tanisha505 wrote:
I just gave a initial Practice test for setting a baseline. I faced issues majorly in Sentence Correction and Data Sufficiency. Quantative requires concept brush up as it took me time to remember concepts. Also, I realised my speed was pretty slow. As I could compete only 27/31 questions in quants and 5 out 9 in IR.
I am targetting a 720+ score. And planning to give my GMAT around 20th October i.e. 3 months from now.
Please give suggestions on how to move forward to achieve my required target in given time.
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Hi Tanisha,
First of all, 650 is a solid start assuming that you have not started your preparation yet. Looking at your concerns, let me share my insights on how to go forward.
Looking at individual breakdowns, there is a scope for improvement in both Quant and Verbal. To solve SC questions, you have to approach them from a meaning stand-point. Once you understand the meaning the sentence is trying to deliver, you can eliminate the answer choices which do not convey the right meaning and which have grammatical errors. To do this, you need to learn the right reading strategy to understand when to break the sentence and how to eliminate answer choices.
Coming to Quant, I agree that DS questions can be little tricky. Test makers set a lot of traps to confuse students. The main-trick to solve DS questions is to do a certain pre-analysis before jumping into the statements. Doing this gives you a clear idea of what information you need to solve the question and based on that you can select the statements.
As you are in the learning phase, I suggest you not to time yourself at this stage. Once you learn the strategies and start applying them, time will automatically fall in place. 3 months is an ample amount of time, so I would recommend you to brush up your Quant skills and also the SC concepts. I suggest you to use a standard resource for it because random resources might help you with the questions but not the strategies. Make sure to select a resource which teaches you the concepts along with the right methodology.
If you wish to improve your score to 720+, you have to work on your weaker areas. Practicing ‘N’ number of questions doesn’t help because you will be repeating the same mistakes and eventually end up getting the same score. Make sure you have a proper study plan for these 3 months and use a standard resource.
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