Last 36 hours. Need help!

Question

Hi guys!
I have been preparing for almost 3 months.

Used following materials:

Official Guide 10th and 12th editions
MGMAT SC
PowerScore CR Bible
Gmatclub and BTG materials

Took only GMATPrep, both tests several times (5-6 times each). Max scores I got were 710 and 690 with some questions repeated.

My actual test is in 36 hours. So, any suggestions how to spend this last 2 days? To what concentrate? I would really appreciate any comments.

Thanks

Hussain15 · Answer

I think you should keep the books away from yourself. Enjoy the time with your friends, watch some movies & have a good sleep. Last 36 hours cant impact your gmat score.

Best of luck & keep us posted.

kissthegmat · Answer

Yes, give a rest to books and enjoy. You will do better on test.

bb · Answer

Hopefully you are acing the test - let us know how it went!

thmgoodw · Answer

I think that really depends on the person. I always study up until midnight (or later) the night before a big exam and it has always served me well, and I know I am not alone.

Tom

bkobilov · Answer

Hi guys,

Sorry for appearing late

My exam was awful! 540 (q45, v20, awa 6.0) I am totally disappointed. I was aiming at high 600s
I was shocked when I saw number 5.. and wanted to jump out from the third floor. Honestly, I do not remember much thinks about exam day, i was sick (i got cold) and felt myself terribly. Test started very good, got two easy essay topics and managed to write in 26-28 minutes. Then took a break and started quant. I can tell that all questions were similar to gmatprep's both in difficulty level in and in concepts. However, somewhere i had to guess and i believe (unfortunately) that i made some silly mistakes. The same think with verbal.

I have never received such a low score in preparation except, the first gmatprep without any preparation (had exactly 540 that time). Especially, V20 was not appeared in any of my CATs.
I am totally exhausted. I spent almost three month at least 2-3 hours a day. Being non native speaker, i tried to do my best in verbal, but i knew that verbal was my weakest area especially RC and SC.

Now, after reading a lot of stories from the series of "should i retake?", i decided to prepare and took gmat again. Moreover, the desire of getting into top business school makes me to do it again. I think, i am going to prepare till summer and take exam in july or in august. I want to believe that, i can improve my verbal by from v20 to v40.

I have been using all useful material in Gmatclub including Gin's RC tips, sahill's sc notes, chinesburg's AWA notes and many-many.

So guys, what do you think is it possible with good strategy and study plan to improve verbal from v20 to v40 (especially want to improve RC and SC) and overall score from 540 to 720? I know that, almost 200 score improvement may seem to someone impossible, but can I do that say in 8 months?

I would really appreciate if you suggest me any plans or strategies how to dramatically improve my verbal and overall score by almost 200 points in 8 months.

Thanks,
bkobilov

Anonymous · Answer

Welcome to club buddy. I can feel your pain. I went through the same feeling when I saw 600 on screen. 27 verbal.

I just got one tip for you. Your goal should be not more than 10 incorrect in verbal on any practice test. Keep practicing.

all the best

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