Hi, everyone,
I need opinions on
'What should be my next step' Gave the GMAT on 18/10/13, Scored a disappointing 630 - Q-49 V-27, IR-7.
My preparation time was over 300 hours, approx 3 months, and I even took last two weeks off from work so that i can purely work on my GMAT.
Materials used:-
All
MGMAT guides.
OG-13, Verbal Guide 2.
Powerscore CR bible.
GMAT club Ultimate Grammar
Aristotle SC grail
and even
MGMAT verbal foundation
From the very start my problem area was SC, i was just not able to figure out the errors, i would narrow it down to two options but in the end i would always pick the wrong one. For this reason i referred so many books for SC but still i was not able to make any progress. My accuracy in this area would always be in the range of 65-75%. Even in the mocks my nemesis was SC but i thought that i would compensate my errors in SC with my accuracy on CR and RC.
My MOCK exams scores are as follows,
GMAT Prep 1(26/9/13): 650, Q 48, V32
MGMAT 1(2/10/13): 650, Q47, V32
MGMAT 2(5/10/13): 650, Q45, V34 (did some silly mistakes in quant, and thought as the verbal score improved i was making some progress)
MGMAT 3(9/10/13): 650, Q46, V33 (improve quant a little, was not able to figure out a passage in RC)
MGMAT 4(12/10/13): 630, Q46, V31 (could not figure some question in CR and for SC questions i was able to narrow it two options, but always pick-up the wrong one in the end)
MGMAT 5(14/10/13): 650 Q45, V34 (worked on verbal and saw a slight improvement)
GMAT Prep 2(16/10/13): 650 Q48, V31 (Since my score on
MGMAT's was consistent - 650, so was expecting to get around 690 in this exam(as people say that GMAT preps are easier in comparison to
MGMAT exams). So when i reached the verbal section i was under pressure to perform well on this exam, which led to this - In the first 15 questions i was just not able to figure out the errors in either SC or CR and so got 7 wrong)
In the actual GMAT, I did well on IR section and this boasted my confidence on Quant section and so i was able perform well. Again, my expectations part kicked in, it told me now u r doing great just carry this performance to Verbal section and u would be good. But my performance went in the complete opposite direction, i was just not able to figure out any errors on the first two SC questions and after that came a short CR, which was also confusing, i think that i was not able to answer it correctly, but then an passage came and i did great on that and then was able to carry this forward but was getting a little confuse on SC. Though, I never expected to get a Verbal score of more than 36 on my verbal but 27 is way too low.
The question is not whether i should appear again, the question is how much time do i have in my hand to appear for the exam again? As i have read on this forum for SC,
e-gmat is the king. My problem is even if I take the course and start my prep again i will not able to give the exam within a month and later than that i would be late for the applications process for my target schools. This is the dilemma that i am facing right now.
And so i seek help as well as opinion's of the members on this forum.
And I Thank all of you in advance.
My target score: 690 - 720
My little background,
Electrical Engineer, working in a Fortune 500 company, since last 6 years.
(And i just can't think to wait another whole year) My target schools,
Prudue, Smeal, Kelley, Texas A & M.
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20 Oct 2013, 09:09
