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01 May 2022, 08:21
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Hello,
I recently took a free test in mba oficial web page, and I got a score of 340, expecting at least 400. I took the test just a little cold, because I spent almost 3 weeks preparing with a Manhattan book "Foundations of GMAT Math", just the basic math.
A little description of me, I am a 29 years old lawyer in Latin America, so I have rarely seen math in my life since high school, and I am not a native English speaker, although I have very little problems reading English. And now I think that an MBA in United States would be a good career path.
On quant I got Q13. I think the main problem was time, because just could answer 17 questions. 2 minutes per question is a lot for me at the moment. I think this is a "computing problem" as I read.
On verbal I got V21. I think I can improve with more study and strategies.
Integrated reasoning was new to me, and I just got 3 questions correct. I know I need a lot of practice, and I think I can improve.
My original plan was to study 4 months with Manhattan Prep material after the first diagnostic test. 2 months to read all the content and the exercises, and now I plan to add each weekend some practice tests just to get comfortable with the pression of time, and 2 months of review and mock tests. Approximately 4 hours on weeks and 6 on weekends
Is it plausible to improve from 340 to 700+ in 4 months? Do you know some other strategies to improve m study or to get comfortable with the pressure of time?
Thank you very much in advance.
I recently took a free test in mba oficial web page, and I got a score of 340, expecting at least 400. I took the test just a little cold, because I spent almost 3 weeks preparing with a Manhattan book "Foundations of GMAT Math", just the basic math.
A little description of me, I am a 29 years old lawyer in Latin America, so I have rarely seen math in my life since high school, and I am not a native English speaker, although I have very little problems reading English. And now I think that an MBA in United States would be a good career path.
On quant I got Q13. I think the main problem was time, because just could answer 17 questions. 2 minutes per question is a lot for me at the moment. I think this is a "computing problem" as I read.
On verbal I got V21. I think I can improve with more study and strategies.
Integrated reasoning was new to me, and I just got 3 questions correct. I know I need a lot of practice, and I think I can improve.
My original plan was to study 4 months with Manhattan Prep material after the first diagnostic test. 2 months to read all the content and the exercises, and now I plan to add each weekend some practice tests just to get comfortable with the pression of time, and 2 months of review and mock tests. Approximately 4 hours on weeks and 6 on weekends
Is it plausible to improve from 340 to 700+ in 4 months? Do you know some other strategies to improve m study or to get comfortable with the pressure of time?
Thank you very much in advance.
01 May 2022, 11:26
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Hi Peter7.
Normally, it takes people around two to six months to achieve GMAT score increases of around 100 to 200 points. So, since the increase you want to achieve, from 340 to 700+, is of 360 points or more, it's likely that you'll need more than four months to achieve your score goal.
The reason it may take a while to achieve your score goal is that, even if you could correctly answer many of the quant and verbal questions correctly if you had more time, it will take time to learn the concepts and strategies needed for answering the questions faster and to learn how to effectively apply those concepts and strategies to arrive at correct answers in around two minutes per question. I could be wrong, of course, but having seen what many other GMAT aspirants have had to do in order to achieve their score goals, that you'll need more than four months is my best call. That said, the fact that you have time to prepare for four hours on each weekday will help speed up the process.
Regarding how to prepare, your best move is to wait until you're more fully prepared to take more practice tests, because taking practice tests now will take up time that you could spend mastering topics. After all, mastering topics one by one is your path to mastering the GMAT.
The best way to master GMAT topics is to work on them one at a time by first learning the concepts and strategies involved in a topic and then practicing by answering dozens of questions involving that topic until you are getting them correct consistently. Once you've mastered one topic, you move on to the next and do the same thing.
For a more in-depth discussion of how to increase your GMAT quant score, see this post. How to Increase Your GMAT Quant Score: Top 25 Tips
For more on how to prepare for GMAT verbal, see this one. How to Score High on GMAT Verbal
Normally, it takes people around two to six months to achieve GMAT score increases of around 100 to 200 points. So, since the increase you want to achieve, from 340 to 700+, is of 360 points or more, it's likely that you'll need more than four months to achieve your score goal.
The reason it may take a while to achieve your score goal is that, even if you could correctly answer many of the quant and verbal questions correctly if you had more time, it will take time to learn the concepts and strategies needed for answering the questions faster and to learn how to effectively apply those concepts and strategies to arrive at correct answers in around two minutes per question. I could be wrong, of course, but having seen what many other GMAT aspirants have had to do in order to achieve their score goals, that you'll need more than four months is my best call. That said, the fact that you have time to prepare for four hours on each weekday will help speed up the process.
Regarding how to prepare, your best move is to wait until you're more fully prepared to take more practice tests, because taking practice tests now will take up time that you could spend mastering topics. After all, mastering topics one by one is your path to mastering the GMAT.
The best way to master GMAT topics is to work on them one at a time by first learning the concepts and strategies involved in a topic and then practicing by answering dozens of questions involving that topic until you are getting them correct consistently. Once you've mastered one topic, you move on to the next and do the same thing.
For a more in-depth discussion of how to increase your GMAT quant score, see this post. How to Increase Your GMAT Quant Score: Top 25 Tips
For more on how to prepare for GMAT verbal, see this one. How to Score High on GMAT Verbal
01 May 2022, 12:46
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Seems you need to get familiar with the fundamentals (i.e. how permutations work). It might be worth checking out the Share GMAT Experience sub-forum to get an idea how long score improvement can take.
or to get comfortable with the pressure of time?
How to get better on the GMAT. Think of time management as time currency.
or to get comfortable with the pressure of time?
How to get better on the GMAT. Think of time management as time currency.
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