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Hey guys,
Today i did my first real GMAT Focus Test at a Testcenter and it went horribly bad. Even if i did not feel ready to take the test, my family forced me to take it now. Now I am feeling very frustrated and i need professional advise. I have been studying for the GMAT on and off since last March, i got many materials (probably way too much) and worked through all the Manhattenprep which costs me nearly 7 month. I started with the Quant/Data Insight and went to the verbal. Seven months is a long time, but i had to improve my english a lot and it felt like i need to learn math completly new in another language. I also had to deal with the fact of having no calculator, which i was used to since the 7th grade. In last october, after my Manhattenprep books prepare, i took the trial test with a score of 535 - 81 /75 / 74, but to be honest with you i used for Quant and Data Insight the unlimited time option and for quant some explanations. While that test, it felt like my biggest weakness is quant. Thats why i decided to focus on that and improve it. I worked through all the GMAT NINJA videos of last year till i minimized my failure rate, just to notice that i reached the point were i could solve exactly these questions, but no others that are near to this or have an extra requirement, or want the reversed result. After i realised that i got back to Gmat Club Questions and Mathbook to fill my gaps.
Today i took the test and scored 355, definetly not what i hoped for. I solved the Quant Part in time and scored 75, there were around 3 Q i guessed, because after 1 Minute i couldnt find a way to solve them. Now to my biggest disappointment of the day, the verbal part. I scored 80 in the trial test in october without more time. This time i was only around the 60th. Which is a huge jump. I really had time issues with that this time. I had to guess the questions at 1 long text and 2-3 shorts. That might be the reason to this drastical downfall. But these texts were also a bit more difficult to understand. Than what i had in the trail or Manhattenprep. Maybe it went that bad because i haven't done verbal since october. But it got even worse, my biggest weakness now seems to be Data Insight... it felt like i need to skip 1/2-1/3 of the questions because of time issue. I struggeled really hard with the DS-questions.
My goal was the MBF Program at University St. Gallen, the program i wanted to do, since i started my economic journey. So i thought a target score of 650 would be a good platform to apply. My actual score is so far away from that and the last application round will close at the end of April. At the moment i am free so i dont have to work i can study the whole day. Is there still a way to get there somehow in time? Any Programm that improves me significantly at all levels? I heared about egmat or Target Test Prep. Please help me... Thank you in advance.
Today i did my first real GMAT Focus Test at a Testcenter and it went horribly bad. Even if i did not feel ready to take the test, my family forced me to take it now. Now I am feeling very frustrated and i need professional advise. I have been studying for the GMAT on and off since last March, i got many materials (probably way too much) and worked through all the Manhattenprep which costs me nearly 7 month. I started with the Quant/Data Insight and went to the verbal. Seven months is a long time, but i had to improve my english a lot and it felt like i need to learn math completly new in another language. I also had to deal with the fact of having no calculator, which i was used to since the 7th grade. In last october, after my Manhattenprep books prepare, i took the trial test with a score of 535 - 81 /75 / 74, but to be honest with you i used for Quant and Data Insight the unlimited time option and for quant some explanations. While that test, it felt like my biggest weakness is quant. Thats why i decided to focus on that and improve it. I worked through all the GMAT NINJA videos of last year till i minimized my failure rate, just to notice that i reached the point were i could solve exactly these questions, but no others that are near to this or have an extra requirement, or want the reversed result. After i realised that i got back to Gmat Club Questions and Mathbook to fill my gaps.
Today i took the test and scored 355, definetly not what i hoped for. I solved the Quant Part in time and scored 75, there were around 3 Q i guessed, because after 1 Minute i couldnt find a way to solve them. Now to my biggest disappointment of the day, the verbal part. I scored 80 in the trial test in october without more time. This time i was only around the 60th. Which is a huge jump. I really had time issues with that this time. I had to guess the questions at 1 long text and 2-3 shorts. That might be the reason to this drastical downfall. But these texts were also a bit more difficult to understand. Than what i had in the trail or Manhattenprep. Maybe it went that bad because i haven't done verbal since october. But it got even worse, my biggest weakness now seems to be Data Insight... it felt like i need to skip 1/2-1/3 of the questions because of time issue. I struggeled really hard with the DS-questions.
My goal was the MBF Program at University St. Gallen, the program i wanted to do, since i started my economic journey. So i thought a target score of 650 would be a good platform to apply. My actual score is so far away from that and the last application round will close at the end of April. At the moment i am free so i dont have to work i can study the whole day. Is there still a way to get there somehow in time? Any Programm that improves me significantly at all levels? I heared about egmat or Target Test Prep. Please help me... Thank you in advance.
Updated on: 23 Jan 2025, 03:35
Originally posted by GmatKnightTutor on 22 Jan 2025, 06:35.
Last edited by GmatKnightTutor on 23 Jan 2025, 03:35, edited 1 time in total.
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i took the trial test with a score of 535 - 81 /75 / 74, but to be honest with you i used for Quant and Data Insight the unlimited time option and for quant some explanations.
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I really had time issues with that this time. I had to guess the questions at 1 long text and 2-3 shorts. That might be the reason to this drastical downfall.
In case you haven't already, including doing timed practice sets and replicating exam conditions when you take practice tests could be helpful.
Consider checking out the Share GMAT Experience subforum. You could see how long/likely different score jumps may take and what people who've scored well/improved their scores did/used along the way as well as any tips or thoughts they may have shared.
How to score high on the GMAT. Why solving approach is important.
22 Jan 2025, 08:21
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You can try taking quizzes at different difficulty levels and increase the difficulty levels as you improve.
You can try giving sectional tests or full mocks every 2-3rd day could be helpful.
You can try giving sectional tests or full mocks every 2-3rd day could be helpful.
. If it comes to the 60, that was the result shown to me for this section on the screen after my exam, with the unoffical score of 355. Especially for time at the Data Insight i might need a better strat for solving the DS. Maybe i also messed up the order, i started with Verbal first (V/Q/DI) at the trial test. So my head was fresh for this. At the real exam i started with Quant (Q/DI/V) because i thought its best to start with my known weakness. 
