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12 Aug 2019, 05:24
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Hi,
After preparing gmat for 2 months, this morning I scored only 570 (Q42 V27). This is the 2nd time I did gmat (first time was November 2018 and scored 550 Q39 V26).
This morning I was really disappointed seeing that score especially because I started to study again (from zero) this summer and I never scored so low in mocks.
Here are all mocks I did in chronological order (I did the entire CAT):
- GmatPrep #1 (3rd attempt, but last time I did this mock was in October 2018): 690 Q46 V39
- GmatPrep #2 (2nd attempt, again as the one before): 690 Q45 V39
- MGMAT: 630 Q45 V31
- GmatClub Test Quant (08/5/19): Q45
- GmatClub Test Verbal(08/5/19): V34
- Gmat Prep #3: (in Quant part I made very silly mistakes) 590 Q37 V34
- Gmat Prep #4 (yesterday): 680 Q49 V34
Here what I studied:
- OG 2019 twice (including Quant and Verbal Review)
- MGMAT (all Quant books, SC and CR)
- Question Pack of GmatPrep (494 questions)
- SC notes found on gmatclub
Plus from Gmatclub question banks:
- 20 SC, CR,PS, DSper day
- 4 Rc passages per day.
- Focus on weak areas (doing for one day only problems about that area)
I started to study 14th June 2019 for about 6-7 hours a day and review every mistake I was doing. Nevertheless today I screwed up: for quant I lost some time at the beginning so I had to almost guess final 4-5 questions, but for the verbal section I thought I was doing really great (questions were medium/hard difficult) especially because in mocks I've never scored below 34 (just V31 in MGMAT 1 time).
So, I have a 4.0 GPA but I would like to reach a score of 640/650 -This score would be more than sufficient for my application plus it seems gmat it's not made for me
What can I study to reach 640-650 in a month or a month and a half? Because I really don't know what to do anymore. Yesterday I scored 680, how did I end up scoring 570 today?
Every suggestion is really appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
After preparing gmat for 2 months, this morning I scored only 570 (Q42 V27). This is the 2nd time I did gmat (first time was November 2018 and scored 550 Q39 V26).
This morning I was really disappointed seeing that score especially because I started to study again (from zero) this summer and I never scored so low in mocks.
Here are all mocks I did in chronological order (I did the entire CAT):
- GmatPrep #1 (3rd attempt, but last time I did this mock was in October 2018): 690 Q46 V39
- GmatPrep #2 (2nd attempt, again as the one before): 690 Q45 V39
- MGMAT: 630 Q45 V31
- GmatClub Test Quant (08/5/19): Q45
- GmatClub Test Verbal(08/5/19): V34
- Gmat Prep #3: (in Quant part I made very silly mistakes) 590 Q37 V34
- Gmat Prep #4 (yesterday): 680 Q49 V34
Here what I studied:
- OG 2019 twice (including Quant and Verbal Review)
- MGMAT (all Quant books, SC and CR)
- Question Pack of GmatPrep (494 questions)
- SC notes found on gmatclub
Plus from Gmatclub question banks:
- 20 SC, CR,PS, DSper day
- 4 Rc passages per day.
- Focus on weak areas (doing for one day only problems about that area)
I started to study 14th June 2019 for about 6-7 hours a day and review every mistake I was doing. Nevertheless today I screwed up: for quant I lost some time at the beginning so I had to almost guess final 4-5 questions, but for the verbal section I thought I was doing really great (questions were medium/hard difficult) especially because in mocks I've never scored below 34 (just V31 in MGMAT 1 time).
So, I have a 4.0 GPA but I would like to reach a score of 640/650 -This score would be more than sufficient for my application plus it seems gmat it's not made for me
What can I study to reach 640-650 in a month or a month and a half? Because I really don't know what to do anymore. Yesterday I scored 680, how did I end up scoring 570 today?
Every suggestion is really appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
12 Aug 2019, 07:55
Kudos
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Hello,
I am sorry to hear that your test did not go as planned. Did you say you took a mock one day before your test date? That is a no no. Taking mocks is quite exhausting, so you need to give yourself some time to recover. Ideally, your last mock should have been a week before your test date, but some people do get away with taking a mock 3 days before their test date. With all that said, a 570 means that you still have some weaknesses that need to be addressed before your retake.
Please do not be disheartened, 570 is a good starting point. You need to find courses that will teach you everything from scratch. Is there a reason you want to retake the GMAT in one month’s time? I suggest that you give yourself enough time to prepare for the exam. I was in a similar boat after scoring 600 (Q44 and V28) without a well-structured prep plan. I thought as an engineer, I would be able to ace GMAT’s quant. I was wrong. Therefore, I decided to take things slow after that attempt. I am currently using TargetTestPrep (quant) and e-gmat (verbal) for my prep. Many of the online courses offer a free trial period, so check them out and decide which ones you like.
Feel free to reach out if you have further queries.
Best wishes!
I am sorry to hear that your test did not go as planned. Did you say you took a mock one day before your test date? That is a no no. Taking mocks is quite exhausting, so you need to give yourself some time to recover. Ideally, your last mock should have been a week before your test date, but some people do get away with taking a mock 3 days before their test date. With all that said, a 570 means that you still have some weaknesses that need to be addressed before your retake.
Please do not be disheartened, 570 is a good starting point. You need to find courses that will teach you everything from scratch. Is there a reason you want to retake the GMAT in one month’s time? I suggest that you give yourself enough time to prepare for the exam. I was in a similar boat after scoring 600 (Q44 and V28) without a well-structured prep plan. I thought as an engineer, I would be able to ace GMAT’s quant. I was wrong. Therefore, I decided to take things slow after that attempt. I am currently using TargetTestPrep (quant) and e-gmat (verbal) for my prep. Many of the online courses offer a free trial period, so check them out and decide which ones you like.
Feel free to reach out if you have further queries.
Best wishes!
12 Aug 2019, 11:10
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi,
First, thanks for your response; Actually I think mocks help me with anxiety and I don't feel them exhausting (furthermore, taking a mock the day before make me feel as the real exam is just as another mock). That being said, I'm a student so I'd like to take another exam in a month because I'll then have to study for university exams. I'll check the courses you mentioned but I can't understand the discrepancy between my mocks scores and my actual exam score: I feel confortable with the concepts tested but clearly something during real exam goes wrong (I can understand quant because I wasted some time but the verbal score really low compared with my verbal mock scores).
First, thanks for your response; Actually I think mocks help me with anxiety and I don't feel them exhausting (furthermore, taking a mock the day before make me feel as the real exam is just as another mock). That being said, I'm a student so I'd like to take another exam in a month because I'll then have to study for university exams. I'll check the courses you mentioned but I can't understand the discrepancy between my mocks scores and my actual exam score: I feel confortable with the concepts tested but clearly something during real exam goes wrong (I can understand quant because I wasted some time but the verbal score really low compared with my verbal mock scores).
