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Had an awful experience in my first time taking the exam and being ill, which are the best possible ways to improve my score?
11 Jun 2016, 19:01
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Hi Berlin77,
I'm sorry to hear about the health issues that you had to deal with on Test Day - I bet that they would have impacted anyone in that situation. That having been said, the GMAT is the same consistent, predictable Exam that it's always been, so you CAN re-train and score at a higher level. Since you've studied for the Exam before, you wouldn't be 'starting from scratch', but raising your score to a 700+ will still require a certain amount of guidance and consistent study on your part.
To start, you should plan to take a new, FULL-LENGTH CAT (with the Essay and IR sections), so that we can get a sense of your current skills. Once you have that score result, you should post back here and we can talk through your study options.
1) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
I'm sorry to hear about the health issues that you had to deal with on Test Day - I bet that they would have impacted anyone in that situation. That having been said, the GMAT is the same consistent, predictable Exam that it's always been, so you CAN re-train and score at a higher level. Since you've studied for the Exam before, you wouldn't be 'starting from scratch', but raising your score to a 700+ will still require a certain amount of guidance and consistent study on your part.
To start, you should plan to take a new, FULL-LENGTH CAT (with the Essay and IR sections), so that we can get a sense of your current skills. Once you have that score result, you should post back here and we can talk through your study options.
1) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
13 Jun 2016, 22:39
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Dear Berlin77,
I am really sorry to hear about our experience. Sometimes “life happens” and we are not able to get the desired results. You should not think about the last attempt and approach the next one with a positive mindset.
It is very much possible to score a 700 if you prepare using a structured and methodical approach. A student should know how to apply the learned concepts properly to ace the GMAT. In the actual exam, tricks and shortcuts tend to fail and students with a proper approach to the questions succeed. This is what we do at e-GMAT. We teach our students a foolproof process to solve questions and make them follow the same.
We have helped a lot of non-natives ace the GMAT. Here are a few examples of folks who were in your shoes:
- Learn how Nikhil, improved from V19 (19 percentile) to V38 (85 percentile). In the interview, Nikhil articulates his struggles, outlining what worked for him and how was he able to finally improve to V38: https://bit.ly/1ZN59ZB
- Aakash struggled for three attempts before improving his score to V27 (45 percentile) to V39 (90 percentile): https://bit.ly/1YoMu7T
- After scoring 580 in a mock test (V25), Nipun improved to 710 in real GMAT in 4 weeks: https://bit.ly/1VWujWt
Here is what I recommend
1) Use GMAT Planner to finalize the ability scores you need to achieve: https://gmatplanner.e-gmat.com/
2) Go through the recording of our GMAT Strategy Session 1 to understand how you should go about your preparation: https://bit.ly/1reNWgq. This session will help you define you GMAT strategy and create your own study plan. I have also attached the session PDF with this post.
3) You need to improve both your Quant and Verbal scores to reach a 700 and I would recommend you prepare using a proper course.
Create a multi step study plan to achieve your target score. Evaluate your improvement at every step using Scholaranium: https://e-gmat.com/blogs/fine-tune-your-preparation/. Make sure that you have reached your target ability.
5) Finally take a few mock tests to confirm that you have actually improved.
I hope the above helps. Feel free to ask any questions you have.
Regards,
Rajat Sadana
I am really sorry to hear about our experience. Sometimes “life happens” and we are not able to get the desired results. You should not think about the last attempt and approach the next one with a positive mindset.
It is very much possible to score a 700 if you prepare using a structured and methodical approach. A student should know how to apply the learned concepts properly to ace the GMAT. In the actual exam, tricks and shortcuts tend to fail and students with a proper approach to the questions succeed. This is what we do at e-GMAT. We teach our students a foolproof process to solve questions and make them follow the same.
We have helped a lot of non-natives ace the GMAT. Here are a few examples of folks who were in your shoes:
- Learn how Nikhil, improved from V19 (19 percentile) to V38 (85 percentile). In the interview, Nikhil articulates his struggles, outlining what worked for him and how was he able to finally improve to V38: https://bit.ly/1ZN59ZB
- Aakash struggled for three attempts before improving his score to V27 (45 percentile) to V39 (90 percentile): https://bit.ly/1YoMu7T
- After scoring 580 in a mock test (V25), Nipun improved to 710 in real GMAT in 4 weeks: https://bit.ly/1VWujWt
Here is what I recommend
1) Use GMAT Planner to finalize the ability scores you need to achieve: https://gmatplanner.e-gmat.com/
2) Go through the recording of our GMAT Strategy Session 1 to understand how you should go about your preparation: https://bit.ly/1reNWgq. This session will help you define you GMAT strategy and create your own study plan. I have also attached the session PDF with this post.
3) You need to improve both your Quant and Verbal scores to reach a 700 and I would recommend you prepare using a proper course.
Create a multi step study plan to achieve your target score. Evaluate your improvement at every step using Scholaranium: https://e-gmat.com/blogs/fine-tune-your-preparation/. Make sure that you have reached your target ability.
5) Finally take a few mock tests to confirm that you have actually improved.
I hope the above helps. Feel free to ask any questions you have.
Regards,
Rajat Sadana
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