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06 Mar 2017, 12:30
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Hi All,
I would like to share my experience regarding GMAT preparation and exam so far and need your help to decide my next course of action. I started preparing for GMAT exam from September mid 2016. Ther main study materials I used for Quant and Verbal were MGMAT. I gave the 2 mock exams from GMAT prep software, 3 mock exams from MGMAT and 4 mock exams from Kaplan Prep. I also practiced questions from OG 15 and magoosh. In almost all the mock exams, my average score has 660 (including couple of 630s and few 680-90s). My average Quant score was 48 and Verbal was 32. I gave my GMAT exam in January and I got 620 (Q48 V27). I was disappointed. I wasn't expecting a 700+ but atleast 650. I decided to try again.
I started focusing on verbal. I started writing down the SC and CR rules and focused mainly on error analysis. I used the couple of free courses in e-gmat, read the MGMAT material again, the SC course in Magoosh and used the veritas prep 7 mock exams for my preparation. Again, my average score ranged around 660 with 32 as the average in verbal. I gave my second GMAT exam last week and scored a 590 (Q44 V27). There hasn't been a single improvement in my Verbal score. I don't know where I went wrong and what should I do next? Here is my list of scores:
GMAT Prep 1 (11/20 – 600 Q45 V28)
Magoosh CAT Test (12/7 600 Q42 V32)
Economist GMAT test (12/11 620 Q45 V32)
Kaplan Test 1 (12/18 660 Q48 V32)
Veritas GMAT Prep 1 (12/22 640 Q47 V30)
Kaplan Test 2 (12/28 680 Q48 V35)
Manhattan GMAT 1 (12/29 620 Q42 V33)
Manhattan GMAT 2 (12/30 590 Q44 V29)
Veritas GMAT Prep 2 (12/31 680 Q50 V33)
Kaplan Test 3 (01/02 710 Q49 V38)
Princeton (01/05 690 Q51 V35)
Kaplan Test 4 (01/07 660 Q48 V32)
Manhattan GMAT 3 (01/08 660 Q48 V32 )
Kaplan Test 5 (01/15 670 Q49 V33)
Manhattan GMAT 4 (01/16 690 Q47 V37)
GMAT Prep 2 (01/16 660 V48 Q 32)
Jan 29 – Score 630
Feb 5th – Score 660
Feb 16th – Score 690
Do you think I should give again? If I give, how many months preparation should I take and what should be my approach this time? Should I buy the Verbal Online e-gmat course and a Math Revolution 1 month course? Please give me your honest suggestions. I definitely don't want to waste my money for something which may not give me the result I am looking for.
Thank you.
Akhil
I would like to share my experience regarding GMAT preparation and exam so far and need your help to decide my next course of action. I started preparing for GMAT exam from September mid 2016. Ther main study materials I used for Quant and Verbal were MGMAT. I gave the 2 mock exams from GMAT prep software, 3 mock exams from MGMAT and 4 mock exams from Kaplan Prep. I also practiced questions from OG 15 and magoosh. In almost all the mock exams, my average score has 660 (including couple of 630s and few 680-90s). My average Quant score was 48 and Verbal was 32. I gave my GMAT exam in January and I got 620 (Q48 V27). I was disappointed. I wasn't expecting a 700+ but atleast 650. I decided to try again.
I started focusing on verbal. I started writing down the SC and CR rules and focused mainly on error analysis. I used the couple of free courses in e-gmat, read the MGMAT material again, the SC course in Magoosh and used the veritas prep 7 mock exams for my preparation. Again, my average score ranged around 660 with 32 as the average in verbal. I gave my second GMAT exam last week and scored a 590 (Q44 V27). There hasn't been a single improvement in my Verbal score. I don't know where I went wrong and what should I do next? Here is my list of scores:
GMAT Prep 1 (11/20 – 600 Q45 V28)
Magoosh CAT Test (12/7 600 Q42 V32)
Economist GMAT test (12/11 620 Q45 V32)
Kaplan Test 1 (12/18 660 Q48 V32)
Veritas GMAT Prep 1 (12/22 640 Q47 V30)
Kaplan Test 2 (12/28 680 Q48 V35)
Manhattan GMAT 1 (12/29 620 Q42 V33)
Manhattan GMAT 2 (12/30 590 Q44 V29)
Veritas GMAT Prep 2 (12/31 680 Q50 V33)
Kaplan Test 3 (01/02 710 Q49 V38)
Princeton (01/05 690 Q51 V35)
Kaplan Test 4 (01/07 660 Q48 V32)
Manhattan GMAT 3 (01/08 660 Q48 V32 )
Kaplan Test 5 (01/15 670 Q49 V33)
Manhattan GMAT 4 (01/16 690 Q47 V37)
GMAT Prep 2 (01/16 660 V48 Q 32)
Jan 29 – Score 630
Feb 5th – Score 660
Feb 16th – Score 690
Do you think I should give again? If I give, how many months preparation should I take and what should be my approach this time? Should I buy the Verbal Online e-gmat course and a Math Revolution 1 month course? Please give me your honest suggestions. I definitely don't want to waste my money for something which may not give me the result I am looking for.
Thank you.
Akhil
06 Mar 2017, 21:46
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Hi akhil4s,
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. When these types of score drops occur, the two likely "causes" involve either something that was unrealistic during practice or something that was surprising (or not accounted for) on Test Day. If you can answer a few questions, then we should be able to figure this out:
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Did you take them at home?
3) Did you take them at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, skip sections, take longer breaks, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once? Had you seen any of the questions BEFORE?
6) Why are the CATs on Jan 29, Feb 5 and Feb 16 missing the details that the other CATs include?
Beyond those questions, I'd also like to know more about your goals:
1) What is your goal score?
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
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. When these types of score drops occur, the two likely "causes" involve either something that was unrealistic during practice or something that was surprising (or not accounted for) on Test Day. If you can answer a few questions, then we should be able to figure this out:
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Did you take them at home?
3) Did you take them at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, skip sections, take longer breaks, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once? Had you seen any of the questions BEFORE?
6) Why are the CATs on Jan 29, Feb 5 and Feb 16 missing the details that the other CATs include?
Beyond those questions, I'd also like to know more about your goals:
1) What is your goal score?
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
10 Mar 2017, 07:28
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akhil4s
Do you think I should give again? If I give, how many months preparation should I take and what should be my approach this time? Should I buy the Verbal Online e-gmat course and a Math Revolution 1 month course? Please give me your honest suggestions. I definitely don't want to waste my money for something which may not give me the result I am looking for.
Thank you.
Akhil
Hi akhil4s,
Here is what i think but all of this is my personal openion. Following would save you money and time but the output would be great.
SC - e-gmat (Buy only SC). But SC you can only improve solving ONLY official questions. Okie Include MGMAT SCs as well. Dont do questions from other sources.
do only 5 official SC questions in a day but then learn every possible thing from them. If you can do 10, learning & retaining all of the tricks and concepts then also great.
CR - RON's Videos & Powerscore GMAT CR Bible
RC - RON's Videos, MGMAT RC Book and Ton of reading (2 hours everyday)
Quant;
Gmatclub test sufficient. Solve all the 1500 questions as quizzes or CATS. Follow Bunuel's solutions and solve questions everyday posted by him.
Math Revolutions Questions - Brilliant.
Math Revolutions solving Approach - I dont just like it. (This is my personal openion about their approach.)
