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michaelr11
27 Oct 2016, 10:01
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Hi All,
Long time reader, first time poster.
So I just re-took the GMAT, it's the second time I have taken the test. First time was in December 2015 (610, Q34 28%, V39 89%), and the second time was today October 2016 (640, Q39 39%, V38 85%, ). I completed an in-person MGMAT course in Summer 2015 and then had a baby in late December 2015 so didn't start studying again until around July 2016.
My recent CATs:
MGMAT (10/24 - only quant no other sections) - Q44 58%
MGMAT (10/22 - only quant no other sections) - Q39 43%
GMAT Prep (10/16) - 710, Q47 73%, V40 90%,
GMAT Prep (9/18) - 700, Q44 63%, V41 93%,
MGMAT (8/13) - 630, Q40 47%, V36 81%,
All of the full length CATs were taken around the same time I took my test today and I didn't pause them and I took the normal breaks. Realistically, my score was in line with how I've been testing, maybe a little below. I would love to crack 680, and if I could just get Q43-ish and maintain my verbal score I would probably get close.
As you can tell, verbal isn't an issue for me. I'm a native english speaker and have just stopped studying it. So all my time goes into Quant. My approach looks something like this:
- Review all areas (this was redone this year around August)
- Take a mock test of 37 GmatPrep questions, then during the week go over each one that I got wrong.
- By "go over", I mean get out an A4 piece of paper for each question, write it out, write out and understand the answers from this forum or from other forums, note what I did right and wrong, and list a number of takeaways from each problem.
- Do a CAT every 2-3 weeks and then spend the next week reviewing the CAT.
- I use the MGMAT materials and I completed an in-course in summer 2015 (over a year ago now)
- I keep a "careless error" log - although I'm not sure how good I am at stopping these occurring!
- I have a file for each quant area and each time I get a problem wrong and review it, the piece of paper goes into the folder
So the pessimist in me says this is all I've got, I'm a 640-kinda guy. But I'm super hopeful that if I sharpen the edges I can make that jump from Q39 to Q44. I'm just not sure what else I can do! I'm pretty sure I'm going to re-take it in shortly over 16days and see how it goes (late November), one last time. That'll be the last time as Round 2 submissions are due start of December so I'm going to submit my best score at that point.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated!
Michael
Long time reader, first time poster.
So I just re-took the GMAT, it's the second time I have taken the test. First time was in December 2015 (610, Q34 28%, V39 89%), and the second time was today October 2016 (640, Q39 39%, V38 85%, ). I completed an in-person MGMAT course in Summer 2015 and then had a baby in late December 2015 so didn't start studying again until around July 2016.
My recent CATs:
MGMAT (10/24 - only quant no other sections) - Q44 58%
MGMAT (10/22 - only quant no other sections) - Q39 43%
GMAT Prep (10/16) - 710, Q47 73%, V40 90%,
GMAT Prep (9/18) - 700, Q44 63%, V41 93%,
MGMAT (8/13) - 630, Q40 47%, V36 81%,
All of the full length CATs were taken around the same time I took my test today and I didn't pause them and I took the normal breaks. Realistically, my score was in line with how I've been testing, maybe a little below. I would love to crack 680, and if I could just get Q43-ish and maintain my verbal score I would probably get close.
As you can tell, verbal isn't an issue for me. I'm a native english speaker and have just stopped studying it. So all my time goes into Quant. My approach looks something like this:
- Review all areas (this was redone this year around August)
- Take a mock test of 37 GmatPrep questions, then during the week go over each one that I got wrong.
- By "go over", I mean get out an A4 piece of paper for each question, write it out, write out and understand the answers from this forum or from other forums, note what I did right and wrong, and list a number of takeaways from each problem.
- Do a CAT every 2-3 weeks and then spend the next week reviewing the CAT.
- I use the MGMAT materials and I completed an in-course in summer 2015 (over a year ago now)
- I keep a "careless error" log - although I'm not sure how good I am at stopping these occurring!
- I have a file for each quant area and each time I get a problem wrong and review it, the piece of paper goes into the folder
So the pessimist in me says this is all I've got, I'm a 640-kinda guy. But I'm super hopeful that if I sharpen the edges I can make that jump from Q39 to Q44. I'm just not sure what else I can do! I'm pretty sure I'm going to re-take it in shortly over 16days and see how it goes (late November), one last time. That'll be the last time as Round 2 submissions are due start of December so I'm going to submit my best score at that point.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated!
Michael
27 Oct 2016, 17:25
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Hi Michael,
With Quant Scaled Scores in the high-30s and low-40s, you are pretty good at most of the 'math questions' that you see on the GMAT, but you're making a number of little mistakes throughout the Quant section and you're missing out on lots of 'strategy-based' points. If you continue to study as you have been studying and then take the GMAT in about 2 weeks, then you will likely continue to score in this range. However, if you could put in a little more time (2-4 weeks of consistent, guided study) and focus more on the Tactics and patterns of the Quant section, then you could conceivably raise your score into the mid-40s to high-40s.
1) How many hours do you think you can study each week (through the end of November)?
2) What Business Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
With Quant Scaled Scores in the high-30s and low-40s, you are pretty good at most of the 'math questions' that you see on the GMAT, but you're making a number of little mistakes throughout the Quant section and you're missing out on lots of 'strategy-based' points. If you continue to study as you have been studying and then take the GMAT in about 2 weeks, then you will likely continue to score in this range. However, if you could put in a little more time (2-4 weeks of consistent, guided study) and focus more on the Tactics and patterns of the Quant section, then you could conceivably raise your score into the mid-40s to high-40s.
1) How many hours do you think you can study each week (through the end of November)?
2) What Business Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
michaelr11
27 Oct 2016, 18:36
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1) How many hours do you think you can study each week (through the end of November)?
Approximately 15hrs a week, but I will be working on my essays/application within this time too.
2) What Business Schools are you planning to apply to?
I live in Pittsburgh so University of Pittsburgh (Katz) and Tepper. I know Tepper will be a stretch, especially with their math-heavy curriculum, but if I can score above the 50% percentile I might as well take a shot and lean on some of my other diverse qualities in my application
Approximately 15hrs a week, but I will be working on my essays/application within this time too.
2) What Business Schools are you planning to apply to?
I live in Pittsburgh so University of Pittsburgh (Katz) and Tepper. I know Tepper will be a stretch, especially with their math-heavy curriculum, but if I can score above the 50% percentile I might as well take a shot and lean on some of my other diverse qualities in my application
