Ok so first a little background.
Over the past two months I have been studying for the gmat. Most of the my studying has been dedicated to quant as I am already very strong in verbal because I was an English major. I have been studying the
mgmat 8 strategy guides and doing the recommended problems in OG12th and VR and QR supplementals. Unfortunately, I work retail so it has been very hard to get a good study structure together so I have been studying when I can but it has been very fragmented.
So my issue is that I have been performing very poorly on the quant in both ps and ds on the practice tests. I have been using the
mgmat cats. When doing practice questions from
OG, I get usually about 3/4 or more right and struggle with some of the more difficult problems. When I review I try to see what I did wrong, what the question was asking for, why the answer is right, what strategies I missed, etc. After reviewing I understand my mistakes. But under timed constraints, and pressure, I look at the quant and I feel like I have no idea what to do. Its hard to form a strategy or figure out the type of problem and what its asking. I feel like part of what made the
OG easier was that I knew the type of question so I knew what to do instinctively. That certainty isn't there on test. How can I make it first nature to know what to do for each question because my actual computation skills are good.
Also, I know I need to continuing study because I took the test before I got to finish. I was able to complete Number Properties, Word Translations, and Equalities, Inequalites, and Vics. I also read a little about geometry. So I know whats left to study.
I took the gmat today and I got a 620
Quant 35 36%ile
Verbal 40 90%ile
I plan on applying to top ranked schools so this score is not enough and I need to know what to do to get better on the quant. Please help. I know that once I am able to tackle these quant problems I can get a really good score. Thanks in advance for any reply.