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31 Jul 2012, 15:21
I took the GMAT once and got a score of 660. I got advice from many people (MBA students, MBA applicants) that in order to get into a good B-School, one must break 700. So, 6 months later, I retook it. I gave myself 3 full weeks to study for this, yet I got an even lower score which I am almost embarrased to say, a #$%# 580! It's probably never happened to anyone - this drastic, disastrous downfall. There were many factors - immense stress, lack of sleep, blah blah. So now the question is should I retake it for the 3rd time? 3rd time's a charm?! If yes, how should my strategy be? I used Manhattan both times, but I never took any course - it was all self studying. Considering I have had no luck doing this on my own (unless someone has a different strategy to offer), does anyone recommend KAPLAN/Manhattan courses, private tutoring? I hear at the end of the day it is mastering the time pressure, hence knowing the tricks in Quant is important and quick reading strategies in Verbal. These are often covered in these courses etc. What are your thoughts! Pleasse help!!!!!
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01 Aug 2012, 16:30
mbaapplicant1986 wrote: I took the GMAT once and got a score of 660. I got advice from many people (MBA students, MBA applicants) that in order to get into a good B-School, one must break 700. So, 6 months later, I retook it. I gave myself 3 full weeks to study for this, yet I got an even lower score which I am almost embarrased to say, a #$%# 580! It's probably never happened to anyone - this drastic, disastrous downfall. There were many factors - immense stress, lack of sleep, blah blah. So now the question is should I retake it for the 3rd time? 3rd time's a charm?! If yes, how should my strategy be? I used Manhattan both times, but I never took any course - it was all self studying. Considering I have had no luck doing this on my own (unless someone has a different strategy to offer), does anyone recommend KAPLAN/Manhattan courses, private tutoring? I hear at the end of the day it is mastering the time pressure, hence knowing the tricks in Quant is important and quick reading strategies in Verbal. These are often covered in these courses etc. What are your thoughts! Pleasse help!!!!! Can you shed some light on your QUANT/VERBAL splits?
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06 Aug 2012, 13:55
Typically I have done better in Quant:
In the 2nd exam it was Q41/V28 In the first exam, I think it was Q49/V31 (something like that)
Practices it has varied:
Q47/V30 Q45/V34 Q45/V30
Verb has never gone above 34. I don't know what happened in my second exam, and I don't know what is wrong with my studying strategy?
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Re: HELP ME!!! Advice needed for retaking the GMAT! [#permalink]
08 Aug 2012, 02:38
Hi, Following is the study material I used how-to-start-gmat-preperations-136048.htmlQuant: Be clear with the concepts and make a error log. Start practing from grockit.com and mark out your weak areas. Go back to teh theory of those weak areas and practice again! Coming to the verbal part: Am not a verbal guy so my advice might not be so helpful to you, but still i will try sharing my thoughts! Refer powerscore CR bible(which i had referred too!): Once you are done with reading the CR argument, are you able to predict what kind of question is going to come and what will be the possible answer? (I was able to do those things once i was done with powerscore CR!) Also, did you try grockit for practice? It helps a lot in improving the speed. And am very sure that once you are with powerscore then you can get almost all CR questions correct. For RC Did you try reading articles from following sites http://www.smithsonianmag.com/http://www.scientificamerican.com/http://www.economist.com/For Sc Did you try Thursdays with Ron? I will suggest you to maintain a error log and follow study-practice-study cycle. Error log might looks something like Prepare a xls sheet (topic by topic).. and keep a track of your progress on a daily basis. Use color coding (Red,Orange,Green). Red: You are weak in theory - brush up your concepts. Orange - Done with theory but weak in application of the concepts Green - Done with the topic Hope it helps!
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Re: HELP ME!!! Advice needed for retaking the GMAT! [#permalink]
19 Aug 2012, 16:11
Thanks guys. I am going to start my next prep now. Ugh!
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Re: HELP ME!!! Advice needed for retaking the GMAT! [#permalink]
22 Aug 2012, 00:07
mbaapplicant1986 wrote: Typically I have done better in Quant:
In the 2nd exam it was Q41/V28 In the first exam, I think it was Q49/V31 (something like that)
Practices it has varied:
Q47/V30 Q45/V34 Q45/V30
Verb has never gone above 34. I don't know what happened in my second exam, and I don't know what is wrong with my studying strategy? Your quant and verbal has a huge variation. And I guess this bombed you and may again bomb you unless you fill the gaps in preparation. I would recommend that you get started with a complete verbal e-course first with any test prep company after your research. This will ensure that you get maximum value by putting in your efforts for the sake of returns of your investment. Start with your weakest area in verbal and then switch until you start getting equal scores in all subsections say, RC/SC/CR. While you are going through your verbal e-course. Keep quant in focus with 1 week in hand for quant on every say 3-4 weeks of verbal. Give the process some time and practice and dont rush this time in scheduling the exam. BOL and kill the GMAT.....
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