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18 Oct 2016, 13:07
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hello everyone,
I gave my gmat in March 2016 and scored a meagre 440 probably coz i didn't prepared enough and wasn't enough serious about it .
Now i have been thinking of giving it again .
Can someone plz advice me how much should i prepare and from where should i prepare and in what direction like which part to start from.?
I gave my gmat in March 2016 and scored a meagre 440 probably coz i didn't prepared enough and wasn't enough serious about it .
Now i have been thinking of giving it again .
Can someone plz advice me how much should i prepare and from where should i prepare and in what direction like which part to start from.?
18 Oct 2016, 16:50
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vidurkatyalji
hello everyone,
I gave my gmat in March 2016 and scored a meagre 440 probably coz i didn't prepared enough and wasn't enough serious about it .
Now i have been thinking of giving it again .
Can someone plz advice me how much should i prepare and from where should i prepare and in what direction like which part to start from.?
I gave my gmat in March 2016 and scored a meagre 440 probably coz i didn't prepared enough and wasn't enough serious about it .
Now i have been thinking of giving it again .
Can someone plz advice me how much should i prepare and from where should i prepare and in what direction like which part to start from.?
Hello vidurkatyalji,
The first time I took the GMAT, I scored 590 (Q44,V27). I was quite upset but not surprised. In fact, I studied only for 3 weeks and barely touched the verbal part. I only used the official guides and felt that I could score above the 700 score bar. I was wrong! To be honest, while the Official Guides provide with a good practice, don't hope to score above 650 if you only use these. Very few questions are 700+ level, and the theoretical part is not that good.
The second time I took the GMAT, I scored 690 (Q50,V34). That time, I mainly focused on the Manhattan Prep books (6 Quantitative, and 3 Verbal Books) and really found the Quant part to be more than enough for the GMAT. In fact, reading these will give you all you need to score above Q46 in the Quant part.
Regarding the verbal part, I think that as a non-native speaker, it's hard to get above V40. I recommend that you do as many problems as possible in order to improve your reading speed in Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension Questions. That way, you'll develop a strategy that is unique to you. I have a very good practice for you. I'll attach a link to this post.
For the Sentence Correction part, people say that the Manhattan Sentence Correction Book is the best on the market. I agree that it is a good book, but believe that without enough practice from outside sources, it's not possible to score in the 85th percentile. I'll also attach a very good practice to this post.
Also, I recommend that you take one full practice exam per week. You have to develop the speed and stamina, and nothing is better than to practice weekly to do so.
Below are the links for the critical reasoning and sentence correction practice. These are GOLD especially that they mainly come from GMATPrep questions, which are retired GMAT questions. Don't forget to give souvik101990 and carcass Kudos for providing us with these documents.
the-most-comprehensive-collection-of-everything-official-cr-140375.html
sentence-correction-oldy-but-goldy-question-banks-212199.html#p1634093
If you need any more practice for SC, RC, PS, or/and DS, hit me up.
Good luck towards a great GMAT score!
Best,
MoulayAbdesslam
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18 Oct 2016, 23:20
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Hi vidurkatyalji,
Since you took the GMAT over 6 months ago, if you have not done any studying since then, it's possible that your skills have faded. Thus, it would help if you take a new, FULL-LENGTH CAT (with the Essay and IR sections), so that we can get a sense of your current skills, strengths and weaknesses. Once you have that score result, you should post back here.
Raising a score from 440 to 700+ will take some serious work. You will have to make some significant improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections - and all of that work will likely take at least 3 months of consistent, guided study. You would also likely benefit from investing in a GMAT Course of some type.
1) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
2) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Since you took the GMAT over 6 months ago, if you have not done any studying since then, it's possible that your skills have faded. Thus, it would help if you take a new, FULL-LENGTH CAT (with the Essay and IR sections), so that we can get a sense of your current skills, strengths and weaknesses. Once you have that score result, you should post back here.
Raising a score from 440 to 700+ will take some serious work. You will have to make some significant improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections - and all of that work will likely take at least 3 months of consistent, guided study. You would also likely benefit from investing in a GMAT Course of some type.
1) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
2) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
