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08 Feb 2011, 13:39
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Hi all,
Just finished the test. Something went horribly wrong in Math, and I will have to retake because of that. I would like to have some tips from you, since I'm a bit lost with the way things turned out.
When I decided to take the GMAT, I started with GMAT Prep right off the bat, scoring 700 in my first try, Q45 V41. After that, I bought the official guide and solved it cover to cover, with an average rate of 91% right answers in the Verbal section and 85% in quant, with my score greatly lowered by my ~60% in data sufficiency.
With that done, I took the GMAT Prep 2 and was shocked to score exactly the same thing, though I had covered the official guide completely. I started to despair and bought 800score's set of tests, of which I did only the quant part. There I scored 45, 43, 37, 44 and 48. I then went cover-to-cover on Kaplan's Math Workbook, again with a high rate of right answers, only to take GMAT Prep couple more times for 700 and 720, never scoring above 45 in quant.
With my GMAT score super high on verbal but dismal in quant, I have to retake. What's puzzling me is the fact that I was able to cover both books really easily, but when I do the prep tests my score never shows any improvement.
Any help you can give me in building a quant study plan for the retake will be highly appreciated. I won't be studying verbal anymore since my average score is 97 percentile.
My target score is 720.
FRUSTRATING!
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Daniel
Just finished the test. Something went horribly wrong in Math, and I will have to retake because of that. I would like to have some tips from you, since I'm a bit lost with the way things turned out.
When I decided to take the GMAT, I started with GMAT Prep right off the bat, scoring 700 in my first try, Q45 V41. After that, I bought the official guide and solved it cover to cover, with an average rate of 91% right answers in the Verbal section and 85% in quant, with my score greatly lowered by my ~60% in data sufficiency.
With that done, I took the GMAT Prep 2 and was shocked to score exactly the same thing, though I had covered the official guide completely. I started to despair and bought 800score's set of tests, of which I did only the quant part. There I scored 45, 43, 37, 44 and 48. I then went cover-to-cover on Kaplan's Math Workbook, again with a high rate of right answers, only to take GMAT Prep couple more times for 700 and 720, never scoring above 45 in quant.
With my GMAT score super high on verbal but dismal in quant, I have to retake. What's puzzling me is the fact that I was able to cover both books really easily, but when I do the prep tests my score never shows any improvement.
Any help you can give me in building a quant study plan for the retake will be highly appreciated. I won't be studying verbal anymore since my average score is 97 percentile.
My target score is 720.
FRUSTRATING!
[]s
Daniel
08 Feb 2011, 14:12
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What were your overall thoughts/impressions on the Quant section of the GMAT that you took today? Did you lose track of time? Did some questions really baffle you? Were the questions representative of those that you studied?
If you lost track of time and felt rushed then I am sure your content knowledge is solid and you just have to work on test taking strategies. Above, you don't mention timing your practice sessions.
If you found yourself constantly doubting your work or forgetting how to approach some of the "mainstream" math questions, then I am sure you need to revise content.
If you lost track of time and felt rushed then I am sure your content knowledge is solid and you just have to work on test taking strategies. Above, you don't mention timing your practice sessions.
If you found yourself constantly doubting your work or forgetting how to approach some of the "mainstream" math questions, then I am sure you need to revise content.
08 Feb 2011, 14:17
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During your practice, you seemed to have found that Data Sufficiency was your weakest area. Did you do anything to actually rectify this? There are some approaches that are helpful in attacking these sort of questions and you need to learn and apply them. Also, DS tests a lot of number properties and inequalities. Make sure you know these areas very well.
