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Hi,
I am preparing for the GMAT since June ’16 to September’ 16. I started my preparation with regular studies. I joined coaching center to get help. Although, I gave my prep a kick start but couldn’t focus much on the preparation in the last month due to work pressure. I was scoring around 450-500 in the preps. I was disappointed and it was difficult to keep myself motivated. The issue with me is that I understand the concepts of quants but maybe I take too much time to approach the question in the test or maybe I need to practice more to get comfortable with the different types of questions. Most of the time, I couldn’t complete the questions in quants. Verbal is a major problem for me. Although, I am ok with SC and CR, I freak out when I see RC. I lose concentration sometimes during the exam when I am reading a passage. Even after my bad performance in the preps, I gave the exam anyway. I gave the GMAT on 5th October’16 and scored a 410 (Q34, V17). I am upset but I knew this would happen. I feel that I need extreme improvement in both quants and verbal. I am ready to put any amount of efforts to get a 700! Please guide me.
I am preparing for the GMAT since June ’16 to September’ 16. I started my preparation with regular studies. I joined coaching center to get help. Although, I gave my prep a kick start but couldn’t focus much on the preparation in the last month due to work pressure. I was scoring around 450-500 in the preps. I was disappointed and it was difficult to keep myself motivated. The issue with me is that I understand the concepts of quants but maybe I take too much time to approach the question in the test or maybe I need to practice more to get comfortable with the different types of questions. Most of the time, I couldn’t complete the questions in quants. Verbal is a major problem for me. Although, I am ok with SC and CR, I freak out when I see RC. I lose concentration sometimes during the exam when I am reading a passage. Even after my bad performance in the preps, I gave the exam anyway. I gave the GMAT on 5th October’16 and scored a 410 (Q34, V17). I am upset but I knew this would happen. I feel that I need extreme improvement in both quants and verbal. I am ready to put any amount of efforts to get a 700! Please guide me.
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Hi,
I am preparing for the GMAT since June ’16 to September’ 16. I started my preparation with regular studies. I joined coaching center to get help. Although, I gave my prep a kick start but couldn’t focus much on the preparation in the last month due to work pressure. I was scoring around 450-500 in the preps. I was disappointed and it was difficult to keep myself motivated. The issue with me is that I understand the concepts of quants but maybe I take too much time to approach the question in the test or maybe I need to practice more to get comfortable with the different types of questions. Most of the time, I couldn’t complete the questions in quants. Verbal is a major problem for me. Although, I am ok with SC and CR, I freak out when I see RC. I lose concentration sometimes during the exam when I am reading a passage. Even after my bad performance in the preps, I gave the exam anyway. I gave the GMAT on 5th October’16 and scored a 410 (Q34, V17). I am upset but I knew this would happen. I feel that I need extreme improvement in both quants and verbal. I am ready to put any amount of efforts to get a 700! Please guide me.
I am preparing for the GMAT since June ’16 to September’ 16. I started my preparation with regular studies. I joined coaching center to get help. Although, I gave my prep a kick start but couldn’t focus much on the preparation in the last month due to work pressure. I was scoring around 450-500 in the preps. I was disappointed and it was difficult to keep myself motivated. The issue with me is that I understand the concepts of quants but maybe I take too much time to approach the question in the test or maybe I need to practice more to get comfortable with the different types of questions. Most of the time, I couldn’t complete the questions in quants. Verbal is a major problem for me. Although, I am ok with SC and CR, I freak out when I see RC. I lose concentration sometimes during the exam when I am reading a passage. Even after my bad performance in the preps, I gave the exam anyway. I gave the GMAT on 5th October’16 and scored a 410 (Q34, V17). I am upset but I knew this would happen. I feel that I need extreme improvement in both quants and verbal. I am ready to put any amount of efforts to get a 700! Please guide me.
410 to 700 is a big jump, but assuming that you had a bad day when you got 410, you've to go back to basics and make a detailed plan topic by topic. Also dont book your next exam date immediately, prepare for a month and then give a prep and then decide on the exam. There are enough blogs and debriefs here that explains in details how to prepare. All the best.
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Hi Gauri10,
Raising a 410 to a 700+ will take some considerable time and effort on your part, and you're going to need to make some big improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections. While that's not impossible, it will be a big challenge - and you'll have to commit to studying in a consistent way for at least 3 months. Based on what you've described, the Course that you enrolled in was not a good 'match' for your way of studying - and you had trouble sticking with a study routine because of work. While you would still likely benefit a great deal by using a GMAT Course, you're going to need one that is flexible around your work schedule.
1) Going forward, how many hours do you think you can study each week?
2) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
3) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Raising a 410 to a 700+ will take some considerable time and effort on your part, and you're going to need to make some big improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections. While that's not impossible, it will be a big challenge - and you'll have to commit to studying in a consistent way for at least 3 months. Based on what you've described, the Course that you enrolled in was not a good 'match' for your way of studying - and you had trouble sticking with a study routine because of work. While you would still likely benefit a great deal by using a GMAT Course, you're going to need one that is flexible around your work schedule.
1) Going forward, how many hours do you think you can study each week?
2) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
3) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
