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04 Sep 2020, 19:27
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Hi everyone! I just joined GMATClub and so thankful for all these great resources. In short, I am pretty frustrated and have been feeling a little defeated. Originally, my plan was to apply to all schools R1 but given my current score I've decided to push for R2 to give more time for prep. I really wanted to apply to Columbia Early Decision as it's my top school choice and I'm really thinking hard about if it's wise to apply ED in October...I'm wondering how much my score can improve from now to October. I still hope to apply in faith that I will see improvement. (My background is a bit unique/a-typical as I am an African female who is looking to go into marketing the Retail luxury fashion/beauty industry and coming from a career in legal marketing. I currently have a YouTube channel based on fashion & beauty to encourage and inspire young women and I own an online vintage clothing store which gives 10% of profits to under resourced communities in Africa.)
I started studying for the GMAT more consistently in April. My undergrad background is pretty void of math so I've really had to re-learn the most basic concepts from scratch. I did a GMAT prep course where I had to read through pages and pages of each concept and do the problems provided. I feared for a long time I was doing too much review and not enough practice problems/practice tests. I've started error logging to see what I'm doing wrong - a lot are silly mistakes and others are things where I'm just a bit stuck on how to tackle, and I do things the long way. Timing is also an issue. I've been using OG book to practice. I've been trying to study 2 hours during the weekday and longer on Saturday. I've really been trying to balance because along with my full time job my YouTube and clothing shop are my businesses that I also have to attend to. But with my score it just making me wonder if I'm tackling this totally wrong. I want to start doing problems on GMAT club based on each problem type and trying questions 600-700 level to get used to patterns. My test results make me feel like I'm not smart, which I know is not true at all but it can feel very defeating.
My score currently is around V35-37 Q25-35. My quant is pretty horrible, and my verbal is better due to my background in writing. They both could use drastic improvement. I'm just stuck on where to go from now. My first real practice test in April I got a 480...the one I blindly took before then with no background on the GMAT I scored an embarrassing 390. So..there has been slow and steady improvement. But not enough.
Have you seen people able to improve drastically in 4 weeks? Would I still be able to apply to Columbia ED? I am planning to retake at the tail end of September. I'm just kind of at my wits end and would love advice on some strategies/study plans that you think could be beneficial for someone in my predicament. Literally any advice that I could follow for the next few weeks would be great. I appreciate your help!!
I started studying for the GMAT more consistently in April. My undergrad background is pretty void of math so I've really had to re-learn the most basic concepts from scratch. I did a GMAT prep course where I had to read through pages and pages of each concept and do the problems provided. I feared for a long time I was doing too much review and not enough practice problems/practice tests. I've started error logging to see what I'm doing wrong - a lot are silly mistakes and others are things where I'm just a bit stuck on how to tackle, and I do things the long way. Timing is also an issue. I've been using OG book to practice. I've been trying to study 2 hours during the weekday and longer on Saturday. I've really been trying to balance because along with my full time job my YouTube and clothing shop are my businesses that I also have to attend to. But with my score it just making me wonder if I'm tackling this totally wrong. I want to start doing problems on GMAT club based on each problem type and trying questions 600-700 level to get used to patterns. My test results make me feel like I'm not smart, which I know is not true at all but it can feel very defeating.
My score currently is around V35-37 Q25-35. My quant is pretty horrible, and my verbal is better due to my background in writing. They both could use drastic improvement. I'm just stuck on where to go from now. My first real practice test in April I got a 480...the one I blindly took before then with no background on the GMAT I scored an embarrassing 390. So..there has been slow and steady improvement. But not enough.
Have you seen people able to improve drastically in 4 weeks? Would I still be able to apply to Columbia ED? I am planning to retake at the tail end of September. I'm just kind of at my wits end and would love advice on some strategies/study plans that you think could be beneficial for someone in my predicament. Literally any advice that I could follow for the next few weeks would be great. I appreciate your help!!
04 Sep 2020, 19:37
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I am giving a link here in which you find video solutions to OG questions. I have got it paid video lessons, which are extremely useful, so I hope you will go through the link.. https://gmatquantum.com/
04 Sep 2020, 19:52
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Hi natashakent,
Since you are interested in at least one highly-competitive School, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile and plans. Those Experts should be able to answer your Admissions questions and help define the specific areas of your profile that could use some improvement. There's a Forum full of those Experts here:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/ask-admissio ... tants-124/
Many GMATers find some aspect of the Exam to be challenging - so you're not alone. Thankfully, the GMAT is a consistent, predictable Test, so you CAN train to score at a higher level. You'll likely need more than just another 4 weeks of study time to get to the point that you are consistently scoring at a much higher level, so you might want to consider pushing back your application(s) to Round 2.
Before I can offer you any additional advice for your studies, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
1) What type of study routine do you follow? Over the last 3 months, how many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used over the course of all of your studies?
3) On what dates did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
4) What is your overall goal score?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Since you are interested in at least one highly-competitive School, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile and plans. Those Experts should be able to answer your Admissions questions and help define the specific areas of your profile that could use some improvement. There's a Forum full of those Experts here:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/ask-admissio ... tants-124/
Many GMATers find some aspect of the Exam to be challenging - so you're not alone. Thankfully, the GMAT is a consistent, predictable Test, so you CAN train to score at a higher level. You'll likely need more than just another 4 weeks of study time to get to the point that you are consistently scoring at a much higher level, so you might want to consider pushing back your application(s) to Round 2.
Before I can offer you any additional advice for your studies, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
1) What type of study routine do you follow? Over the last 3 months, how many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used over the course of all of your studies?
3) On what dates did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
4) What is your overall goal score?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
