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GeneK · 2009 June 27th, 11:44 PM

Hi,

I read this forum before the exam and got lots of useful info - thanks to everybody for sharing your experience.

I took my test yesterday (June 26) and my unofficial score is 690.

I am a little disappointed as I planned to get above 700... I know partially what went wrong - I found the quant section to be easy and in the middle of it I, for whatever reason (maybe because of stress), decided that it looks so easy because I am missing something in the questions. So, I started to spend a LOT of time double checking EVERY answer (even the super easy ones). This paranoia cost me 3 last questions as I ran out of time (in practice tests I would finish 37 much tougher questions with 5 min left). I am not sure if this explains 45 on quant, but I blame this 3 last questions for low score (I had to guess them very fast and I am horrible at guessing). This is not an excuse because everybody who takes GMAT is in similar position and has to cope with their own anxiety. So, I believe I did the best I could at that time.

About Studies:
I started to study on May 8 and averaged 3 hours per day until June. Then I got some unrelated problems to deal with in June and my practice was on and off this month (I would study for 2 hours one day and then skip 2 days).

- I solved all quant problems in OG 12 (I actually started from the last question and worked my way to the beginning. After I work on harder questions, the questions from the middle to first one looked very easy)
- Solved all problems in the OG Quantitative Review
- Finished Kaplan's GMAT 800
- Completed all the math questions, studied AWA and completed 2 practice tests in Barron's GMAT

Does anyone know if this is the score that I am going to have or it may change once my AWA essays are rated?

I am planning to apply to INSEAD or IMD and I am not sure if this score is high enough for me to be considered by those schools... Does anyone knows somebody who got admitted into those schools? I wonder what my chances are based on the GMAT (for now I am not planning to retake it).

Thanks for the help to those who took the test and posted comments and good luck to those who is planning to take it!

2009 June 27th, 11:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
GeneK I JUST got here. Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 8	690 (q:45 v:39) June 26, 2009 - 88% Hi, I read this forum before the exam and got lots of useful info - thanks to everybody for sharing your experience. I took my test yesterday (June 26) and my unofficial score is 690. I am a little disappointed as I planned to get above 700... I know partially what went wrong - I found the quant section to be easy and in the middle of it I, for whatever reason (maybe because of stress), decided that it looks so easy because I am missing something in the questions. So, I started to spend a LOT of time double checking EVERY answer (even the super easy ones). This paranoia cost me 3 last questions as I ran out of time (in practice tests I would finish 37 much tougher questions with 5 min left). I am not sure if this explains 45 on quant, but I blame this 3 last questions for low score (I had to guess them very fast and I am horrible at guessing). This is not an excuse because everybody who takes GMAT is in similar position and has to cope with their own anxiety. So, I believe I did the best I could at that time. About Studies: I started to study on May 8 and averaged 3 hours per day until June. Then I got some unrelated problems to deal with in June and my practice was on and off this month (I would study for 2 hours one day and then skip 2 days). - I solved all quant problems in OG 12 (I actually started from the last question and worked my way to the beginning. After I work on harder questions, the questions from the middle to first one looked very easy) - Solved all problems in the OG Quantitative Review - Finished Kaplan's GMAT 800 - Completed all the math questions, studied AWA and completed 2 practice tests in Barron's GMAT Does anyone know if this is the score that I am going to have or it may change once my AWA essays are rated? I am planning to apply to INSEAD or IMD and I am not sure if this score is high enough for me to be considered by those schools... Does anyone knows somebody who got admitted into those schools? I wonder what my chances are based on the GMAT (for now I am not planning to retake it). Thanks for the help to those who took the test and posted comments and good luck to those who is planning to take it! Last edited by GeneK : 2009 June 28th at 03:11 PM.