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08 Mar 2009, 12:42
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General question: How long have you been studying for the GMAT and how well did your scores progress?
For me, I've been studying the GMAT for a little less than 2 months. I thought that that would be enough time for me to score around a 650 or 700, but I guess I was ignorant at the time...
I took the GMAT Practice test the first time about a week after I started studying (Mid Jan)... I didn't really pay attention to the rules, taking frequent breaks whenever I felt like it. Sometimes I even PrintScreen and pasted the question in a Word file so I would have more time to answer it. Got a 540, which disappointed me. But there was still hope! I had about a month and a half to get to 700!
But I didn't. Actually, the first month or so I didn't really study very hard... which I now regret. I would sleep while studying or join my friend when they invited me to play basketball. To my dismay, I stumbled upon this forum just one week prior to my test day. I crammed and crammed as much as possible a week before test day, studying as much as over 30 hours straight, which proved useless. I repeated the practice tests again, knowing that there were other questions in the program that I could answer. I kept getting around 610-630 the second or third times of each test. Even though the score was inaccurate, I was happy that my score was increasing. I did various practice tests (the free ones) and scored higher and higher, getting a 680 on the night before my test (last night). But that test was inaccurate also, since I got a 610 the first time I took it.
So, after a full night's rest, I went in and faced my destiny. Needless to say, I didn't do so hot. Actually, I did a lot worse than I expected, scoring a mere 520. This surprised me since I made a 540 without studying. I'm not sure if the practice tests are easier or I just had a bad day. Well, I'm not giving up as this would be a bad time to lose hope and concentrate on something else.
So, how long has your GMAT career been and how was the rate of your improvement?
For me, I've been studying the GMAT for a little less than 2 months. I thought that that would be enough time for me to score around a 650 or 700, but I guess I was ignorant at the time...
I took the GMAT Practice test the first time about a week after I started studying (Mid Jan)... I didn't really pay attention to the rules, taking frequent breaks whenever I felt like it. Sometimes I even PrintScreen and pasted the question in a Word file so I would have more time to answer it. Got a 540, which disappointed me. But there was still hope! I had about a month and a half to get to 700!
But I didn't. Actually, the first month or so I didn't really study very hard... which I now regret. I would sleep while studying or join my friend when they invited me to play basketball. To my dismay, I stumbled upon this forum just one week prior to my test day. I crammed and crammed as much as possible a week before test day, studying as much as over 30 hours straight, which proved useless. I repeated the practice tests again, knowing that there were other questions in the program that I could answer. I kept getting around 610-630 the second or third times of each test. Even though the score was inaccurate, I was happy that my score was increasing. I did various practice tests (the free ones) and scored higher and higher, getting a 680 on the night before my test (last night). But that test was inaccurate also, since I got a 610 the first time I took it.
So, after a full night's rest, I went in and faced my destiny. Needless to say, I didn't do so hot. Actually, I did a lot worse than I expected, scoring a mere 520. This surprised me since I made a 540 without studying. I'm not sure if the practice tests are easier or I just had a bad day. Well, I'm not giving up as this would be a bad time to lose hope and concentrate on something else.
So, how long has your GMAT career been and how was the rate of your improvement?
08 Mar 2009, 13:22
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You are not alone. I studied for three years and I still cannot get the 700+ score I wanted. All my practice tests are above 700 with the highest 770. But on the real exam, my highest was 660. If you really want the score you like, keep studying.
I studied about 6 weeks and was getting 700s on GmatPreps right before the test.
08 Mar 2009, 17:27
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I was trying to find my original post, but I think it is gone now as it was too old 
. Great.
I studied for about 3-4 months on and off - hanging out at the beach with the GMAT book, reading it while traveling, etc. I think I covered the entire book or maybe got close. It was ARCO GMAT Book - I don't think they publish it (thankfully - it was a waste of time). Anyway, I took a PowerPrep test in September or October and scored 550. My roommate who has not studied at all and was spending his nights drinking and partying (vs. me studying the GMAT) scored 540 on the same test. Made me feel real bad.
I then started studying using Kaplan books (this was back in early 2000's) and spent about 3 intense months on the GMAT.
I went through the Kaplan's General book(this link is to the recent version as I doubt you want the 2001 edition) in about a month.
Then I got Kaplan's Math Workbook and spent a month on that.
Finally, the last month I spent on theVerbal Workbook and taking full length tests - nothing kills your Saturday as a Full Length GMAT Test.
Probably a shocking point to many will be that I did not use the Official Guide. That's right, I did not. The Kaplan's questions are a bit different, esp. the Verbal part, so the last few days I spent taking the second PowerPrep (now GMATPrep) test and reviewing my mistakes as well as getting used to the GMAT question intricacies compared to the Kaplan.
On the day before the test, I got 740 on the PowerPrep - a bit of a shock to me since I've been scoring 640's on Kaplan. I dismissed the score, hoping that 640+740 = close to 700 that I needed.
The day of I got 750 (49, 42), which I was shocked about just as much (thanks to Kaplan that provides lower scores).
So, to answer your question, I seriously studied only about 3-4 months. However, I changed my work schedule and freed up my mornings to study (I worked from Noon till 9 PM). I started reading a lot of fiction books (I am not a native speaker and my Fiction book recommendations are here), and was completely cut off from any social activities on the weekends. My weekends were spent taking full-length tests (AWA, Math, and Verbal) and after that I was mostly done for the day and did not want to do anything or talk to anyone, just being depressed about my low Kaplan score
Hope this helps.
. Great.I studied for about 3-4 months on and off - hanging out at the beach with the GMAT book, reading it while traveling, etc. I think I covered the entire book or maybe got close. It was ARCO GMAT Book - I don't think they publish it (thankfully - it was a waste of time). Anyway, I took a PowerPrep test in September or October and scored 550. My roommate who has not studied at all and was spending his nights drinking and partying (vs. me studying the GMAT) scored 540 on the same test. Made me feel real bad.
I then started studying using Kaplan books (this was back in early 2000's) and spent about 3 intense months on the GMAT.
I went through the Kaplan's General book(this link is to the recent version as I doubt you want the 2001 edition) in about a month.
Then I got Kaplan's Math Workbook and spent a month on that.
Finally, the last month I spent on theVerbal Workbook and taking full length tests - nothing kills your Saturday as a Full Length GMAT Test.
Probably a shocking point to many will be that I did not use the Official Guide. That's right, I did not. The Kaplan's questions are a bit different, esp. the Verbal part, so the last few days I spent taking the second PowerPrep (now GMATPrep) test and reviewing my mistakes as well as getting used to the GMAT question intricacies compared to the Kaplan.
On the day before the test, I got 740 on the PowerPrep - a bit of a shock to me since I've been scoring 640's on Kaplan. I dismissed the score, hoping that 640+740 = close to 700 that I needed.
The day of I got 750 (49, 42), which I was shocked about just as much (thanks to Kaplan that provides lower scores).
So, to answer your question, I seriously studied only about 3-4 months. However, I changed my work schedule and freed up my mornings to study (I worked from Noon till 9 PM). I started reading a lot of fiction books (I am not a native speaker and my Fiction book recommendations are here), and was completely cut off from any social activities on the weekends. My weekends were spent taking full-length tests (AWA, Math, and Verbal) and after that I was mostly done for the day and did not want to do anything or talk to anyone, just being depressed about my low Kaplan score
Hope this helps.
