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08 Jul 2015, 11:04
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I've already spent about a month reading up mainly from Gmatclub, following a lot of experts and have completed going through the OG as well as am currently going through some online material as well as answering the free practice test from veritas questionbank.
I just took one of the 2 free gmat prep practice tests that came free with registering and I got a Q46 and V32, the funny thing about it was after the test was done, and I was reviewing the test, I was able to get the right answer for most of the mistakes made during the actual test for verbal. I'm worried about weather this might happen during the actual exam as well and cause me to get a lower score. This is my first full length test that I'm answering. I'm fairly comfortable with Quant and tend to pick up concepts fairly quickly and am confident that I can improve by another 3 points by the test day. Although its Verbal that I'm more worried about. I read a lot of material on a daily basis from various sources and although I'm not a native english speaker my english skills are reasonably good. Although I've gone through material from different sites I'm finding it very hard to absorb the concepts present, for the most part I'm relying on gut instinct to get the right answer which more often than not proves to be the right answer, (but I'm still not able to improve my scores to a level I'd like ) For instance I tried incorporating different strategies I've read about online like POE, and realized that my execution time now suddenly shoots up from 1.5 minutes to 4.5 minutes per question while my accuracy hasn't changed that much for the better. In a test where you're awarded negative scores for every question you do not answer, this is significant.
On another note, I noticed that my IR scores weren't great, Although I know that most colleges don't give as much importance to this I'd like to improve them all the same but haven't been able to find too much material on this? any stratergies on this?
During the weekdays for the next month I can spend about only about 3-4 hours at the max, since I have to also balance my time at work and other responsibilities, although the weekends I can spend more time. I've got my exam date set for the 20th of August which is about 6 weeks away from now. Should I be worried? what am I missing out so far? Should I be pushing my dates ahead? Am I aiming too high?
Any suggestions or observations would be most appreciated
I just took one of the 2 free gmat prep practice tests that came free with registering and I got a Q46 and V32, the funny thing about it was after the test was done, and I was reviewing the test, I was able to get the right answer for most of the mistakes made during the actual test for verbal. I'm worried about weather this might happen during the actual exam as well and cause me to get a lower score. This is my first full length test that I'm answering. I'm fairly comfortable with Quant and tend to pick up concepts fairly quickly and am confident that I can improve by another 3 points by the test day. Although its Verbal that I'm more worried about. I read a lot of material on a daily basis from various sources and although I'm not a native english speaker my english skills are reasonably good. Although I've gone through material from different sites I'm finding it very hard to absorb the concepts present, for the most part I'm relying on gut instinct to get the right answer which more often than not proves to be the right answer, (but I'm still not able to improve my scores to a level I'd like ) For instance I tried incorporating different strategies I've read about online like POE, and realized that my execution time now suddenly shoots up from 1.5 minutes to 4.5 minutes per question while my accuracy hasn't changed that much for the better. In a test where you're awarded negative scores for every question you do not answer, this is significant.
On another note, I noticed that my IR scores weren't great, Although I know that most colleges don't give as much importance to this I'd like to improve them all the same but haven't been able to find too much material on this? any stratergies on this?
During the weekdays for the next month I can spend about only about 3-4 hours at the max, since I have to also balance my time at work and other responsibilities, although the weekends I can spend more time. I've got my exam date set for the 20th of August which is about 6 weeks away from now. Should I be worried? what am I missing out so far? Should I be pushing my dates ahead? Am I aiming too high?
Any suggestions or observations would be most appreciated
08 Jul 2015, 20:45
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Hi kelvind13,
You've put yourself in an interesting position, and you're probably not going to like what you're going to have to do to get out of it.
From what you've described, you're essentially doing things "your way" - trusting your gut instinct and not committing to practicing any strategies that don't immediately 'mesh' with your way of thinking. With this first CAT score, you've scored in the low-600s, which is a great 'baseline' score. Unfortunately, it comes at the end of a month of studying, so we don't have a basis for comparison - maybe you were always at this 'level' and this last month has just been more of the same.
You've done some analysis, which is good - but to fix the problems that you've noted (and likely some other problems that you have not actually discovered yet), you're going to have to commit to doing things differently - committing to learning/practicing tactics (even if it's slow-going at first) and changing your 'default' view of the GMAT. Academically, raising your score 100+ points in 6 weeks is doable (although it might be a bit tough) - if you're stubborn about making those adjustments though, then the process will take longer.
When are you planning to apply to Business School?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
You've put yourself in an interesting position, and you're probably not going to like what you're going to have to do to get out of it.
From what you've described, you're essentially doing things "your way" - trusting your gut instinct and not committing to practicing any strategies that don't immediately 'mesh' with your way of thinking. With this first CAT score, you've scored in the low-600s, which is a great 'baseline' score. Unfortunately, it comes at the end of a month of studying, so we don't have a basis for comparison - maybe you were always at this 'level' and this last month has just been more of the same.
You've done some analysis, which is good - but to fix the problems that you've noted (and likely some other problems that you have not actually discovered yet), you're going to have to commit to doing things differently - committing to learning/practicing tactics (even if it's slow-going at first) and changing your 'default' view of the GMAT. Academically, raising your score 100+ points in 6 weeks is doable (although it might be a bit tough) - if you're stubborn about making those adjustments though, then the process will take longer.
When are you planning to apply to Business School?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
08 Jul 2015, 23:29
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Thanks Rich,
That was very helpful, I thought as much that, that would be the solution to it. I've already started digging my heels in and started picking up material for Verbal on the same.
With regards to improvement over time, I definitely have improved over the month albeit mainly in Quant, when I look at questions now, I'm able to solve much more in a much shorter time than I could when I started out, when I look back on one of the first practice tests that I had taken a while back I was scoring lower than I am now, although Verbal I have not improved as much as I'd like. which as you mentioned a more structured approach by learning the actual short cuts and actual methods might be more helpful.
I was planning on getting my score by around August latest by mid September so that by the end of September I could start working on my essays and have them ready for most colleges by the end of September if not October first week for round 1 itself.
is there a difference between applying in round 1 or the later rounds? other than just having more time to prepare.
Thanks
Kelvin
That was very helpful, I thought as much that, that would be the solution to it. I've already started digging my heels in and started picking up material for Verbal on the same.
With regards to improvement over time, I definitely have improved over the month albeit mainly in Quant, when I look at questions now, I'm able to solve much more in a much shorter time than I could when I started out, when I look back on one of the first practice tests that I had taken a while back I was scoring lower than I am now, although Verbal I have not improved as much as I'd like. which as you mentioned a more structured approach by learning the actual short cuts and actual methods might be more helpful.
I was planning on getting my score by around August latest by mid September so that by the end of September I could start working on my essays and have them ready for most colleges by the end of September if not October first week for round 1 itself.
is there a difference between applying in round 1 or the later rounds? other than just having more time to prepare.
Thanks
Kelvin
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