Re: Retake strategy

[JJ32]

Hi Stacey

I have taken the MGMAT online course and completed all the quant questions in the OG 12 book. Verbal I have completed all Sentence correction and about half of reading comprehension and critical reasoning in OG12. My official practise test score was 550 (cant remember break down). I took the real test twice 550 (V58% and Q 39%) and the second time 540 (V47% and Q43%).
My last MGMAT online tests were:
Q 66%, V69% -620
Q70%, V89% - 680
Q70%, V69% - 630
*these tests were taken before the official test
I have applied to one of the top schools and they asked me to retake the GMAT. I have about a month and a half to try and get my Quant and Verbal each above the 70% mark (preferably 75%).
I feel I know most of the material because when I go over the answer I realise that most of the questions I should not have missed.
My questions to you are:
1) How should I approach this retake? Should I just do plenty of official GMAT questions (I use MGMAT OG 12 Quant answers that have really helped my understanding). Switching between Quant (PS and DS) and Verbal (CR, SC, RC).
2) What overrall score does 70% in each section (or 75% in each section) correspond to. I am guessing arong 650? Is it realistic to increase score by 100 points?
3) Any other tips you have would be helpful.

Thanks a lot

[StaceyKoprince]

You took the course, so you're eligible for a free Post-Exam Assessment. This is a phone call with an instructor to figure out what went wrong and come up with a plan to re-take the test - and it's definitely better than getting help this way on the forum. If you haven't already, please send an email to studentservices@manhattangmat.com and request the Post-Exam Assessment.

If you have already done that, let me know, and we'll address things here!

On your question #2, when you say "70%" are you referring to 70th percentile? Or are you referring to the percentage correct?

Percentage correct figures don't correspond to any particular score, actually. You can get very different scores while getting the same percentage correct - the scoring isn't based on percentage correct.

If you're referring to percentile, 70th-ish percentile in each section is probably about 630-ish, and 75th-ish is probably about 650-ish. (Note that verbal is weighted a bit more heavily, so if your verbal is higher than your quant, that actually helps a bit more.)