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20 Feb 2012, 07:15
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From a year i was planning to take GMAT, yesterday went ahead and booked a date of 10 April 12, with a target of acheiving 779 (a odd number to target). A year back when i took GMAC full paper tests (excluding AWA), in one i got 390 & in another 410 (pretty bugging). Then decided will take the exam in 3 months & started with OG 11..
A lot of procrastination & advice from friend brought me to current situation i.e. a score of (540 - 550 on Date 20 Feb).
Studied Kaplan Premier (suggested by my frnd), improved on Maths & a little on DS. Exhausted 3 exams of Kaplan (available with the book) and one GMAC. In my recent full test, Math score stood at 38 & verbal at 24... Positive way of looking at it is there is a lot of scope of improvement :D
During my analysis i found that,
a) i need to definitely improve my stamina.. planning to take 1 hr test of maths & verbal on alternate days. Not real test, mostly taking bunch of OG 12 edition ques & solving them in a timed manner. This included with analysis of solution will use up ard 2 hours per day.
b) SC accuracy is 25-30%. As doing OG question is not helping, i am planning to go through Manhattan SC couple of times. Can't go through grammar books am not a guy who can mug all the grammar rules.
c) In Maths, i am able to do most of the easier ques, but get stuck in difficult ones or the ones which are bit unusual. Last week i was planning to go thru all the PS & DS ques from OG, couple of times, will that be sufficient or do i need to do things differently?
d) Any suggestion on CR & RC is welcome, seems like i require more practice... & also need to solve difficult questions.
AWA - i have recently gone through Chinese burned's section, suppose that should be sufficient as difficult part is coming up with the points
One thing i realized in all the 4 tests that i don't have a problem with time... Speed is not my concerns as of now..
7 weeks 779 seems like a difficult task but should be achievable. (Mostly have to go through quality instead of quanity)
Apart from this please let me know where can i get more Full length & section tests.
Thanks
- Sarat
A lot of procrastination & advice from friend brought me to current situation i.e. a score of (540 - 550 on Date 20 Feb).
Studied Kaplan Premier (suggested by my frnd), improved on Maths & a little on DS. Exhausted 3 exams of Kaplan (available with the book) and one GMAC. In my recent full test, Math score stood at 38 & verbal at 24... Positive way of looking at it is there is a lot of scope of improvement :D
During my analysis i found that,
a) i need to definitely improve my stamina.. planning to take 1 hr test of maths & verbal on alternate days. Not real test, mostly taking bunch of OG 12 edition ques & solving them in a timed manner. This included with analysis of solution will use up ard 2 hours per day.
b) SC accuracy is 25-30%. As doing OG question is not helping, i am planning to go through Manhattan SC couple of times. Can't go through grammar books am not a guy who can mug all the grammar rules.
c) In Maths, i am able to do most of the easier ques, but get stuck in difficult ones or the ones which are bit unusual. Last week i was planning to go thru all the PS & DS ques from OG, couple of times, will that be sufficient or do i need to do things differently?
d) Any suggestion on CR & RC is welcome, seems like i require more practice... & also need to solve difficult questions.
AWA - i have recently gone through Chinese burned's section, suppose that should be sufficient as difficult part is coming up with the points
One thing i realized in all the 4 tests that i don't have a problem with time... Speed is not my concerns as of now..
7 weeks 779 seems like a difficult task but should be achievable. (Mostly have to go through quality instead of quanity)
Apart from this please let me know where can i get more Full length & section tests.
Thanks
- Sarat
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20 Feb 2012, 07:30
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You have the right mindset for the AWA, but don't skip it on practice tests. This is part of test day stamina.
Break question sets into blocks to test stamina. This way you have a consistent benchmark to compare with (time across the same # of problems).
I'd recommend getting books to read to supplement questions. Questions alone doesn't help many people, people typically report better success when using content to learn as opposed to using the questions/answers to learn. Read the book review threads to pick and choose the books you need.
We also have a number of write ups in the math forum:
gmat-math-book-87417.html
You have a good grasp on what is keeping your score down. Now, you need to identify what materials will best help you overcome these obstacles and work to it. Keep going with your error log (not just on practice tests, keep track during practice problems as well) and fit practice tests in to gauge progress and address newly identified weaknesses/shortcomings. Best of luck.
Break question sets into blocks to test stamina. This way you have a consistent benchmark to compare with (time across the same # of problems).
I'd recommend getting books to read to supplement questions. Questions alone doesn't help many people, people typically report better success when using content to learn as opposed to using the questions/answers to learn. Read the book review threads to pick and choose the books you need.
We also have a number of write ups in the math forum:
gmat-math-book-87417.html
You have a good grasp on what is keeping your score down. Now, you need to identify what materials will best help you overcome these obstacles and work to it. Keep going with your error log (not just on practice tests, keep track during practice problems as well) and fit practice tests in to gauge progress and address newly identified weaknesses/shortcomings. Best of luck.
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20 Feb 2012, 07:41
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MGMAT Books come up with 6 full tests and as far as i know you get some free test from Kaplan as well. Another good source can be the official GMAT Tests with 2 tests (but you can usually use it more often because the question database is large enough and you wont encounter many duplicates if you do so). Once you have build up your fundamentals and grammar rules (it is important to have a good basic - do not focus on the advance strategies if fundamentals are your weakness. You will rarely see a advanced questions with little fundamentals and therefore it would be was of time.
And of course - and already mentioned - you can try the gmatclub test which can really push you up. BUT, I only recommend the math test if you already have a Q of 45 or above.
And of course - and already mentioned - you can try the gmatclub test which can really push you up. BUT, I only recommend the math test if you already have a Q of 45 or above.
