Hi, first post here! I've been on the forum for the last month and would like to say thanks to all the amazing advice you give. Now I hope some of you could try and help me understand why I'm doing so bad... losing my motivation week over week...
I have just finished my 4th CAT test (5 mins ago)...
570. I have been studying for the last 4 weeks non-stop, at nights and in transit to work during the week and full time on the weekends.
Here are my 4 CAT scores:
1st - with close to no studying:
590 - Q39, V32. Used the 1st GMAT prep software CAT, with essay and IR
2nd - with 2 weeks of study:
530 - Q31, V34. Used the economist free CAT test, with essay and IR
3rd - with 3 weeks prep:
590 - Q38, V34. Used the 1st
Manhattan GMAT CAT test, with essay and IR
4th - the one i just finished:
570 - Q38, V30. 2nd
Manhattan GMAT CAT test,
without essay and IR!(not worth mentioning my IR scores btw...very low as I still have to check how to do those)
Am I just hopeless? I have focused on the quant part these 4-5 weeks and much less on the verbal.
I have:- studied on all 5
Manhattan GMAT books, done the practice problems
- done close to all the 13th
OG PS and DS problems, checking mistakes - and keeping an
error log which i still have to go through again
- done the above tests and checked my mistakes
Am I doing something wrong? I thought my weakness was Quant, and that's why I'm dedicating most of my time on it.. but with no apparent result... I thought I was doing generally well on verbal and am not focusing on that part because i thought that by doing practice problems i could improve step by step checking my mistakes.. but check my last V score...
(I am Italian, but have good knowledge of english, and some big gaps in my high school math)I feel I can just answer the average questions, and I won't move up to the next level.. I think I struggle with the Quant on time (I get 70% of
OG problems right with a couple of more minutes on the harder questions), and I think I know the right answer in verbal questions, thus making silly mistakes and finishing some minutes before the time is up. Should I give up the quant and strengthen even further my verbal part which i have totally neglected?
I have taken the official GMAT 7 years ago, just by going through the
OG at the time and doing very little study and practicing and got
510. If after 7 years and studying so hard I improve by just this small amount... should I give up my
700 goal?
I have the test in 10 days.
Thanks in advance for your feedback!