singh36x wrote:
I scored a 640 about 45 days back and I decided to give GMAT another shot and get my quant sorted so for a month I solved some 400 hard quant questions and revised all my concepts .
I took my gmat on 31st august , thinking this would be my final attempt , but by the time I solved 1/2 the verbal I was left with 1/3rd the time . My Sub-sectional scores went from( last attempt )
CR -> 38 to 28
RC-> 36 to 18
SC-> same .
overall
verbal fell from 34 to 27 ,
7 point drop in a month but the silver lining was my
quant went from 43 to 47 ( ESR attached ) - I ended up solving only 30 questions . timer expired before I could mark the 31st question , which I had solved .
what should be my course of action to Get a score in high 600s ? could I work towards a 700 in a months time or is it too ambitions ?
I am thinking of renewing my
TTP for quant and am clueless about verbal !
Hi singh36x,
A significant improvement of upto 100 points in a month's time is possible only with disciplined efforts guided in the right direction. Let me share my insights.
For scoring 700 and above, you need to get the easy medium questions right as GMAT test is adaptive in nature. You can afford making mistakes only in the later half of the Section, not in the beginning. You have to make the GMAT algorithm serve you difficult questions and get them right. For that, being conceptually clear on all topics is really vital. Not only this, you have to be good with application of concepts because
GMAT is a test of application of concepts.
As evident from your score breakup, you have a good command over Quant, just a bit more methodical application of concept would help you get a Q50. If you are struggling with any particular topic, you can share with me for help.
However, your Verbal score is an area of concern. You clearly need to work hard in case of Verbal and develop a solid understanding first by revisiting the concepts and then approach the problems in a systematic and logical manner.
Time management is one of the most important skills for competitive exams that most students struggle with. There is a significant penalty for failing to complete any section of the GMAT exam, so it is also important to develop pacing skills. Once you hone your time management skills strategically, you will be confident about not missing out on any questions on the test day.
The possible reason for struggling with time management in case of Verbal:
Talking about the reason behind struggling with time management, you are likely taking more time to solve RC questions. The reason for this might be you are taking too long to read a passage or you might be going back and forth to the passage for every question. This happens when you don’t use the right reading strategies. Students often read the passage from a detail perspective and stuff themselves with the details. And once they come across an inferential question or a main point question, they cannot answer it and they read the passage again to find the answer. This would often lead to the wastage of time.
While in case of CR, the reason could be -not having conceptually clear knowledge about how to approach CR problems thereby leading to confusion in eliminating the incorrect choices. You have to follow certain steps while solving CR questions:
• Read the argument
• Identify the premise and the conclusion
• Read the question stem
• Identify the missing link (Pre-think the assumption)
• Eliminate answer choices which are irrelevant or out of scope
Identifying the conclusion helps you understand the scope of the argument, which in turn helps you to eliminate answer choices which fall out of scope. And to develop the ability to pre-think, you need to understand the framework on which most CR questions are based. Once you identify the framework, there are certain guidelines using which you can come up with the missing link.
For GMAT Verbal, it is very important that you
follow the right methodology and the
logical approach. Your focus has to be on
eliminating four incorrect choices rather than choosing the right one. The key is to develop a solid understanding of the concepts that are typically tested on the GMAT and master the process skills that are required to solve GMAT questions. Only then, you will be able to smartly avoid the traps set by the test makers and avoid taking too much time in solving questions.
• For SC – Follow the meaning based approach.
• For CR – Focus on Scope Analysis and Framework driven Pre-thinking.
• For RC – Involve yourself in the passage and understand why the passage is written and not just on what’s written.
This should help.
Important Tip – Don’t practice tons of questions directly. First focus on learning the right methods for each question. That plays a significant role in getting hard questions correct within 2 mins.
Feel free to reach out to me in case you have any more queries.
If you wish to discuss this over a call, you can schedule a free consultation call using the below link. Considering the effort you have put, I would really like to know the concerns and help you improve your score.
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04 Sep 2021, 23:00
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