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14 Jan 2015, 06:54
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I just took another practice exam through Veritas Prep and scored a 720 (Q49,V40). This is an improvement over my past practice exam score (700 (Q49, V37)) but I am still trying to improve my score by about 40 points. I still have two weeks until my exam (January 29th) but feel that my studying right now isn't improving my scores as much. Below I have a breakdown of what I have been doing the past two weeks and my schedule moving forward for the next two weeks.
Any advice on how to make the most effective use of my time would be greatly appreciated. I am relatively new to the forum and appreciate all of the insight.
Past Two Weeks: I went back through all of the Veritas Prep classes (which I recommend) to make sure I had all of the fundamental skills down. I knew that I needed help on the verbal portion so I paid close attention to CR, SC, and RC to really try and hone in on those areas. I saw my SC definitely improve to where RC and CR are but now am trying to make sure I can improve all of them in the next two weeks. After watching all of the videos, I would go back and do the homework problem sets in Veritas to try and solidify the skills. This helped me a bit on the verbal portion but not as much for quant. However, I am worried my future study plan won't help as much as I would like it to.
Next Two Weeks: I am working through all of the official guides right now (Verbal and Quant Review in addition to the OG). I started an error log that I based off of the ones posted here on gmat club (can post upon request). I plan to finish going through all of these guides and take two more practice exams by the middle of next week and then I will have one final week to prep before the 29th. From there I planned on doing the gmat club tests and the Kaplan GMAT 800 book. I am trying to focus on improving both Quant (mainly DS with some more advanced PS sprinkled in) and Verbal (really want to improve all CS, RC, and SC).
Any recommendations for plans moving forward? I just graduated from school and am 100% free for the next two weeks before my exam. My logic is that if I can do a ton of problems and track my errors this will help me figure out which sections really need improvement, but I am still a bit uneasy about this plan for the next two weeks. Probably a good amount of anxiety in the last stretch before the exam, but would love to hear about what other people in my position did leading up to the exam to see the most improvement. Were there any books in particular that you found to boost your score? Any tricks you learned in the last stretch? Reviewing my incorrect questions has helped a ton, but am worried that I am still 40 points away from my target with only 2 weeks left.
Thanks for any help!
Any advice on how to make the most effective use of my time would be greatly appreciated. I am relatively new to the forum and appreciate all of the insight.
Past Two Weeks: I went back through all of the Veritas Prep classes (which I recommend) to make sure I had all of the fundamental skills down. I knew that I needed help on the verbal portion so I paid close attention to CR, SC, and RC to really try and hone in on those areas. I saw my SC definitely improve to where RC and CR are but now am trying to make sure I can improve all of them in the next two weeks. After watching all of the videos, I would go back and do the homework problem sets in Veritas to try and solidify the skills. This helped me a bit on the verbal portion but not as much for quant. However, I am worried my future study plan won't help as much as I would like it to.
Next Two Weeks: I am working through all of the official guides right now (Verbal and Quant Review in addition to the OG). I started an error log that I based off of the ones posted here on gmat club (can post upon request). I plan to finish going through all of these guides and take two more practice exams by the middle of next week and then I will have one final week to prep before the 29th. From there I planned on doing the gmat club tests and the Kaplan GMAT 800 book. I am trying to focus on improving both Quant (mainly DS with some more advanced PS sprinkled in) and Verbal (really want to improve all CS, RC, and SC).
Any recommendations for plans moving forward? I just graduated from school and am 100% free for the next two weeks before my exam. My logic is that if I can do a ton of problems and track my errors this will help me figure out which sections really need improvement, but I am still a bit uneasy about this plan for the next two weeks. Probably a good amount of anxiety in the last stretch before the exam, but would love to hear about what other people in my position did leading up to the exam to see the most improvement. Were there any books in particular that you found to boost your score? Any tricks you learned in the last stretch? Reviewing my incorrect questions has helped a ton, but am worried that I am still 40 points away from my target with only 2 weeks left.
Thanks for any help!
