Hello friends
I took my GMAT today and scored a 640 (Q49 V27). This is my lowest score in comparison to gmat prep. I have been preparing for the past 7 months consistently atleast for 2hrs everyday. But whatever happens life has to move on. kindly advice me what to do. I am completely clueless. My target is 700.
I have scheduled my second attempt on 18th August.
Preparation materials used:
OG 12,
OG 16,
GMAT CLUB TESTS, MANHATTAN SC, GMAT CLUB COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF ALL GMAT PREP QUESTIONS, Active member of GMAT CLUB Forums,
E-gmat SC course.
My preparation strategy was to solve 20 questions from each section everyday and analyze the solutions thoroughly. I used to go through manhattan forums (Ron/Stacey) , Gmat club forums in case I find the solution unconvincing.
Mock test results: (all these tests were taken with IR and AWA) - 8 minute timed breaks - Exam like conditions
GMAT PREP 1 - 610 (Q49 V23) - During Jan 2016
GMAT PREP 2 - 650 (Q49 V28) - During Feb 2016
<<<Improvement phase>>
GMAT PREP 1 retake (April 2016) - 670 (Q49 V32)
GMAT PREP 2 retake (May 2016) - 660 (Q49 V31)
GMAT PREP 3 (Exam Pack) May 2016 - 670 (Q49 V32)
Manhattan cat 1 - 670 (Q45 V37)
GMAT PREP 4 - 650 (Q49 V30)
<<Final Phase>>
GMAT PREP 1 (june 2016) - 670 (Q49 V32)
GMAT PREP 2 (june 2016) - 700 (Q50 V35)
GMAT PREP 3 (june 2016) - 710 (Q50 V36)
GMAT PREP 4 (june 2016) - 720 (Q50 V38)
Actual GMAT (Today) - 640 (Q49 V27) IR 6
So that`s how this journey has happened so far. I am a non-native speaker of english.
EXAM :
The quant was pretty much similar to GMAT prep. Few geometry questions were really hard. Q49 (not much to complain here).
GMAT club tests helped me a lot in particular.
The verbal part was quite different from what i have seen in gmat prep. The SC questions were completely (atleast 3 to 4 - my guess ) were based on idioms. Totally I got 3 bold faced CR questions (2 out of first 10 Q) and my 6th question was a 4 para scientific RC (i found it very difficult). But the end result is not so satisfying.
Having written several mocks, Time management was not a issue today. I guessed the last question in Quant and last question in verbal.
So, That`s my experience. I am feeling very tired and exhausted after seeing the results. Your advice on what must be done next will be highly useful for me to see 7XX.
Thanks