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23 Jul 2015, 16:52
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Hi all,
First off just wanted to thank the active posters of this forum. Lurking around and reading the thoughtful and intelligent replies has been very valuable to me.
I'm taking the GMAT on August 24th and have studied for the past month or so focusing exclusively on the Quantitative section. I took the GMAT Prep exam under realistic conditions (did the essay, IR, timed breaks, etc..) and received a score of :
670
42 Q
40 V
I ran out of time on the Q ( left 3 questions "blank") and had ~8 extra minutes on Verbal.
I was relatively happy about the Q score but disappointed in my Verbal. It seems that I missed a few tough sentence correction questions and made dumb mistakes on 1 or 2 CR questions. My minimum score goal is 700 but my true goal is 720.
My first question is - how far is a 670 from a 720 ? I understand one cannot simply say that if i got X more questions right I'd be at 720, but I'm looking for a gut feel on how difficult it'd be to get to 720 in a few weeks (my thought is that I'm relatively close).
More specifically, and from a strategy perspective, would it be best to focus on studying sentence correction rules / principles or focus more heavily on my time management and skills in the Q section? I am obviously going to do both, but was curious to see if folks thought that focusing more heavily on one side vs. the other would be more beneficial.
I have a day job but have really blocked everything else out of my life to singularly focus on the GMAT for the next month.
Thanks in advance for the help.
First off just wanted to thank the active posters of this forum. Lurking around and reading the thoughtful and intelligent replies has been very valuable to me.
I'm taking the GMAT on August 24th and have studied for the past month or so focusing exclusively on the Quantitative section. I took the GMAT Prep exam under realistic conditions (did the essay, IR, timed breaks, etc..) and received a score of :
670
42 Q
40 V
I ran out of time on the Q ( left 3 questions "blank") and had ~8 extra minutes on Verbal.
I was relatively happy about the Q score but disappointed in my Verbal. It seems that I missed a few tough sentence correction questions and made dumb mistakes on 1 or 2 CR questions. My minimum score goal is 700 but my true goal is 720.
My first question is - how far is a 670 from a 720 ? I understand one cannot simply say that if i got X more questions right I'd be at 720, but I'm looking for a gut feel on how difficult it'd be to get to 720 in a few weeks (my thought is that I'm relatively close).
More specifically, and from a strategy perspective, would it be best to focus on studying sentence correction rules / principles or focus more heavily on my time management and skills in the Q section? I am obviously going to do both, but was curious to see if folks thought that focusing more heavily on one side vs. the other would be more beneficial.
I have a day job but have really blocked everything else out of my life to singularly focus on the GMAT for the next month.
Thanks in advance for the help.
24 Jul 2015, 11:31
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Hi hic57999,
With a 670, you're remarkably close to a 700+ score, but at this 'level' the GMAT becomes really 'sensitive' to little mistakes. If you make too many of them, then a 700+ is simply not possible. That having been said, after reviewing this CAT, how many questions did you get wrong that you COULD have gotten correct (but you made a little mistake)? Those are the immediate 'issues' that you have to 'fix' to raise your score.
With these Scaled Scores, you have a bit better of an opportunity to pick up those missing points in the Quant section than in the Verbal section. With a Q42, you're likely doing well on the 'math' questions that you face, but you're missing out on a LOT of strategy-based points (especially in DS). With a month to go before your Official GMAT, you could absolutely pick up a bunch of those missing points, but you'll have to put a greater emphasis on practicing tactics and pattern-matching than just doing 'more math.'
What resources have you been studying with?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
With a 670, you're remarkably close to a 700+ score, but at this 'level' the GMAT becomes really 'sensitive' to little mistakes. If you make too many of them, then a 700+ is simply not possible. That having been said, after reviewing this CAT, how many questions did you get wrong that you COULD have gotten correct (but you made a little mistake)? Those are the immediate 'issues' that you have to 'fix' to raise your score.
With these Scaled Scores, you have a bit better of an opportunity to pick up those missing points in the Quant section than in the Verbal section. With a Q42, you're likely doing well on the 'math' questions that you face, but you're missing out on a LOT of strategy-based points (especially in DS). With a month to go before your Official GMAT, you could absolutely pick up a bunch of those missing points, but you'll have to put a greater emphasis on practicing tactics and pattern-matching than just doing 'more math.'
What resources have you been studying with?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
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25 Jul 2015, 19:05
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You could hit 720 in the next month with the right practice. Focus on the types of questions that you are missing under test day conditions. It sounds like that may be SC and CR. Just cycle through as many questions as you possibly can, and rework all of the ones you miss the following day until you get them right. Also, keep taking practice tests under realistic conditions so that you can get a feel for when it is better to skip questions you're unsure of, and when it is better to take your time and slow down. It sounds like you went a little too fast on verbal and made some careless mistakes. Practice questions and practice exams... it's simple but that's all it takes.. Best of luck!
