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20 Feb 2015, 07:16
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Hello,
I'm new here but been reading alot on this forum and finally decided to join. I had my first attempt at the GMAT yesterday and scored an embarrassing 440. I was certainly not prepared. I have been seriously studying for it since November but not on a consistent basis. I used the Kaplan book and purchased The Economist GMAT but it seems I just haven't been able to cement the basics into my head. I bought the official guide but never got to it and now after reading a few posts here, it's probably what I should've started with. I also read a few people on here improving their scores using the Manhattan set and before purchasing it (it is quite a $$ amount) I want to make sure that I'm taking the right approach using the OG and the manhattan set as a restarting point. I registered to re-take my test on April 1st as that's the last day I can really do it to meet University deadlines. So if I screw up my second attempt I'm pretty much done for applying to the MBA. I'm really just looking for a score of 600-650 although 650 is closer to what I'm hoping for. I just feel so helpless and clueless.
I'm new here but been reading alot on this forum and finally decided to join. I had my first attempt at the GMAT yesterday and scored an embarrassing 440. I was certainly not prepared. I have been seriously studying for it since November but not on a consistent basis. I used the Kaplan book and purchased The Economist GMAT but it seems I just haven't been able to cement the basics into my head. I bought the official guide but never got to it and now after reading a few posts here, it's probably what I should've started with. I also read a few people on here improving their scores using the Manhattan set and before purchasing it (it is quite a $$ amount) I want to make sure that I'm taking the right approach using the OG and the manhattan set as a restarting point. I registered to re-take my test on April 1st as that's the last day I can really do it to meet University deadlines. So if I screw up my second attempt I'm pretty much done for applying to the MBA. I'm really just looking for a score of 600-650 although 650 is closer to what I'm hoping for. I just feel so helpless and clueless.
20 Feb 2015, 15:00
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Hi Nalgh,
I'm hoping that you can clarify something that you wrote. You stated that if you 'screw up' this attempt, then you'll be DONE applying for an MBA - why is that the case? Couldn't you just apply in the next application cycle?
I bring this up because your timeline/plan is not likely to be successful. Most Test Takers need 3 months of consistent study time to hit their respective "peak scores"; with your timeline and goal, you'd have to improve 210 points in just over a month. That is not likely to happen. I'm not saying that it's impossible, but it's not a realistic expectation.
While this probably does not make you happy, you have to remember the REAL goal. The MBA is what you're after - if you have to change your timeline a bit, then so be it - a goal this "big" doesn't always occur exactly when you want it to, but it doesn't have to 'disappear' either.
You can study as planned, and take the GMAT as planned, but you also have to think about putting together a better, more thorough plan. The MBA that you're after is valuable and requires that level of forward-planning and action.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
I'm hoping that you can clarify something that you wrote. You stated that if you 'screw up' this attempt, then you'll be DONE applying for an MBA - why is that the case? Couldn't you just apply in the next application cycle?
I bring this up because your timeline/plan is not likely to be successful. Most Test Takers need 3 months of consistent study time to hit their respective "peak scores"; with your timeline and goal, you'd have to improve 210 points in just over a month. That is not likely to happen. I'm not saying that it's impossible, but it's not a realistic expectation.
While this probably does not make you happy, you have to remember the REAL goal. The MBA is what you're after - if you have to change your timeline a bit, then so be it - a goal this "big" doesn't always occur exactly when you want it to, but it doesn't have to 'disappear' either.
You can study as planned, and take the GMAT as planned, but you also have to think about putting together a better, more thorough plan. The MBA that you're after is valuable and requires that level of forward-planning and action.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
21 Feb 2015, 15:28
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Hello,
I do realize my timelines is tight but Im hoping whatever prep I had done for the first exam ends up helping as well. I say that I cannot screw up this attempt because my contract at work will be ending soon and being enrolled in an MBA program will help keep me in my job and if not that I at least need to be enrolled before losing a job or getting accepted in the program I want will be more difficult.
