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09 Mar 2019, 21:35
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Took my first diagnostic CAT from the MBA website completely cold today. Scored a disappointing but better than expected 460 (Q22)(V31)(IR7).
Haven't done a math problem since undergrad in 2015 and was never very good at it, so I am not surprised by that at all as I guessed on a lot of questions. A little disappointed in my verbal score, thought I would have done better on that although I did struggle a bit on SC. My goal is 700-720 in order to get into McCombs, Rice or Mays since I had a pretty low GPA (around 2.4-2.8 range). I have a good resume (construction project manager for high rise office/residential buildings), ECs, and will have strong essays as well as letters of rec.
I bought the OG and MGMAT book set to prep on Friday. That will be showing up tomorrow and I will start my studying. I plan to take studying very seriously as I am looking to get into an MBA program for a career/industry change, so I feel I will be very motivated. I will be pretty much starting over from square one learning foundations. All of that being said, what kind of score am I looking at realistically making given that I really give 110% to this? I feel like once I put some time and studying into learning the foundations and test strategies, my scores will improve significantly.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
Haven't done a math problem since undergrad in 2015 and was never very good at it, so I am not surprised by that at all as I guessed on a lot of questions. A little disappointed in my verbal score, thought I would have done better on that although I did struggle a bit on SC. My goal is 700-720 in order to get into McCombs, Rice or Mays since I had a pretty low GPA (around 2.4-2.8 range). I have a good resume (construction project manager for high rise office/residential buildings), ECs, and will have strong essays as well as letters of rec.
I bought the OG and MGMAT book set to prep on Friday. That will be showing up tomorrow and I will start my studying. I plan to take studying very seriously as I am looking to get into an MBA program for a career/industry change, so I feel I will be very motivated. I will be pretty much starting over from square one learning foundations. All of that being said, what kind of score am I looking at realistically making given that I really give 110% to this? I feel like once I put some time and studying into learning the foundations and test strategies, my scores will improve significantly.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
09 Mar 2019, 21:56
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V31 and IR7 are very good scores for a first ("cold") practice test (V31 would not be a bad score on the actual exam, and IR7 would be a really good score on the actual exam). I think you should see major improvements in your scores if you work on the basics.
Have you already gone through this post?
10 Mar 2019, 06:43
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Hello there
As you have mentioned that you got OG and Manhattan Guides for your prep and same is recommended material for self prep. Now you can start with Quant or Verbal which suits you. If you have started with Quant (Recommended in your case OF Q22) then Start with the Arithmetic. One month for learning Quant concepts and one month for practicing question and same practice for Verbal. During you Practicing question don't forget to make an error log to track your weak areas after practice. Once you know your weak areas revise your Concepts related to those areas and do some more Practice. 6-8 CATs are enough for practice the real tests. Make your Stamina for sitting 3 hours in the test and don't study more than 2 hours in one sit and 4 hours per day
Top CATs for Practice
1. Official GMAC CATs
2. Manhattan CATs
3. Kaplan CATs
4. GMAT Club Quant CATs
Happy Prep.
As you have mentioned that you got OG and Manhattan Guides for your prep and same is recommended material for self prep. Now you can start with Quant or Verbal which suits you. If you have started with Quant (Recommended in your case OF Q22) then Start with the Arithmetic. One month for learning Quant concepts and one month for practicing question and same practice for Verbal. During you Practicing question don't forget to make an error log to track your weak areas after practice. Once you know your weak areas revise your Concepts related to those areas and do some more Practice. 6-8 CATs are enough for practice the real tests. Make your Stamina for sitting 3 hours in the test and don't study more than 2 hours in one sit and 4 hours per day
Top CATs for Practice
1. Official GMAC CATs
2. Manhattan CATs
3. Kaplan CATs
4. GMAT Club Quant CATs
Happy Prep.
texag15
