Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
May 1810:00 AM PDT
-11:00 AM PDT
Join us in a live GMAT practice session and solve 25 challenging GMAT questions with other test takers in timed conditions, covering GMAT Quant, Data Sufficiency, Data Insights, Reading Comprehension, and Critical Reasoning questions.
May 1212:00 PM EDT
-11:59 PM EDT
Make the most of your break with the most realistic GMAT™ prep. Take up to $700 off select products. Ends 6/1
May 1501:00 PM IST
-11:00 AM IST
Start your journey with a fully customized action plan and work with a dedicated mentor to achieve a 735+ score.- May 19
12:00 PM PDT
-01:00 PM PDT
Scoring 329 on the GRE is not always about using more books, more courses, or a longer study plan. In this episode of GRE Success Talks, Ashutosh shares his GRE preparation strategy, study plan, and test-day experience, explaining how he kept his prep.... - Jun 10
06:00 AM PDT
-06:15 PM PDT
Register for the GMAT Club Virtual MBA Spotlight Fair – the world’s premier event for serious MBA candidates. This is your chance to hear directly from Admissions Directors at nearly every Top 30 MBA program..
svijayaug12
Joined: 06 Jun 2013
Last visit: 11 Aug 2020
Posts: 98
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 72
Concentration: Technology, General Management
Schools: XLRI GM"18 ISB '17 (M) NTU '17 (S) Simon '18 (S) Olin '18 (S) Boston U '18 (S) Carlson '18 (II)
GMAT 1: 680 Q48 V35
GPA: 3.47
Products:
Schools: XLRI GM"18 ISB '17 (M) NTU '17 (S) Simon '18 (S) Olin '18 (S) Boston U '18 (S) Carlson '18 (II)
GMAT 1: 680 Q48 V35
Posts: 98
Kudos:
111
27 Jun 2015, 02:58
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi Everybody,
First of all I would like to apologize for the long post. I am almost at the end of my preparation and have been hitting some road blocks. Request your pointers around the same.
I am done with my GMAT preparation and currently taking either Full length Mocks from GMAT PREP, Veritas or Manhattan (OR) sectional tests using GMAT Club tests.
I searched through the GMAT club forum and was unable to find if there was any thread that would co-relate scores on GMAT Club tests to probable score on the actual GMAT.
On the Quants section ->
I am currently scoring consistently in the range of (Q48, Q47, Q47, Q47, Q50, Q49) on the GMAT club tests. However this does not match the scores in mocks from other test prep companies like Manhattan & Veritas. In Manhattan and veritas mocks, I have been able to score not more than Q44. This is worrying me a bit.
Also on 2 free GMAT prep tests, I could score Q50, Q49. (However on both these tests, I could see around 3-4 questions for which I already knew the answers before hand. Not sure how this would have elevated my scores on the GMAT prep tests.?)
On the Verbal section ->
The best score that I could get on the verbal GMAT club test is only V29, V29, V24.
And in the Veritas and Manhattan scores from full length were - V29, V31, V28, V31
GMAT Prep Scores - V31, V29.
From the results above, Can you please guide me if it was realistic to expect scores to improve on the verbal section by around 5-7 points to at least a ~V36 to score a 700 in one month.
Also Can I assume that the scores on the Quant would be roughly about the same on the actual GMAT test ?
Also If anybody could point to some suggestions to improve on the Verbal section, I would really grateful.
My biggest problem on the GMAT Verbal section has been with the Timing. I am unable to come up with a strategy to tackle the 41 questions in 75 mins.
Sentence Correction has always been my strength.
However, Reading comprehension and Critical reasoning are my biggest weakness. Not that I am unable to solve the question, but I am unable to do so under time presssures.
They are taking away a lot of time and I end up marking incorrect answers under pressure. Concept has not been the problem anytime when I re-look at the questions during my analysis of the mock. Its the timing pressures which is killing my Verbal Score.
Can anybody guide to me some tips & tricks to cleverly skip some questions in the middle and better way to solve Critical reasoning and Reading comprehension questions?
In almost all mocks, I have observed that
After completing Q10 --------------------> left with 48-50 mins
After completing Q20 -------------------> left with 28 mins
After completing Q30 -----------------> left with ~ 12 mins
No matter how much ever I try I am unable to decide which question to skip and I am tad-bit scared to randomly guess.
Because of these timing problems, I usually end up guessing one RC completely without even a glance damaging the score.
I am looking for some best strategies that I could probably take up to tackle the verbal section so that the scores could improve to at least a V36.
Thanks,
Vijay
First of all I would like to apologize for the long post. I am almost at the end of my preparation and have been hitting some road blocks. Request your pointers around the same.
I am done with my GMAT preparation and currently taking either Full length Mocks from GMAT PREP, Veritas or Manhattan (OR) sectional tests using GMAT Club tests.
I searched through the GMAT club forum and was unable to find if there was any thread that would co-relate scores on GMAT Club tests to probable score on the actual GMAT.
On the Quants section ->
I am currently scoring consistently in the range of (Q48, Q47, Q47, Q47, Q50, Q49) on the GMAT club tests. However this does not match the scores in mocks from other test prep companies like Manhattan & Veritas. In Manhattan and veritas mocks, I have been able to score not more than Q44. This is worrying me a bit.
Also on 2 free GMAT prep tests, I could score Q50, Q49. (However on both these tests, I could see around 3-4 questions for which I already knew the answers before hand. Not sure how this would have elevated my scores on the GMAT prep tests.?)
On the Verbal section ->
The best score that I could get on the verbal GMAT club test is only V29, V29, V24.
