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31 Oct 2021, 17:02
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Hello Guys, Howdy?
Well, I just finalized my first mock test for GMAT and I've scored a 330 (17Q/17V). I'm a little concerned about this score, because it's a very low score and It does not puts me on a well situation for the schools I'm willing to apply (Fuqua, Poole - N.C. State, Kellog and Cameron - UNC wimlington and Herbet - Miami) and I need some serious advices in how to improve this score!
I'll give some background on my studies and my personal background below to give a better unsderstanding on my situation.
Studies Background: I've started to study recently about 2 weeks ago (Don't judge me guys, i know it´s a short time of preparation), I've acquired the OG Material and bought the complete Prepscholar Prep Course. I've been studying by these two materials consistently over thees past two weeks (about 2,5 hours on weekdays and 8 hours on weekends - I've to work form 9 to 6, mon to friday). This is my first time studying for GMAT, so everything is relatively new for me.
I've been trying to give a really good focus on reviewing what I got wrong, trying to understand how the questions are and working my ass off on the basics. I've seen some improvements. However this 330 score scared me a bit, because I was expecting at leat a 400, since Iwas evolving during these studies (I tyr to keep track of all my mistakes, writing down what I've got wrong, redoing them, etc.).
I do not know what should I be aware fo when preparing, I'm tryin my best to be consistent and to work on my skills.
Personal Background: Well here goeas a long story (haha). I'm 23 year old dude from Brazil, I've recently graduated (getting a business degree 3 months ago) from a really good University in Brazil (a top 10 university in the country/Top 15 Latin America). I'm not a rich guy and worked my ass off to get into that university, my family and I made a lot of scrificies when I was in High School for me to get into an Free Public University. I worked through all of my college time (Universities in Brazil have some options that helped with that, studying during the night and working during the day), always working from 9-6. During the first four year of college (it was a 5 year degree), I´ve worked with my dad and my uncle in our family's accounting office, in which I was one of the founding-partners - We've opened in 2016, when i've got in college.
During this time I´ve worked my ass off, having the chance to do financial and accounting consulting services for many comapanies in our region, these consultancy services were being made for small to big companies, in different sectors. For the past year, i´ve been working with a Big 4 (Erns&Young, to be precise), same thing, working in different projects within differente comapanies. In both experiences I´ve been doing very well, My family office grew from 0 to 60 clients and 6 employees in 4 years, considering the almost inexistent investment we´ve made when we opened the office and, in 8 months Iwas promoted at EY to a consultant position.
Alos, during the my college time, I've had the chance to do an exchange at UNC-Wilmington, it was a semester, but a very good experience. Which I've got a 3.87 GPA (Doing mostly high difficult classes). Studying in a school that was in my city and working through college helped me a lot to save money for this exchange which was a dream that came true.
Both school was quite demanding, even with all that I could manage to get good grades and finish with a 3.74 GPA. I'm not that stupid hahaha!
However the experience with GMAT have been a lot frustrating, it's a totally different test format from what we're used here in Brazil, that is applied in english (not my first language) and I have a totally busy week schedule.
As I mentioned before, I need some advice! I know I might being precipitaded in worrying about a 330 socre since i just started studying, but it got my nervous.
P.S.: I only intend to apply for the schools I´ve mentioned before on octber of next year!
Well, I just finalized my first mock test for GMAT and I've scored a 330 (17Q/17V). I'm a little concerned about this score, because it's a very low score and It does not puts me on a well situation for the schools I'm willing to apply (Fuqua, Poole - N.C. State, Kellog and Cameron - UNC wimlington and Herbet - Miami) and I need some serious advices in how to improve this score!
I'll give some background on my studies and my personal background below to give a better unsderstanding on my situation.
Studies Background: I've started to study recently about 2 weeks ago (Don't judge me guys, i know it´s a short time of preparation), I've acquired the OG Material and bought the complete Prepscholar Prep Course. I've been studying by these two materials consistently over thees past two weeks (about 2,5 hours on weekdays and 8 hours on weekends - I've to work form 9 to 6, mon to friday). This is my first time studying for GMAT, so everything is relatively new for me.
I've been trying to give a really good focus on reviewing what I got wrong, trying to understand how the questions are and working my ass off on the basics. I've seen some improvements. However this 330 score scared me a bit, because I was expecting at leat a 400, since Iwas evolving during these studies (I tyr to keep track of all my mistakes, writing down what I've got wrong, redoing them, etc.).
I do not know what should I be aware fo when preparing, I'm tryin my best to be consistent and to work on my skills.
Personal Background: Well here goeas a long story (haha). I'm 23 year old dude from Brazil, I've recently graduated (getting a business degree 3 months ago) from a really good University in Brazil (a top 10 university in the country/Top 15 Latin America). I'm not a rich guy and worked my ass off to get into that university, my family and I made a lot of scrificies when I was in High School for me to get into an Free Public University. I worked through all of my college time (Universities in Brazil have some options that helped with that, studying during the night and working during the day), always working from 9-6. During the first four year of college (it was a 5 year degree), I´ve worked with my dad and my uncle in our family's accounting office, in which I was one of the founding-partners - We've opened in 2016, when i've got in college.
During this time I´ve worked my ass off, having the chance to do financial and accounting consulting services for many comapanies in our region, these consultancy services were being made for small to big companies, in different sectors. For the past year, i´ve been working with a Big 4 (Erns&Young, to be precise), same thing, working in different projects within differente comapanies. In both experiences I´ve been doing very well, My family office grew from 0 to 60 clients and 6 employees in 4 years, considering the almost inexistent investment we´ve made when we opened the office and, in 8 months Iwas promoted at EY to a consultant position.
