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Hello!! i had a really bad experience with GMAT. I had studied from 2 months, by the end of 2 months, i was doing great, was scoring 690+ in manhattan in my practice tests. was getting around 35+ in verbal. So, i gave my test on 6th sept, and unfortuantly score 660 (49,31) . by the time i reached verbal i had blacked out and couldnt concentrate so verbal went bad. So i took another date for 9th oct. i was preparing well for the next test. gave a few practice test, was consistently scoring 700+ in princton review and veritas got 36+ in verbal in both of them. I practiced alot for verbal, and knew that i would do well in verbal. But was shocked to see my score on the GMAT 650 (50, 28). my concentration was good during the test . i got lower than last time in verbal, quant improved but verbal went really bad. so now im scared, what should i do? should i give a test again. what materials should i study, does this happen to alot of people. My family says that whatever happens happens for good (i belong to a religious family). but im not satisfied with my score. Should i give it again, what should i study this time, what new materials should i refer to? what i practiced for verbal: OG 10OG 13Manhattan tests kaplan tests 1000 series
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Re: My unfortunate GMAT, what should i do? [#permalink]
11 Oct 2012, 01:23
Hi Ankurjjw, Doing well in Verbal is key to obtaining a decent score as you are no doubt aware of. For sentence correction, two big resources are: 1) Ron's videos (esp. those on parallelism, verb-ing, comparisons, and modifiers). Link: http://www.manhattangmat.com/thursdays-with-ron.cfm2) e-GMAT SC articles on the Verbal Advantage thread. They really simplify SC by working you through some wonderful and colorful articles replete with great illustrations. Highly recommended. gmat-club-verbal-advantage-133953.htmlP.S. The more you know the fundamentals concepts of SC (pretty much Modifiers), everything looks easy and you can increase your hit rate to ~95% on actual GMAT SC questions, and those so-called meaning-based SC questions start looking like any other SC question. Cheers, Der alte Fritz.
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11 Oct 2012, 02:25
thank you for ur reply OldFritz!! i have been doing good in SC, usually have accuracy of 90%, but will surely look thru the link you sent!!!! but my CR is bad, please do suggest some material for CR! also, what do u suggest should i give it again? what went wrong, what could be the possible explanation?
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29 Oct 2012, 11:52
I would retake the GMAT. Your verbal scores on the practice tests show that you are capable of doing much better on the GMAT. I would get the Manhattan GMAT verbal guides and study hard to learn the fundamentals. If you decide to retake the test, it will be your third GMAT. For this reason, I don't think that you should retake the test until you see some serious improvement on the verbal aspect. Best of luck. Let us know what you decide to do.
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29 Oct 2012, 12:33
If you showed repeatedly that you are capable of getting 700 on practice exams, there is no reason why you should not have that score to submit to business schools. I recommend taking the test again. To prepare, focus on those areas that are challenging on the actual test. You might want to consider hiring a tutor who can help you focus and develop appropriate strategies. Good luck and keep focused. Kimberly Plaga Senior Admissions Consultant Manhattan Review
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