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30 Jul 2014, 06:37
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Hello,
I gave my second GMAT exam on 23rd July and scored very low. A disappointing 580(Q 45, V 25). Last year in the December month I have given my first GMAT exam and scored miserably 560(Q 43, V 24). I am in a shocked and confused state as I am not able to understand what went wrong.
During my first attempt I only devoted 1 month to the preparation and scored consistently poor in the gmat prep exams (on a average 560-580). That quiet explained my poor performance in the real test as well. That's why I decided to give a second attempt.
But this time I devoted around 3 months for the preparations. For Quant I completed all the Manhattan Books and also its sentence correction guide. On all the Manhattan mock tests I scored an average 680 (Q 44, V 38). In the GMAT prep tests I scored 660 and 680. I am not able to understand this difference of 100 points between the mocks and the real test. I am weak in Sentence correction because in all the practice tests also I was only able to get 50% correct. But know I am quiet sure my full verbal is weak. There are a couple of questions which are troubling me .
1) I am having a self doubt whether I will be able to score well (around 700 , for admission in some good college) in the GMAT.
2) Should I think of retaking the GMAT or leave it . If I take, I am not sure what strategy to follow.
3) I am terribly upset with the second score. Don't know what to do next. Feeling like stuck somewhere.
Please advice me what to do next and how to cope with this.
I gave my second GMAT exam on 23rd July and scored very low. A disappointing 580(Q 45, V 25). Last year in the December month I have given my first GMAT exam and scored miserably 560(Q 43, V 24). I am in a shocked and confused state as I am not able to understand what went wrong.
During my first attempt I only devoted 1 month to the preparation and scored consistently poor in the gmat prep exams (on a average 560-580). That quiet explained my poor performance in the real test as well. That's why I decided to give a second attempt.
But this time I devoted around 3 months for the preparations. For Quant I completed all the Manhattan Books and also its sentence correction guide. On all the Manhattan mock tests I scored an average 680 (Q 44, V 38). In the GMAT prep tests I scored 660 and 680. I am not able to understand this difference of 100 points between the mocks and the real test. I am weak in Sentence correction because in all the practice tests also I was only able to get 50% correct. But know I am quiet sure my full verbal is weak. There are a couple of questions which are troubling me .
1) I am having a self doubt whether I will be able to score well (around 700 , for admission in some good college) in the GMAT.
2) Should I think of retaking the GMAT or leave it . If I take, I am not sure what strategy to follow.
3) I am terribly upset with the second score. Don't know what to do next. Feeling like stuck somewhere.
Please advice me what to do next and how to cope with this.
31 Jul 2014, 02:13
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Dear Vibrant,
I have read many articles on the same issue and give you some useful information and key points that i gathered:
(1) Overstretching your GMAT prep by more than 2-3 months. As per bb- Long study stretches are demotivating, hard to keep fresh, and ultimately ineffective as after 6 months, you start forgetting material faster than you can learn it and the time you will have to spend 75% of your time on refresh. It is much more effective to spend 3-4 months, and that’s what I would encourage you to do.
(2) Different Testing Environment
(3) Although you will encounter many difficult quant and verbal problems during the mock tests, I believe they are in no way of GMAT standard. Do not rely upon the mock test to estimate your real test score. Keep in mind 15% of your question are taken a s experimental in original GMAT. So you have to hit maximum corrects.- https://gmatclub.com/forum/patterns-among-those-who-scored-750-what-did-they-use-157979.html
(4) Identify your weaknesses and make study plan devoting 60% break up to solve them first.- https://gmatclub.com/forum/how-to-review-and-analyze-your-mistakes-167118.html
(5) Again as per BB, One of the keys to a successful retake is to regain your test confidence - don't try to tackle the hardest hurdle first, focus on small victories to help motivate you to climb higher hills. Rome was not built in one day. Small victories will win the war. Thus, even though you have 45 Quant and 28 Verbal, it may be a better idea to get your Quant to 48 or 49 (and get your confidence back) before tackling the harder verbal questions.
(6) https://gmatclub.com/forum/should-i-retake-gmat-thread-retaking-gmat-strategies-83339.html
(7) Please provide a kudos if you like my post! And please remember thsi quote 'The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.'
I have read many articles on the same issue and give you some useful information and key points that i gathered:
(1) Overstretching your GMAT prep by more than 2-3 months. As per bb- Long study stretches are demotivating, hard to keep fresh, and ultimately ineffective as after 6 months, you start forgetting material faster than you can learn it and the time you will have to spend 75% of your time on refresh. It is much more effective to spend 3-4 months, and that’s what I would encourage you to do.
(2) Different Testing Environment
(3) Although you will encounter many difficult quant and verbal problems during the mock tests, I believe they are in no way of GMAT standard. Do not rely upon the mock test to estimate your real test score. Keep in mind 15% of your question are taken a s experimental in original GMAT. So you have to hit maximum corrects.- https://gmatclub.com/forum/patterns-among-those-who-scored-750-what-did-they-use-157979.html
(4) Identify your weaknesses and make study plan devoting 60% break up to solve them first.- https://gmatclub.com/forum/how-to-review-and-analyze-your-mistakes-167118.html
(5) Again as per BB, One of the keys to a successful retake is to regain your test confidence - don't try to tackle the hardest hurdle first, focus on small victories to help motivate you to climb higher hills. Rome was not built in one day. Small victories will win the war. Thus, even though you have 45 Quant and 28 Verbal, it may be a better idea to get your Quant to 48 or 49 (and get your confidence back) before tackling the harder verbal questions.
(6) https://gmatclub.com/forum/should-i-retake-gmat-thread-retaking-gmat-strategies-83339.html
(7) Please provide a kudos if you like my post! And please remember thsi quote 'The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.'
31 Jul 2014, 03:49
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Your quant seems fine. You should have dedicated focus on verbal at-least till 70-80 % of your prep journey.
Also you should come up with much depth analysis. For example 3 months preparation doesn't show how many concentrated hours /week did you put as real effort, how did you analyze your tests, how did you go for revisions, how did you work on identifying and working on your weak areas etc...
If you opt for retaking the exam. I'd suggest that you join some verbal oriented coaching. Manhattan, egmat, and Maggosh are to name a few.
You should take this as a learning experience. Feeling dispirited is not gonna result in anything fruitful. All the best
Also you should come up with much depth analysis. For example 3 months preparation doesn't show how many concentrated hours /week did you put as real effort, how did you analyze your tests, how did you go for revisions, how did you work on identifying and working on your weak areas etc...
If you opt for retaking the exam. I'd suggest that you join some verbal oriented coaching. Manhattan, egmat, and Maggosh are to name a few.
You should take this as a learning experience. Feeling dispirited is not gonna result in anything fruitful. All the best
