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13 Feb 2016, 16:56
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Hi Everyone,
At the end of January I took my first GMAT and scored 560 Points. I am retaking the GMAT at the beginning of March with 18 days to go.
The Beginning:
I started preparing in November, after not having done any math for several years. I started with the Kaplan GMAT Premier 2015. Regular hours every day for three months. Answered the questions in the book and realized I needed more material so I bought myself the complete Manhattan 6th Edition Pack and after finishing reading and doing all the examples in the Kaplan Book I switched to reading the Manhattan books.
3 Months In:
After the first 3 Months I went to the exam and left with 560 points (35Q/32% and 31V/61%). Timing wise I could have spent a little more time in Quant. Verbal was great. My weakness I can say is definitely Quant and SC. Now I am really unsure as to whether my strategy for the last seven days, that I thought of keeping for the remaining 18 days, is the best for me to get over 600 Points.
My Strategy:
I took time off so that I could study more hours in the day.
For all OG Questions I keep an Error Log where I keep track of the questions I failed and also note the reasons why.
From Monday to Wednesday and from Friday to Saturday I am doing:
1) 32 Timed Quant Questions + 29 to 30 (10SC/9-10RC/10CR) Verbal Questions.
2) Re-reading 4 Manhattan Chapters whilst going over the examples I struggled with in the past. Plus I also use the Manhattan online sheet that they provide with the purchase of the books that gives a set of questions for each book topic to go over, once mid book and once at you complete one book.
3) Reading one Chapter of SC every day and doing the examples, since I was really bad at SC.
4) Go over the flashcards I wrote whilst reading the Manhattan books.
Thursdays and Sundays I use for review, I:
1) Do a Manhattan CAT test on Sundays
2) Go over my Error Log and redo the OG problems (timed) I failed at + reviewing the ones I get wrong again
3) Review the chapters and their questions, from the Manhattan books I read on previous days
4) Do further 32 timed Quantitative Questions (16 PS, 16DS)
In the last 7 days I want to focus only on revising rather than adding more OG questions to my Error Log. I thought about just reviewing all the OG questions that will be in the Error Log by then over and over again, whilst going over my flashcards and doing 1 Manhattan CAT test or even the one that GMAT provides for free.
OG Questions:
Starting from PS question 60 or so it starts to get tough, by PS question 77 to 92 I got none right, some I could have solved with 2+ minutes but most of them I found though, although I realize they still test the same principles or knowledge.
DS is similar to PS only that I correctly answer slightly more questions.
CR and RC I am at around questions 40 for both, and so far only minor hiccups but overall 75 tp 85% correct.
SC: Also around Q40, always getting probably 40% or so wrong.
Questions:
What do you think of my strategy, am I doing to much, too less?
Focusing to much on quantity and not quality?
If you have been in a similar situation (low 500, crossing into 600) or just happen to have good suggestions please share your thoughts and experiences with me.
Does anyone approximately know from the OG14 PS,DS,CR,SC,RC Questions, which questions belong roughly to which score range (400-500,500-600,600-700)?
I guess I want to know which range of questions for which sub area of the GMAT do I need to be striving towards in order to increase my chances to get 600-700?
I am spending probably 6 or more hours a day now going over the plan, but there is this lingering thought saying that perhaps I am doing to much and not focusing enough on quality study...
Cheers Everyone!
At the end of January I took my first GMAT and scored 560 Points. I am retaking the GMAT at the beginning of March with 18 days to go.
The Beginning:
I started preparing in November, after not having done any math for several years. I started with the Kaplan GMAT Premier 2015. Regular hours every day for three months. Answered the questions in the book and realized I needed more material so I bought myself the complete Manhattan 6th Edition Pack and after finishing reading and doing all the examples in the Kaplan Book I switched to reading the Manhattan books.
3 Months In:
After the first 3 Months I went to the exam and left with 560 points (35Q/32% and 31V/61%). Timing wise I could have spent a little more time in Quant. Verbal was great. My weakness I can say is definitely Quant and SC. Now I am really unsure as to whether my strategy for the last seven days, that I thought of keeping for the remaining 18 days, is the best for me to get over 600 Points.
My Strategy:
I took time off so that I could study more hours in the day.
For all OG Questions I keep an Error Log where I keep track of the questions I failed and also note the reasons why.
