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17 Apr 2016, 15:44
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Hello everyone!
I am a second year economics and management undergraduate student in Bocconi, and I just took my first GMATprep simulation downloaded from mba com scoring 600.
First a little bit about me :
I will be applying for CEMS MIM in a few school in September (Esade, Lse, HEC, Sankt Gallen, Rotterdam) and to other top 20 master in management program (LBS, ESCP, Essec, IE). I want to apply in September in order to enjoy the early round advantage, and even though I have a fairly good profile (3,73 equivalent GPA, internships abroad, good recommendation letters and high quality and variety ECs) I still have to score 680+ in the GMAT to stand a good chance to get into these schools.
Coming back to my simulation, I did it completely cold (I didn't even know there was an integrated reasoning part) and got a 600 (Q 36, V 36) which was quite of a surprise since I consider myself strong in maths. Breaking down the score, I noticed that I missed almost every data sufficiency questions and some other requiring geometry formulas, which I completely forgot after high school.
My question is :
According to you, is possible to bring this score to 680/700 in four weeks intense studying (no school, no work, I can just allocate my whole day to it)? Because from now until end of May I am busy with university exams, and then I have just 4/5 weeks off before my internship starts. How should I structure my studying?
Finally, I think that from now until end of May, I would still be able to find 3 hours per week to study for GMAT, what would you suggest to do in these 3 hours? I was thinking about doing a MGMAT test every week, so as to build up my stamina, but maybe you have better ideas.
Thank you all for the attention, I wish you good luck for the upcoming GMATs you may have
p.s. I already have two books a Friend of mine gave to me, Kaplan and GMAC 2015, but I haven't opened them yet
I am a second year economics and management undergraduate student in Bocconi, and I just took my first GMATprep simulation downloaded from mba com scoring 600.
First a little bit about me :
I will be applying for CEMS MIM in a few school in September (Esade, Lse, HEC, Sankt Gallen, Rotterdam) and to other top 20 master in management program (LBS, ESCP, Essec, IE). I want to apply in September in order to enjoy the early round advantage, and even though I have a fairly good profile (3,73 equivalent GPA, internships abroad, good recommendation letters and high quality and variety ECs) I still have to score 680+ in the GMAT to stand a good chance to get into these schools.
Coming back to my simulation, I did it completely cold (I didn't even know there was an integrated reasoning part) and got a 600 (Q 36, V 36) which was quite of a surprise since I consider myself strong in maths. Breaking down the score, I noticed that I missed almost every data sufficiency questions and some other requiring geometry formulas, which I completely forgot after high school.
My question is :
According to you, is possible to bring this score to 680/700 in four weeks intense studying (no school, no work, I can just allocate my whole day to it)? Because from now until end of May I am busy with university exams, and then I have just 4/5 weeks off before my internship starts. How should I structure my studying?
Finally, I think that from now until end of May, I would still be able to find 3 hours per week to study for GMAT, what would you suggest to do in these 3 hours? I was thinking about doing a MGMAT test every week, so as to build up my stamina, but maybe you have better ideas.
Thank you all for the attention, I wish you good luck for the upcoming GMATs you may have
p.s. I already have two books a Friend of mine gave to me, Kaplan and GMAC 2015, but I haven't opened them yet
17 Apr 2016, 23:16
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Hi RichardIII,
Many Test Takers spend 3 months (or more) of consistent study time before they take the GMAT. If you're going to limit yourself to a 4-week study timeframe, then you'll likely limit how much you can improve.
Most Business Schools require that applicants have at least a few years of significant Work Experience (not just internships) before they apply, so you might be thinking about applying to School too early. As such, you might want to research the Schools that interest you in a bit more detail, so that you can make sure that you'll be applying in an appropriate way.
1) Is there any particular reason why you're interesting in jumping into Business School so soon after graduating with your Undergraduate degree?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Many Test Takers spend 3 months (or more) of consistent study time before they take the GMAT. If you're going to limit yourself to a 4-week study timeframe, then you'll likely limit how much you can improve.
Most Business Schools require that applicants have at least a few years of significant Work Experience (not just internships) before they apply, so you might be thinking about applying to School too early. As such, you might want to research the Schools that interest you in a bit more detail, so that you can make sure that you'll be applying in an appropriate way.
1) Is there any particular reason why you're interesting in jumping into Business School so soon after graduating with your Undergraduate degree?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
17 Apr 2016, 23:48
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RichardIII
Here is what I think:
You need to "know" the DS format. If you haven't checked out GMAT DS theory, it is possible that you do not really understand what the sufficiency condition means - there are a lot of subtleties. This itself could bump up your Quant score to as much as 45.
We offer one of our ebooks free of cost for trial purposes and fortunately for you, that is the DS book. Download it from here: https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/
Also, review the formulas. This will get done in a few days. Till that time, do not take any practice tests.
Another area which gives an immediate score bump is critical reasoning. Once you understand the question types and how to handle them, you will see a significant improvement in your CR performance (if you are not already hitting it out of the park) - our blog has posts on CR question types. If SC is your pain area in Verbal, the link above has our four part SC video too. Check that out. Practice some verbal questions.
Once you are done with this (hopefully before the end of May), take a practice test. I guess you will see a significant improvement. If you post back here with the new score, we can further discuss what you can do in the next 4-5 weeks to reach your maximum potential.
