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2007 April 9th, 10:57 AM

Hi guys,

I managed to score 660 on my first attempt, though was aiming for 700.
On the plus side, I scored 6.0 on my AWA. Do you think this is enough to get me into INSEAD?

sunslinger.

jordan23VT · 2007 April 9th, 01:11 PM

sunslinger, it really depends on the rest of your profile...i would ask gmatbong as he is an expert on admissions.

can you please debrief on the test...?

can you compare the difficulty of the real gmat quant/verbal to the OG, Gmatprep and sets if you did them?

thanks

2007 April 9th, 03:10 PM

Hi ShakeVT,

Sorry about that. Here's a breakdown of my score:

Quantitative - 44/73%
Verbal - 35/76%
AWA - 6/95%

These are my official scores after preparing for the GMAT in relatively a month's time. I've always thought my quantitative would do better than verbal, so this really came a surprise for me.

jordan23VT · 2007 April 9th, 06:47 PM

can you compare difficulty b/w practice material and the real gmat?

Pinola · 2007 April 10th, 06:07 AM

650 - 670 is the deciding level to me as well.

One of my friend got 720 in the 2nd time from 590 in the 1st time. He claimed that he didn't "feel" that the know more in the 2nd time than in the 1st time.

2007 April 10th, 03:01 PM

I only had OG (all three) to practise. I found it to be pretty OK, in the sense that for every 40 questions, I normally score around 88-90+%. I'm weak in verbal and did pretty badly during practice. Nevertheless, during the actual GMAT, i felt that the quantitative was pretty all right for the first 10. After that, I got stuck more often and wasted some time tackling more questions. I think I even had to quick-guess one or two of them.

Other than that, I didn't have any other reference materials and I did it all in about a month's time. Pretty rushed, I'll admit, but thought that it was pretty all right, given that work is going to be hectic for the whole of this year and I took the GMAT during one of the less-demanding periods.

jaybird · 2007 April 17th, 08:41 PM

650 is definitely good enough to get into the top 10. I was accepted to NYU this year with that score. I'm going to retake the GMAT nonetheless. I'm shooting for 700 or better.

2007 April 18th, 11:21 AM

Thanks Jaybird!

Your success is indeed inspirational to me! And congratulations on being accepted to NYU!

Regards,
sunslinger.

VGMAT700 · 2007 April 19th, 02:17 AM

I received the same score breakdown as you but got a 650. How is that possible?

2007 April 9th, 10:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
sunslinger Posts: n/a	660 - Is this enough? Hi guys, I managed to score 660 on my first attempt, though was aiming for 700. On the plus side, I scored 6.0 on my AWA. Do you think this is enough to get me into INSEAD? sunslinger.

2007 April 9th, 03:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
sunslinger Posts: n/a	660 (q44, V35) Hi ShakeVT, Sorry about that. Here's a breakdown of my score: Quantitative - 44/73% Verbal - 35/76% AWA - 6/95% These are my official scores after preparing for the GMAT in relatively a month's time. I've always thought my quantitative would do better than verbal, so this really came a surprise for me.

2007 April 19th, 02:17 AM	#9 (permalink)
VGMAT700 I JUST got here. Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 7	strange I received the same score breakdown as you but got a 650. How is that possible?

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2007 April 9th, 01:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
jordan23VT Within my grasp! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 277	sunslinger, it really depends on the rest of your profile...i would ask gmatbong as he is an expert on admissions. can you please debrief on the test...? can you compare the difficulty of the real gmat quant/verbal to the OG, Gmatprep and sets if you did them? thanks

2007 April 9th, 06:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
jordan23VT Within my grasp! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 277	can you compare difficulty b/w practice material and the real gmat?

2007 April 10th, 06:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
Pinola Within my grasp! Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 109	650 - 670 is the deciding level to me as well. One of my friend got 720 in the 2nd time from 590 in the 1st time. He claimed that he didn't "feel" that the know more in the 2nd time than in the 1st time.

2007 April 10th, 03:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
sunslinger Posts: n/a	I only had OG (all three) to practise. I found it to be pretty OK, in the sense that for every 40 questions, I normally score around 88-90+%. I'm weak in verbal and did pretty badly during practice. Nevertheless, during the actual GMAT, i felt that the quantitative was pretty all right for the first 10. After that, I got stuck more often and wasted some time tackling more questions. I think I even had to quick-guess one or two of them. Other than that, I didn't have any other reference materials and I did it all in about a month's time. Pretty rushed, I'll admit, but thought that it was pretty all right, given that work is going to be hectic for the whole of this year and I took the GMAT during one of the less-demanding periods.

2007 April 17th, 08:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
jaybird Within my grasp! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 320	650 is definitely good enough to get into the top 10. I was accepted to NYU this year with that score. I'm going to retake the GMAT nonetheless. I'm shooting for 700 or better.

2007 April 18th, 11:21 AM	#8 (permalink)
sunslinger Posts: n/a	Thanks Jaybird! Your success is indeed inspirational to me! And congratulations on being accepted to NYU! Regards, sunslinger.

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