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Schools: Erasmus (S) Mannheim (A) HSG SIM "24
GMAT 1: 680 Q44 V40
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30 Sep 2021, 08:25
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Hi folks,
I just did my first diagnostic GMAT with pretty much zero study. I got a score of 590 (q36 v36). I´m just wondering how much I can realistically improve in about 6 weeks?
I was very surprised by my low quants as generally maths is one of my stronger suits. A lot of questions I had to guess because I didn't remember high school geometric or factoring rules so I guess with some revision of those I should get a bump to that score. I am a full time undergrad student so ideally, I would like to get it done before my final exams. Realistically I can dedicate about 25-30 hours a week to revision.
Cheers
I just did my first diagnostic GMAT with pretty much zero study. I got a score of 590 (q36 v36). I´m just wondering how much I can realistically improve in about 6 weeks?
I was very surprised by my low quants as generally maths is one of my stronger suits. A lot of questions I had to guess because I didn't remember high school geometric or factoring rules so I guess with some revision of those I should get a bump to that score. I am a full time undergrad student so ideally, I would like to get it done before my final exams. Realistically I can dedicate about 25-30 hours a week to revision.
Cheers
30 Sep 2021, 08:45
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30 Sep 2021, 09:05
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Hi pleasehelpmeyes.
The way to increase your quant score is similar to what you suggested, work on one topic at a time to drive your score up point by point.
For instance, if your practice test indicates that you are weak in geometry, you would work on that topic area by first reviewing or learning the relevant concepts and then answering dozens of practice questions involving those topics until you practically can't get them incorrect.
For more on how to increase your quant score, see this post: How To Increase Your GMAT Quant Score
To increase your verbal score, you could learn verbal concepts to fill in knowledge gaps and also do a lot of analyis of verbal questions to develop an eye for the logic of the questions. For more on how to increase your verbal score, see this post: How to Score High on GMAT Verbal
Regarding how much you can increase your score in six weeks, you should be able to increase your verbal score by 3+ points by learning concepts and getting better at executing by practicing.
How much you can increase your quant score is tough to tell. If you are pretty strong in quant and will see a quick boost by getting better at answering Data Sufficiency questions and reviewing some things that you are rusty in, you may increase your quant score by 10 points or more in six weeks. On the other hand, if it turns out that you need to learn or relearn a lot, then you may increase your quant score by 5 points or less.
Low End: 4 quant points increase and 2 verbal points increase for an increase of about 60 points in your total score to 650.
Midpoint: 7 quant points increase and 3 verbal points increase for an increase of about 100 points in your total score to 690.
High end: 11 quant points increase and 5 verbal points increase for an increase of about 160 points in your total score to 750.
The way to increase your quant score is similar to what you suggested, work on one topic at a time to drive your score up point by point.
For instance, if your practice test indicates that you are weak in geometry, you would work on that topic area by first reviewing or learning the relevant concepts and then answering dozens of practice questions involving those topics until you practically can't get them incorrect.
For more on how to increase your quant score, see this post: How To Increase Your GMAT Quant Score
To increase your verbal score, you could learn verbal concepts to fill in knowledge gaps and also do a lot of analyis of verbal questions to develop an eye for the logic of the questions. For more on how to increase your verbal score, see this post: How to Score High on GMAT Verbal
Regarding how much you can increase your score in six weeks, you should be able to increase your verbal score by 3+ points by learning concepts and getting better at executing by practicing.
How much you can increase your quant score is tough to tell. If you are pretty strong in quant and will see a quick boost by getting better at answering Data Sufficiency questions and reviewing some things that you are rusty in, you may increase your quant score by 10 points or more in six weeks. On the other hand, if it turns out that you need to learn or relearn a lot, then you may increase your quant score by 5 points or less.
Low End: 4 quant points increase and 2 verbal points increase for an increase of about 60 points in your total score to 650.
Midpoint: 7 quant points increase and 3 verbal points increase for an increase of about 100 points in your total score to 690.
High end: 11 quant points increase and 5 verbal points increase for an increase of about 160 points in your total score to 750.
