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29 Aug 2020, 13:56
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Dear all,
first of all, I would like to say big thanks to all of you. This is an incredible community with invaluable knowledge.
Secondly, sorry for spamming the forum with an (n+1)st question of the type, but I would like to have some personalized feedback from some of the fellow test takers.
I took my first full mock test today and got following scores:
Q49 (75%) and V37 (83%)
In quant 8 incorrect out of 31 and in verbal 11 incorrect out of 36.
Total score: 700 (88%)
I missed 2-3 very easy questions in the quant part, so the score could have been easily a bit higher with a little bit of more attention. On the other hand, I did not have the time to completely calculate some quant questions, so I just estimated the answers there, which mostly turned out to be correct, so the score could have been also a little bit lower easily as well, I presume.
So far I have not learned in a structured way; today would have marked the begin of the "actual" and concentrated learning.
I probably started with the OG questions in late May or so, but made multiple breaks of several weeks, because I was interviewing for jobs, had to write my thesis, was home at my parents' for a couple of weeks - all that while working full-time; you know the deal. I have already solved all the questions in the OG19.
I have also read the Manhattan quant books and made notes when I found some concept to be useful - that in a course of five days (one book each day). I have not looked at the advanced Manhattan quant part yet.
One of the biggest failures I have made so far is that I had not timed myself when doing all these questions. It was really tough to finish all the answers on time without practice of this kind. So anyone reading this during preparation, time yourself.
I would like to take the test in one or two months (rather 30-45 days, because I still need to write TOEFL) and would like to score above 700 confidently - preferably in the 730-760 range. Important is, that I do not have much time everyday, because I am completing a full-time internship in an industry, where doing overtime everyday is rather normal than not. So I could assume 0-4 hours on a weekday depending on workload, and 12-16 hours on Saturdays and Sundays.
If I understand the score matrix of Magoosh or Manhattan correctly, focusing on quant for a better Q50/51 score would not yield much return on investment (assuming that I can reproduce the Q49 score or similar on most of the days).
Leveraging the bigger growth potential in the verbal section seems to make more sense to me (correct me if I am wrong please for I have not yet fully familiarized myself with the strategies).
What materials could be useful, especially for non-native speakers? In reading comprehension, I sometimes lose my patience and start stressing myself when the time is ticking down, but the correct answer seems to be nowhere. Also, there are some topics, which are particularly difficult for me, such are science, biology, space... - you get it. The wording is more difficult since I am not really familiar with such topics. I tend to do better when the topic is history, society, politics, economics, etc. Is there some efficient strategy other than reading books/scientific journals in English?
The rest of verbal seems to be very multi various. Is there some kind of comprehensive list about the theories/topics tested in verbal with collected examples for each topic?
What are the best mock exams? If I am not mistaken, the ones on mba . com are the closest clones of a real exam. I just burnt one of the two free exams. I have no problem with paying for 3 & 4 and 5 & 6 - if they really provide the added value. But if there are as good (or maybe even tougher) sources offering some very realistic free exams, I would like to do those first.
Best regards and have a nice rest of the weekend,
Zsombor
first of all, I would like to say big thanks to all of you. This is an incredible community with invaluable knowledge.
Secondly, sorry for spamming the forum with an (n+1)st question of the type, but I would like to have some personalized feedback from some of the fellow test takers.
I took my first full mock test today and got following scores:
Q49 (75%) and V37 (83%)
In quant 8 incorrect out of 31 and in verbal 11 incorrect out of 36.
Total score: 700 (88%)
I missed 2-3 very easy questions in the quant part, so the score could have been easily a bit higher with a little bit of more attention. On the other hand, I did not have the time to completely calculate some quant questions, so I just estimated the answers there, which mostly turned out to be correct, so the score could have been also a little bit lower easily as well, I presume.
So far I have not learned in a structured way; today would have marked the begin of the "actual" and concentrated learning.
I probably started with the OG questions in late May or so, but made multiple breaks of several weeks, because I was interviewing for jobs, had to write my thesis, was home at my parents' for a couple of weeks - all that while working full-time; you know the deal. I have already solved all the questions in the OG19.
I have also read the Manhattan quant books and made notes when I found some concept to be useful - that in a course of five days (one book each day). I have not looked at the advanced Manhattan quant part yet.
One of the biggest failures I have made so far is that I had not timed myself when doing all these questions. It was really tough to finish all the answers on time without practice of this kind. So anyone reading this during preparation, time yourself.
I would like to take the test in one or two months (rather 30-45 days, because I still need to write TOEFL) and would like to score above 700 confidently - preferably in the 730-760 range. Important is, that I do not have much time everyday, because I am completing a full-time internship in an industry, where doing overtime everyday is rather normal than not. So I could assume 0-4 hours on a weekday depending on workload, and 12-16 hours on Saturdays and Sundays.
If I understand the score matrix of Magoosh or Manhattan correctly, focusing on quant for a better Q50/51 score would not yield much return on investment (assuming that I can reproduce the Q49 score or similar on most of the days).
Leveraging the bigger growth potential in the verbal section seems to make more sense to me (correct me if I am wrong please for I have not yet fully familiarized myself with the strategies).
What materials could be useful, especially for non-native speakers? In reading comprehension, I sometimes lose my patience and start stressing myself when the time is ticking down, but the correct answer seems to be nowhere. Also, there are some topics, which are particularly difficult for me, such are science, biology, space... - you get it. The wording is more difficult since I am not really familiar with such topics. I tend to do better when the topic is history, society, politics, economics, etc. Is there some efficient strategy other than reading books/scientific journals in English?
The rest of verbal seems to be very multi various. Is there some kind of comprehensive list about the theories/topics tested in verbal with collected examples for each topic?
What are the best mock exams? If I am not mistaken, the ones on mba . com are the closest clones of a real exam. I just burnt one of the two free exams. I have no problem with paying for 3 & 4 and 5 & 6 - if they really provide the added value. But if there are as good (or maybe even tougher) sources offering some very realistic free exams, I would like to do those first.
Best regards and have a nice rest of the weekend,
Zsombor
31 Aug 2020, 02:39
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kalaposz97
Hi,
The mocks from mba.com would be good and realistic to the gmat. As of verbal, you can first watch the gmat ninja videos and find where and which concepts you are lagging.
Thanks.
31 Aug 2020, 04:16
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700 is a great start! you seem to have covered most material that is required. E-gmat videos or their weekly live sessions may be helpful. As for mocks, best to stick with the official ones.
Hope to see your debrief with a glorious 700+ soon.
Good luck.
Hope to see your debrief with a glorious 700+ soon.
Good luck.
