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clee1827
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Hey all,
So I recently sat for my GMAT on Saturday September 2nd, and scored a 640 (48Q, 29V, 7IR), totally bombing the verbal portion, after having scored 690-750-640-700 on my last 4 fresh, non-retake, practice exams, the first of which is from Veritas Prep, and the final two of which are from Exam Pack 2. Below is a list of all my exams taken chronologically...
GMATPrep 1, 4/22/17 - 640 (Q45, V33)
MGMAT CAT 1, 5/3/17 - 650 (Q41, V35)
MGMAT CAT 2, 5/21/17 - 580 (Q38, V31)
MGMAT CAT 3, 6/3/17 - 630 (Q44, V32)
MGMAT CAT 4, 6/12/17 - 610 (Q38, V35)
Veritas CAT 1, 6/15/17 - 660 (Q46, V35)
Veritas CAT 2, 6/22/17 - 620 (Q43, V33)
Veritas CAT 3, 7/8/17 - 660 (Q48, V33)
GMATPrep 2, 7/9/17 - 650 (Q48, V31)
MGMAT CAT 5, 7/11/17 - 630 (Q42, V34)
Veritas CAT 4, 7/15/17 - 680 (Q49, V32)
Veritas CAT 5, 7/27/17 - 660 (Q49, V32)
Veritas CAT 6, 8/2/17 - 670 (Q49, V33)
MGMAT CAT 6, 8/5/17 - 660 (Q44, V36)
Veritas CAT 7, 8/6/17 - 710 (Q50, V37)
GMATPrep 3, 8/9/17 - 690 (Q49, V35)
GMATPrep 4, 8/15/17 - 750 (Q51, V40)
GMATPrep 5, 8/28/17 - 640 (Q47, V31)
GMATPrep 6, 8/30/17 - 700 (Q49, V35)
On test day...I opted for Q-V-IR-AWA. During my first break, I had my granola bar, drank some Gatorade, and used the restroom. To my surprise when I asked how much time was remaining in my break, they had told me I had used 12 minutes. Stress level over 9000!!!! During all of my practice exams, I've never spent more than 5 minutes eating a snack and using the restroom... I lost 5 minutes of my time for the Verbal section, and feel like this contributed to my underwhelming Verbal score....Now when I received my score I was feeling just okay about my Quant score, however my my jaws dropped when I saw my verbal score... I just received my Enhanced Score Report and saw that although I had scored a 41 in CR and 37 in SC (which I believe is I could have definitely performed better on), my RC score was a measly 20!!! I felt absolutely crushed that my final score was the same as the score of my first practice exam...
Study Material
-OG'17
-OG Quant '16
-OG Verbal '16
-Manhattan Prep SC
-Manhattan Prep Numbers Properties
-GmatClub forums
I plan to sit for the exam again in 2 months (also have around 16 days of PTO to use before the new year and would be more than willing to take another week off to prep), and intend on nailing it this time around. I usually spent around 15-20 hours a week for the last 6 months preparing along with taking the week off before my exam to get in the zone. I've already ordered the Manhattan Prep Critical Reasoning and Manhattan Prep Reading Comp books and am heavily considering getting Magoosh Premium for guidance, but if anyone can give me some advice on how to structure my studying to better solidify my verbal proficiency, that'd be much appreciated! I'd like to score 720+
So I recently sat for my GMAT on Saturday September 2nd, and scored a 640 (48Q, 29V, 7IR), totally bombing the verbal portion, after having scored 690-750-640-700 on my last 4 fresh, non-retake, practice exams, the first of which is from Veritas Prep, and the final two of which are from Exam Pack 2. Below is a list of all my exams taken chronologically...
