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Hello everyone,
I gave my 2nd attempt in GMAT a week ago and scored 640 (V31, Q48). This is a slight improvement from my first attempt 590 (V28, Q44) in November 2021, though my target score is 740(Q50 V40).
In exam, i took verbal as first section. I was not able to comprehend fast in first section, and spent extra time on RCs. I had to skim and answer last RC, and had to blind guess last 2 questions. All SCs felt difficult, however like CR, RC was easy to read and not too difficult to comprehend. Verbal last section was mess of time management.
In quant last section, i had to guess 2 questions. I made silly mistakes in 1 or 2 easy questions.
In IR, i had the perception that timeout in IR is not punished, unlike in quant and verbal; I ran out of time in last 3 questions in IR, and got 1.
Meanwhile, I would like to show gratitude to Bunuel for such tough and mind blowing questions in gmatclub tests(i reset twise in 2 years, yet questions seem fresh and tricky), egmat videos for SC basics, targetTestPrep for topic wise tests especially for SC and Quant, RonPurewal videos, ManhattanPrep for mocks and books, and GMATNinja for youtube marathons and amazing answers in gmatclub. For RC and CR and KarishmaB for CR constructive answers. I mostly practiced official questions to improve my accuracy. Besides practicing GMATclub questions, I did nothing specific for quant, i am getting Q47 to Q50 consistently in gmatclub tests. In verbal, however, score was very inconsistent from v30 to v36.
I will retake exam in november end, before round 2. I have attached my ESR, so I would appreciate any suggestions as to what my next steps should be. Whether I should focus more on the quantitative or simply focus on the verbal, and in which section SC, CR, or RC. Anything you've noticed from my ESR that I can improve or enhance. Any small suggestion will be a significant help. Thanks in advance.
I gave my 2nd attempt in GMAT a week ago and scored 640 (V31, Q48). This is a slight improvement from my first attempt 590 (V28, Q44) in November 2021, though my target score is 740(Q50 V40).
In exam, i took verbal as first section. I was not able to comprehend fast in first section, and spent extra time on RCs. I had to skim and answer last RC, and had to blind guess last 2 questions. All SCs felt difficult, however like CR, RC was easy to read and not too difficult to comprehend. Verbal last section was mess of time management.
In quant last section, i had to guess 2 questions. I made silly mistakes in 1 or 2 easy questions.
In IR, i had the perception that timeout in IR is not punished, unlike in quant and verbal; I ran out of time in last 3 questions in IR, and got 1.
Meanwhile, I would like to show gratitude to Bunuel for such tough and mind blowing questions in gmatclub tests(i reset twise in 2 years, yet questions seem fresh and tricky), egmat videos for SC basics, targetTestPrep for topic wise tests especially for SC and Quant, RonPurewal videos, ManhattanPrep for mocks and books, and GMATNinja for youtube marathons and amazing answers in gmatclub. For RC and CR and KarishmaB for CR constructive answers. I mostly practiced official questions to improve my accuracy. Besides practicing GMATclub questions, I did nothing specific for quant, i am getting Q47 to Q50 consistently in gmatclub tests. In verbal, however, score was very inconsistent from v30 to v36.
I will retake exam in november end, before round 2. I have attached my ESR, so I would appreciate any suggestions as to what my next steps should be. Whether I should focus more on the quantitative or simply focus on the verbal, and in which section SC, CR, or RC. Anything you've noticed from my ESR that I can improve or enhance. Any small suggestion will be a significant help. Thanks in advance.
27 Oct 2022, 06:12
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Hi NirupaD.
I think you should mainly focus on verbal while continuing to work on weaker areas of quant, such as Geometry and Inequalities.
Also, you may be able to score somewhat higher just by working on improving overall accuracy, in other words, by reducing the number of careless error you make. For some tips on improving accuracy, see this post.
Improving Your Accuracy on the GMAT
Regarding verbal, your ESR indicates that you have room for improvement in all three major questions types.
One of the main things that helps people to improve in verbal is shooting for very high practice question accuracy, such as close to 100% in easy, over 90% in medium, and over 80% in hard questions. In seeking to achieve such high accuracy, practice untimed and address any issue that causes you to miss a question so that over time you eliminate such issues and get questions correct consistently. Working that way, in the process of seeking to achieve high accuracy, you fill knowledge gaps and develop strong skills.
You can learn more about how to increase your verbal score from the following post.
How to Score High on GMAT Verbal
I think you should mainly focus on verbal while continuing to work on weaker areas of quant, such as Geometry and Inequalities.
Also, you may be able to score somewhat higher just by working on improving overall accuracy, in other words, by reducing the number of careless error you make. For some tips on improving accuracy, see this post.
Improving Your Accuracy on the GMAT
Regarding verbal, your ESR indicates that you have room for improvement in all three major questions types.
One of the main things that helps people to improve in verbal is shooting for very high practice question accuracy, such as close to 100% in easy, over 90% in medium, and over 80% in hard questions. In seeking to achieve such high accuracy, practice untimed and address any issue that causes you to miss a question so that over time you eliminate such issues and get questions correct consistently. Working that way, in the process of seeking to achieve high accuracy, you fill knowledge gaps and develop strong skills.
You can learn more about how to increase your verbal score from the following post.
How to Score High on GMAT Verbal
27 Oct 2022, 07:31
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Hi NirupaD
Please click here to watch my detailed analysis of your ESR and your next steps.
The following is the summary of my observations and recommendations:
1. You mut improve in both Verbal and Quant.
2. In Verbal, you need improvement in all the three sub-sections (SC, CR, RC).
Verbal Improvement Plan:
1. For SC, you must identify conceptual gaps and work on those areas. You also need to work on the communication aspect of SC (analyzing the sentence properly to understand the meaning and logic of the sentence) and post that you must practice to hone that skill.
2. For RC, you must learn the right reading strategies so that you can understand and identify stated facts (in limited time).
3. For CR, you have to overhaul your overall approach. Build a strong conceptual foundation and learn the right approach to solving questions (considering you scored below 50th percentile here).
Quant Improvement Plan:
1. You must do further diagnosis in Algebra. If your scores are too low, you would have to do a comprehensive prep for Algebra.
2. In Geometry and Number Properties, you must figure out the sub-topics where you are faltering and focus on improving upon those.
Hope this helps!
Feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] if you have any follow-up questions on this.
Sundeep
Senior Sales & Strategy Expert
e-GMAT
Please click here to watch my detailed analysis of your ESR and your next steps.
The following is the summary of my observations and recommendations:
1. You mut improve in both Verbal and Quant.
2. In Verbal, you need improvement in all the three sub-sections (SC, CR, RC).
Verbal Improvement Plan:
1. For SC, you must identify conceptual gaps and work on those areas. You also need to work on the communication aspect of SC (analyzing the sentence properly to understand the meaning and logic of the sentence) and post that you must practice to hone that skill.
2. For RC, you must learn the right reading strategies so that you can understand and identify stated facts (in limited time).
3. For CR, you have to overhaul your overall approach. Build a strong conceptual foundation and learn the right approach to solving questions (considering you scored below 50th percentile here).
Quant Improvement Plan:
1. You must do further diagnosis in Algebra. If your scores are too low, you would have to do a comprehensive prep for Algebra.
2. In Geometry and Number Properties, you must figure out the sub-topics where you are faltering and focus on improving upon those.
Hope this helps!
Feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] if you have any follow-up questions on this.
Sundeep
Senior Sales & Strategy Expert
e-GMAT
