 am.

Start of Test:

The AWA is a breeze, or so I felt. The issues were actually not that boring and consequently I found writing about them unburdensome. I finished both essays with about 3-4 minutes in hand, I wrote at a steady pace and didnt find this section of the exam tiring.

1st Break:

Despite itching to call my better half and find out if the Rajasthan Royals defeated the Bangalore boys I refrained. I have heard of instances where people have been "˜failed’ for using mobile technology in between breaks.

Quantitative Section:

I start off decently, but soon enough I find myself getting stuck. There seem to be some question types/structures I havent seen before. I wasted some time on one of the new ones, and consequently was playing catch up the rest of the test. I felt like I did alright when it was all said and done. However, I could certainly not say with any level of confidence that I would hit anything more than 45.

2nd Break:

Get some water and chat up some of my fellow test takers. Most of them seemed to have breezed through their math, which seemed odd to me. Anyways, I quickly get back to the test center, which requires more security than Canadian immigration!!!

Verbal:

The verbal seemed to flow pretty nicely for me and as usual I finished with about 20 minutes to spare. I found some of the reading comprehension sections pretty tough, the sentence correction were easier than expected. I was hoping to see something north of 42 on it.

Drumroll: Score

So after answering some more questions about myself, my interests blah blah. I get the score:

Q - 47 , 81 percentile


V - 40, 89 percentile

Overall score - 710, 93 percentile

Summary:

This is exactly the kind of score I was not looking forward to getting. It has left me in a quandary over whether I should do it once over to try and push the overall score to 760+. Anyhow, I am going to do some other things this weekend and figure out early this week whether I am going to give another run.

[Guest]

can you brief us your previous test parctice scores you took?
I just wanted to get a feel of the correlation between practice tests and the real deal.

BTW. 710 is not a bad score and it also shows the proper balance you have on Q and V.

[sm332]

Sure thing mate ... here it goes:



4/10/2008 CAT GMAC Test #1 42 40 670
4/16/2008 CAT GMAC Test #2 48 35 680
4/18/2008 CAT Kaplan GMAT Test 1 40 34 610
4/19/2008 CAT GMAC Test #1 - Regenerated 49 41 740
4/21/2008 CAT GMAC Test #2 - Regenerated 46 35 660
4/22/2008 CAT ManhattanGMAT Free Online 44 33 640
4/25/2008 CAT GMAC Test #1 - Regenerated 2 50 42 750
4/25/2008 CAT GMAC Test #2 - Regenerated 2 51 42 770
4/26/2008 REAL GMAT 47 40 710

[Guest]

seeing the score, I would definitely recommend you to retake it.
Your verbals looks strong. Just concentrate more on the Qs this time.

I think you are 740+ material. However, I do not know whether 740 matters more than 710. Some people say 700-800 scores are all at the same level.