CFA vs GMAT, which is harder

i went from 610 to 700 to 740 in the span of about 4 months, on and off studying.
A test is just a test. If you start a google or aapl, then you are a genius.
 
here’s my question: i hear that if you take gmat or gre multiple times, all scores will be reported to any institution. also that schools average all your scores. fact or myth?
 
needhelp Wrote:
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> here’s my question: i hear that if you take gmat
> or gre multiple times, all scores will be reported
> to any institution. also that schools average all
> your scores. fact or myth?
First part is true. I forget with GRE, but GMAT scores last for 5 years on your record. You can cancel your exam right before you see your scores if you don’t feel good about it.
Second part is by school, sometimes they want to make sure that you are -capable- of getting a higher score (i.e. max on quant section). It really depends on how spaced out the exams are and how big of a difference.
 
all scores will be reported, what school do with the scores is up to them and I believe it will differ depending on the school
I can’t say for CFA, but GMAT was very reasy, 1 month of studying would be enough for review if it weren’t for grammar. (grammar = IQ lol)
 
GMAT GRE may have some good tricky questions but i still think they shoudl alllow a calculator. my biggest trouble with gre is time. i just did a gre problem where teh anser was something like 1653 divided by 41. sure i can figure out the result but it will take me a minute to calculate this. why cant they let me use a calculator?
 
^really? I think you probably did the problem wrong, I don’t recall GMAT asking you to divide anything that won’t divide evenly, or they will put it fraction terms.
 
needhelp Wrote:
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> GMAT GRE may have some good tricky questions but i
> still think they shoudl alllow a calculator. my
> biggest trouble with gre is time. i just did a gre
> problem where teh anser was something like 1653
> divided by 41. sure i can figure out the result
> but it will take me a minute to calculate this.
> why cant they let me use a calculator?
come on needhelp, you are an actuary for christ sakes, this should be a piece of cake for you, you can at least approximate what it will be 40x40=1600
 
cfagoal2 Wrote:
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> ^really? I think you probably did the problem
> wrong, I don’t recall GMAT asking you to divide
> anything that won’t divide evenly, or they will
> put it fraction terms.
I had a few questions like that.
 
So maybe i am not very good at doing the divisions and multiplications. Thats my obstacle to MFE school.
So how does the conversation go at the admission board:
Well this guy has a PhD in physics but his GRE quant is low. Hmmm. rejected.
 
needhelp Wrote:
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> So maybe i am not very good at doing the divisions
> and multiplications. Thats my obstacle to MFE
> school.
>
> So how does the conversation go at the admission
> board:
>
> Well this guy has a PhD in physics but his GRE
> quant is low. Hmmm. rejected.
this is an odd predicament to be in.
 
needhelp Wrote:
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> here’s my question: i hear that if you take gmat
> or gre multiple times, all scores will be reported
> to any institution. also that schools average all
> your scores. fact or myth?
Harvard and Stanford are the only two schools that average scores. Everyone else takes your best score only.
 
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