I GAVE TWO GMAT PREP GOT 660 IN BOTH
GMAT PREP 1 660 Q 47 V 34
GMAT PREP 2 660 Q 49 V31
MGMAT 1 620
MGMAT 2 580
MGMAT3 670
MGMAT 4 700
MGMAT 5 640
MY DREAM SCORE IS 670 +
I WANT SOME GUIDANCE REGARDING ACTUAL GMAT,
MAIN CONCENTRATION ON VERBAL.
MY DOUBT -IN GMAT PREP 1 ---13 INCORRECT V34
IN GMAT PREP 2 ----13 INCORRECT V 31
QUESTION NUMBER WHICH WERE INCORRECT IN VERBAL
GMAT PRE 1--2,5,6,7,8,11,14,16,17,19,27,33,41 V34
GMAT PRE 2--2,5,6,7,12,15,21,23,25,31,34,35,36,38 V 31
WAS THE DROP IN 3 WAS JUST BECAUSE OF CONSEQUETIVE INCORRECT 34,35,35,AND ONE MORE INCORRECT?SO MUCH OF DIFFERENCE?
DOES THE TREND IS SAME IN ACTUAL GMAT ALSO?
HOWEVER THE CATEGORICALLY PERSENTAGE OF CR,SC RC INCORRECT WAS THE SAME.
ANY ADVICE WHETHER TO GO FOR EXAM AFTER ONE WEEK OR WAIT AND PREPARE MORE......
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- StaceyKoprince
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Hi - in general, don't "bump" your post to try to get a reply or you'll just wait even longer. I answer questions once or twice a week and I answer the oldest ones first, so if you "bump" your post to a later date, it will just take longer before I get to it!
Scores are based upon the difficulty levels of the questions you're answering - so the number incorrect does not really matter much (most people get about 60% right regardless of their score).
A long-ish (say, 4+) string of consecutive wrong answers certainly makes a bigger difference than the same number of wrong answers interspersed with right ones, but the primary issue is the difficulty level of the questions and GMATPrep doesn't give you that data, so there's no way to analyze the situation.
Generally speaking, GMATPrep is the closest thing to the real test, but there is a decently wide standard deviation. The real test has a standard deviation of about 30 points and GMATPrep should be about the same (they haven't officially published a SD for GMATPrep, but it's built on the same algorithm as the official test and uses retired official questions). So the 660 you scored means you have a 2/3 chance of scoring in the range 630 to 690 and a 1/3 chance of scoring outside of that range.
It looks like you're right about where you want to be right now, so you could certainly take it next week, though some of my students like to wait until they're scoring a little bit higher than what they hope to get on the real test, just to give them some leeway. You could also take it next week just to see what happens and then take it again if you don't like your first score. The schools don't mind if you take the test twice.
Also, for future, it's fine to use regular upper and lowercase when posting your question. In general, on the Internet, using all capital letters is considered equivalent to shouting in the real world; I'm guessing that wasn't your intention here. :)
Scores are based upon the difficulty levels of the questions you're answering - so the number incorrect does not really matter much (most people get about 60% right regardless of their score).
A long-ish (say, 4+) string of consecutive wrong answers certainly makes a bigger difference than the same number of wrong answers interspersed with right ones, but the primary issue is the difficulty level of the questions and GMATPrep doesn't give you that data, so there's no way to analyze the situation.
Generally speaking, GMATPrep is the closest thing to the real test, but there is a decently wide standard deviation. The real test has a standard deviation of about 30 points and GMATPrep should be about the same (they haven't officially published a SD for GMATPrep, but it's built on the same algorithm as the official test and uses retired official questions). So the 660 you scored means you have a 2/3 chance of scoring in the range 630 to 690 and a 1/3 chance of scoring outside of that range.
It looks like you're right about where you want to be right now, so you could certainly take it next week, though some of my students like to wait until they're scoring a little bit higher than what they hope to get on the real test, just to give them some leeway. You could also take it next week just to see what happens and then take it again if you don't like your first score. The schools don't mind if you take the test twice.
Also, for future, it's fine to use regular upper and lowercase when posting your question. In general, on the Internet, using all capital letters is considered equivalent to shouting in the real world; I'm guessing that wasn't your intention here. :)
Stacey Koprince
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Director, Content & Curriculum
ManhattanPrep
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Director, Content & Curriculum
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got 610 q 47 v27. i didnt skip at end of the test.i was very much comfertable no nervousness nothing.i plan to give gmat again,but i have totaly exhausted my gmat prep,so dont know how to go about,plus i have one more question ,even if i get score of 650 i would be at a better place for the universities i am going to apply .i just want these 40 points .plz suggest stacey. i have two option either give my exam after one month and apply with hopefully a better score or to be on a safer side aith for 3 to 4 month and then give gmat.will my three attemps will give a bad impression on adcom?
- StaceyKoprince
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Most schools don't mind up to three tests, though each school can decide for itself, so you should ask the schools to which you plan to apply. You can also ask in the Admissions Consulting thread (make sure to mention the specific names of the schools). You can also ask the Admissions Consultants how much of a difference 610 to 650 would make for those specific schools.
The other thing to factor into the decision, obviously, is when you plan to apply (in terms of deadlines you have to meet).
IN terms of how to prep, if you don't yet have the score that you want, then you aren't done with the Official Guide materials. Getting better is not just about doing problems, it's about analyzing and learning general rules and takeaways from those problems that you can apply to other, similar problems in the future. See this recent post from Ron:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/gma ... t5010.html
In other words, it's about HOW you study, not just the fact that you've done lots of problems. If you haven't been studying in the right way, then you didn't learn what you could / should have learned from those problems the first time around.
The other thing to factor into the decision, obviously, is when you plan to apply (in terms of deadlines you have to meet).
IN terms of how to prep, if you don't yet have the score that you want, then you aren't done with the Official Guide materials. Getting better is not just about doing problems, it's about analyzing and learning general rules and takeaways from those problems that you can apply to other, similar problems in the future. See this recent post from Ron:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/gma ... t5010.html
In other words, it's about HOW you study, not just the fact that you've done lots of problems. If you haven't been studying in the right way, then you didn't learn what you could / should have learned from those problems the first time around.
Stacey Koprince
Instructor
Director, Content & Curriculum
ManhattanPrep
Instructor
Director, Content & Curriculum
ManhattanPrep
- StaceyKoprince
- ManhattanGMAT Staff
- Posts: 9360
- Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:05 am
- Location: Montreal
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