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26 Feb 2016, 20:25
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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 personal 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 personal 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!
27 Feb 2016, 10:23
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You should look at it like this: if you take the exam (or take it again without studying or improving or getting worse in any way), in approximately 67% of your attempts, you should get a score that's within 30 points of your actual ability level (as measured by the GMAT). It's important to remember that this is without putting in significant additional effort, and that the +/- 30 is not applicable to all possible attempts (only to 67% of attempts). And all this is before measurement error (something that every exam is susceptible to) is factored in.
It is definitely possible to improve, and I'm glad you seem to be gaining confidence.
27 Feb 2016, 11:08
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Hi iliavko,
Can you provide a link to the original source of this information? I'd be interested to read the exact article/blog/post that you found information in.
Broadly-speaking, many Test Takers tend to be 'creatures of habit', meaning that they don't do enough work to change their approaches to the GMAT from one Test to the next. As such, the simplified idea that Test Takers can't appreciably increase their GMAT scores from Official Test to Official Test could be true (keep in mind that GMAC is dealing with LOTS of historical data). That having been said, that data would not include those Test Takers who took the GMAT just ONE TIME (since there's no comparison of scores), so a significant portion of Test Takers would not be 'counted.' The improvements that YOU can make from practice CAT to practice CAT to Official GMAT would also NOT be considered in that type of study. This is all meant to say that it sounds like the 'scope' of that original conclusion is limited and probably has no real bearing on what YOU are doing right now.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Can you provide a link to the original source of this information? I'd be interested to read the exact article/blog/post that you found information in.
Broadly-speaking, many Test Takers tend to be 'creatures of habit', meaning that they don't do enough work to change their approaches to the GMAT from one Test to the next. As such, the simplified idea that Test Takers can't appreciably increase their GMAT scores from Official Test to Official Test could be true (keep in mind that GMAC is dealing with LOTS of historical data). That having been said, that data would not include those Test Takers who took the GMAT just ONE TIME (since there's no comparison of scores), so a significant portion of Test Takers would not be 'counted.' The improvements that YOU can make from practice CAT to practice CAT to Official GMAT would also NOT be considered in that type of study. This is all meant to say that it sounds like the 'scope' of that original conclusion is limited and probably has no real bearing on what YOU are doing right now.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
