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05 Aug 2021, 11:04
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So, I read all of the 9 manhattan prep books, then today I did my first practice test on mba.com (practice exam 1), and got a score of 690 (Q46, V39) and IR 7.
I am planning to do the real GMAT exam in about a month (early september), and while a 690 would be good enough, obviously the higher the better so I would like to try to get 720-740 if possible.
So a few info and questions: I have all the OG practice guide books, I did not do any question from these yet, and the manhattan advanced quant book. Would practicing from these be sufficient to achieve the 700+, or is anything else recommended?
For quant: I expected a higher score, I did quite a few stupid mistakes, and blanked out a bit during the test, I think I think I should have the knowledge, but with a bit more practice and mental prep this should be fine, but any advice is welcome.
For Verbal: I only made 1-2 minor mistakes on IR and RC questions, I am not a native english speaker, but I attended an english school and english enviroment for quite a few years, so my reading and speaking are close to a native level, however my grammar is terrible. I had no clue how to do the SC questions, I guessed most of them -incorrectly at that-, so there is a lot of room to improve in SC. Any good youtube video guides, or practice material for SC that could help me out in this? Again, this verbal score is not bad, and if I get my quant up to Q50-Q51 then with the same verbal as now I would get 730-740, but I have a month to improve on it, so why not try it?
Time: I had 2-3 min left on quant, I could have balanced it out a bit better, but for a first try it wasn't too bad, I did waste some time on some questions, which I ended up guessing, I will try to improve on this on my 2. try. For verbal I had around 10-15mins left, because as I mentioned earlier, I guessed most of the SC questions, since I was clueless. This time could be spent on the SC questions properly once I know how to do them.
Now I have one concern: How well does this mba.com practice exam reflect the difficulty of the real GMAT? I mean, does a 690 score on the practice mean I can achieve 690 on the real test, or the practice exam is much easier? I see people mention test anxiety, but oddly enough I was anxious and nervous even during the practice test, -the reason for my weaker than expected quant performance- so I think that part won't be worse on the real exam, I'm just worried that the practice exam is much easier and doesn't reflect a realistic score. Any experience on this?
I am planning to do the real GMAT exam in about a month (early september), and while a 690 would be good enough, obviously the higher the better so I would like to try to get 720-740 if possible.
So a few info and questions: I have all the OG practice guide books, I did not do any question from these yet, and the manhattan advanced quant book. Would practicing from these be sufficient to achieve the 700+, or is anything else recommended?
For quant: I expected a higher score, I did quite a few stupid mistakes, and blanked out a bit during the test, I think I think I should have the knowledge, but with a bit more practice and mental prep this should be fine, but any advice is welcome.
For Verbal: I only made 1-2 minor mistakes on IR and RC questions, I am not a native english speaker, but I attended an english school and english enviroment for quite a few years, so my reading and speaking are close to a native level, however my grammar is terrible. I had no clue how to do the SC questions, I guessed most of them -incorrectly at that-, so there is a lot of room to improve in SC. Any good youtube video guides, or practice material for SC that could help me out in this? Again, this verbal score is not bad, and if I get my quant up to Q50-Q51 then with the same verbal as now I would get 730-740, but I have a month to improve on it, so why not try it?
Time: I had 2-3 min left on quant, I could have balanced it out a bit better, but for a first try it wasn't too bad, I did waste some time on some questions, which I ended up guessing, I will try to improve on this on my 2. try. For verbal I had around 10-15mins left, because as I mentioned earlier, I guessed most of the SC questions, since I was clueless. This time could be spent on the SC questions properly once I know how to do them.
Now I have one concern: How well does this mba.com practice exam reflect the difficulty of the real GMAT? I mean, does a 690 score on the practice mean I can achieve 690 on the real test, or the practice exam is much easier? I see people mention test anxiety, but oddly enough I was anxious and nervous even during the practice test, -the reason for my weaker than expected quant performance- so I think that part won't be worse on the real exam, I'm just worried that the practice exam is much easier and doesn't reflect a realistic score. Any experience on this?
05 Aug 2021, 11:29
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"if I get my quant up to Q50-Q51"
A Q51 is a VERY high quant score. It's possible to get but it may be worth trying to reach a V40+ on the Verbal to take some of the edge off reaching a 730-740 scoring level. To that end, working on solving approach for Verbal can be helpful. One of my most popular tutoring packages last month was, in fact, the 6-hour Verbal solving approach course I offer. Of course, working on solving approach is also helpful on the Quant side.
Here's a small Quant video describing what I mean:
https://www.gmatknight.com/post/gmat-problem-solving-why-adding-with-an-algebra-mindset-can-be-helpful
All the best.
A Q51 is a VERY high quant score. It's possible to get but it may be worth trying to reach a V40+ on the Verbal to take some of the edge off reaching a 730-740 scoring level. To that end, working on solving approach for Verbal can be helpful. One of my most popular tutoring packages last month was, in fact, the 6-hour Verbal solving approach course I offer. Of course, working on solving approach is also helpful on the Quant side.
Here's a small Quant video describing what I mean:
https://www.gmatknight.com/post/gmat-problem-solving-why-adding-with-an-algebra-mindset-can-be-helpful
All the best.
05 Aug 2021, 12:41
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I know, and I would be fine with a Q48-49 as well, I'm sure some improvements could done in a month. But of course I will work on my verbal as well.
How well do you think the practice test difficulty represents the real score? If I would do the real GMAT tomorrow can I expect a 690 there as well?