GMATPrep 1, 4/22/17 - 640 (Q45, V33)
MGMAT CAT 1, 5/3/17 - 650 (Q41, V35)
MGMAT CAT 2, 5/21/17 - 580 (Q38, V31)
MGMAT CAT 3, 6/3/17 - 630 (Q44, V32)
MGMAT CAT 4, 6/12/17 - 610 (Q38, V35)
Veritas CAT 1, 6/15/17 - 660 (Q46, V35)
Veritas CAT 2, 6/22/17 - 620 (Q43, V33)
Veritas CAT 3, 7/8/17 - 660 (Q48, V33)
GMATPrep 2, 7/9/17 - 650 (Q48, V31)
MGMAT CAT 5, 7/11/17 - 630 (Q42, V34)
Veritas CAT 4, 7/15/17 - 680 (Q49, V32)
Veritas CAT 5, 7/27/17 - 660 (Q49, V32)
Veritas CAT 6, 8/2/17 - 670 (Q49, V33)
MGMAT CAT 6, 8/5/17 - 660 (Q44, V36)
Veritas CAT 7, 8/6/17 - 710 (Q50, V37)
GMATPrep 3, 8/9/17 - 690 (Q49, V35)
GMATPrep 4, 8/15/17 - 750 (Q51, V40)
GMATPrep 5, 8/28/17 - 640 (Q47, V31)
GMATPrep 6, 8/30/17 - 700 (Q49, V35)
On test day...I opted for Q-V-IR-AWA. During my first break, I had my granola bar, drank some Gatorade, and used the restroom. To my surprise when I asked how much time was remaining in my break, they had told me I had used 12 minutes. Stress level over 9000!!!! During all of my practice exams, I've never spent more than 5 minutes eating a snack and using the restroom... I lost 5 minutes of my time for the Verbal section, and feel like this contributed to my underwhelming Verbal score....Now when I received my score I was feeling just okay about my Quant score, however my my jaws dropped when I saw my verbal score... I just received my Enhanced Score Report and saw that although I had scored a 41 in CR and 37 in SC (which I believe is I could have definitely performed better on), my RC score was a measly 20!!! I felt absolutely crushed that my final score was the same as the score of my first practice exam...
Study Material
-OG'17
-OG Quant '16
-OG Verbal '16
-Manhattan Prep SC
-Manhattan Prep Numbers Properties
-GmatClub forums
I plan to sit for the exam again in 2 months (also have around 16 days of PTO to use before the new year and would be more than willing to take another week off to prep), and intend on nailing it this time around. I usually spent around 15-20 hours a week for the last 6 months preparing along with taking the week off before my exam to get in the zone. I've already ordered the Manhattan Prep Critical Reasoning and Manhattan Prep Reading Comp books and am heavily considering getting Magoosh Premium for guidance, but if anyone can give me some advice on how to structure my studying to better solidify my verbal proficiency, that'd be much appreciated! I'd like to score 720+
03 Sep 2017, 21:25
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Sometimes the first test doesn't go as planned. Don't worry, get your ESR and look at the section you performed poorly. Spend a lot of time imporivng that section and you can gain a higher score.
07 Sep 2017, 11:50
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Hey clee1827,
If you were to ask me, this score is probably just pressure playing its part!
I can't even imagine thinking straight knowing that I have lost around 5 of my 75 minutes, especially
in the Verbal Section. Kudos on bouncing back with a 37 and 41 in SC and CR after losing that time
Ordering an ESR was a very wise thing and since it is clear that you still need help in the
Reading Comprehension Section. Work on it in a methodical way
(Do 4-5 RC's from Official sources on a daily basis. Start from OG10 and work your way
to the OG 18).
Might want to have a look at this link to check out some strategies(Helped me a lot)
https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-club-s- ... 83101.html
For math(Scoring a Q48 means that you have probably mastered all/most of the concepts)
I would recommend you to subscribe for the GMATPrep tests and also solve 700+ questions
in both the tests and other sources you could get your hands on! You should follow Bunuel
and work on all the problems sets in his signature(eg. Devil's Dozen, 12 Easy Pieces, etc... )
All you need is to understand are those small pieces of information(eg. missing zero/fractions
while solving a DS question) that you are probably missing now and this should probably get you to Q50/51
Hope that helps you.
If you were to ask me, this score is probably just pressure playing its part!
I can't even imagine thinking straight knowing that I have lost around 5 of my 75 minutes, especially
in the Verbal Section. Kudos on bouncing back with a 37 and 41 in SC and CR after losing that time
Ordering an ESR was a very wise thing and since it is clear that you still need help in the
Reading Comprehension Section. Work on it in a methodical way
(Do 4-5 RC's from Official sources on a daily basis. Start from OG10 and work your way
to the OG 18).
Might want to have a look at this link to check out some strategies(Helped me a lot)
https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-club-s- ... 83101.html
For math(Scoring a Q48 means that you have probably mastered all/most of the concepts)
I would recommend you to subscribe for the GMATPrep tests and also solve 700+ questions
in both the tests and other sources you could get your hands on! You should follow Bunuel
and work on all the problems sets in his signature(eg. Devil's Dozen, 12 Easy Pieces, etc... )
All you need is to understand are those small pieces of information(eg. missing zero/fractions
while solving a DS question) that you are probably missing now and this should probably get you to Q50/51
Hope that helps you.