Alos, during the my college time, I've had the chance to do an exchange at UNC-Wilmington, it was a semester, but a very good experience. Which I've got a 3.87 GPA (Doing mostly high difficult classes). Studying in a school that was in my city and working through college helped me a lot to save money for this exchange which was a dream that came true.
Both school was quite demanding, even with all that I could manage to get good grades and finish with a 3.74 GPA. I'm not that stupid hahaha!
However the experience with GMAT have been a lot frustrating, it's a totally different test format from what we're used here in Brazil, that is applied in english (not my first language) and I have a totally busy week schedule.
As I mentioned before, I need some advice! I know I might being precipitaded in worrying about a 330 socre since i just started studying, but it got my nervous.
P.S.: I only intend to apply for the schools I´ve mentioned before on octber of next year!
31 Oct 2021, 20:11
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Hi Gus23Ayr.
Given the number of hours you're putting in, you should get the results you want by the time you apply to your target schools. At the same time, the way you prepare during those hours is going to determine how you end up scoring. So, you want to make sure those hours are well spent.
For instance, be sure to learn all the relevant concepts from the ground up. In other words, make sure you learn not just, say, formulas and strategies but also the concepts underlying those formulas and strategies and why those formulas and strategies work. For example, when you learn the formula for the area of an equilateral triangle, learn also how that formula is derived and why it works. That way, if you need to, for instance, go from the area to the length of a side or from the area to the height, you'll have the understanding you need in order to do so.
Then, once you have learned the concepts relevant to a particular question type, practice answering questions of that type until you practically can't get them incorrect. Start off answering the questions untimed to give yourself time to understand the questions and arrive at correct answers, and then work on speeding up while maintaining high accuracy, such as 90%+ of easy questions, 80%+ of medium questions, and 70%+ of hard questions correct. In other words, it's not enough to know basically how to answer questions. You have to develop skill in getting the questions correct consistently.
For some more tips on practicing, see these posts.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/mastering-th ... 58019.html
https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-practic ... 56936.html
Regarding verbal, many non-native speakers of English score quite high on GMAT verbal. At the same time, in order to do so, you have to prepare for verbal effectively, meaning that you have to learn the underlying concepts thoroughly and practice in ways that will result in your developing strong skills.
For an in-depth discussion of how to effecively prepare for GMAT verbal, see these posts.
How to Score High on GMAT Verbal
https://gmatclub.com/forum/verbal-prep- ... 57059.html
https://gmatclub.com/forum/verbal-tip-b ... 59527.html
Regarding practice tests, don't waste all the official tests as you prepare by taking them all before you've made much progress. If you want to check to see how you're doing along the way, you could take a third-party test occasionally to get at least some sense of where you stand.
With your work ethic and overall understanding of how to make things happen, you're virtually sure to succeed in this endeavor as well.
For some inspiration, see this debrief of someone who started at 250 and ended up at 780.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/530-point-gm ... 56872.html
Welcome to the GMAT scene, and enjoy the game!
Given the number of hours you're putting in, you should get the results you want by the time you apply to your target schools. At the same time, the way you prepare during those hours is going to determine how you end up scoring. So, you want to make sure those hours are well spent.
For instance, be sure to learn all the relevant concepts from the ground up. In other words, make sure you learn not just, say, formulas and strategies but also the concepts underlying those formulas and strategies and why those formulas and strategies work. For example, when you learn the formula for the area of an equilateral triangle, learn also how that formula is derived and why it works. That way, if you need to, for instance, go from the area to the length of a side or from the area to the height, you'll have the understanding you need in order to do so.
Then, once you have learned the concepts relevant to a particular question type, practice answering questions of that type until you practically can't get them incorrect. Start off answering the questions untimed to give yourself time to understand the questions and arrive at correct answers, and then work on speeding up while maintaining high accuracy, such as 90%+ of easy questions, 80%+ of medium questions, and 70%+ of hard questions correct. In other words, it's not enough to know basically how to answer questions. You have to develop skill in getting the questions correct consistently.
For some more tips on practicing, see these posts.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/mastering-th ... 58019.html
https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-practic ... 56936.html
Regarding verbal, many non-native speakers of English score quite high on GMAT verbal. At the same time, in order to do so, you have to prepare for verbal effectively, meaning that you have to learn the underlying concepts thoroughly and practice in ways that will result in your developing strong skills.
For an in-depth discussion of how to effecively prepare for GMAT verbal, see these posts.
How to Score High on GMAT Verbal
https://gmatclub.com/forum/verbal-prep- ... 57059.html
https://gmatclub.com/forum/verbal-tip-b ... 59527.html
Regarding practice tests, don't waste all the official tests as you prepare by taking them all before you've made much progress. If you want to check to see how you're doing along the way, you could take a third-party test occasionally to get at least some sense of where you stand.
With your work ethic and overall understanding of how to make things happen, you're virtually sure to succeed in this endeavor as well.
For some inspiration, see this debrief of someone who started at 250 and ended up at 780.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/530-point-gm ... 56872.html
Welcome to the GMAT scene, and enjoy the game!
31 Oct 2021, 21:12
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Hi Gus23Ayr,
330 in the first mock means you have to focus on concepts much. Manhattan prep strategy guides are the best resources for concepts. Try to attempt OG problems at gmat club with a timer and see the reply to the problems so that you can have data on response time and ideas on how to resolve a problem.
Best Wishes!
330 in the first mock means you have to focus on concepts much. Manhattan prep strategy guides are the best resources for concepts. Try to attempt OG problems at gmat club with a timer and see the reply to the problems so that you can have data on response time and ideas on how to resolve a problem.
Best Wishes!
