Funambulist wrote:
AjiteshArun wrote:
Funambulist wrote:
I have given 3 mock tests (quant only) and below are my scores:
GMAT Prep - Q29
GMAT Club test - Q35
GMAT Club test - Q42
Not sure what you mean by "quant only". Did you guess your way through (say) verbal? That's probably not the best way to use a GMATPrep. As for the scores, I'd advise you not to overanalyze the process involved. The GMATPrep tests are the only practice tests that come close to working the same way as the GMAT.
I'm not saying you shouldn't use other tests. It's just that looking at the number of "700+" (did you know that the GMAT doesn't even classify questions like that?) questions you got across different tests is not likely to yield any meaningful information.
Hi
AjiteshArunI meant to say that I studied only Quant for whatever time I have studies so far. Yes I did attempt verbal too with any preparation but scored extremely low.
Now I am done with the concepts of all the topics in Quant and I am facing difficulty to solve 700+ questions. My accuracy is above 85% in 500+, 600+ questions but very low in 700+ questions.
Also now I have started preparing for Verbal as well and giving my maximum time to verbal section and studying Quant only once in week for 3 hours. Please let me know if there is anything which I should add in my strategy.
Thanks
I understand that you have taken three practice tests - only Quant seriously. This is not a good strategy. You should take a full length practice test after working through the concepts of most topics at least once (Quant as well as Verbal).
To know whether you understand the fundamentals, you just need to work on practice questions. If you want to figure out whether you have any timing issues, practice a bunch of questions in a limited time frame and aim to spend an average of 2 mins per question.
Take a full length practice test as seriously as possible after completing the Verbal basics too. It takes about 4 hrs to complete all sections of a practice test and that gives you a feel of the actual test. Else you will be wasting your time. You won't understand the timing problems, the stamina issues and you will always have an excuse for your low score. The idea of taking a practice test is to find out the areas in which you need more work. A high or a low score doesn't prove anything and makes no difference to your final GMAT score. Take it in the spirit of testing yourself to know your weaknesses only.
Also, ensure that while working on the basics of Verbal, you keep working on Quant too. Else, after a month you will realise that your performance in Quant has dipped again. You must give at least an hour to Quant 5-6 days in a week.