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21 May 2022, 20:13
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Hello everyone,
I could really use some advice/help as I feel stuck and I don't know how to proceed from here.
I've been studying for GMAT since Feb 2022 primarily using TTP, OG 2022, and gmat club question bank. After few weeks of studying the quant foundations, I took my first mock using Manhattan Prep in March, scoring 530 (Q33, V30). Since then, I've been focusing on going through TTP lessons and quizzes, then I moved onto OG and gmat club questions.
Today, I took my first OG practice exam and got a score of 610 (Q41, V34). It's an improvement, but not the drastic improvement that I had hoped for since I'm aiming for 700+. I managed time very poorly, having to guess 3-5 questions on each section (Q, V, and IR). I'm honestly not very shocked with my score because my approach to self-studying was to go over TTP lessons, do some practice questions, and call it a day. After going through all TTP lessons, I just practice a number of OG/gmat club questions everyday.
I've been able to dedicated about 5 hours each day (30 - 40 hours per week), but with work picking up, I'll have less time to study. So I really need to make my time count and I really think I need some structure/personalized study plan. I'm turning my attention to in-person or online classes or tutors, but what are your (the expert!) thoughts? I need someone who can provide solid structure, analyze my weaknesses, help improve on those weak areas, and monitor my progress.
What would you recommend?
Please, any help/advice would be really appreciated.
I could really use some advice/help as I feel stuck and I don't know how to proceed from here.
I've been studying for GMAT since Feb 2022 primarily using TTP, OG 2022, and gmat club question bank. After few weeks of studying the quant foundations, I took my first mock using Manhattan Prep in March, scoring 530 (Q33, V30). Since then, I've been focusing on going through TTP lessons and quizzes, then I moved onto OG and gmat club questions.
Today, I took my first OG practice exam and got a score of 610 (Q41, V34). It's an improvement, but not the drastic improvement that I had hoped for since I'm aiming for 700+. I managed time very poorly, having to guess 3-5 questions on each section (Q, V, and IR). I'm honestly not very shocked with my score because my approach to self-studying was to go over TTP lessons, do some practice questions, and call it a day. After going through all TTP lessons, I just practice a number of OG/gmat club questions everyday.
I've been able to dedicated about 5 hours each day (30 - 40 hours per week), but with work picking up, I'll have less time to study. So I really need to make my time count and I really think I need some structure/personalized study plan. I'm turning my attention to in-person or online classes or tutors, but what are your (the expert!) thoughts? I need someone who can provide solid structure, analyze my weaknesses, help improve on those weak areas, and monitor my progress.
What would you recommend?
Please, any help/advice would be really appreciated.
21 May 2022, 22:53
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Hi BMO.
Nice work so far. Going from the low 500s to 610 is a solid increase, and if you had managed time better when taking that test, you could have scored even higher.
Now, as you suggested, you need to keep strengthening less strong areas, and also, you have to refine your overall approach to handling questions and the test itself.
Since you have used Target Test Prep for much of your prep, one move you could make is to contact the team via the in-course chat, and we could review your TTP analytics to see what they show about what you could do to keep moving toward your score goal.
Regarding taking a class or hiring a tutor, the latter would likely work better for you since, unlike the teacher of a class, a tutor would be able to focus on your personal needs, and assistance in determining what you personally need to do and helping do that is what would be most helpful to you at this point. Any good tutor would be able to help you in that way, online or in-person, and online tutoring works quite well and is super convenient because it doesn't require finding a place to meet and physically meeting there.
Of course, you can do a lot on your own too by analyzing your practice test and quiz performance to find your weaker areas and then mastering those areas by first reviewing the relevant concepts and strategies and then answering practice questions until you achieve high accuracy, and the key is going to be truly mastering topics this time around. Now, you're generally familiar with topics. So, on this second pass, you should really dial them in. So, you should make sure that you fully understand the concepts from the ground up and that you're achieving accuracy at least in the high 80 or 90 percent range, with almost perfect accuracy on easy questions, and 90+ percent accuracy on medium questions.
Also, even though you've been preparing for a while, it will still be good to do much your practice untimed to give yourself time to develop understanding and improve your skills.
You can get some additional tips from this post as well. How to Improve Your GMAT Score
Nice work so far. Going from the low 500s to 610 is a solid increase, and if you had managed time better when taking that test, you could have scored even higher.
Now, as you suggested, you need to keep strengthening less strong areas, and also, you have to refine your overall approach to handling questions and the test itself.
Since you have used Target Test Prep for much of your prep, one move you could make is to contact the team via the in-course chat, and we could review your TTP analytics to see what they show about what you could do to keep moving toward your score goal.
Regarding taking a class or hiring a tutor, the latter would likely work better for you since, unlike the teacher of a class, a tutor would be able to focus on your personal needs, and assistance in determining what you personally need to do and helping do that is what would be most helpful to you at this point. Any good tutor would be able to help you in that way, online or in-person, and online tutoring works quite well and is super convenient because it doesn't require finding a place to meet and physically meeting there.
Of course, you can do a lot on your own too by analyzing your practice test and quiz performance to find your weaker areas and then mastering those areas by first reviewing the relevant concepts and strategies and then answering practice questions until you achieve high accuracy, and the key is going to be truly mastering topics this time around. Now, you're generally familiar with topics. So, on this second pass, you should really dial them in. So, you should make sure that you fully understand the concepts from the ground up and that you're achieving accuracy at least in the high 80 or 90 percent range, with almost perfect accuracy on easy questions, and 90+ percent accuracy on medium questions.
Also, even though you've been preparing for a while, it will still be good to do much your practice untimed to give yourself time to develop understanding and improve your skills.
You can get some additional tips from this post as well. How to Improve Your GMAT Score
