<p>I recieved a fairly solid overall score on my GMAT, but I am worried about my verbal vs. quantitative score. My overall score is within range of the school I would like to attend, but its a bit on the low side. My verbal score is excellent and puts me in the 95th percentile. I will simply say that my quantitative score could have been better.</p>
<p>How often is one's verbal score much higher than the quantitative? This scenario was somewhat expected as my SAT had a similar outcome, but not quite as drastic.</p>
<p>I understand that many B-schools look heavily at quantitative scores, but would a very high verbal somewhat outweigh an average quantitative?</p>
<p>It depends on the business school. Most business schools will, at minimum, want your quant score to be above a certain score. If it’s below that, they won’t consider you, even if your verbal score is 99th percentile. </p>
<p>How do I know this? Because the exact same thing happened to me that happened to you, so I asked the schools. I was told very specifically that unless my quant score was above, for example, 620 for one specific school, I would not be admitted, even though my verbal score was almost perfect. </p>
<p>But as I said, at other business schools, my verbal score did balance out the fact that my quant score was a bit on the low side for them, and I got in.</p>
<p>The quant score is the more important score for B schools. If you’re targeting good ones, I’d work to bring it up. Keep in mind you’re anonymous here, not positing the actual score won’t get you useful help.</p>
<p>I left out a very important piece of information-- this was a Kaplan GMAT practice test administered on paper, and I havent yet studied for the exam. I thought I referenced that on the original post-- guess not!</p>
<p>Actually before I get excited I should ask is this is at least directionally accurate? I understand a rather large deviation can exits, but I would think such a test is at least directionaly correct.</p>
<p>I got a 42 scaled score in Verbal which equated to about the 95% percentile in the tables. I understand this may be reduced a bit in the actual GMAT, but I also scored above the 90th percentile in my verbal SAT so I knew I would be strong here.</p>
<p>In the math section I only scored a 34 scaled score which is in the low 40’s percentile wise. I understand the basic concepts, but typically get muddled in a detail. I checked my practice test and I made mistakes on 3 or 4 rather easy to intermediate questions that I would have easily got correct with a bit of studying.</p>
<p>I am not lookng for a top tier school. Due to my work schedule and limited quant ability I am looking at schools such as Lehigh and Temple. I am in sales & marketing with a eye toward a bit more consulting and project management in the marketing space in the future. I am really looking to improve my quant abilities so I can better forecast and analyze data in a more quantifiable manner. I am looking forward to the more general business classes, but I feel they will be less useful to me.</p>
<p>My overall score appears to be within range, but my quant score is low. I can get it up to a respectable level, but it certainly will not be a strength.</p>