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04 Aug 2017, 08:11
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Hello People,
I have been preparing for GMAT since January 2017. I gave my actual exam on 4th of April and scored a 630 (Q47, V29) IR 6 and AWA 5. I was really nervous on the test day and overshot the break before my verbal section. This probably screwed up my verbal score because I used to score a 35ish during my mocks.
I used the following resources for my first attempt:
1. Magoosh Online full course
2. Manhattan Review CR Guide
3. Manhattan Review Math Study companion
4. Powerscore CR Bible
5. Kaplan Online question bank
The issue with Magoosh mocks was that they included only the Math and Verbal section. Hence, I never accounted the fatigue of AWA and IR on my test scores. However, with the new GMAT rules, I should be able to do better. I gave 6 Kaplan mocks as well (all under test conditions). My scores ranged from 610 to 710. Hence, I was really unsure of my test performance on the D-day.
I understand that I committed 2 major mistakes during my first attempt:
1. Never touched the OG
2. Did not use this forum
3. No proper grasp on verbal
I was completely lost after the 630. Even though I absolutely detest coaching institutes, I joined a local branch of Princeton Review in India for a 3 month course. I did the following during my 3 months:
1. OG 2017
2. Official Quantitative Review 2017
3. Official Verbal Review 2017
4. Princeton Materials
5. MGMAT SC guide
6. MGMAT RC guide
Here are my recent test scores (all given under test conditions):
1. Manhattan Prep (V34, Q28) : 520
2. Princeton (V34, Q41) : 620
3. Princeton (V38, Q39) : 630
4. GMAT Prep1 (V35, Q45) : 650
5. Princeton (V33, Q48) : 650
Hence, here I am. Stuck at 650 even after 7 months. I feel really low reading stories of people who cracked this exam within 3 months. I try hard every day to study as much as I can because of my working hours. I have even solved SC questions in my sleep. I have booked a date again on 26th October 2017. I am running out of time and financial resources to continue my GMAT prep. I really need a 700+.
A humble request from a hardworking student: Please help me plan my 3 months in a way so that I achieve my desired score. Thank you all.
I have been preparing for GMAT since January 2017. I gave my actual exam on 4th of April and scored a 630 (Q47, V29) IR 6 and AWA 5. I was really nervous on the test day and overshot the break before my verbal section. This probably screwed up my verbal score because I used to score a 35ish during my mocks.
I used the following resources for my first attempt:
1. Magoosh Online full course
2. Manhattan Review CR Guide
3. Manhattan Review Math Study companion
4. Powerscore CR Bible
5. Kaplan Online question bank
The issue with Magoosh mocks was that they included only the Math and Verbal section. Hence, I never accounted the fatigue of AWA and IR on my test scores. However, with the new GMAT rules, I should be able to do better. I gave 6 Kaplan mocks as well (all under test conditions). My scores ranged from 610 to 710. Hence, I was really unsure of my test performance on the D-day.
I understand that I committed 2 major mistakes during my first attempt:
1. Never touched the OG
2. Did not use this forum
3. No proper grasp on verbal
I was completely lost after the 630. Even though I absolutely detest coaching institutes, I joined a local branch of Princeton Review in India for a 3 month course. I did the following during my 3 months:
1. OG 2017
2. Official Quantitative Review 2017
3. Official Verbal Review 2017
4. Princeton Materials
5. MGMAT SC guide
6. MGMAT RC guide
Here are my recent test scores (all given under test conditions):
1. Manhattan Prep (V34, Q28) : 520
2. Princeton (V34, Q41) : 620
3. Princeton (V38, Q39) : 630
4. GMAT Prep1 (V35, Q45) : 650
5. Princeton (V33, Q48) : 650
Hence, here I am. Stuck at 650 even after 7 months. I feel really low reading stories of people who cracked this exam within 3 months. I try hard every day to study as much as I can because of my working hours. I have even solved SC questions in my sleep. I have booked a date again on 26th October 2017. I am running out of time and financial resources to continue my GMAT prep. I really need a 700+.
A humble request from a hardworking student: Please help me plan my 3 months in a way so that I achieve my desired score. Thank you all.
04 Aug 2017, 15:07
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Please do not dismay; the GMAT is a truly daunting experience especially for non-native English speakers. It is great that you are practicing using the OG Guide since the problems contained in it are very representative of the real GMAT. I love Manhattan Prep guides, and I truly found the Kaplan Gmat Premiere 2017 really helpful (especially to give you a really broad overview of the GMAT and because of its practice tests). However, you do seem to already have enough study materials so I would not recommend you to buy any more books; instead focus on studying/practicing, with great detail, using what you already have. A really helpful yet tedious way of getting better is by redoing all the problems that you get wrong until you get them right within 2 minutes or less; this might seem as unproductive but you'll see that this will help you to get better at answering new and harder questions correctly (this will also improve your stamina and desperation skills). Also, keep a log of your errors and study it to see what you're weaknesses are. Remember that the level of difficulty of the questions you get right is more important in determining your score than the number of questions that you get right. A very important aspect of the GMAT is that it forces you to identify those questions that you know deep inside that you won't be able to answer correctly in order to pass them (make an educated guess) to concentrate on those questions that you know you can answer correctly. If you think about it, those questions that the GMAT forces you to skip are probably of a higher difficulty level so they will hurt your score less. Practice makes perfect! You have enough time to improve your score.
04 Aug 2017, 15:48
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Hey Rhymenocerous, thank you so much for helping me out. I know that OG is the closest one can get to real GMAT questions. Hence, during solving my OG, I marked all the questions that I got incorrect. Now that I am solving them again, I sort of get almost all of them correct. Maybe its because I have recently completed them so they are stuck in my memory.
Another thing is that I take >2 min to solve the 700+ questions (both in quant and verbal). Will it be a wise thing only to practice 700+ questions from Gmatclub tests and hard verbal resources ?
Thanks again !!
Another thing is that I take >2 min to solve the 700+ questions (both in quant and verbal). Will it be a wise thing only to practice 700+ questions from Gmatclub tests and hard verbal resources ?
Thanks again !!
