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08 Jul 2018, 18:20
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Hi Everyone,
I am on my second attempt at taking the GMAT. I took the GMAT originally in January 2018, and scored well below my expected score of 590. I realized I was well underprepared, and work commitments caused me to not study enough prior to the exam. Since then, I have signed up and been using the Economist GMAT Preparation software.
My last 3 CAT exams have been as follows:
680 Q46 V37
650 Q44 V35
650 Q44 V35
These exams were taken off of the Manhattan Prep site, which I still had some practice exams left over from January. At this point I feel stuck in where to go from here. I have completed most of the Economist GMAT Prep course, and I feel that I am stuck on the 650 range. My target date to write the exam is at the end of July, because I have personal commitments and vacations in August / September.
Individually (in other tests not posted here) I have scored as high as Q49 and V39 although on separate occasions. I therefore feel that with the right approach, I am capable of getting to my target score of 700. However, I feel stuck on this 650 score and do not quite know what to do to improve. Any advice or tips on how to get over this last 50 point hurdle is much appreciated. Any resources you used to help understand topics in a different way is much appreciated too.
My approach is as follows:
1) Continue to do weekly practice exams every Saturday morning (same time I plan to write my test) for the next 2-3 weeks
2) Use Economist GMAT prep to solidify concepts I struggle with
3) Use OG guide to offer a new set of questions I have not seen before and review those in the next 3 weeks prior to writing.
Thanks!
Anton
I am on my second attempt at taking the GMAT. I took the GMAT originally in January 2018, and scored well below my expected score of 590. I realized I was well underprepared, and work commitments caused me to not study enough prior to the exam. Since then, I have signed up and been using the Economist GMAT Preparation software.
My last 3 CAT exams have been as follows:
680 Q46 V37
650 Q44 V35
650 Q44 V35
These exams were taken off of the Manhattan Prep site, which I still had some practice exams left over from January. At this point I feel stuck in where to go from here. I have completed most of the Economist GMAT Prep course, and I feel that I am stuck on the 650 range. My target date to write the exam is at the end of July, because I have personal commitments and vacations in August / September.
Individually (in other tests not posted here) I have scored as high as Q49 and V39 although on separate occasions. I therefore feel that with the right approach, I am capable of getting to my target score of 700. However, I feel stuck on this 650 score and do not quite know what to do to improve. Any advice or tips on how to get over this last 50 point hurdle is much appreciated. Any resources you used to help understand topics in a different way is much appreciated too.
My approach is as follows:
1) Continue to do weekly practice exams every Saturday morning (same time I plan to write my test) for the next 2-3 weeks
2) Use Economist GMAT prep to solidify concepts I struggle with
3) Use OG guide to offer a new set of questions I have not seen before and review those in the next 3 weeks prior to writing.
Thanks!
Anton
08 Jul 2018, 20:43
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Hi AntonYatsenko,
GMAC has publicly stated that the Official Score that you earn on Test Day is within +/- 30 points of actual ability. Assuming a similar 'swing' in how your CATs function, these 3 CAT score results show that you essentially performed the same each time (about 650 +/- a few points).
"Review" is an exceptionally important part of the GMAT training process; your ability to define WHY you're getting questions wrong is essential to defining the areas that you need to work on (and the specific things that you need to 'fix '). As such, I'd like to know a bit more about your last CAT. While a full Mistake Tracker would provide a lot more information, there are some basic questions that you should be able to answer (and the more EXACT you can be with your answers, the better):
After reviewing each section of this recent CAT, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just could not remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard?
4) Because you were low on time and had to guess?
5) How many Verbal questions did you 'narrow down to 2 choices' but still get wrong?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
GMAC has publicly stated that the Official Score that you earn on Test Day is within +/- 30 points of actual ability. Assuming a similar 'swing' in how your CATs function, these 3 CAT score results show that you essentially performed the same each time (about 650 +/- a few points).
"Review" is an exceptionally important part of the GMAT training process; your ability to define WHY you're getting questions wrong is essential to defining the areas that you need to work on (and the specific things that you need to 'fix '). As such, I'd like to know a bit more about your last CAT. While a full Mistake Tracker would provide a lot more information, there are some basic questions that you should be able to answer (and the more EXACT you can be with your answers, the better):
After reviewing each section of this recent CAT, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just could not remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard?
4) Because you were low on time and had to guess?
5) How many Verbal questions did you 'narrow down to 2 choices' but still get wrong?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
09 Jul 2018, 14:20
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Hi Rich,
Thank you for quickly replying. Here is my breakdown:
1) 7
2) 7
3) 5
4) 0 - I seem to have my timing down quite well when it comes to questions.
5) 8
Curious to know what these statistics mean in comparison to my target goal.
Regards,
Anton