From Monday to Wednesday and from Friday to Saturday I am doing:
1) 32 Timed Quant Questions + 29 to 30 (10SC/9-10RC/10CR) Verbal Questions.
2) Re-reading 4 Manhattan Chapters whilst going over the examples I struggled with in the past. Plus I also use the Manhattan online sheet that they provide with the purchase of the books that gives a set of questions for each book topic to go over, once mid book and once at you complete one book.
3) Reading one Chapter of SC every day and doing the examples, since I was really bad at SC.
4) Go over the flashcards I wrote whilst reading the Manhattan books.
Thursdays and Sundays I use for review, I:
1) Do a Manhattan CAT test on Sundays
2) Go over my Error Log and redo the OG problems (timed) I failed at + reviewing the ones I get wrong again
3) Review the chapters and their questions, from the Manhattan books I read on previous days
4) Do further 32 timed Quantitative Questions (16 PS, 16DS)
In the last 7 days I want to focus only on revising rather than adding more OG questions to my Error Log. I thought about just reviewing all the OG questions that will be in the Error Log by then over and over again, whilst going over my flashcards and doing 1 Manhattan CAT test or even the one that GMAT provides for free.
OG Questions:
Starting from PS question 60 or so it starts to get tough, by PS question 77 to 92 I got none right, some I could have solved with 2+ minutes but most of them I found though, although I realize they still test the same principles or knowledge.
DS is similar to PS only that I correctly answer slightly more questions.
CR and RC I am at around questions 40 for both, and so far only minor hiccups but overall 75 tp 85% correct.
SC: Also around Q40, always getting probably 40% or so wrong.
Questions:
What do you think of my strategy, am I doing to much, too less?
Focusing to much on quantity and not quality?
If you have been in a similar situation (low 500, crossing into 600) or just happen to have good suggestions please share your thoughts and experiences with me.
Does anyone approximately know from the OG14 PS,DS,CR,SC,RC Questions, which questions belong roughly to which score range (400-500,500-600,600-700)?
I guess I want to know which range of questions for which sub area of the GMAT do I need to be striving towards in order to increase my chances to get 600-700?
I am spending probably 6 or more hours a day now going over the plan, but there is this lingering thought saying that perhaps I am doing to much and not focusing enough on quality study...
Cheers Everyone!
14 Feb 2016, 21:39
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FrancoDR
It might be a convenient way of looking at things, but this "X to Y" classification is not very accurate. You can solve OG questions and learn from them. But don't try to estimate your current ability level using those questions. The only tool the OG has for estimating ability is the diagnostic test, and even that test is meant to provide only a broad estimate (in terms of categories).
6 hours a day sounds like too much to me, but this close to your exam you're in the best position to take a call on this.
FrancoDR
I can't imagine a situation in which doing the GMATPrep practice tests would be a bad thing. You really should include them in your plan, unless you have a very good reason not to.
14 Feb 2016, 22:38
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Hi FrancoDR,
If your goal is simply 600+, then you're remarkably close to that goal right now - and you won't have to correctly answer any of the 'hard' questions you face on Test Day to achieve that goal. However, you will have to cut down on the silly/little mistakes. Take a good look at the last CAT you took. How many questions did you get wrong that you COULD/SHOULD have gotten correct? Be honest with that assessment - if you can keep those little mistakes from happening, then you'll almost certainly score higher. You have to do the necessary work, on the pad, to answer those questions correctly though, which means that you might have to dump a few hard questions along the way. If your actual goal is to score a lot higher though (650+, for example), then you'll likely need to push back your Test Date and spend more time on your studies.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
If your goal is simply 600+, then you're remarkably close to that goal right now - and you won't have to correctly answer any of the 'hard' questions you face on Test Day to achieve that goal. However, you will have to cut down on the silly/little mistakes. Take a good look at the last CAT you took. How many questions did you get wrong that you COULD/SHOULD have gotten correct? Be honest with that assessment - if you can keep those little mistakes from happening, then you'll almost certainly score higher. You have to do the necessary work, on the pad, to answer those questions correctly though, which means that you might have to dump a few hard questions along the way. If your actual goal is to score a lot higher though (650+, for example), then you'll likely need to push back your Test Date and spend more time on your studies.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
