|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
12 Dec 2007, 08:03
Kudos
Bookmarks
I'm new to this forum but think it is a great place for new test takers like myself. I just took the GMAT and am very disappointed with my score, especially the verbal. I've been studying hard for the past 2 months and did fairly well on my most recent practice tests. Here are my scores in chronological order:
Kaplan Diagnostic: 610
Kaplan CAT 1: 610
Kaplan CAT 2: 580
Kaplan CAT 3: 620
GMAT Prep 1: 710
GMATPowerprep 1: 690
GMATPowerprep 2: 710
GMAT Prep 2: 740
800Score 1: 720
The Kaplan test scores scared me and made me start studying alot more; but I later found out that these scores are NOT a good indication of how you'll do on the real exam. The GMAT CATs are just like the real exam.
I've always done well on the verbal sections (42-49 on all tests), sometimes better than on math. Unfortunately I got nervous and didn't get any sleep the night before, which really hurt my reading and concentrating abilities! After the math section, I knew I did well and really put myself on cruise control thinking I would get 700+. But later I found all the questions in the verbal section to be pretty difficult. The fact that I had just aced the 800score verbal section didn't help.
So I'm planning to take the exam again in a month. I'm confident I can get at least the same score on math, but I'm aiming for low-mid 40's on the verbal, which should put me in the 700+ range. Does anyone have any advice on what I should study? I found the math to be alot easier than expected, but I guess it's because I had been doing more challenging problems days before the test. I don't want to spend much time studying, but I want to focus on improving the verbal and maintaining the math. Any advice is appreciated!
Kaplan Diagnostic: 610
Kaplan CAT 1: 610
Kaplan CAT 2: 580
Kaplan CAT 3: 620
GMAT Prep 1: 710
GMATPowerprep 1: 690
GMATPowerprep 2: 710
GMAT Prep 2: 740
800Score 1: 720
The Kaplan test scores scared me and made me start studying alot more; but I later found out that these scores are NOT a good indication of how you'll do on the real exam. The GMAT CATs are just like the real exam.
I've always done well on the verbal sections (42-49 on all tests), sometimes better than on math. Unfortunately I got nervous and didn't get any sleep the night before, which really hurt my reading and concentrating abilities! After the math section, I knew I did well and really put myself on cruise control thinking I would get 700+. But later I found all the questions in the verbal section to be pretty difficult. The fact that I had just aced the 800score verbal section didn't help.
So I'm planning to take the exam again in a month. I'm confident I can get at least the same score on math, but I'm aiming for low-mid 40's on the verbal, which should put me in the 700+ range. Does anyone have any advice on what I should study? I found the math to be alot easier than expected, but I guess it's because I had been doing more challenging problems days before the test. I don't want to spend much time studying, but I want to focus on improving the verbal and maintaining the math. Any advice is appreciated!
12 Dec 2007, 08:15
Kudos
Bookmarks
finance423
Congratulations on your first attempt, and on finding this forum! I think you will find it quite helpful.
It would be easier to suggest appropriate study materials if we knew where your weakness was in verbal. What section gives you the most trouble? When you reviewed your errors, were they the result of careless mistakes, or did you really not understand the concept?
Darden2010
Joined: 30 Mar 2007
Last visit: 22 Jul 2020
Posts: 493
Own Kudos:
Schools: Darden '15
GMAT Date: 12-07-2011
12 Dec 2007, 09:07
Kudos
Bookmarks
There are collections of 1000 qustions for each part of the verbal part (SC, RC, CR), get these files and to as many questions as you can!
If you are having troubles with Critical Reasoning, do LSAT questions, these use the same CR logics but they have higher level questions.
Also, for sentence corrections, you HAVE TO buy the 'Sentence Correction' book from Manhattan GMAT.
I think this is pleanty enough of stuff you could study in a month.
Good luck!
If you are having troubles with Critical Reasoning, do LSAT questions, these use the same CR logics but they have higher level questions.
Also, for sentence corrections, you HAVE TO buy the 'Sentence Correction' book from Manhattan GMAT.
I think this is pleanty enough of stuff you could study in a month.
Good luck!
