Gmat

[Nubclear]

That offends me.

[Harry Tuttle]

Good job. Pretty close to my score. Hope your GPA is high enough for the expensive schools.

[FrostyBoy]

Originally posted by Nubclear
That offends me.

But it would only offend you if it were true. Are you saying it's true?

[Nubclear]

Yes.

[ZEE]

[Wiglaf]

where did you get your BA from?

Isn't a 770 on gmat almost a perfect score? Or is it better to score low than high? I really am not sure about this, somebody. If it is the former then thats pretty awesome.

[Addled Platypus]

thanks to my A..H... of a Dad

that is where I got my BA from


oh...you talking school not attitude--carry on

[Japher]

770 is an awesome score, anything over 700 is an invite to apply to the top schools out there. Good job LS.

I scored just under a 700, but I should OF done better

[snoopy369]

If it was a CAT, you couldn't change your answers. I got either a 760 or a 770, can't recall which (this was 2002), when I took it... I knew exactly which three questions I got wrong on verbal (none on math ) literally seconds after I put in the answers. Very annoying, that. But I matched my practice scores on the nose, I do recall that.

I do owe about 50 points to Kaplan's "GMAT 800" book. Some of the tricks in there I specifically recall being used on the real test.

[LordShiva]

I should've tried that book, I heard good things about it. I had a Princeton Review book which was useless (just tips and tricks for guessing on questions for those who need to guess), except for the stuff on test format, which was useful.

I couldn't have gone back to change my answers, but when I noticed I had so much time left, I should have slowed down and double-checked each answer (especially since the later questions were the harder ones).

Wiglaf, 800 is a perfect score. Unfortunately, the distance between 770 and 800 is much greater, I think, than between 740 and 770.

[snoopy369]

LS, they must no longer be using a true CAT then. The CAT I used back in the day was such that you answered a question, and then based on your correct or incorrect answer you got a new harder or easier question (with some randomness). Thus, you couldn't go back to correct the question.

I liked that quite a lot - it meant you got a quite valid score in the end, rather than getting lucky and having questions that correspond with your strengths or unlucky and the reverse, you homed in on a particular level of competence I guess they decided it was too hard to write or something (you have to write more questions, I think)?

When I took it, the score I got (probably 760, when I think about it) was 98th percentile, just one off (770) 99th percentile. I imagine it's still roughly the same.

Do they still have the silly essay writing portion? It was so easy to score a 6 (top) on that, I assumed it was just to weed out people who didn't speak english...

[Jon Miller]

You could also be unlucky... and run into a rare easier questoin you got wrong, and then be held in a lower section...

JM

[LordShiva]

It's still like that. I don't mean I could have changed an answer. I mean I should have spent more time on each question to eliminate the silly mistakes.

[snoopy369]

Ahh, good. I like the CAT. Yes, once you're aware of how long you have you can spend more time on individual questions... my problem was I fell for a couple of tricks and didn't realize it until after I put in the answer and then realized what it was saying!

Jon, it doesn't penalize you that way. One question doesn't severely penalize you - you just have to answer one more hard question to move back up. As long as you keep answering right you'll keep moving up. The idea is you'll reach a poitn at which you start answering right/wrong/right/wrong (give or take) and that's your actual score. I think the number of questions actually varies based on when you reach this point (though it's not unlimited).

[Japher]

I just finished filling out all my orientation paperwork for my MBA school. Yeah for me! I start Jan. 9th.