520 (Q-41, V-20), A really bad score

Hi videepsinghal,

I’m sorry to hear how things went with your GMAT.

Regarding your timing issues, honestly, the best way to improve your timing is by improving your GMAT quant and verbal skills. As you develop mastery of each individual quant and verbal topic, better timing WILL follow. In fact, a great way to know how well you have mastered a particular topic is to be cognizant of your reaction time when seeing a particular question. For example, consider the following simple question with which many students who are beginning their prep struggle:

14! is equal to which of the following?

(A) 87,178,291,200
(B) 88,180,293,207
(C) 89,181,294,209
(D) 90,000,000,003
(E) 91,114,114,114

Upon seeing this question, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Trying to add up the values in the expression? If you are able to quickly recognize that using the “5 x 2 pair rule” will allow you to attack the problem quickly and efficiently (see the solution below).

Solution:

14! = 14 × 13 × 12 × 11 × 10 × 9 × 8 × 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1.

Notice that there is at least one (5 × 2) pair contained in the product of these numbers. It follows that the units digit must be a zero. The only number with zero as the units digit is 87,178,291,200.

Answer: A

Although this is just one example of many, you see that you must have many tools in your toolbox to efficiently attack each GMAT quant question that comes your way. As you gain these skills, you will get faster.

Feel free to reach out with further questions.

First of all, from 470 mock (with pause) to 520 real gmat is a big improvement.

Getting 680 mock (with pause) to 700 (without pause) is rather unrealistic. Need to expect +-30 points from mock with the same pause/no pause options.

I think you need badly to go OG2020.

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naju I received 680(Q-48, V35) in my GMATPrep Mock Test in the last week

chondro48 So the problem really was that I was able to understand the questions on the test but the mistake I was making was re-reading the question, again and again, killing time.

What I will do is I will give a test without pause at the same slot and report the score that I receive

chondro48 I just gave my GMATPrep exam today without studying anything and without pausing and received 710 (Q- 49. V-38). How should I go ahead with my preparations?

Hi Videep, 710 score sounds really grt!!! Kudos; Keep practicing/revising tricky official questions;
Get Gmatprep 3, 4, 5, 6 and solve withputh pause for stamina and practice ;Gud luck for Final Exam!

Looks good. Please do OG Advanced Questions to make your Quant performance more resilient. Do all SC questions in OG2020 and read all explanation, regardless your answer is right or wrong.

After all, learn to let go very hard questions in mocks and real test, if you are beyond 2.5 mins

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videepsinghal - I understand your situation and certainly 710 is an amazing score in mocks. However, GMAT Prep's scores are sometimes bulged by the fact that the questions are repeat in nature and we would know certain answers at the back of our mind. Just a note of caution.

Also, I would recommend to appear once you are 100% ready and confident. All the best!