Bad split GMAT 710 poor verbal.. Retake? Advice PLZ!!

assuming you're a native english speaker i wouldn't worry too much about it

Frank, thanks for comments. Thou I'm domestic student, I'm not quite yet a native speaker... moved to the states when i was high school student and got my HS diploma, Undergraduate & Graduate from US. Not sure my background would be evaluated to be that of the native... any insight? (I took GRE for graduate school few years ago and got 161 (87%) on verbal. Providing this info to adcom might help a bit????)

I'm not expert on the test, but if you were scoring massively higher on practice exams, retake it and hopefully you'll score closer to your true ability. If it's a reasonable score given your practice that actually reflects your ability- be comfortable with that score and don't retake (710 isn't bad at all).

This is probably a better question for gmatclub than WSO

if youre confident you can boost your verbal and get 730+ theres no real downside to taking it again. for the m7 schools, 710 is a bit on the low side

What chimp said. Ask Gmatclub instead, or even better get one of those "free 30 minute phone consultations" from an MBA consulting firm. A lot of the time you can talk them into answering quick questions if you get them going.

All depends on your practice scores - if the possibilities are between 680-730 probably not worth it, but if they are 700-750 it likely is. I doubt the low verbal will be your barrier, it will be the overall score.

Another option to consider is adding an LSAT score to submit if you feel you can do well.

I wouldn't retake if you got over a 700 unless you are scoring mid to high 700s on practice tests and you can be reasonably sure that you will improve the score. Your math was impressive so that's good.

I think spending more time on your essays (given english is not native) and making sure those are reviewed by a native speaker that is a good writer is a much better use of your time now.

Best of luck! Patrick

Thanks for all the replies. Truly helpful. I guess I will then focus on other components of my application!