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Hi everyone,
I'd like to share my thoughs on this tricky issue and, of course, ask for your feedback!
GMAC statistics show that people usually can't improve their score by any substantial ammount. Like you can improve some 40 points from 500's, 20 from 600's and less than 10 from 700's. But.. Since GMAT is not an intelligence test, this makes no sense what so ever!
I mean as long as you study correctly, how is it possible that you can't constantly improve your score? I'm asking this 'cause I just scored 540 (something I was expecting since 2 months ago I couldn't tell algebra from arithmetics.) So what, according to GMAC I can't breach the 600? Of course I can, I am learning more and more, faster and faster so it's a matter of time before I do it. And I suck at math btw. I am no genius, but I feel that now that I am really committed to it, I am improving a lot and my 540 was just due to lack of time to prepare.
Maybe the issue is that people tend to get demotivated? Perhaps the fact that they have jobs, families, etc eventually makes them become less committed? They start forgetting things? Maybe this "can't improve more than 40 points" thing is just a matter of personnal circumstances, like the life situation that most of those who study for GMAT (so like 25-30 years-olds starting their carreers, families, etc) find themselves in? And these circumstances prevent people from properly (PROPERLY) preparing for GMAT? Like, is 10h\week enough for a 700+? No it's not. Can most people get more time than that to study? No they can't. So most test takers simply can't prepare for this GMAT marathon in first place! Not because they are stupid, or the exam is hard, but simply because they only have 24 hours in a day! And of course, they can't improve either!
All of this to say that I find these statistics to be very decieving and the low improvement in score is not due to the nature of the exam or to the intellectual capacity of the students, but due to personnal circumstances that prevent most people of getting properly focused on GMAT and breaching 700, no matter what your first score is.
Thanks fore reading my "AWA" on GMAC statistics and please let me know what you think of this!
Thanks!
I'd like to share my thoughs on this tricky issue and, of course, ask for your feedback!
GMAC statistics show that people usually can't improve their score by any substantial ammount. Like you can improve some 40 points from 500's, 20 from 600's and less than 10 from 700's. But.. Since GMAT is not an intelligence test, this makes no sense what so ever!
I mean as long as you study correctly, how is it possible that you can't constantly improve your score? I'm asking this 'cause I just scored 540 (something I was expecting since 2 months ago I couldn't tell algebra from arithmetics.) So what, according to GMAC I can't breach the 600? Of course I can, I am learning more and more, faster and faster so it's a matter of time before I do it. And I suck at math btw. I am no genius, but I feel that now that I am really committed to it, I am improving a lot and my 540 was just due to lack of time to prepare.
Maybe the issue is that people tend to get demotivated? Perhaps the fact that they have jobs, families, etc eventually makes them become less committed? They start forgetting things? Maybe this "can't improve more than 40 points" thing is just a matter of personnal circumstances, like the life situation that most of those who study for GMAT (so like 25-30 years-olds starting their carreers, families, etc) find themselves in? And these circumstances prevent people from properly (PROPERLY) preparing for GMAT? Like, is 10h\week enough for a 700+? No it's not. Can most people get more time than that to study? No they can't. So most test takers simply can't prepare for this GMAT marathon in first place! Not because they are stupid, or the exam is hard, but simply because they only have 24 hours in a day! And of course, they can't improve either!
All of this to say that I find these statistics to be very decieving and the low improvement in score is not due to the nature of the exam or to the intellectual capacity of the students, but due to personnal circumstances that prevent most people of getting properly focused on GMAT and breaching 700, no matter what your first score is.
Thanks fore reading my "AWA" on GMAC statistics and please let me know what you think of this!
Thanks!
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26 Feb 2016, 20:22
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I have moved your post to a more relevant forum that is visited by any GMAT experts. As for the GMAC's stance on improvement is concerned, the values that they mention are applicable to majority of the test takers. With any data sets there will always be outliers. I for one was able to bump my scores from 650 to 690 to 750 with proper methods. I will let other industry GMAT experts chime in on this post of yours but IMO, GMAT score is not directly correlated to the hours spent in the preparation. If you are not super intelligent and great with standardized tests, then you will have to make time for consistent GMAT study in order to reach your target score. This will mean 2-3 months of dedicated studies with 1-2 hours per week day and 5-10 hours over the weekend. Again, this is not easy with other priorities in life but you will have to work around those priorities for the time being and make GMAT your top priority.
Though, longer timeframe for studies will lead to diminishing returns as you tend to plateau out with your scores and start seeing close to nothing improvement. Thus, the experts recommend that you study consistently for 2-3 months to achieve your score.
Hope this helps.
26 Feb 2016, 20:31
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Thank you for the fast reply! And I also just moved my post to general questions so sorry for the duplication 
Thank you for your opinion and I agree with you on that the ammount of hours is not the main reason for improvement, but I guess having lots of time certainly helps! Having a fresh mind, focused exclusively on GMAT is a luxury few can "afford."
I am dedicated full-time to GMAT btw! So when I refer to those who don't have enough time, I am not including myself! I have plenty of time and if I imagine myself in the position of only studyng for 1-2 hours\day, I seriously doubt that I would be able to improve anything above 600.
Cheers!
Thank you for your opinion and I agree with you on that the ammount of hours is not the main reason for improvement, but I guess having lots of time certainly helps! Having a fresh mind, focused exclusively on GMAT is a luxury few can "afford."
I am dedicated full-time to GMAT btw! So when I refer to those who don't have enough time, I am not including myself! I have plenty of time and if I imagine myself in the position of only studyng for 1-2 hours\day, I seriously doubt that I would be able to improve anything above 600.
Cheers!
