EMPOWERgmatRichC wrote:
Hi achbaa,
Many Test Takers spend 3 months (or more) of consistent study time before they hit their 'peak' scores, so if you've been studying for just a few weeks, then fluctuations in your Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores would not be surprising. In addition, there are a variety of factors that can influence your performance, including the time of day that you take your Exams, whether you take the full Exam or not, the number of lucky guesses and/or silly mistakes you make, etc.
Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
Goals:
3) What is your overall goal score?
4) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
6) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Hi, thanks for your reply! I think this could be a part of it - I took the official GMAT test late in the night, I was pretty tired both physically and mentally, which was not the case during my Kaplan test, so maybe this played a part.
Studies:
1. I typically study around 2-4 hours a day total, depends on whether it is active learning or just doing practice questions - I can do the latter for far longer.
2. I'm using a Kaplan Self-paced PLUS, with Quant section already finished and am currently half-way through Verbal. I also attend a local GMAT 6 weeks course.
3. My goal is to get at least 710.
4. I was thinking around January, depends whether I'll be ready.
5. Around March this year.
6. I'm looking at a bunch, including LBS, INSEAD, ESADE and LSE.
Thank you kindly for your help!