2nd GMAT Official Practice Test

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I finished the TTP course and gave my first official Practice test and scored 645 (Q77V90D79) with a lot of challenges in careless errors, time and anxiety management. I gave the Second Practice test after a week of doing a lot of timed practices and followed the time strategy given on the forum by bb - https://gmatclub.com/forum/timing-strat ... l#p3370101 (Super helpful!) ...the score remained the same 645 but with a lot of differences in the individual section scores (Q84V82D80). This time I had very little issue with time management (except in DI) or careless errors so that seems like progress but I am still very disheartened right now....I don't know what I should do to improve the score. I want to raise it to atleast a 685, but just going over the concepts over and over again is not helping. Should I just concentrate now on MOSTLY timed practices?

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GmatKnightTutor · Answer

Did you retake Official Mock 2?

One thing you could consider including doing is seeing which types of questions you find slippery (i.e. combinations) or where you may make repeated careless errors (noting the types of careless errors down somewhere and creating a list that you can look at now and again may be helpful). For questions you got incorrect as well as those you got correct but spent a lot of time on, seeing if there may have been shorter ways to solve them could also be useful.

Swagatalaxmi · Answer

Sorry, I wrote the "again" by mistake!
Ok, thank you for your input...yes I'm making a comprehensive error log now to laser focus on my shaky chapters...hoping that this will help to increase my accuracy

AjiteshArun · Answer

Hi Swagatalaxmi,

I think your second test was actually better than your first. Getting a V90 (100%!) is great, but I'd take higher scores in the other sections any day. Also, the total score is what really matters, and one week is probably not enough to see major changes to high scores like 645 (89%).

Swagatalaxmi · Answer

Oh ya! I find Verbal scores more volatile than Quant or DI, so ya replicating a V90 in the second test was gonna be tough anyway! Yes I felt it was progress in the right direction as well since my Quant score really improved cos I was able to mostly eliminate careless errors.

Thank you sooo much for saying that one week is not enough to see major changes! I was feeling so disheartened but now I am feeling more motivated to keep at my practice and then hopefully see changes in a few weeks!!

AjiteshArun · Answer

Absolutely, keep at it. You're starting at a score (645) that many test takers would be happy to get by the end of their prep.

All the best.

Swagatalaxmi · Answer

Oh wow, that's really encouraging! Thanky you! I will keep working in a focussed manner!

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi  Swagatalaxmi ,

645 is a very nice start. Feel free to reach out to us on live chat, and we can send over an additional study plan that you can follow.

Swagatalaxmi · Answer

Hello Scott, Jeffrey has already sent me the additional study plan! Maybe I am being too impatient about my progress..for now I will just follow the plan and see if any positive progress happens in the  next few weeks

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi  Swagatalaxmi ,

Good idea. Stick with the plan and see how you do.

Swagatalaxmi · Answer

I am very happy to tell you, Scott, that on my 3rd Practice test, my score is now 715! (Q88V86DI82)
So the study plan and practice questions seem to be working right! Will update with my progress going forward!

AjiteshArun · Answer

You're now at a score that most instructors would be happy to get.

Good stuff, keep it up.

Swagatalaxmi · Answer

Hehe thank you! I hope in the next few mocks, I don't drop too much from this score and atleast remain within the 95th percentile...thank you for your kind encouragement!

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