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02 Sep 2010, 22:46
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I need your help in the way i am preparing for GMAT. Before nine months i prepared for GMAT for 2 months. I studied on my own and in practice tests (OG,MGMAT etc) i was getting consistently around 420(33Q 14V).
I realized i need to spend more time on GMAT and went for a 9 session onsite MGMAT (manhattan GMAT) class. Due to work schedule I managed to complete only 30% of MGMAT assignments. I was on track every week for MGMAT SC topics. Overall i learnt below from MGMAT classes:
1. SC - Grammar rules
2. DS elimination strategy
3. CR - Diagramming
4. RC - short and long passages strategies.
After my course has completed i solved around 50% of OG 12 problems. For the questions that went wrong I always looked at explainations. I also do montior forums like gmatclub and MGMAT.
I am hoping for a target score of 700+ in real GMAT. Hoping that i am going to perform better in real GMAT I have been taking practice tests (once a week) from last few days including GMAT Prep I, II and MGMAT tests (timed including AWA). Again i am back to normal, I am scoring consistently between 420-480(33-38 Q & 14-18 V).
I realized my biggest weak points while taking practice tests are in verbal:
1. CR - I try to follow MGMAT CR diagram approach and run out of time (2.15 minutes per CR question).
2. SC - under the pressure of 1.5 mintues per Q i get confused or select wrong choice.
3. From 25th to 41 question i am speeding up and making lots of mistakes. I am almost guessing on last RC passage(usually around 30th question) and on some tough CR questions.
4. when i review the practice tests i try to solve the wrong ones again and i can correctly solve the problem. Only under time pressure i am making mistakes.
Please give me your thoughts on how i should proceed from now. I know the basics, i have read lots of GMAT materials and i did quite a few tests (timed including AWA).
I need your help in the way i am preparing for GMAT. Before nine months i prepared for GMAT for 2 months. I studied on my own and in practice tests (OG,MGMAT etc) i was getting consistently around 420(33Q 14V).
I realized i need to spend more time on GMAT and went for a 9 session onsite MGMAT (manhattan GMAT) class. Due to work schedule I managed to complete only 30% of MGMAT assignments. I was on track every week for MGMAT SC topics. Overall i learnt below from MGMAT classes:
1. SC - Grammar rules
2. DS elimination strategy
3. CR - Diagramming
4. RC - short and long passages strategies.
After my course has completed i solved around 50% of OG 12 problems. For the questions that went wrong I always looked at explainations. I also do montior forums like gmatclub and MGMAT.
I am hoping for a target score of 700+ in real GMAT. Hoping that i am going to perform better in real GMAT I have been taking practice tests (once a week) from last few days including GMAT Prep I, II and MGMAT tests (timed including AWA). Again i am back to normal, I am scoring consistently between 420-480(33-38 Q & 14-18 V).
I realized my biggest weak points while taking practice tests are in verbal:
1. CR - I try to follow MGMAT CR diagram approach and run out of time (2.15 minutes per CR question).
2. SC - under the pressure of 1.5 mintues per Q i get confused or select wrong choice.
3. From 25th to 41 question i am speeding up and making lots of mistakes. I am almost guessing on last RC passage(usually around 30th question) and on some tough CR questions.
4. when i review the practice tests i try to solve the wrong ones again and i can correctly solve the problem. Only under time pressure i am making mistakes.
Please give me your thoughts on how i should proceed from now. I know the basics, i have read lots of GMAT materials and i did quite a few tests (timed including AWA).
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02 Sep 2010, 23:17
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There seems to be a lot of gaping holes in your preparation strategy, but it doesn't mean that you can't achieve your score. First off, any prep course is effective only if you give your 100% interest to it. Incomplete test prep courses are practically useless. Comments below:
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03 Sep 2010, 06:46
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i think that you didnt make to 70% of the classes probably hindered your learning quite a bit. Verbal wise you probably need to relearn the basics instead of error log since the score is so low and indicative of someone who hasnt mastered much at all. Quant you can try error log but that score is not very hot either. I think at this point you should focus on the basic material rather than tests - if you dont understand the basics the tests wont do too much to help your score. Since oyu have the mgmat books you should go over them and follow the given problem sets. AFTER you finished the books you can try a test and see how you do.
