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26 Dec 2020, 02:03
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Hello everyone,
I took the GMAT exam last month and scored 620. It was not the score that I expected. I had been doing well in quant section in mock tests, scoring 47, 48. But on the test day I got nervous and could not finish all the questions in time. i guessed around 6 questions in the end and did not mark last 2 or 3 questions - as far as I remember - I was so panicked to be honest. On the other hand, i was not scoring well in the verbal section in the mocks, scoring anywhere between 28 and 33 (I am not good with CR and RC). But on test day I did just fine and got 35. Again the issue was guessing last few questions. Although I did mark all the questions.
I did plan on applying with this score but I don't feel that this is the best score I can get. I did prepare all the basics well ,but I have timing issues and I get nervous and my strategies are not the best. So I thought to give myself some time before the next attempt and work on all the issues to score around 710. I don't know if I can improve by ~100 points in 7 weeks time but I want to try my best.
Kindly suggest me how I can improve and do better; I would really appreciate it.
I took the GMAT exam last month and scored 620. It was not the score that I expected. I had been doing well in quant section in mock tests, scoring 47, 48. But on the test day I got nervous and could not finish all the questions in time. i guessed around 6 questions in the end and did not mark last 2 or 3 questions - as far as I remember - I was so panicked to be honest. On the other hand, i was not scoring well in the verbal section in the mocks, scoring anywhere between 28 and 33 (I am not good with CR and RC). But on test day I did just fine and got 35. Again the issue was guessing last few questions. Although I did mark all the questions.
I did plan on applying with this score but I don't feel that this is the best score I can get. I did prepare all the basics well ,but I have timing issues and I get nervous and my strategies are not the best. So I thought to give myself some time before the next attempt and work on all the issues to score around 710. I don't know if I can improve by ~100 points in 7 weeks time but I want to try my best.
Kindly suggest me how I can improve and do better; I would really appreciate it.
26 Dec 2020, 04:20
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A few options you could choose (self-study/online courses/tutoring etc), but whatever you decide one suggestion is to not focus on Verbal to such an extent that your Quant skills rust.
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26 Dec 2020, 06:07
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If you ended up having to guess on 6 questions, then you are probably lacking at least 1 of 2 important timing techniques, and I would suggest looking into both.
The first is having a quick way of gauging whether you're behind on time. Some people do this by setting up the scratch paper such that they use each page for a fixed number of questions (e.g. 6), and then memorize how many minutes they should have left after finishing each page. The idea is that if the actual minute counter shows a number less than the number you've memorized, then you know you're behind on time. Another (perhaps slightly less precise) way is to simply take the number of questions remaining, multiply it by 2 to get the "required time to finish" and check whether it's greater than the actual minute counter. Whichever way you choose to do it, you should have a predetermined strategy such that you quickly notice whether you're behind on time.
The second technique is what you do to catch up when you've determined that you're behind on time. An easy way to do this (that aims to minimize the impact on your score) is to try to find a question that you're relatively certain you've got the right answer to, and to then immediately guess on the next question. This lets you save 2 minutes while hopefully not getting 2 wrong answers in a row. If you choose to use this technique, you should definitely practice it in mock tests before the actual exam.
Another thing is that you need to know where your limits lie, so you don't spend way too much time on a single question. If you encounter a question that you do not think you can solve in 2 minutes, or if you've already spent like 1 min 30 sec on a question and you don't think you can find the solution in another 30 sec, then it's probably best to just make an educated guess and move on to a question that you can solve.
The first is having a quick way of gauging whether you're behind on time. Some people do this by setting up the scratch paper such that they use each page for a fixed number of questions (e.g. 6), and then memorize how many minutes they should have left after finishing each page. The idea is that if the actual minute counter shows a number less than the number you've memorized, then you know you're behind on time. Another (perhaps slightly less precise) way is to simply take the number of questions remaining, multiply it by 2 to get the "required time to finish" and check whether it's greater than the actual minute counter. Whichever way you choose to do it, you should have a predetermined strategy such that you quickly notice whether you're behind on time.
The second technique is what you do to catch up when you've determined that you're behind on time. An easy way to do this (that aims to minimize the impact on your score) is to try to find a question that you're relatively certain you've got the right answer to, and to then immediately guess on the next question. This lets you save 2 minutes while hopefully not getting 2 wrong answers in a row. If you choose to use this technique, you should definitely practice it in mock tests before the actual exam.
Another thing is that you need to know where your limits lie, so you don't spend way too much time on a single question. If you encounter a question that you do not think you can solve in 2 minutes, or if you've already spent like 1 min 30 sec on a question and you don't think you can find the solution in another 30 sec, then it's probably best to just make an educated guess and move on to a question that you can solve.
