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Hello!
I am looking for some guidance on next steps (study plans? resources?) and possible recommendations for a private tutor (specifically verbal).
I will preface this post by saying, I am extremely frustrated and I am trying not to down on myself. I (wrongly) assumed I could make my way to a decent GMAT score quickly (~3months). I also know that I need to hear the critical feedback, as much as I don't want to
My Story: I am struggling on increasing my Verbal score - I have not been able to make any real progress in ~3months. My first mistake was dedicating most of my time on Quant, since my first score started low 30's, however I now average around 44 (which is better but I'd like to score higher, my best coming at ~47) As for Verbal, I realize at the start that I had an issue with time, so I needed to start skipping questions to give myself more time for problems I could solve. Once I finally gave in to that basic strategy, my score increased but not as much as I need for my goal score of 690+. I recently took the online GMAT, which provided me some issues (details below) and I realize I need to make changes to my study plans, as what I am doing right now is obviously not working for me.
I will share a little bit more about my studies below, I am hoping I could get the opinion and guidance of more experienced GMAT folks. Thank you!
More on my GMAT Studies
- I work a full-time job (english is my native language)
- I am able to put in a min of 2hrs a day and more on the weekends. This is about the time and effort I've been putting in for the past couple of months +/-.
- I started studying November 21' but didn't really feel like I was dedicating my full time until Dec/Jan 22'
- Resources: Dec/Jan I went through the Manhattan Books and Veritas Books (overlapping on subjects I had issues with).
- Practice Problems: I have only been working off of the 2019 OG GMAT books. I have finished problems for the OG books and Verbal/Quant Review books. Going through the problems I have issues with, but looks like they are not sticking well enough.
- Verbal: I am struggling... missing questions in all areas and usually rushed for time. SC is a huge weakness of mine, I keep going through it and feel like I get it (and then result obviously show that I don't). As for RC, it's not terrible but I've been trying different strategies and ended up with not taking notes - it's been working but I am obviously not 100% accurate. As for CR, it's similar as RC.
- Timing: I have been following Manhattan's white board recommendations for time check/pacing
Practice Exams/Scores (I realize I also made the mistake of running out of OG Practice Exams + retaking them)... for context, I took an Exam 1x a week b/c I was hoping to take my exam earlier, but based on result I pushed it back much further than I anticipated.
- 11/14/22, Manhattan Mock: 530 (Q36, V27)
- 11/27/22, OG Mock: 480 (Q31, V26)
- 12/24/22, OG Mock: (Q47, V31)
- 1/2/22, Veritas Mock: 550 (Q35, V31)
- 1/9/22, Veritas Mock: 620 (V41, Q35)
- 1/21/22, OG Mock: 590 (Q44, V27)
- 2/2/22, OG Mock: 650 (Q47, V34)
- 2/6/22, OG Mock: 630 (Q42, V34)
- 2/18/22, OG Mock: 570 (Q35, V34)
- 3/4/22, OG Mock: 610 (Q44, V31)
- 3/10/22, OG Mock: 620 (Q44, V38)
- 3/14/22, Official GMAT - Online: 570 (Q41, V28, IR 5, AWA 5), issues below
- 4/1/22, OG Mock: 630 (Q44, V32)
Official Online GMAT, I had a pretty poor experience (1) I move my lips when going through the verbal section, 10min into my exam my proctor interrupted me -- this obviously effected me throughout the entire section/exam, since I start with Verbal (2) My proctor was not present when required, i.e. I had to keep speaking/messaging on the video chat to get his attention. I even ended my test and waited for about ~10min before I could leave b/c no one came back when I called for guidance. I even had to reach out to support for someone to help me. Additionally, my grandfather passed away the week of... it was a rough week.
Goals
- I realize I need to adjust my expectations. I took the online exam (3/14) to finally "pull the trigger" and see how I'd fair (that obviously did not work out), so I planned on retaking the exam in person next week (4/12). 1 month after my online exam with the assumption I could make more improvements in between that time. Per my last mock exam, I have made minimal/no progress. Although my initial plan was to give myself a fighting chance to see what I could actually score in a testing environment (due to my poor Online experience). I am not very hopeful for 'dream' score, so I obviously need to make some changes....
- Target Score 690+
- Apply First Round, Fall 2022
Sorry for the word vomit, I was hoping to provide as much context as possible to pre-answer any possible follow-up questions.
My thoughts lean towards a private tutor for some 1:1 guidance and possible study plans, but as you can tell I am at a loss for what should be my next steps.
Thank you for taking the time to read, any and all advice is welcome!
I am looking for some guidance on next steps (study plans? resources?) and possible recommendations for a private tutor (specifically verbal).
