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Gmatprep EP2: is it relatively difficult? 24 Dec 2016, 04:52
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Hello All,

I have my 1st official GMAT on 27th Dec, 2016.
Following are my scores from different tests I gave this week:

1) Kaplan Free: 680 (Q45 V 39)
2)MGMAT free: 650(Q42 V37)
3) GMAT Prep exam 4: 680 (Q48 V34)
4) GMAT prep exam 6: 640(Q47 V30)

Devastated by exam 6.

Is the exam 6 of gmat prep relatively difficult? With these kind of what are the slightest odds for achieving 700?
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Gmatprep EP2: is it relatively difficult? 24 Dec 2016, 09:24
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Even i got low score in Exam 6 .. Actually the exam was easy.. Easier than exam 5 .. Still got low score than exam 5..

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Hi asiscool,

Regardless of the relative difficulty of each of the GMAC CATs, taking 4 CATs in 1 week was not a good idea. The process of taking (and properly reviewing) a CAT requires a significant amount of effort and energy - and takes time to 'recover' from. This is one of the reasons why you shouldn't take more than 1 FULL CAT per week. This is also meant to say that you should STOP taking CATs at this point. It's likely that you're experiencing some 'burn out' right now - and that's something that you want to avoid right before Test Day.

After reviewing each section of this CAT, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just could not remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard?
4) Because you were low on time and had to guess?

I bet that you'll find plenty of questions that were 'gettable', but you made some little mistake.

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Hi asiscool,

Regardless of the relative difficulty of each of the GMAC CATs, taking 4 CATs in 1 week was not a good idea. The process of taking (and properly reviewing) a CAT requires a significant amount of effort and energy - and takes time to 'recover' from. This is one of the reasons why you shouldn't take more than 1 FULL CAT per week. This is also meant to say that you should STOP taking CATs at this point. It's likely that you're experiencing some 'burn out' right now - and that's something that you want to avoid right before Test Day.

After reviewing each section of this CAT, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just could not remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard?
4) Because you were low on time and had to guess?

I bet that you'll find plenty of questions that were 'gettable', but you made some little mistake.

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I am also doing mistakes bcz of the reasons u mentioned. Can u tell me how can we get rid of each of these ?
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Hi rma26,

"Review" is an important part of the GMAT training process - and it's important to try to define WHY you're getting questions wrong (so that you can focus your studies on 'fixing' whatever issues are keeping you from scoring higher. There are solutions to all of those issues, but you have to provide a bit more information on how you've been studying, your timeline/goals and your recent CAT results. You might also want to start your own 'thread', so that other members/Experts can offer advice (and keep the conversation focused on your situation).

Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What study materials have you used?
3) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?

Goals:
4) What is your goal score?
5) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
6) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
7) What Schools are you planning to apply to?

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Hi rma26,

"Review" is an important part of the GMAT training process - and it's important to try to define WHY you're getting questions wrong (so that you can focus your studies on 'fixing' whatever issues are keeping you from scoring higher. There are solutions to all of those issues, but you have to provide a bit more information on how you've been studying, your timeline/goals and your recent CAT results. You might also want to start your own 'thread', so that other members/Experts can offer advice (and keep the conversation focused on your situation).

Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What study materials have you used?
3) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?

Goals:
4) What is your goal score?
5) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
6) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
7) What Schools are you planning to apply to?

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Thanks for replying. Here are details. Plz help me with your valuable guidance.

1. Almost 5 months.
2. FOr verbal - Manhattan book. Used some free resources of Egmat. For quant- Learned many things from a coaching, + GMATClub quant book
For practice, OG 13th edition, OG Extra (Q and V, both). And some from GMATClub

3. May 12: Veritas - 640 (Q48, V30) Could not submit last Verbal q.
June 17: GMATPrep 1 - 670 (Q48, V34) Could not submit last quant q., even thouth have enough time to submit after primary solving :evil: :cry:
June 22: Economist test 1 - 650 (Q48, V32)
July 08: Kaplan Live test- 670 (Q48, V34)
July 14: MGMAT test 1 - 650 (Q47, V32)
July 22: GMATPrep 2 - 650 (Q45, V35) (Note: Even though after Getting some ques from GMATPrep 1. This happened bcz I take test with a newly installed GMATprep software.) Note2: Could not submit last 3 quant q
Note 3: May be this happened bcz I tried to ans every ques right in first half in quant section. As I heard getting first 20 q right is imp to get Q51

Note: Took a GMATClub test on July 04. I took verbal first and result was very bad in both section. So didn't mention here.

5. 700 or more. Will be more happy if get 750. :-D :-D
6. Next week. or max. within 2 weeks.
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