And in the Veritas and Manhattan scores from full length were - V29, V31, V28, V31
GMAT Prep Scores - V31, V29.
From the results above, Can you please guide me if it was realistic to expect scores to improve on the verbal section by around 5-7 points to at least a ~V36 to score a 700 in one month.
Also Can I assume that the scores on the Quant would be roughly about the same on the actual GMAT test ?
Also If anybody could point to some suggestions to improve on the Verbal section, I would really grateful.
My biggest problem on the GMAT Verbal section has been with the Timing. I am unable to come up with a strategy to tackle the 41 questions in 75 mins.
Sentence Correction has always been my strength.
However, Reading comprehension and Critical reasoning are my biggest weakness. Not that I am unable to solve the question, but I am unable to do so under time presssures.
They are taking away a lot of time and I end up marking incorrect answers under pressure. Concept has not been the problem anytime when I re-look at the questions during my analysis of the mock. Its the timing pressures which is killing my Verbal Score.
Can anybody guide to me some tips & tricks to cleverly skip some questions in the middle and better way to solve Critical reasoning and Reading comprehension questions?
In almost all mocks, I have observed that
After completing Q10 --------------------> left with 48-50 mins
After completing Q20 -------------------> left with 28 mins
After completing Q30 -----------------> left with ~ 12 mins
No matter how much ever I try I am unable to decide which question to skip and I am tad-bit scared to randomly guess.
Because of these timing problems, I usually end up guessing one RC completely without even a glance damaging the score.
I am looking for some best strategies that I could probably take up to tackle the verbal section so that the scores could improve to at least a V36.
Thanks,
Vijay
28 Jun 2015, 11:15
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi Vijay,
I'd like to know a bit more about your studies so far and your overall timeline:
1) How long have you been studying?
2) What resources have you been using?
3) When was the last time that you took a FULL-LENGTH CAT (including the Essay and IR sections)?
4) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
I'd like to know a bit more about your studies so far and your overall timeline:
1) How long have you been studying?
2) What resources have you been using?
3) When was the last time that you took a FULL-LENGTH CAT (including the Essay and IR sections)?
4) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
svijayaug12
Joined: 06 Jun 2013
Last visit: 11 Aug 2020
Posts: 98
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 72
Concentration: Technology, General Management
Schools: XLRI GM"18 ISB '17 (M) NTU '17 (S) Simon '18 (S) Olin '18 (S) Boston U '18 (S) Carlson '18 (II)
GMAT 1: 680 Q48 V35
GPA: 3.47
Products:
Schools: XLRI GM"18 ISB '17 (M) NTU '17 (S) Simon '18 (S) Olin '18 (S) Boston U '18 (S) Carlson '18 (II)
GMAT 1: 680 Q48 V35
Posts: 98
Kudos:
111
28 Jun 2015, 21:06
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi Rich,
I am a re-taker and I have been studying for close to 6 months now. The latest attempt was in December 2014 and the score was not to my satisfaction.
I am currently enrolled to e-gmat verbal live prep course. With this course, I have definitely improved a lot on the Sentence Correction and a bit on the critical reasoning. However reading comprehension is really pulling my scores down. If I have to talk in terms of accuracy, on a full length mock I hardly 4-5 correct out of 13/14 questions.
I have taken the full length CATS, but all of those attempts have been without the AWA/IR section.
I am planning to take my GMAT by the end of July 2015.
Few more points:
I am already saturated studying for the GMAT having dragged it for more than 6 months. I want to finish it up fast and concentrate on my applications.
I scored a 630 on the MGMAT mock yesterday with a split of Q42, V34. This has been the best verbal score that I have got till date.
Can you please throw some light on how close the verbal scores on MGMAT mocks correlate to actual score on the GMAT exam.
On Analyzing the mock, I realized that the accuracy on the RC section is very low (35%) and for the critical reasoning is around 55%.
Can you give me any pointers to improve upon these sections ? what to concentrate upon when looking at a RC passage, where to practice RC passages from to get a strong hold of it?
Also my quant scores with GMAT club tests and on the GMAT prep practice test have all been in the range of Q47-Q50. Some how my scores are low when i take a MGMAT mock.
Vijay
I am a re-taker and I have been studying for close to 6 months now. The latest attempt was in December 2014 and the score was not to my satisfaction.
I am currently enrolled to e-gmat verbal live prep course. With this course, I have definitely improved a lot on the Sentence Correction and a bit on the critical reasoning. However reading comprehension is really pulling my scores down. If I have to talk in terms of accuracy, on a full length mock I hardly 4-5 correct out of 13/14 questions.
I have taken the full length CATS, but all of those attempts have been without the AWA/IR section.
I am planning to take my GMAT by the end of July 2015.
Few more points:
I am already saturated studying for the GMAT having dragged it for more than 6 months. I want to finish it up fast and concentrate on my applications.
I scored a 630 on the MGMAT mock yesterday with a split of Q42, V34. This has been the best verbal score that I have got till date.
Can you please throw some light on how close the verbal scores on MGMAT mocks correlate to actual score on the GMAT exam.
On Analyzing the mock, I realized that the accuracy on the RC section is very low (35%) and for the critical reasoning is around 55%.
Can you give me any pointers to improve upon these sections ? what to concentrate upon when looking at a RC passage, where to practice RC passages from to get a strong hold of it?
Also my quant scores with GMAT club tests and on the GMAT prep practice test have all been in the range of Q47-Q50. Some how my scores are low when i take a MGMAT mock.
Vijay
EMPOWERgmatRichC
