Someone help me put this into perspective please.

[adfg]

Hi,

 

So I decided today to apply to a university for a Masters in Econs because their programme appealed to me a lot (currently still doing my bachelors in Econs until January 2014).

 

- The university requires a GRE/GMAT quantitative minimum of 148/600 and verbal score of 4.5-5 (Admitted applicants' average last year was a 660 GMAT score, not sure about GRE).

 

- The deadline for submission of scores is 15th January 2014, but I have 7 final exams (bachelor) from 6th -15th Janaury and still working on my bachelor thesis right now.

 

- I am basically asking for your opinion, as to whether it is realistic that I will manage to submit an acceptable test score by 15th Janaury (I don't feel objective enough to judge right now, especially since I have never taken one of these tests before).

 

- Also, a little googling made me tend towards GRE instead of GMAT, though I'm not really knowledgeable about either one, so any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

 

Thanks for any input/opinion etc!

 

[moyru]

It sounds like you have a lot on your plate already that will make it difficult to study for the test. I'm not familiar with the GMAT but I took the GRE twice. It's pretty exhausting! 2 essays, 2 verbal sections, 2 quant sections, and an experimental section that could be either verbal or quant. It's like 4 hours total.

How are you with quant? I'm terrible and I got a 148, so if you're familiar with it, then maybe you'll do fine. It is a $185 test though so I definitely would make sure I can at least decently score on it before taking it.

 

[moyru]

The ETS website has practice ones you could take through the Power Prep software. It's free. 

I'd recommend trying it and seeing what you score. It is a pretty good simulation of the actual test.

[adfg]

Yeah I know it is a lot, but unfortunately I just discovered this uni and the programme starts in the fall semester only. So I'd basically have to wait 1.5 years to start in Fall '15 instead. Don't really get why some uni's have such early deadlines. 

 

I guess (?) I'd do okay with quant since my degree is quite analytic, however I'm not familiar with the GRE format.

Thanks for your input. I will take the practice test later and see how I do, and then go from there I guess.

[socialequity]

Hi Lvyez! Just to add to what Moyru said, I was told that the GRE is more verbal focused and the GMAT is more quant focused. Not sure if that helps! Good luck!

[adfg]

Hi Lvyez! Just to add to what Moyru said, I was told that the GRE is more verbal focused and the GMAT is more quant focused. Not sure if that helps! Good luck!

 

 

Hey, I see.

 

I just took a practise GRE test earlier (no preparation) and scored 157 in quant and 148 in verbal. Verbal was unexpectedly difficult, to be honest I often didn't even know most of the words that were proposed in the various exercises (I'm not a native speaker, but still!). Quite difficult. 

 

However the uni I want to apply to has only stated minimum requirements for quant and analytical writing, not verbal. So I am not sure if I should worry too much about the verbal part (for now).

 

I am sure I could score higher in quant. A lot of the exercises were high school stuff that I didn't remember anymore, so a little revision should definitely help.

[Macrina]

It sounds like you should try. If you can get the scores you need, you can start the program you want in the fall. If you don't try, there's no way you'll be able to do that. Go for it!

[adfg]

It sounds like you should try. If you can get the scores you need, you can start the program you want in the fall. If you don't try, there's no way you'll be able to do that. Go for it!

 

Simple but true.

Thanks for the motivation