I will preface this post by saying, I am extremely frustrated and I am trying not to down on myself. I (wrongly) assumed I could make my way to a decent GMAT score quickly (~3months). I also know that I need to hear the critical feedback, as much as I don't want to
My Story: I am struggling on increasing my Verbal score - I have not been able to make any real progress in ~3months. My first mistake was dedicating most of my time on Quant, since my first score started low 30's, however I now average around 44 (which is better but I'd like to score higher, my best coming at ~47) As for Verbal, I realize at the start that I had an issue with time, so I needed to start skipping questions to give myself more time for problems I could solve. Once I finally gave in to that basic strategy, my score increased but not as much as I need for my goal score of 690+. I recently took the online GMAT, which provided me some issues (details below) and I realize I need to make changes to my study plans, as what I am doing right now is obviously not working for me.
I will share a little bit more about my studies below, I am hoping I could get the opinion and guidance of more experienced GMAT folks. Thank you!
More on my GMAT Studies
- I work a full-time job (english is my native language)
- I am able to put in a min of 2hrs a day and more on the weekends. This is about the time and effort I've been putting in for the past couple of months +/-.
- I started studying November 21' but didn't really feel like I was dedicating my full time until Dec/Jan 22'
- Resources: Dec/Jan I went through the Manhattan Books and Veritas Books (overlapping on subjects I had issues with).
- Practice Problems: I have only been working off of the 2019 OG GMAT books. I have finished problems for the OG books and Verbal/Quant Review books. Going through the problems I have issues with, but looks like they are not sticking well enough.
- Verbal: I am struggling... missing questions in all areas and usually rushed for time. SC is a huge weakness of mine, I keep going through it and feel like I get it (and then result obviously show that I don't). As for RC, it's not terrible but I've been trying different strategies and ended up with not taking notes - it's been working but I am obviously not 100% accurate. As for CR, it's similar as RC.
- Timing: I have been following Manhattan's white board recommendations for time check/pacing
Practice Exams/Scores (I realize I also made the mistake of running out of OG Practice Exams + retaking them)... for context, I took an Exam 1x a week b/c I was hoping to take my exam earlier, but based on result I pushed it back much further than I anticipated.
- 11/14/22, Manhattan Mock: 530 (Q36, V27)
- 11/27/22, OG Mock: 480 (Q31, V26)
- 12/24/22, OG Mock: (Q47, V31)
- 1/2/22, Veritas Mock: 550 (Q35, V31)
- 1/9/22, Veritas Mock: 620 (V41, Q35)
- 1/21/22, OG Mock: 590 (Q44, V27)
- 2/2/22, OG Mock: 650 (Q47, V34)
- 2/6/22, OG Mock: 630 (Q42, V34)
- 2/18/22, OG Mock: 570 (Q35, V34)
- 3/4/22, OG Mock: 610 (Q44, V31)
- 3/10/22, OG Mock: 620 (Q44, V38)
- 3/14/22, Official GMAT - Online: 570 (Q41, V28, IR 5, AWA 5), issues below
- 4/1/22, OG Mock: 630 (Q44, V32)
Official Online GMAT, I had a pretty poor experience (1) I move my lips when going through the verbal section, 10min into my exam my proctor interrupted me -- this obviously effected me throughout the entire section/exam, since I start with Verbal (2) My proctor was not present when required, i.e. I had to keep speaking/messaging on the video chat to get his attention. I even ended my test and waited for about ~10min before I could leave b/c no one came back when I called for guidance. I even had to reach out to support for someone to help me. Additionally, my grandfather passed away the week of... it was a rough week.
Goals
- I realize I need to adjust my expectations. I took the online exam (3/14) to finally "pull the trigger" and see how I'd fair (that obviously did not work out), so I planned on retaking the exam in person next week (4/12). 1 month after my online exam with the assumption I could make more improvements in between that time. Per my last mock exam, I have made minimal/no progress. Although my initial plan was to give myself a fighting chance to see what I could actually score in a testing environment (due to my poor Online experience). I am not very hopeful for 'dream' score, so I obviously need to make some changes....
- Target Score 690+
- Apply First Round, Fall 2022
Sorry for the word vomit, I was hoping to provide as much context as possible to pre-answer any possible follow-up questions.
My thoughts lean towards a private tutor for some 1:1 guidance and possible study plans, but as you can tell I am at a loss for what should be my next steps.
Thank you for taking the time to read, any and all advice is welcome!
03 Apr 2022, 01:44
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As for Verbal, I realize at the start that I had an issue with time, so I needed to start skipping questions to give myself more time for problems I could solve.
Try to see if you can make your way of approaching questions more efficient. Pattern recognizing the types of errors you see can be helpful (for example, the true-but-chronologically wrong answer choice on RC).
How to get a V40 or higher on the GMAT? What about a V51?
Try to see if you can make your way of approaching questions more efficient. Pattern recognizing the types of errors you see can be helpful (for example, the true-but-chronologically wrong answer choice on RC).
How to get a V40 or higher on the GMAT? What about a V51?
03 Apr 2022, 06:31
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Hi jadac, could you please tell me what resources did you go through for concepts? Official materials are mostly for practice. Did go through video lessons from gmat club youtube channel?
