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28 Sep 2014, 19:50
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I took GMAT Yesterday and scored 600 (Q 45 V 27). . I have invested so much time but still somehow did not achieve my target score.I am just confused whether I should take GMAT again. Moreover, I am not sure whether putting effort for another 2-3 months and taking GMAT again will result in any improvement because in past 6 months I did not see much improvement in my score.
I started my preparation in July 2013. (Yes that's right 14 months back) In Oct 2013 after reviewing all concepts through Kaplan and MGMAT books I took my first GMAT Prep test and scored 530 ( Q 45 and V 19). At that time I knew it is long way to go so I did not schedule my exam for another 3 months. In first week of Jan 2014 I scored 580 (Q47 and V 23). When I saw 50 points improvement I got excited and thought may be in another 3-4 months I can reach around 650 so I scheduled exam for Apr-2014. At that time I thought of trying different approach for learning and purchased magoosh online course. Magoosh did help with Sentence correction strategy but I was still not hitting the score that I wanted. Anyway in Mar -2014 I took another GMAT prep test (repeat test1) and scored 600 (Q 48 and v 25). I guess concepts and strategies from magoosh helped in quant improvement but I was still not satisfied with verbal score. I wanted to score at least 34 in verbal so I rescheduled GMAT.
I started reviewing other online products. Not sure why I thought that trying different course will help me improving the score. After spending a week in reviewing different products I finally purchased e-GMAT. This was the bad decision I made.Not because there is anything wrong with the course but because I was putting in time in learning same concepts from different sources instead of focusing on identifying the issues that I had and improving those. Anyway, I invested 3 more months to improve my verbal score but did not see much improvement so rescheduled exam again. Also upgraded my e-GMAT course and purchased verbal live prep, which also did not help with improving score. I took another GMAT prep in Aug 2014 and scored 590 ( Q 47 and V 25).
After that I got really devastated and I thought I would never achieve the target score but still I reviewed all concept files all over again and then practiced questions using e-GMAT strategies. I saw marginal improvement but it was not good enough to get target score. On Sep 20 -2014 (a week before GMAT) I took GMAT prep test (Test # 3) and scored 620 (Q 48 and V27) . At this point I knew that I will have to live with this score because I already had re-scheduled twice and I had no time left to re-schedule.
I think it was my bad decision to invest my time in multiple online courses. There is nothing wrong in the process or concepts that e-GMAT offers. They are , what they are, but I guess process, concept or strategy was not my issue. Now I think it was poor comprehension and slow reading speed. There is no one for all solution. I think the courses can only help with concepts and strategy but issues such as poor reading habits or slow reading speed cannot be fixed by online course. About 6 months back Magoosh experts advised me to focus more on reading, when I reached out to them for help. I did that for couple of weeks but then thought it may not help improving in 3-4 months so did not take that advice seriously. I guess I should have. Instead I wasted my time in reviewing same concepts over and over again from different sources. First Kaplan then MGMAT, Magoosh and e-GMAT. I did improve but I may have done better if I had done quantitative analysis of my mistakes and had taken steps to improve my weakness - Poor reading habits. Most important, I invested too much time in verbal and did not focus on quant. I regret that now. I am not sure why I did that. Somehow I thought I will be able to score 47 or 48 because I was scoring that in GMAT prep exams.
As of now, I am just confused, Really not sure what to do. I have no time left to prepare and I think 600 is not a good score to apply in any top 30 universities. Can someone improve on reading abilities in 2-3 months ? I am not targeting 700 score. I just want to score between 650-680. Not sure if that is really achievable. I still need to take TOEFL and invest time on applications. Any advice please .....
