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21 Jul 2011, 11:20
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Hmm, from 96 percentile to 51... Really?
To be honest, the GMATPREP Exam 2 score of 720 was with skipping the two essay sections, and I managed to finish both Quant and Verbal sections with one second to go (rushing the last 1 or 2 questions slightly).
Test day, I very much misused time in Quant and had around 8 questions to go with one minute left (yeah), guessed on 2-3 questions and the remaining 5-6 were left unanswered. Verbal had to guess on the last 4-5 questions since time was running out as well.
Other than the periods of running out of time at the end, I was pretty relaxed (too relaxed it seems) and confident. Any suggestions? My schools are letting me retake it if I am not accepted with my current scores, and thinking of setting the date for 2.5 weeks from now.
I prepped with the Non-advanced section of Manhattan's Quant (Math only; Books 1-5 of 8, 4th edition), and didn't do anything for verbal. Figured with my gmatprep exam score of 44V I didnt need it and only read half the gmatprep flash cards (verbal section).
I plan to finish the Advanced sections of the Man. Quant to supplement what I already did. Instead of rereading each section I wrote the necessary and important parts, questions, practice/difficult examples down for each non-advanced section, and will do the same thing with the advanced. After this, I will do the same for Verbal, but it seems I keep hearing the OG guide is the best for this, outside of Man. SC?
Any advice, input? I'd very much appreciate it! Thank you!
To be honest, the GMATPREP Exam 2 score of 720 was with skipping the two essay sections, and I managed to finish both Quant and Verbal sections with one second to go (rushing the last 1 or 2 questions slightly).
Test day, I very much misused time in Quant and had around 8 questions to go with one minute left (yeah), guessed on 2-3 questions and the remaining 5-6 were left unanswered. Verbal had to guess on the last 4-5 questions since time was running out as well.
Other than the periods of running out of time at the end, I was pretty relaxed (too relaxed it seems) and confident. Any suggestions? My schools are letting me retake it if I am not accepted with my current scores, and thinking of setting the date for 2.5 weeks from now.
I prepped with the Non-advanced section of Manhattan's Quant (Math only; Books 1-5 of 8, 4th edition), and didn't do anything for verbal. Figured with my gmatprep exam score of 44V I didnt need it and only read half the gmatprep flash cards (verbal section).
I plan to finish the Advanced sections of the Man. Quant to supplement what I already did. Instead of rereading each section I wrote the necessary and important parts, questions, practice/difficult examples down for each non-advanced section, and will do the same thing with the advanced. After this, I will do the same for Verbal, but it seems I keep hearing the OG guide is the best for this, outside of Man. SC?
Any advice, input? I'd very much appreciate it! Thank you!
21 Jul 2011, 11:32
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Looks like you probably just need to work on your timing...if you got a 720 on the prep test it seems like you know your material. From what I've heard, skipping a lot of questions at the end due to running out of time really hurts your score. Do you feel like you understand the material? If so, I would just practice OG questions and the questions on here, and just try to keep each answer to under 2 minutes.
21 Jul 2011, 11:46
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Thanks for the response!
I thought I was OK in understanding the Quant before (then realized the man. quant was a bit harder than the actual test or gmatprep prac exam), and Verbal always has been pretty easy for me (even on the mcat which I took twice). Luckily I have written all of the non-advanced material I feel is necesary in about 24 pages of written notebook paper.
While I use my notes for review, I haven't touched the Official Guide (I have the 12th edition) once, and am not sure how to best approach it? Should I just go through the Diagnostic test section, then go through the math sections to make sure I'm not missing any basics I overlooked from Man., then just go through the DS section to pull everything together?
As to the Verbal, I'm stuck. I did really well with NO studying (44), but no so good on the test. Because I'm usually good at it without help, I almost felt the less than hour of prep on Verbal hurt me by making me confusing my usually correct "verbal intuition" with trying to match the rules. I can either do nothing here, and hope the actual test was a just a fluke, or use these two weeks to develop the "rule" method and study the verbal materials?
