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25 Jun 2017, 11:12
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Hi to anyone reading this. I'll include some very brief background:
I am due to sit my first GMAT on 21st of July. I have been studying for about 3.5 months and in this time I have taken 4 Manhattan CATs and 2 Official GMAC CATs. My aim is to apply to top 15 schools (US and international) and I would like to score at least 700.
The results from my OG GMAC CATS are as follows:
1. (March '17): Q44 (63% percentile), V35 (74% percentile), combined score 640 (73% percentile)
2. (June '17): Q47 (73% percentile), V38 (84% percentile), combined score 690 (87% percentile).
My question is this: with approximately 3 full weeks of preparation remaining, how should I focus my study?
I am conflicted because: on the one hand, I haven't devoted a huge amount to studying verbal, and I believe I could increase my Verbal score a considerable amount, hopefully breaking the '700 barrier'.
On the other hand, I'm aware that my score is currently quite imbalanced (in favour of Verbal), which is something that may stand out negatively to admissions personnel.
Any input or feedback would be greatly appreciated, and thank you to anyone who has made it this far!
I am due to sit my first GMAT on 21st of July. I have been studying for about 3.5 months and in this time I have taken 4 Manhattan CATs and 2 Official GMAC CATs. My aim is to apply to top 15 schools (US and international) and I would like to score at least 700.
The results from my OG GMAC CATS are as follows:
1. (March '17): Q44 (63% percentile), V35 (74% percentile), combined score 640 (73% percentile)
2. (June '17): Q47 (73% percentile), V38 (84% percentile), combined score 690 (87% percentile).
My question is this: with approximately 3 full weeks of preparation remaining, how should I focus my study?
I am conflicted because: on the one hand, I haven't devoted a huge amount to studying verbal, and I believe I could increase my Verbal score a considerable amount, hopefully breaking the '700 barrier'.
On the other hand, I'm aware that my score is currently quite imbalanced (in favour of Verbal), which is something that may stand out negatively to admissions personnel.
Any input or feedback would be greatly appreciated, and thank you to anyone who has made it this far!
25 Jun 2017, 13:45
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Hi ilovefrankee,
Based on your last practice CAT score, you don't have any big "weak spots", so you have to really 'nitpick' this performance and try to define WHY you're getting questions wrong. With that information, there might be a pattern that you can spot among your wrong answers and perhaps gain a chunk of points by improving something "procedural" in how you answer questions (as opposed to trying to focus on a specific content area).
After reviewing this CAT, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just could not remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard?
4) Because you were low on time and had to guess?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Based on your last practice CAT score, you don't have any big "weak spots", so you have to really 'nitpick' this performance and try to define WHY you're getting questions wrong. With that information, there might be a pattern that you can spot among your wrong answers and perhaps gain a chunk of points by improving something "procedural" in how you answer questions (as opposed to trying to focus on a specific content area).
After reviewing this CAT, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just could not remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard?
4) Because you were low on time and had to guess?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
25 Jun 2017, 15:20
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Hi ilovefrankee,
Based on your last practice CAT score, you don't have any big "weak spots", so you have to really 'nitpick' this performance and try to define WHY you're getting questions wrong. With that information, there might be a pattern that you can spot among your wrong answers and perhaps gain a chunk of points by improving something "procedural" in how you answer questions (as opposed to trying to focus on a specific content area).
After reviewing this CAT, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just could not remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard?
4) Because you were low on time and had to guess?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Based on your last practice CAT score, you don't have any big "weak spots", so you have to really 'nitpick' this performance and try to define WHY you're getting questions wrong. With that information, there might be a pattern that you can spot among your wrong answers and perhaps gain a chunk of points by improving something "procedural" in how you answer questions (as opposed to trying to focus on a specific content area).
After reviewing this CAT, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just could not remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard?
4) Because you were low on time and had to guess?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Thanks Rich for taking the time to respond and providing such thoughtful feedback.
I think you are completely right - when reviewing both Verbal and Quant I've already noticed a number of silly errors I made in questions I would normally get right. On top of this, there are a couple of Quant questions which I simply found to hard.
I'm going to break down the questions further and look into this as per your advice.
Rich, do you have any thoughts on my query regarding the 'split' in my scoring? Is a 10% differential between Quant and Verbal something to be concerned about?
Thanks again for taking the time to read.