I started my preparation in July 2013. (Yes that's right 14 months back) In Oct 2013 after reviewing all concepts through Kaplan and MGMAT books I took my first GMAT Prep test and scored 530 ( Q 45 and V 19). At that time I knew it is long way to go so I did not schedule my exam for another 3 months. In first week of Jan 2014 I scored 580 (Q47 and V 23). When I saw 50 points improvement I got excited and thought may be in another 3-4 months I can reach around 650 so I scheduled exam for Apr-2014. At that time I thought of trying different approach for learning and purchased magoosh online course. Magoosh did help with Sentence correction strategy but I was still not hitting the score that I wanted. Anyway in Mar -2014 I took another GMAT prep test (repeat test1) and scored 600 (Q 48 and v 25). I guess concepts and strategies from magoosh helped in quant improvement but I was still not satisfied with verbal score. I wanted to score at least 34 in verbal so I rescheduled GMAT.
I started reviewing other online products. Not sure why I thought that trying different course will help me improving the score. After spending a week in reviewing different products I finally purchased e-GMAT. This was the bad decision I made.Not because there is anything wrong with the course but because I was putting in time in learning same concepts from different sources instead of focusing on identifying the issues that I had and improving those. Anyway, I invested 3 more months to improve my verbal score but did not see much improvement so rescheduled exam again. Also upgraded my e-GMAT course and purchased verbal live prep, which also did not help with improving score. I took another GMAT prep in Aug 2014 and scored 590 ( Q 47 and V 25).
After that I got really devastated and I thought I would never achieve the target score but still I reviewed all concept files all over again and then practiced questions using e-GMAT strategies. I saw marginal improvement but it was not good enough to get target score. On Sep 20 -2014 (a week before GMAT) I took GMAT prep test (Test # 3) and scored 620 (Q 48 and V27) . At this point I knew that I will have to live with this score because I already had re-scheduled twice and I had no time left to re-schedule.
I think it was my bad decision to invest my time in multiple online courses. There is nothing wrong in the process or concepts that e-GMAT offers. They are , what they are, but I guess process, concept or strategy was not my issue. Now I think it was poor comprehension and slow reading speed. There is no one for all solution. I think the courses can only help with concepts and strategy but issues such as poor reading habits or slow reading speed cannot be fixed by online course. About 6 months back Magoosh experts advised me to focus more on reading, when I reached out to them for help. I did that for couple of weeks but then thought it may not help improving in 3-4 months so did not take that advice seriously. I guess I should have. Instead I wasted my time in reviewing same concepts over and over again from different sources. First Kaplan then MGMAT, Magoosh and e-GMAT. I did improve but I may have done better if I had done quantitative analysis of my mistakes and had taken steps to improve my weakness - Poor reading habits. Most important, I invested too much time in verbal and did not focus on quant. I regret that now. I am not sure why I did that. Somehow I thought I will be able to score 47 or 48 because I was scoring that in GMAT prep exams.
As of now, I am just confused, Really not sure what to do. I have no time left to prepare and I think 600 is not a good score to apply in any top 30 universities. Can someone improve on reading abilities in 2-3 months ? I am not targeting 700 score. I just want to score between 650-680. Not sure if that is really achievable. I still need to take TOEFL and invest time on applications. Any advice please .....
28 Sep 2014, 20:22
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Hey Sky78,
This is my first post and I am starting up my studying last week with my test scheduled for December 30th. I really like your post because I feel I may be headed down the same path. I think you are right in that you have to just focus on the areas you have issues with. I have begrudgingly started a error log and I cannot believe how much basic math and SC are filling it up with. Everything I have read says that your real improvements start with having an error log and working your weak spots.
After I get through a few more weeks, I can probably offer some additional advice but stay strong and get that error log going!
Good luck!
This is my first post and I am starting up my studying last week with my test scheduled for December 30th. I really like your post because I feel I may be headed down the same path. I think you are right in that you have to just focus on the areas you have issues with. I have begrudgingly started a error log and I cannot believe how much basic math and SC are filling it up with. Everything I have read says that your real improvements start with having an error log and working your weak spots.
After I get through a few more weeks, I can probably offer some additional advice but stay strong and get that error log going!
Good luck!
