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12 Jun 2003, 11:42
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I studied pretty hard for this and I ended up with just a 520. This thing is such a bear and I'm a little frustrated to say the least.The breakdown was as follows:
35 Quant and 26 Verbal
It was too different from the practice test scores, which I scored at most a 530. I know I need to improve my scores if I want a realistic shot at any of the good schools. Any advice on what I can do to try improve? I know I have the work ethic to do this, but I may have lost focus a little through the verbal sections.
I have the Kaplan books from taking the course, and although some of the techniques helped, I continued to miss problems here and there for one reason or another.
Any suggestions to what I can do to move as a minimum into the 600's??? Is it realistic that I will do that much better?
35 Quant and 26 Verbal
It was too different from the practice test scores, which I scored at most a 530. I know I need to improve my scores if I want a realistic shot at any of the good schools. Any advice on what I can do to try improve? I know I have the work ethic to do this, but I may have lost focus a little through the verbal sections.
I have the Kaplan books from taking the course, and although some of the techniques helped, I continued to miss problems here and there for one reason or another.
Any suggestions to what I can do to move as a minimum into the 600's??? Is it realistic that I will do that much better?
12 Jun 2003, 15:57
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bradey, i'm in a similar bind, i took the exam and got a 500. i'm going to try the kaplan books this time around. my suggestion for you based on feedback is to concentrate on the quant - 35 is ok, so it seems like you can bump it up to the 40-mid 4o's. the reason is that first math is easier to improve on than the verbal (quanitifiable) and second alot ob business school require decentot good grasp of maths because their programs have several classes that are math based.
Verbal is hard to improve but if you keep on reading, things should improve.
I'm planning on taking an online exam from crack-gmat.com after the test they figure out your weak points and then you can focus on those. I don't know how good it is but we'll see.
And last don't fret - I was upset after the score, but I decided that I'm going to do much better on the next one and more importantly not let the next score ruin/make my life.
Verbal is hard to improve but if you keep on reading, things should improve.
I'm planning on taking an online exam from crack-gmat.com after the test they figure out your weak points and then you can focus on those. I don't know how good it is but we'll see.
And last don't fret - I was upset after the score, but I decided that I'm going to do much better on the next one and more importantly not let the next score ruin/make my life.
12 Jun 2003, 16:29
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Red Indian...
Name is Brian...I guess I never thought the name through too much, but I never really liked the bradey bunch...except...Marsha.
I had gone out and had a few beers
after I took the test today so, when I read through the previous post it didn't make sense on something. I never scored over a 530 on the pratice test. That was it...
The Math part seemed easier than I thought, but then again I was only at a 35, while others are in the 40's...I think I could improve considering I had to guess on the last seven questions. I allowed myself to get bogged down on a couple of earlier problems in the test. I think I got more data sufficiency then expected, which during pratice, was a personal week point. The test seemed to pinpoint your weeknesses and drill you on that until you couldn't stand it. I live in DC and took the subway this morning...When I finished the test I went the wrong way on the Red Line, so to say the least I was mentally drained.
I never wanted to post here before because it seems that people on this site really don't need help. People actually complain about a 640. Mayon if I got that I would be happy. Think about it, you just scored better than 80% of the test takers!! Stop your complaining and apply already.
Name is Brian...I guess I never thought the name through too much, but I never really liked the bradey bunch...except...Marsha.
I had gone out and had a few beers
after I took the test today so, when I read through the previous post it didn't make sense on something. I never scored over a 530 on the pratice test. That was it...
The Math part seemed easier than I thought, but then again I was only at a 35, while others are in the 40's...I think I could improve considering I had to guess on the last seven questions. I allowed myself to get bogged down on a couple of earlier problems in the test. I think I got more data sufficiency then expected, which during pratice, was a personal week point. The test seemed to pinpoint your weeknesses and drill you on that until you couldn't stand it. I live in DC and took the subway this morning...When I finished the test I went the wrong way on the Red Line, so to say the least I was mentally drained.
I never wanted to post here before because it seems that people on this site really don't need help. People actually complain about a 640. Mayon if I got that I would be happy. Think about it, you just scored better than 80% of the test takers!! Stop your complaining and apply already.
What's wrong with Verbal? Is it SC and CR?
