Today I gave my gmat and got miserable 590.
1) Jun 2008 : 530 (Q45, V19)
2) Jun 2009 : 590 (Q47, V25)
Practice material used :
Verbal
SC :
OG 10/11 + first 500 from 1000SC + Manhattan SC guide +
half of Kaplan 800
critical reasoning :
OG 10/11 + Powerscore Bible
reading comprehension :
OG 11
Quant
OG 11
Tests given
Kaplan1 : 530
Kaplan2 : 530
GmatPrep1 : 650
GmatPrep2 : 720 (some repeated questions)
What went wrong in verbal section today ?
The biggest factor which killed me today is my speed. I faced an easy reading comprehension passage at 8th question, which I attempted all. But after that I had to randomly click on all of next 2 reading comprehension passage's questions (nearly 8 questions), because of short of time. Even after that I ran out of time at the end and had to randomly answer last 3/4 questions. I don't know if just this is sufficient to bring down my verbal score to 25 ?
Here I am in some confusion. Surprisingly, I did not feel SC and critical reasoning questions were that difficult (although, with the current score, I can assume that I might have chosen few wrong ones), but if I find them easy, why I ran out of time so early ?? I have a mixed feeling here. I am sure, had I been given 20 more mins (which is really too much), I could have scored atleast above V30.
What I am planning to do next ?
Although I know that I can give another try, but I am inclined to join a decent college if get a chance. I have a total of 8 years of experience out of which 3 years are as an entrepreneur and 5 years as a software engineer. Which schools in UK/US/Canada/India can I apply with this score ? Where can I get this information ?