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11 Nov 2013, 08:30
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Hello everyone
I'm reading the forum for some time now and really enjoy the many helpful sources. I have been studying for some time and will take my GMAT exam a week from now.
Somehow I have trouble evaluating what the next step should be preparing for the exam... I would be very grateful if you guys could take a look at my situation and give me some feedback. I read many threads (e.g. from 650+ to over 700 aso.) but still have trouble determine further prep steps.
After a bachelor in business administration I like to pursue a master degree in finance.
Goal: 700 minimum (Q46, V40 seems realistic spread)
1 Test Date: 18.11.2013
2 Test Date: Early January 2014 if goal not reached
Study materials used:
- OG 12th
- OG Quant 2nd
- Kaplan Advanced Prep for Advanced Students
- MGMAT Advanced GMAT Quant
Ordered:
- MGMAT Quant Guides complete
- MGMAT SC
Time spend studying until today: 140 hours
I started early October 2013 to take a look at the gmat and dived heavily into it around October 15th.
My strong suit is usually the verbal part (got 116/120 TOEFL), but since I learned English just by reading stuff, watching movies and speaking I have absolutely no knowledge of English grammar.
I neglected math for a great deal but want to go into it more deeply in the future. That's why I have put a lot of effort in improving my quant score. (Basically spent over 100+hours studying quant).
Took some prep tests and got the following results:
22.10.2013 Q40, V38, Score: 640 - GMAT Prep
30.10.2013 Q42, V40, Score: 670 - Veritas
07.11.2013 Q42, V33, Score: 620 - MGMAT
09.11.2013 Q46, V 36, Score: 660 - Kaplan
11.11.2013 Q44, V 35, Score: 650 - GMAT Prep
I was really stressed with the first tests (MGMAT especially) but the more prep tests I take the better it gets. I recognized to be better in approaching quant after my studies but I'm still too stressed.
The drop in my verbal scores annoys me... if I could put the two parts together (Q46, V 40) I would be able to reach my goal...
Evaluation of the last prep test left me with the following:
11.11.2013 Quant mistakes: 2 Questions I coudn't solve (didnt know how), 8 Questions with silly mistakes
11.11.2013 Verbal mistakes: 2 CR, 2 RC, 8 SC
Planned further training until test 1:
- Taking more CATs to perform better in quant under stress/avoid silly mistakes
- Review CATs to close knowledge gap and improve in general
- Focus on SC in verbal part, read GMAT Club Grammar Book, go through MGMAT SC
What would you suggest I should spend my time on regarding:
1. Preparation for first exam next week
2. Preparation during rest of November - December until possible test date 2
Your thoughts and feedback are greatly appreciated. Sometimes other opinions help to see clearer.
Thanks and best regards
Kaali
I'm reading the forum for some time now and really enjoy the many helpful sources. I have been studying for some time and will take my GMAT exam a week from now.
Somehow I have trouble evaluating what the next step should be preparing for the exam... I would be very grateful if you guys could take a look at my situation and give me some feedback. I read many threads (e.g. from 650+ to over 700 aso.) but still have trouble determine further prep steps.
After a bachelor in business administration I like to pursue a master degree in finance.
Goal: 700 minimum (Q46, V40 seems realistic spread)
1 Test Date: 18.11.2013
2 Test Date: Early January 2014 if goal not reached
Study materials used:
- OG 12th
- OG Quant 2nd
- Kaplan Advanced Prep for Advanced Students
- MGMAT Advanced GMAT Quant
Ordered:
- MGMAT Quant Guides complete
- MGMAT SC
Time spend studying until today: 140 hours
I started early October 2013 to take a look at the gmat and dived heavily into it around October 15th.
My strong suit is usually the verbal part (got 116/120 TOEFL), but since I learned English just by reading stuff, watching movies and speaking I have absolutely no knowledge of English grammar.
I neglected math for a great deal but want to go into it more deeply in the future. That's why I have put a lot of effort in improving my quant score. (Basically spent over 100+hours studying quant).
Took some prep tests and got the following results:
22.10.2013 Q40, V38, Score: 640 - GMAT Prep
30.10.2013 Q42, V40, Score: 670 - Veritas
07.11.2013 Q42, V33, Score: 620 - MGMAT
09.11.2013 Q46, V 36, Score: 660 - Kaplan
11.11.2013 Q44, V 35, Score: 650 - GMAT Prep
I was really stressed with the first tests (MGMAT especially) but the more prep tests I take the better it gets. I recognized to be better in approaching quant after my studies but I'm still too stressed.
The drop in my verbal scores annoys me... if I could put the two parts together (Q46, V 40) I would be able to reach my goal...
Evaluation of the last prep test left me with the following:
11.11.2013 Quant mistakes: 2 Questions I coudn't solve (didnt know how), 8 Questions with silly mistakes
11.11.2013 Verbal mistakes: 2 CR, 2 RC, 8 SC
Planned further training until test 1:
- Taking more CATs to perform better in quant under stress/avoid silly mistakes
- Review CATs to close knowledge gap and improve in general
- Focus on SC in verbal part, read GMAT Club Grammar Book, go through MGMAT SC
What would you suggest I should spend my time on regarding:
1. Preparation for first exam next week
2. Preparation during rest of November - December until possible test date 2
Your thoughts and feedback are greatly appreciated. Sometimes other opinions help to see clearer.
Thanks and best regards
Kaali
12 Nov 2013, 07:36
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Nice review....You are doing good. Also the plan you mentioned sounds good,you may also want to consider gc club test to get a good quant score.
14 Nov 2013, 09:00
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Thanks for your feedback!
Took another MGMAT CAT and ended up with the following:
14.11.2013 Q39, V39, Score: 650
Its really frustrating to have worked on the quant score for 6 weeks and not seeing progress at all...
Took another MGMAT CAT and ended up with the following:
14.11.2013 Q39, V39, Score: 650
Its really frustrating to have worked on the quant score for 6 weeks and not seeing progress at all...