15 Jan 2015, 00:01
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Hi alexau,
These recent scores show that you have a strong ability in both the Quant and Verbal sections. At this scoring level, the GMAT becomes really "sensitive", so it doesn't take much to gain or lose points. To that end, you really have to define WHY you get questions wrong. Since you're using an error log, you probably already have a list of "missed" questions, which is good. At this level though, the issue isn't often going to be about "content knowledge" - it's going to be about little/silly mistakes. In the Quant, how often did you get a question wrong and think "that's MY fault, I made a silly mistake?" In the Verbal, how often did you get a question wrong because you "narrowed it down to 2 choices, but 'guessed' wrong?" You were really close to the correct answer, but you were still one step away. Precision is the key - take notes, do work on the pad, do NOTHING in your head, etc.
I'd like to know a little more about how you've been taking your CATs:
1) Do you take the ENTIRE CAT (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Do you take your CATs at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
3) Do you finish any of the sections early?
4) Have you taken any of the GMAC CATS? If so, then how did you score?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
These recent scores show that you have a strong ability in both the Quant and Verbal sections. At this scoring level, the GMAT becomes really "sensitive", so it doesn't take much to gain or lose points. To that end, you really have to define WHY you get questions wrong. Since you're using an error log, you probably already have a list of "missed" questions, which is good. At this level though, the issue isn't often going to be about "content knowledge" - it's going to be about little/silly mistakes. In the Quant, how often did you get a question wrong and think "that's MY fault, I made a silly mistake?" In the Verbal, how often did you get a question wrong because you "narrowed it down to 2 choices, but 'guessed' wrong?" You were really close to the correct answer, but you were still one step away. Precision is the key - take notes, do work on the pad, do NOTHING in your head, etc.
I'd like to know a little more about how you've been taking your CATs:
1) Do you take the ENTIRE CAT (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Do you take your CATs at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
3) Do you finish any of the sections early?
4) Have you taken any of the GMAC CATS? If so, then how did you score?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
15 Jan 2015, 06:54
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Hi Rich,
As you noted there are obviously times that I will go back to the questions and think "How did I get this wrong?" I have definitely tried to take a bit more time with each question to avoid that (or at least minimize it as much as possible). I have definitely noticed that i am often between to choices and I go the wrong way, so any advice on how to improve my hit rate when down to the final two choices would definitely help.
In response to your questions:
1) When I take the CATs, I take the full exam (including AWA and IR)
2) I have been trying to take my CATs around the time that I will take the actual exam. Since I just schedule the exam a few days ago my first CAT (700) was not taken around the same time. My second CAT was taken at 9:45am but due to scheduling issues at the center I had to schedule for an 8am exam. From now on I will obviously take the CATs at 8am to make sure that I simulate the actual day.
3) I had a tendency to finish to finish both a little bit early but as I have encountered the harder verbal questions I have been finishing on time. With Quant, I usually have a few minutes to spare.
4) I took one GMAC CAT before I took my Veritas Prep class (610) but my other two exams were the Veritas CATs. I will make sure to take the GMAC CATs before the exam but were saving those for last.
Thanks again and any other advice would be much appreciated!
Alex
As you noted there are obviously times that I will go back to the questions and think "How did I get this wrong?" I have definitely tried to take a bit more time with each question to avoid that (or at least minimize it as much as possible). I have definitely noticed that i am often between to choices and I go the wrong way, so any advice on how to improve my hit rate when down to the final two choices would definitely help.
In response to your questions:
1) When I take the CATs, I take the full exam (including AWA and IR)
2) I have been trying to take my CATs around the time that I will take the actual exam. Since I just schedule the exam a few days ago my first CAT (700) was not taken around the same time. My second CAT was taken at 9:45am but due to scheduling issues at the center I had to schedule for an 8am exam. From now on I will obviously take the CATs at 8am to make sure that I simulate the actual day.
3) I had a tendency to finish to finish both a little bit early but as I have encountered the harder verbal questions I have been finishing on time. With Quant, I usually have a few minutes to spare.
4) I took one GMAC CAT before I took my Veritas Prep class (610) but my other two exams were the Veritas CATs. I will make sure to take the GMAC CATs before the exam but were saving those for last.
Thanks again and any other advice would be much appreciated!
Alex
