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06 Sep 2014, 12:57
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Hi Experts,
This is very unlucky tragedy happening with me, I am in urgent need of your advice.
I am a software engineer working for a good MNC Accenture in India, having 3 year of experience. B tech in ECE, 8.1/10 GPA, good in quant, poor in verbal.
7th september (today): Purchased Official exam pack 1 and today attempted GMATprep Mock 3 scored 540(44, 21) feeling dressed, mad, clueless
.
My exam is in 6 days on 12th sept, I dont know what should I do.
I studied daily from feb month almost effective 6 hours daily mostly 3.5 hours of it effectively.
I have exhausted all my study materials. wasted lot of money buying mocks series and courses, given a sufficient time and even priority to GMAT.
I dont know what to do now
preparation time: 7 months
daily hours: 3.5 hours effectively out of 5 hours daily.
Past Exams scores: once rejected for not having passport, 2nd time score 500
Past GMATprep score: practice exam 1= 610 and practice exam 2=630.
upcoming Exam 12th sept: feeling depressed so see my mock marks 540
Number of question I end of getting wrong in my most of mocks:
quant 8-14 questions
Verbal 14-20 questions
Score (excluding GMATprep which is drastically low in comparison) got 660 it includes(Manhattan, Varitas, 800scores, Kaplan, Economist)
I started my preparation in the month of Feb 2013. I gave free mock from Economist Gmat and scored 550(40,25)
I was pretty comfortable solving Math than English, so I figured out that verbal need more attention while maths need little.
28Feb: To kick start my preparation I purchased Economist Course for Rs 28000. I finished my preparation in 3 months and attempted is 3 mocks scored 530, 550, 560, 580.
Felt sad that that I could not score 600 even.
8May: I started reading Manhattan books, read verbal PDFs, finished all 3 books, found SC easy than rest.
I attempted few 6 mocks from Manhattan, got 500, 520, 540, 540, 530. I found maths tough and verbal as usual a hard nut to crack.
My friends told me that Math marks I can ignore as Manhattan has the hardest of all Quant and just concentrate on Verbal.
28May: I registered for my exam for 30 June, same day purchased e-gmat verbal course and started preparing. Mid june I attempted first official Mock and score 610(46,27) felt better but my target was 700 so tied up laces to prepare next 10 days before exam. Last day before exam I attempted my 2nd Official mock and score 630, felt like lets see in exam only.
30th june: I arrived at the test center and they asked me my Passport, I said was that mentioned in any of you website or email, they said for India it is mandatory. I was about to cry in the testing center itself, I requested them to reschedule or something, they said I have to again register for a date. For a moment I thought, Ok let it be I will prepare more and thn give my Exam.
I registered my exam for 4th Aug.
Purchased magoosh course: attempted all 500 questions and got 350 around correct in 1st go.
Revised e-gmat course fully, purchased Kaplan mock series and scored in 3 mocks 750, 750,750. even after doing so many wrongs. felt confused I doubted the algorithm.
I got 800score free mock got free with e-gmat course, I attempted mocks the story was same Q ranged 42-48, Verbal 24-29 and score ranged from 580-660.
I did a reset to previous attempted official mock and reattempted, got 580 and 580 instead of doing wrong 12 questions in quant and 16 questions in Verbal.
4th Aug: Found quant too simple, Verbal kind of easy, while giving my exam my system got a restart but exam started with the same question.In the end when I saw the score the earth just moved from beneath, shocked to see I got 500.
same day I registered for 12th Sept felt mad at myself
slapped myself and gave myself some alone time to think what I was missing.
I figured out that:
1. Quant was not tough but in most of the mocks marks ranged from 48-50, so need to prepare less for it.
2. Verbal section is always missing speed, end up not attempting 4-5 question: always SC is 70% correct CR is 60% correct, RC is 40% correct so need to be focused on CRs and RCs.
Purchased Varitas mock series 6mocks: Qant score range was 48-51, verbal 29-31 felt better but overall score was 660 around in all these mocks.
Purchased Official exam pack and today attempted GMATprep Mock 3 scored 540(44, 21) feeling dressed, mad, clueless .
My exam is in 6 days on 12th sept, I dont know what should I do.
