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I started to study for GMAT in July this year, and since then I have been studying hard for it. I gave first GMATPrep mock test on 7th July and scored 380. From then on, I started to solve Official guide questions 10 a day, and signed up for magoosh premium account. Till August I studied using magoosh and gave a mock test on 18th Sept, and scored 640 (Q47 V31). I had not completed the official guide yet, and bought manhattan SC guide, powerscore CR Bible, and 5 manhattan quant books. I strted using them but did not complete any of the books. I decided to take the test on 9th November and booked the date. I gave first manhattan gmat mock test untimed on 21st Sept and scored 660(Q45 V35). I was happy enough with the score as my acuracy improved. I did not review the answers at all. Next I gave another mock test on 12th October, again untimed, and scored 690(Q47 V37). I did not review the answers again. My target score is 700+. I was happy to see the score. But then the downfall began. I gave another test on 25th October, timed, and scored 580 (Q39 V 31). I was devastated. With only 2 weeks to go, I did not know what to do. So, I pulled my socks up and started doing SC, CR and quant diligently from the books I had and worked out a strategy to complete the test under time constraints, I decided I will guess every 7th question in both quant and verbal to finish well on time. I gave another mock on 27th October and scored 650 (Q43 V36). I calmed down a little, and did not review any questions. I gave another mock on 30th October and scored 680 (Q48 V35). And now only a week to go, and I haven't finished the official guide, haven't touched official quant and verbal review books, and haven't completed SC, CR books, and 2 of the 5 manhattan quant books. But now the crumbling nervousness has started to take a toll. I read a debrief today, and the guy has scored 760, with lots of practice from 700 series books, and 800 series books. I haven't even completed the official guide yet or any of the books mentioned above and have a target of 700. I don't understand what to do now with only a week left. Scoring 700 with this kind of preparation seems impossible. My dream school is HEC Paris, and the mere thought that I won't be able to attend it has got me depressed. I do not know what to do. Please help!
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01 Nov 2013, 08:00
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First off, don't panic too much. You can always reschedule or exam, or better yet, take it again!
Timing is definitely difficult and it's something one should definitely work on. There are definitely strategies here. For quant, if you know what is required to produce the solution, and know it may take awhile and you may not even get it right anyway... just guess! Don't spend too much time on any given problem unless you're sure you can derive the solution. Also, be aware that the MGMAT quant is significantly harder than the real GMAT. I ran out of time myself on MGMAT, but was able to spare 10-20 minutes on the real GMAT quant. Nevertheless, I feel like taking practice CATs like the MGMAT timed is very important in coming up with strategies regarding timing.
Same goes for verbal. Popular questions to guess on are sentence corrections where the entire sentence is underlined. Make sure your mind doesn't wander off during boring reading comprehensions and truck through it feigning interest in the subject. As you take practice exams you'll get better at determining both your pace and what type of questions are worth skipping (depending on how long it took you!).
In your boat, for the last week, I'd stop with practice questions and take full length exams, focusing on timing. I wouldn't just randomly guess on every 7th question, but look for strategic questions to guess on - ones that take long or ones you wouldn't correctly answer anyway. Also, this thread has some interesting results - I won't say how you should interpret them, but it may be worth taking a closer look at the first few questions on each section. Also, very important that you don't run out of time (leave questions blank) but instead guess on the last remaining questions.
Best of luck!
Timing is definitely difficult and it's something one should definitely work on. There are definitely strategies here. For quant, if you know what is required to produce the solution, and know it may take awhile and you may not even get it right anyway... just guess! Don't spend too much time on any given problem unless you're sure you can derive the solution. Also, be aware that the MGMAT quant is significantly harder than the real GMAT. I ran out of time myself on MGMAT, but was able to spare 10-20 minutes on the real GMAT quant. Nevertheless, I feel like taking practice CATs like the MGMAT timed is very important in coming up with strategies regarding timing.
Same goes for verbal. Popular questions to guess on are sentence corrections where the entire sentence is underlined. Make sure your mind doesn't wander off during boring reading comprehensions and truck through it feigning interest in the subject. As you take practice exams you'll get better at determining both your pace and what type of questions are worth skipping (depending on how long it took you!).
In your boat, for the last week, I'd stop with practice questions and take full length exams, focusing on timing. I wouldn't just randomly guess on every 7th question, but look for strategic questions to guess on - ones that take long or ones you wouldn't correctly answer anyway. Also, this thread has some interesting results - I won't say how you should interpret them, but it may be worth taking a closer look at the first few questions on each section. Also, very important that you don't run out of time (leave questions blank) but instead guess on the last remaining questions.
Best of luck!
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Any particular reason why you did not review any of the mock?Why you have not completed most of your guides?
First complete all guides in an out, review OG error log, complete last 50 questions of OG review books, then if you need though practice try it out GC club.
You must take Gmat prep too.
