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안녕하세요,

 

우선 이렇게 글을 남길 수있는 기회를 주셔서 감사합니다.  제 소개를 간단히 하자면 미국에서 직장생활하고 있는 교포입니다.  사실 한국서 대학졸업하고서 도미했기땜에 유학생같은 배경을 가졌다고 저 스스로는 생각하고 있어서.. 세계최강의^^ 한국 GMAT학원 선생님들의 조언을 얻고자합니다.  12월23일에 여기 미국 워싱턴디씨인근에서 720점 정도를 목표로 GMAT을 처음으로 봤습니다.  2월부터 공부했으니 11개월 가까이 공부했네요.  밑에 상세한 공부내용을 적어놓았습니다.  beatthegmat.com이란 싸이트에 올려서 조언을 구했을 때 쓴 내용입니다.  혼자서 공부했지만 그리고 한국나이 마흔이긴하지만 11개월 공부한 것치고는 점수가 너무 안나온 것같아 실망이 크네요.  연습문제를 풀때는 계속 verbal은 700점이상수준이 나왔는데 오히려 실제 시험에선 수학은 괜찮은데 verbal에서 망했네요. 

 

660 (Q-50, V-30)

 

LSAT 기출문제들 (41회에서 60회까지), 중국 31회(오답이 참 많더군요.) 빼고는 전부 미국교재들로 공부했습니다.  어떻게 더 공부를 해야할지 모르겠네요.  LSAT으로 계속 CR/RC를 대비해야하는지.. Manhattan GMAT이란 책을 계속봐야하는 건지.. 아님 한국에서 새로운 교재를 구해와야하는 건지.. 막막합니다.  한국에 한달간 휴가내고 나가서 학원강의를 들으면 효과가 있을까요? 

SC가 가장 약하긴했었지만 실제 시험에서는 RC도 어려웠던 것같네요.  조언 부탁드립니다.

 

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Please can anyone help me?

I am 39 year old non-native speaker (came to the States in 1995 -24 year old then). I would like to apply for the very top Executive MBA program in US and my 1st GMAT score (I took it yesterday) isn't good enough as you can see from the subject line. Please advise me my chance of admission to Wharton and GMAT strategy. Please note rest of my profile below.

Work: Software Engineer (10 yrs - previously worked for two top Aerospace Company for 9 years and currently working for non-profit University Affiliated Research Center)

Academic:
1st BS in Chemistry from South Korea: GPA 3.76/4.00
2nd BS from a State University in US (Comp Eng): GPA 3.59/4.00
Master's in Electrical Engineering (Top 20 Eng): GPA 3.75/4.00

I don't have any management experience and I only had 3 promotions from Aerospace Companies for past 10 years. I knew I really had to do good on GMAT, so, I prepared for verbal section of GMAT for close to 11 months ( First 7 months - about 3 hours of every weekday except weekend. Later 3 months - about 3-4 hours weekday and 6 hours on Saturday only. Last 1 month - weekday 4 hours, weekend 7 hours each on Saturday, Sunday)

For the last 2 weeks I only did CAT (MGMAT, GMATPrep). Here are my scores.

GMATPrep 1st : 640 (Q ?, V 35)
GMATPrep 1st (repeat after reset): 710 (Q 48, V 35)
MGMAT 1st: 680
MGMAT 3rd: 610
MGMAT 4th: 640
MGMAT 5th: 650
MGMAT 6th: 650
GMATPrep 2nd test: 670
GMATPrep 1st (3rd time repeat with reset): 740
GMATPrep 2nd (2nd time repeat with reset): 760
GMATPrep 1 st (4th time repeat with reset): 760
GMATPrep 2nd test (3rd time with reset): 760

I didn't worry too much about MGMAT because I heard it's harder than real GMAT but I repeated GMATPrep again and again for Quantitative practice. I think the real GMAT Quantitative test was about the same level as GMATPrep and the repeats of GMATPrep really helped for Quantitative. Throughout all of these practice CATS, I got 35 or above of Verbal scale score, so, I wasn't too worried about Verbal. However, in real GMAT, I only got 30 for verbal. The following is my real GMAT score.

660 (Q 50, V 30)

When I was taking the test, I knew that I was doing good on Quantitative and I had 1.5 minutes left when I finished the section. However, I wasn't sure about verbal, cause I was losing concentraction and also felt that questions were tougher and new compared with practice test ones. I still managed to answer through 40 questions and left 1 question unanswered. I guess I had many incorrect answers.

I don't know what to do about verbal at this point. Here are the books I did for Verbal prep.

Powerscore CR bible : completed once.
MGMAT SC : 3 times repeat (repeat only with something new to me)
OG 10/12: Completed and then repeated all incorrect ones twice.
SC 1000: Completed and then repeated all incorrect ones twice.
LSAT: latest actual exam 10 sets. Timed.
Economist: Read 1 or 2 articles almost everyday for a month.

I took the real GMAT at 8 am and had to get up at 6 am. I slept about 5 hours or less before the test day. I am guessing the lack of sleep had some effect on my real GMAT score. Also, the GMATPrep repeats for 3 days before exam showed about 10 - 20 repeated verbal questions, so, it might did some bad part too. I guess the first time GMATPrep tests (1st and 2nd practice test: 640, 670) reflected my real GMAT score. But what I don't understand is that for the GMATPrep tests, I always got above 35 of Verbal scale score (even for the first tests when I got 640, 670).

I really appreciate if you are still reading my post up to here . Please advise me about my chance of getting into Wharton EMBA and also help me with my future GMAT strategy. I will retake the GMAT again in 2, 3 months. What shall I do to improve my verbal score in 2, 3 months?


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