I studied daily from feb month almost effective 6 hours daily mostly 3.5 hours of it effectively.
I have exhausted all my study materials. wasted lot of money buying mocks series and courses, given a sufficient time and even priority to GMAT.
This is very unlucky tragedy happening with me, I am in urgent need of your advice.
I am a software engineer working for a good MNC Accenture in India, having 3 year of experience. B tech in ECE, 8.1/10 GPA, good in quant, poor in verbal.
7th september (today): Purchased Official exam pack 1 and today attempted GMATprep Mock 3 scored 540(44, 21) feeling dressed, mad, clueless
.My exam is in 6 days on 12th sept, I dont know what should I do.
I studied daily from feb month almost effective 6 hours daily mostly 3.5 hours of it effectively.
I have exhausted all my study materials. wasted lot of money buying mocks series and courses, given a sufficient time and even priority to GMAT.
I dont know what to do now
preparation time: 7 months
daily hours: 3.5 hours effectively out of 5 hours daily.
Past Exams scores: once rejected for not having passport, 2nd time score 500
Past GMATprep score: practice exam 1= 610 and practice exam 2=630.
upcoming Exam 12th sept: feeling depressed so see my mock marks 540
Number of question I end of getting wrong in my most of mocks:
quant 8-14 questions
Verbal 14-20 questions
Score (excluding GMATprep which is drastically low in comparison) got 660 it includes(Manhattan, Varitas, 800scores, Kaplan, Economist)
I started my preparation in the month of Feb 2013. I gave free mock from Economist Gmat and scored 550(40,25)
I was pretty comfortable solving Math than English, so I figured out that verbal need more attention while maths need little.
28Feb: To kick start my preparation I purchased Economist Course for Rs 28000. I finished my preparation in 3 months and attempted is 3 mocks scored 530, 550, 560, 580.
Felt sad that that I could not score 600 even.
8May: I started reading Manhattan books, read verbal PDFs, finished all 3 books, found SC easy than rest.
I attempted few 6 mocks from Manhattan, got 500, 520, 540, 540, 530. I found maths tough and verbal as usual a hard nut to crack.
My friends told me that Math marks I can ignore as Manhattan has the hardest of all Quant and just concentrate on Verbal.
28May: I registered for my exam for 30 June, same day purchased e-gmat verbal course and started preparing. Mid june I attempted first official Mock and score 610(46,27) felt better but my target was 700 so tied up laces to prepare next 10 days before exam. Last day before exam I attempted my 2nd Official mock and score 630, felt like lets see in exam only.
30th june: I arrived at the test center and they asked me my Passport, I said was that mentioned in any of you website or email, they said for India it is mandatory. I was about to cry
in the testing center itself, I requested them to reschedule or something, they said I have to again register for a date. For a moment I thought, Ok let it be I will prepare more and thn give my Exam.I registered my exam for 4th Aug.
Purchased magoosh course: attempted all 500 questions and got 350 around correct in 1st go.
Revised e-gmat course fully, purchased Kaplan mock series and scored in 3 mocks 750, 750,750. even after doing so many wrongs. felt confused I doubted the algorithm.
I got 800score free mock got free with e-gmat course, I attempted mocks the story was same Q ranged 42-48, Verbal 24-29 and score ranged from 580-660.
I did a reset to previous attempted official mock and reattempted, got 580 and 580 instead of doing wrong 12 questions in quant and 16 questions in Verbal.
4th Aug: Found quant too simple, Verbal kind of easy, while giving my exam my system got a restart but exam started with the same question.In the end when I saw the score the earth just moved from beneath, shocked to see I got 500.
same day I registered for 12th Sept felt mad at myself
slapped myself and gave myself some alone time to think what I was missing.I figured out that:
1. Quant was not tough but in most of the mocks marks ranged from 48-50, so need to prepare less for it.
2. Verbal section is always missing speed, end up not attempting 4-5 question: always SC is 70% correct CR is 60% correct, RC is 40% correct so need to be focused on CRs and RCs.
Purchased Varitas mock series 6mocks: Qant score range was 48-51, verbal 29-31 felt better but overall score was 660 around in all these mocks.
