Hello All,
I have been preparing for the GMAT since the mid of October. I used the
GMAT Official Guide and
Manhattan prep strategy guides(the complete set) for my preparation, also took the 6 mock exams from
Manhattan prep and the 2 free from GMAC. I was planning to score 680+ on the official GMAT but scored 570 for the actual exam. I did not use any other sources for my preparation. Please find my scores for the mocks:
GMAT Mock 1- 450 Q40 V13(10/15/2021)
Manhattan Prep 1 - 600 Q41 V32(01/23/2022)
Manhattan Prep 2- 570 Q37 V31(02/05/2022)-missed the last verbal question
Manhattan Prep 3- 590 Q42 V30(02/09/2022)
Manhattan Prep 4- 600 Q40 V28(02/14/2022)-missed the last verbal question
Manhattan Prep 5- 570 Q38 V30(02/25/2022)
Manhattan Prep 6- 590 Q41 V31(02/27/2022)
GMAT Mock 2- 640 Q47 V33(03/05/2022)
Official GMAT- 570 Q42 V26(03/10/2022)I could feel that I was running out of time for the verbal section, towards the end I had to guess the last 3 questions. Also, some RC questions took me multiple reads to understand like I had to go through the passage again 2 or 3 times to get the correct answer, I didn't face this issue in all my mocks at least not to this extent.
Profile:
Work Exp - 3 years 10 months.
Industry- IT
I am mainly planning to apply to European colleges, especially in Germany, where the average score is 680. As of now, I have got 2 options either apply to safe colleges in Europe and join this September or improve my score by preparing for the next 6 months or so, I am assuming that's how long it might take me to reach my goal and then apply for Round 1 admissions of 2023 Intake. Any comments or suggestions are appreciated.
Thank you!