Hi Folks,
I have a miserable story to share and would like your inputs and advice for the questions followed below.
I started preparing for GMAT, an year back in dec 2017. The preparation was slow and steady till month of Oct 2018. I started from Official guides, all three of them (verbal, Quant and all review guides). In mid June, I realised I was not improving on verbal - my verbal score were constantly dwindling between 19-26 (that was the highest I scored).
The first official mock I took was in June 2018, where I scored a 560 - 49 Q, 19 V.
So in June, I bought verbal
e-gmat course, it took me 4 months to finish the course with proper notes and scholaranium tests.
My Quant scores were consistently varying between 48-50, I had never scored below 48 in any of the mocks I took till my GMAT exam.
Once I finished off with my preps, I began giving mocks from the month of January. My scores were as mentioned below-
Veritas Mock - 610, Q48, V26
Kaplan Free - 650, Q48, V32
Gmat prep official - 630, Q49, V25 (I was not keeping well during this test)
I bought Kaplan Gmat prep plus 2018 book with 6 practice tests and gave all these mocks.
P. S. I gave all these mocks in a single go, in a library under close to test environment.
Mock 1 - 710, Q49, V38
Mock 2 - 600, Q48, V22
Mock 3 - 640, Q49, V31
Mock 4 - 700, Q49, V37
Mock 5- 710, Q49, V40 (this was 3 days before my gmat exam)
My accuracy was poor in CR and RC, so during the last 10 days I also referred powerscore bible CR. However, RC have been always a daunting section for me.
On the test day - 18th March
I started with verbal. I was very nervous. I still remember, I started the test with those sweaty palms and quivering hands and trust me, I ain't exaggerating.
After first few questions on verbal, I realised that I got very easy questions to answer. And in that 8 mins break, there was a wave of negative vibes, one reason that degraded my performance.
And guess what, I got way too easy questions to solve in Quant from question 1 itself.
I scored a 560, Q46, V22.
I knew nervousness was one of the reasons that I screwed it. But this is not just one reason.
I have used official guides,
power score CR,
e gmat verbal course. I have solved
OG twice with solutions. And now, I am clueless. How should I start my preparations again. Or should I go for Gre ? I need to apply in September round 1. My target score is atleast a 700. The schools I'm targeting accept a gre score too. However, I don't want to get into a trap where I'm questioned about giving up on gmat since I have accepted the 560 score too.
I want to go for an attempt in 3 months so that I have enough time for my applications, ielts and I could apply in September.
Please help me since I have to start it over again, what are the right materials apart from
OG's to strengthen my weak areas and reach my target score without the test anxiety and with full confidence. Would be grateful.
Thankyou!
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