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26 Jul 2008, 15:23
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OK ...it seems like my 4 month struggle with the GMAT has not helped me get the score I desired and I probably owe it to a couple of hard RC's and me freezing up at the sight of CR questions for some strange reason. I could not pay attention whenever I was reading a CR. With my practice scores, I was pretty confident of scoring in the high 600's or low 700's range. Anyways, my score reads 620 (45 - Q, 30 - V). My practice scores were as follows:
5-Apr 45 31 620 PR1
20-Apr 39 28 560 PR2
12-May 46 25 590 GMAT Prep 1
26-May 42 28 590 GMAT Prep 2
18-Jun 44 37 650 PR3
1-Jul 47 39 690 PR4
11-Jul 47 39 700 GMAT Prep 1
13-Jul 42 34 630 MGMAT
18-Jul 46 39 700 GMAT Prep 2
Challenges:
Test Correct Total % Correct Mean time msec Percentile
m00 3 5 60.0% 1m 43s 10333 63.5%
m01 23 37 62.2% 1m 59s 11978 43.5%
m02 30 37 81.1% 1m 59s 11984 83.5%
m03 21 37 56.8% 1m 58s 11898 29.8%
m04 22 37 59.5% 2m 01s 12142 26.3%
m05 22 37 59.5% 2m 01s 12119 31.6%
m06 22 36 61.1% 2m 04s 12489 55.2%
m07 24 37 64.9% 2m 01s 12164 57.1%
v01 29 41 70.7% 1m 48s 10862 76.1%
v02 27 41 65.8% 1m 46s 10649 53.7%
v03 28 41 68.3% 1m 40s 10098 37.5%
v04 23 41 56.1% 1m 33s 9323 27.8%
For Quant, I am going to work on the remaining challenges and take GMAT prep a couple of more times and try and raise the score to a 48.
I think the reason I screwed up on verbal is because I totally blacked out on CR questions. My chain of thought could not connect the premise and the conclusion, I think I did pretty well on SC..thanks to MGMAT SC guide. However, CR and RC are 2 areas I need to focus on more. I had constantly been getting over 35 in verbal on the previous practice tests so I was really disappointed. Nevertheless, I am going to try again in a month although I lost 2 weeks of vacation studying for this stuff. However, I know I can do it and will not give up.
I need more CR and RC questions though with good explanations. Can anyone recommend more sources? Also, any other advice would be really appreciated. My extensive study routine consisted of:
OG
Verbal and Quant Review
PR GMAT Manual & Course
Kaplan Quiz Bank - which I think was the best of the lot and helped me move from high 500's to the high 600's
MGMAT SC Guide
Challenges - only 7 quant and 3 verbal though
5-Apr 45 31 620 PR1
20-Apr 39 28 560 PR2
12-May 46 25 590 GMAT Prep 1
26-May 42 28 590 GMAT Prep 2
18-Jun 44 37 650 PR3
1-Jul 47 39 690 PR4
11-Jul 47 39 700 GMAT Prep 1
13-Jul 42 34 630 MGMAT
18-Jul 46 39 700 GMAT Prep 2
Challenges:
Test Correct Total % Correct Mean time msec Percentile
m00 3 5 60.0% 1m 43s 10333 63.5%
m01 23 37 62.2% 1m 59s 11978 43.5%
m02 30 37 81.1% 1m 59s 11984 83.5%
m03 21 37 56.8% 1m 58s 11898 29.8%
m04 22 37 59.5% 2m 01s 12142 26.3%
m05 22 37 59.5% 2m 01s 12119 31.6%
m06 22 36 61.1% 2m 04s 12489 55.2%
m07 24 37 64.9% 2m 01s 12164 57.1%
v01 29 41 70.7% 1m 48s 10862 76.1%
v02 27 41 65.8% 1m 46s 10649 53.7%
v03 28 41 68.3% 1m 40s 10098 37.5%
v04 23 41 56.1% 1m 33s 9323 27.8%
For Quant, I am going to work on the remaining challenges and take GMAT prep a couple of more times and try and raise the score to a 48.
I think the reason I screwed up on verbal is because I totally blacked out on CR questions. My chain of thought could not connect the premise and the conclusion, I think I did pretty well on SC..thanks to MGMAT SC guide. However, CR and RC are 2 areas I need to focus on more. I had constantly been getting over 35 in verbal on the previous practice tests so I was really disappointed. Nevertheless, I am going to try again in a month although I lost 2 weeks of vacation studying for this stuff. However, I know I can do it and will not give up.
I need more CR and RC questions though with good explanations. Can anyone recommend more sources? Also, any other advice would be really appreciated. My extensive study routine consisted of:
OG
Verbal and Quant Review
PR GMAT Manual & Course
Kaplan Quiz Bank - which I think was the best of the lot and helped me move from high 500's to the high 600's
MGMAT SC Guide
Challenges - only 7 quant and 3 verbal though
26 Jul 2008, 20:38
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That is the spirit my friend dont worry about the past and think only about the future.......and i know this time you will be able to get a good score as probably this was your one of the bad days of your life where everything goes against you.............if you need anything feel free to contact me.You can drop me a mail also if you want....
And there is one thing my Granfather always used to tell me when i had a bad day and was cursing myself
"Keep your gun powder dry and leave rest to GOD ". If you have worked hard for something and you were not able to perform well then dont worry as GOD might have planned something better for you..
I hope i have not written to much
And there is one thing my Granfather always used to tell me when i had a bad day and was cursing myself
"Keep your gun powder dry and leave rest to GOD ". If you have worked hard for something and you were not able to perform well then dont worry as GOD might have planned something better for you..
I hope i have not written to much
Updated on: 26 Jul 2008, 20:40
Originally posted by apurva1985 on 26 Jul 2008, 20:39.
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