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27 Dec 2015, 15:52
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Hi all,
Joined the forum today after reading for a couple of days. I've been studying over the last couple of weeks, and have been able to spend more time over the holidays.
Target Score: 720+
Target Schools: INSEAD, Cambridge (Judge), Darmouth (Tuck), Northwestern (Kellogg), all in R1 next year
I started with the OG books, but very quickly realized they were not very helpful to learn the basics. I used the Economist GMAT Tutor free trial over the past 7 days. The trial was OK, the software really helps you focusing on the lesson and I like being able to time the sessions in advance. After going through 20% of the curriculum (you can't do more during the trial), I took the free test this morning.
I scored 620 (Q42 V34); which is not as great as expected for a first try - I'm not even sure if this is very representative. I was surprised my Quant score was higher than my Verbal. However, I finished the verbal section with almost 30mn to go... never a good sign! The breakdown is as follows:
Problem solving 12/21 (I had not reviewed all the materials yet so some questions were though. However, the biggest problem was time management, I had no idea how I was doing until I had 10 questions to solve in less than 10 minutes)
Data Sufficiency 10/16 (hadn't started working on this this part yet, so i guess 10/16 is not too bad..)
Sentence Correction 12/21 (Ouch.. I thought this would be one of my strenghts)
Critical Reasoning 12/12 (Wooo! finally some good news!)
Reading Comprehension (Meh... should do better)
I'm planning on taking the test end of March, so I have about 12 good weeks to improve. Questions:
* What materials should I use? I'm thinking about continuing with the Economist and purchasing some additional tests from Manhattan and MBA.com
* When should I take the next test and when should I use the official tests (my understanding is that they are the most accurate, so maybe with 1 or 2 weeks to go?)
* Any tips for SC? I feel significantly improving this section could be an easy win
Finally; I would like to thank everybody in the community, there are some great ressources and lively conversations that are extremelly useful!
Thanks!
SaintJohn
Joined the forum today after reading for a couple of days. I've been studying over the last couple of weeks, and have been able to spend more time over the holidays.
Target Score: 720+
Target Schools: INSEAD, Cambridge (Judge), Darmouth (Tuck), Northwestern (Kellogg), all in R1 next year
I started with the OG books, but very quickly realized they were not very helpful to learn the basics. I used the Economist GMAT Tutor free trial over the past 7 days. The trial was OK, the software really helps you focusing on the lesson and I like being able to time the sessions in advance. After going through 20% of the curriculum (you can't do more during the trial), I took the free test this morning.
I scored 620 (Q42 V34); which is not as great as expected for a first try - I'm not even sure if this is very representative. I was surprised my Quant score was higher than my Verbal. However, I finished the verbal section with almost 30mn to go... never a good sign! The breakdown is as follows:
Problem solving 12/21 (I had not reviewed all the materials yet so some questions were though. However, the biggest problem was time management, I had no idea how I was doing until I had 10 questions to solve in less than 10 minutes)
Data Sufficiency 10/16 (hadn't started working on this this part yet, so i guess 10/16 is not too bad..)
Sentence Correction 12/21 (Ouch.. I thought this would be one of my strenghts)
Critical Reasoning 12/12 (Wooo! finally some good news!)
Reading Comprehension (Meh... should do better)
I'm planning on taking the test end of March, so I have about 12 good weeks to improve. Questions:
* What materials should I use? I'm thinking about continuing with the Economist and purchasing some additional tests from Manhattan and MBA.com
* When should I take the next test and when should I use the official tests (my understanding is that they are the most accurate, so maybe with 1 or 2 weeks to go?)
* Any tips for SC? I feel significantly improving this section could be an easy win
Finally; I would like to thank everybody in the community, there are some great ressources and lively conversations that are extremelly useful!
Thanks!
SaintJohn
27 Dec 2015, 21:09
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SaintJohn
Hi SaintJohn,
A 620 is a decent start and with around 3 months in your hand, you can certainly reach your target score
Please find the answers to your questions below:
1. What preparatory material you use depends on your ease of understanding the material and what you want out of that. Most of the companies including ours offer a free trial period of the course. You can use the period and see if the course suits your needs.
2. Taking the official tests in the last 1-2 weeks is not a good idea. The CATs are meant to prepare you for the test day, Taking them so late might not help you in improving upon your mistakes. i would recommend you taking one of those early in your preparation so that you understand your actual standing. You can buy 2 additional tests from mba.com
What other tests you take again depends on you and the course you choose. Some courses offer you mock CATs along with the course as well.
3. Regarding sentence correction, yes you are right. This section can give you some easy points.
There are various strategies to solve a SC question that you can learn through our course, but generally:
1) Pay attention to the SV agree meant
2) Pay attention to the modifiers
3) Pay attention to the parallelism indicators
These three things can help you a lot on the exam.
Also, make sure that you do not neglect the OG and the Verbal Review. They are a must for good preparation.
Let me know if you have any doubts.
27 Dec 2015, 22:40
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Hey SaintJohn,
With a test date in March, here is a customized 2-3 month study plan that can help boost your score: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... study-plan
Use this as a guideline. You don’t have to follow it exactly but the structure of the study plan should be the same structure that you take in your approach. This helps to optimize your retention and learning.
As you study, we recommend that you focus on one particular subsection for multiple consecutive days before moving onto the next. You can see this in our study plan where we recommend 5 days on nothing but SC -- before moving onto CR and then RC.
As for the SC section, it is the easiest verbal section to make improvements on. Once you understand how to think and approach this question type, there are only so many ways you can be tested. Here at GMAT Pill we developed the 10 core frameworks which detail the 10 ways to approach GMAT sentence corrections.
Here is a sample SC video to help you start your journey: https://www.gmatpill.com/sentencecorrect ... ythons.mp4
Best of luck - we are here to help.
With a test date in March, here is a customized 2-3 month study plan that can help boost your score: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... study-plan
Use this as a guideline. You don’t have to follow it exactly but the structure of the study plan should be the same structure that you take in your approach. This helps to optimize your retention and learning.
As you study, we recommend that you focus on one particular subsection for multiple consecutive days before moving onto the next. You can see this in our study plan where we recommend 5 days on nothing but SC -- before moving onto CR and then RC.
As for the SC section, it is the easiest verbal section to make improvements on. Once you understand how to think and approach this question type, there are only so many ways you can be tested. Here at GMAT Pill we developed the 10 core frameworks which detail the 10 ways to approach GMAT sentence corrections.
Here is a sample SC video to help you start your journey: https://www.gmatpill.com/sentencecorrect ... ythons.mp4
Best of luck - we are here to help.