Purchased Official exam pack and today attempted GMATprep Mock 3 scored 540(44, 21) feeling dressed, mad, clueless
.My exam is in 6 days on 12th sept, I dont know what should I do.
I studied daily from feb month almost effective 6 hours daily mostly 3.5 hours of it effectively.
I have exhausted all my study materials. wasted lot of money buying mocks series and courses, given a sufficient time and even priority to GMAT.
07 Sep 2014, 09:00
Kudos
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Dear sameergoel and all gmatclub buddies,
I deeply understand how you are felling now because I am in the same situation. I purchased the GMAT Test pack 1 on Sep 5th and got just 550 in the Test Prep 3 (Q49, V16). After seeing this terrible score, I decided to reschedule my GMAT appointment from Sep 15 to Sep 29. So I have 3 weeks to go.
As you did, I also started my GMAT preparation in March 2014. After 3 months of preparation, I did the first GMATPrep mock test and scored 550 (Q47, V19), GMATPrep CAT2 590 (Q48, V23). Then I purchased e-gmat online in hope to improve my Verbal score. After 2 months exercising with the e-gmat, I did try the second attempts and scored (July 29) CAT1 620 (Q49, V25), (Aug 10) CAT2 550 (Q48, V19), third attempt CAT1 (no Q, V28), CAT2 570 (Q50, V18) There was no improvement in my Verbal at all, even worse and worse.
I also finished all the question in OG 13 twice, OG 12 and OG 11 as well. I've gone through all of the books in the Manhattan 5th edition package and already done 5 MCATs from Aug 15 to Aug 30 (CAT1 640 (V34), CAT2 650 (V34), CAT3 530 (V32), CAT4 590 (V30), CAT5 580 (V31)). You see, my Verbal scores in MCAT are never under 30. So there is a very big gap between my Verbal scores in GMATPrep tests and MCATs.
My target score is 650. However I will be happy with a score just higher or equal to 600. My Quant scores are consistent between 48 and 49, so I just need 26 in Verbal. Now I have exact 3 weeks before the D-Day. I am a kind of people who never give up. So please help me and sameergoel as well to overcome this challenge. I have been working hard for 6 months and do not hesitate to continue doing that in the next 3 weeks. I dont want the GMAT to beat me though.
Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
I deeply understand how you are felling now because I am in the same situation. I purchased the GMAT Test pack 1 on Sep 5th and got just 550 in the Test Prep 3 (Q49, V16). After seeing this terrible score, I decided to reschedule my GMAT appointment from Sep 15 to Sep 29. So I have 3 weeks to go.
As you did, I also started my GMAT preparation in March 2014. After 3 months of preparation, I did the first GMATPrep mock test and scored 550 (Q47, V19), GMATPrep CAT2 590 (Q48, V23). Then I purchased e-gmat online in hope to improve my Verbal score. After 2 months exercising with the e-gmat, I did try the second attempts and scored (July 29) CAT1 620 (Q49, V25), (Aug 10) CAT2 550 (Q48, V19), third attempt CAT1 (no Q, V28), CAT2 570 (Q50, V18) There was no improvement in my Verbal at all, even worse and worse.
I also finished all the question in OG 13 twice, OG 12 and OG 11 as well. I've gone through all of the books in the Manhattan 5th edition package and already done 5 MCATs from Aug 15 to Aug 30 (CAT1 640 (V34), CAT2 650 (V34), CAT3 530 (V32), CAT4 590 (V30), CAT5 580 (V31)). You see, my Verbal scores in MCAT are never under 30. So there is a very big gap between my Verbal scores in GMATPrep tests and MCATs.
My target score is 650. However I will be happy with a score just higher or equal to 600. My Quant scores are consistent between 48 and 49, so I just need 26 in Verbal. Now I have exact 3 weeks before the D-Day. I am a kind of people who never give up. So please help me and sameergoel as well to overcome this challenge. I have been working hard for 6 months and do not hesitate to continue doing that in the next 3 weeks. I dont want the GMAT to beat me though.
Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
07 Sep 2014, 09:50
Kudos
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Guys, I recommend that both of you read this post. I am quite sure it will help immensely. read-this-if-nothing-else-helps-with-your-score-180909.html#p1405978
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