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17 Jul 2019, 07:39
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Hi members,
I decided to create this post because I feel totally desperate and I do not know what other steps I should take.
I am battling with a GMAT for nearly 20 months, put in 2000 hrs + and I am still failing, even I am achieving above 700 scores every time I take mock ( I depleted all the official tests, so I am taking other tests MGMAT and Veritas)
Also when I do questions on my own and in a timed manner I am able to get around 80% weighted accuracy (around 90-95% on 600 questions, 85 - 78% on medium one and 70-80% on hard ones)
I was a member of all education provider you can imagine but still (even I feel confident before the exam and during the exam) I see no progress in the official test.
Virtually I cannot find and I feel pretty balanced in all areas but when it comes to the real test, it shows up a different story.
I took exam 4 times in a last 7 months and I achieved the following scores:
540
540
640 (q49 v28 ir7)
and today s one 570 ( I do not remember the score breakdown as I saw figures on the screen and canceled it out)
I am so down as I never been in my life as I never struggled with academics and as I put so much effort and so much time without any meaningful results.
Virtually I am willing to spent whatever amount to fix my issue but what s the worst, I cannot identify my weak spot and cause that I cannot even cross 650.
Psychologist, coaches, whoever ..... I want to hear from you! Did you ever meet with such an exemplar as me? What am I doing wrong?
I decided to create this post because I feel totally desperate and I do not know what other steps I should take.
I am battling with a GMAT for nearly 20 months, put in 2000 hrs + and I am still failing, even I am achieving above 700 scores every time I take mock ( I depleted all the official tests, so I am taking other tests MGMAT and Veritas)
Also when I do questions on my own and in a timed manner I am able to get around 80% weighted accuracy (around 90-95% on 600 questions, 85 - 78% on medium one and 70-80% on hard ones)
I was a member of all education provider you can imagine but still (even I feel confident before the exam and during the exam) I see no progress in the official test.
Virtually I cannot find and I feel pretty balanced in all areas but when it comes to the real test, it shows up a different story.
I took exam 4 times in a last 7 months and I achieved the following scores:
540
540
640 (q49 v28 ir7)
and today s one 570 ( I do not remember the score breakdown as I saw figures on the screen and canceled it out)
I am so down as I never been in my life as I never struggled with academics and as I put so much effort and so much time without any meaningful results.
Virtually I am willing to spent whatever amount to fix my issue but what s the worst, I cannot identify my weak spot and cause that I cannot even cross 650.
Psychologist, coaches, whoever ..... I want to hear from you! Did you ever meet with such an exemplar as me? What am I doing wrong?
18 Jul 2019, 08:59
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hello, i suggest you use the right material for increasing your score:
1) OG questions, if you dont have them you can check them here for free https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmac-official-guides-the-master-directory-links-240610.html
2) Kaplan ( it helped me boost my score a little bit, specially the verbal one)
3) TTP for quantitative
1) OG questions, if you dont have them you can check them here for free https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmac-official-guides-the-master-directory-links-240610.html
2) Kaplan ( it helped me boost my score a little bit, specially the verbal one)
3) TTP for quantitative
18 Jul 2019, 09:21
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Hey Solikon,
Maybe you're not taking the mocks in the right way. The mocks should mirror test conditions as much as possible. The key difference between mocks and the real one is the pressure, you need to try and incorporate this during your mocks(Pretend all of them are the real one). Also, as George rightly mentioned, solve as many OG questions as you can. Designate 1 hour for each practice session and try to solve 40 problems. As for your score, I was also there once, I realized some of my concepts needed work. There must be some type/types of question you see and immediately get a feeling of dread. Practice these the most. All the best!
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Maybe you're not taking the mocks in the right way. The mocks should mirror test conditions as much as possible. The key difference between mocks and the real one is the pressure, you need to try and incorporate this during your mocks(Pretend all of them are the real one). Also, as George rightly mentioned, solve as many OG questions as you can. Designate 1 hour for each practice session and try to solve 40 problems. As for your score, I was also there once, I realized some of my concepts needed work. There must be some type/types of question you see and immediately get a feeling of dread. Practice these the most. All the best!
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