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Stuck at a constant score. How do I increase it ? [#permalink] New post   24 Aug 2016, 07:45
Hey all,

I am really confused which led me to post my problem here.

I have scheduled my GMAT date on 7th September.
Till now below is my practice summary : ( In reverse chronological order )

Veritas : 610 Q(46) V(28)
Manhattan Prep : 540 Q(41) V(24)
Kaplan : 600 Q(45) V(27)
Economist: 560 Q(46) v(23)
Jamboree Tests around 5 in which I am getting an average Q(29/37) and V(21/41) questions correct.

I have not given the GMATPrep test till now.

I am stuck with Quant questions around 29-30 correct and verbal around 20-21.

What should be my approach for the next 14 days to get a score of 680-700 ? please advice

Thank you :-D
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Re: Stuck at a constant score. How do I increase it ? [#permalink] New post   24 Aug 2016, 11:14
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jatinrajvanshi wrote:
Hey all,
I am stuck with Quant questions around 29-30 correct and verbal around 20-21.


This part of your post stood out to me. It actually doesn't matter very much how many questions you get right or wrong. Check this out for more detail: https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog ... mat-quant/

In short, most people get about the same number of questions wrong, unless they're at the very high or very low end of the score range. The difference is which questions they get right/wrong, and when in the test that happens.
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Re: Stuck at a constant score. How do I increase it ? [#permalink] New post   24 Aug 2016, 11:26
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Hi jatinrajvanshi,

GMAC has publicly stated that the Official Score that you earn on Test Day is within +/- 30 points of actual ability. Assuming a similar 'swing' in how your CATs function, your CAT score results show that your current ability level is right around 580 (+/- a few points). Thus, you're looking for a 100 point increase in 2 weeks; unfortunately, that's not a realistic goal. While you could probably train to score a lot higher than you're currently scoring, you would likely need another 1-2 months of consistent, guided study to get up to that level. Before we can talk about how best to proceed from here, it would help if you could provide a bit more information about how you've been studying and your goals:

1) How long have you studied?
2) What materials have you used?

3) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
4) What Schools are you planning to apply to?

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Re: Stuck at a constant score. How do I increase it ? [#permalink] New post   26 Aug 2016, 20:34
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Hi,

You roughly have 2 weeks left till the exam.
In fact, studying GMAT math with the conventional method, it takes ages to improve a score since GMAT math is a logic test. Once you fully understand the logic of the exam, you can surely improve your score in a short period of time. From our course, we introduce unique Variable approach for DS and IVY approach for PS. With the approaches, you can definitely boost the score once you fully understand and master the approaches.

If we may briefly introduce our approaches, you can significantly save time, and will have 10 minutes to spare on exam. For instance, with our approaches, you can solve questions that normally take 4 minutes in 1 minutes and 30 seconds, and 2-minute question in 30 seconds. In addition, you can solve DS questions 100% with Variable approach and 30-40% of PS questions with IVY approach.

Until the exam, we would like to highly recommend for you to focus on DS as a DS is a quick win. Plus, please study the KEY questions(Integer, statistics, probability, inequality, absolute value) as they basically complete 80% of your study.

Additionally, below are two useful articles featured in GMAT Club for your reference. This will be helpful for you. You can see what sort of questions you might encounter on actual GMAT.

· Ultimate Q51 Guide : the-ultimate-q51-guide-209801.html
· Most Updated Math Trend : overview-of-gmat-math-question-types-and-patterns-on-the-gmat-211809.html

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Re: Stuck at a constant score. How do I increase it ? [#permalink] New post   26 Aug 2016, 21:29
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jatinrajvanshi wrote:
Hey all,

I am really confused which led me to post my problem here.

I have scheduled my GMAT date on 7th September.
Till now below is my practice summary : ( In reverse chronological order )

Veritas : 610 Q(46) V(28)
Manhattan Prep : 540 Q(41) V(24)
Kaplan : 600 Q(45) V(27)
Economist: 560 Q(46) v(23)
Jamboree Tests around 5 in which I am getting an average Q(29/37) and V(21/41) questions correct.

I have not given the GMATPrep test till now.

I am stuck with Quant questions around 29-30 correct and verbal around 20-21.

What should be my approach for the next 14 days to get a score of 680-700 ? please advice

Thank you :-D


A LITTLE BIT FROM MY SIDE...

Since you are at a pretty decent level in Quant (28-29 correct out of 37) so I think it's time when you should spend little more time in the attempt and improve your score with the same level of accuracy.

With 29 correct questions some students tend to get score of 49 in Quant where some end up at score of 45-46 that all because of the the number of mistakes concentrated at wrong places. So please try to work on the placement of wrong attempts and try to minimize the wrong attempts to concentrate towards the end of the section or in beginning of the section.

from 610 to 680 in 14 days is same phenomenon as we see in some ads of losing 10 kg weight in 15 days. :P

In last a few days left, Suggestion is that you spend maximum time solving questions of Manhattan and Finally GMAT PREP.

Where Manhattan will show conservative score, GMAT PREP will show a little liberal score so your final GMAT score should between the two scores.

Manhattan will offer a good practice and GMAT PREP will offer more realistic feeling of actual GMAT difficulty level.

I hope you do your best and achieve your target score. If you think you want to discuss more relevant things then please feel free to post me your questions.
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