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25 Jul 2021, 05:58
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Hi,
510 (Q37, V27 or lesser, I'll explain) was my disappointing GMAT score last week. I was able to pull upto 670 in offical prep mock before the test, but...
My GMAT prep since Mar 2021 was mired with COVID difficulties for self and family coupled with wfh and childcare pressures, but that's a sob story not for this post.
I am determined to rework to attain a 700 by Sep-15, so that I can apply in the last rounds of IIMs one-year programs. This time, I will have at least 4 hours per day of study.
The following were my pain points during prep and the test. I appreciate this forum's assistance and responses.
1) As much as my peer groups and family (and I too) have considered myself to be an avid reader and fluent in English, the GMAT CR and RC did show my true colors.
I have struggled a lot in breaking down CR and building the right logic. Similarly, inferences in RC were tough.
I have used the OG as a base for my prep, in addition to YouTube webinars.
What resources and specific courses would you suggest to upskill myself in CR and RC?
I am looking for as much free resources as possible.
2) I have worked hard during prep to bring my quant from 35-37 to 47-49.
During the test, I thought the questions were too easy. But I still scored low.
I assume I may have made the unforgivable silly mistakes, but I was confident.
How do I overcome this?
3) Would re-doing the OG entirely help?
I will also invest in new mock tests.
4) A few blogs suggest to take the GRE if vocabulary is a strength (which is, for me) and GMAT if logical and analytical abilities are the strength.
Is this good advice?
Hate to have an extrinsic excuse but I started the test day with a headache so bad that I couldn't see the screen or read the first few questions. I wanted to leave the test. This headache that persisted all through the test was a deterrent in some ways too. I saw the 510 but didn't really register section-wise scores. But again, I am determined to fix what I can.
So, appreciate your responses and support.
Thanks much!
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510 (Q37, V27 or lesser, I'll explain) was my disappointing GMAT score last week. I was able to pull upto 670 in offical prep mock before the test, but...
My GMAT prep since Mar 2021 was mired with COVID difficulties for self and family coupled with wfh and childcare pressures, but that's a sob story not for this post.
I am determined to rework to attain a 700 by Sep-15, so that I can apply in the last rounds of IIMs one-year programs. This time, I will have at least 4 hours per day of study.
The following were my pain points during prep and the test. I appreciate this forum's assistance and responses.
1) As much as my peer groups and family (and I too) have considered myself to be an avid reader and fluent in English, the GMAT CR and RC did show my true colors.
I have struggled a lot in breaking down CR and building the right logic. Similarly, inferences in RC were tough.
I have used the OG as a base for my prep, in addition to YouTube webinars.
What resources and specific courses would you suggest to upskill myself in CR and RC?
I am looking for as much free resources as possible.
2) I have worked hard during prep to bring my quant from 35-37 to 47-49.
During the test, I thought the questions were too easy. But I still scored low.
I assume I may have made the unforgivable silly mistakes, but I was confident.
How do I overcome this?
3) Would re-doing the OG entirely help?
I will also invest in new mock tests.
4) A few blogs suggest to take the GRE if vocabulary is a strength (which is, for me) and GMAT if logical and analytical abilities are the strength.
Is this good advice?
Hate to have an extrinsic excuse but I started the test day with a headache so bad that I couldn't see the screen or read the first few questions. I wanted to leave the test. This headache that persisted all through the test was a deterrent in some ways too. I saw the 510 but didn't really register section-wise scores. But again, I am determined to fix what I can.
So, appreciate your responses and support.
Thanks much!
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26 Jul 2021, 11:28
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I'm sorry to hear about your GMAT.
Assuming that you took your official practice exams under realistic testing conditions, the results show that, on a good day, you are capable of scoring higher than V27. Thus, it’s quite possible that nerves, stress, tiredness, or a combination of all three negatively affected your test-day performance. However, it’s also possible that you have some lingering weaknesses that were exposed on test day. Although I’m unsure of how you prepared, it’s possible that, in your preparation, particularly in verbal, you did not really learn to do what you have to do in order to score high on the actual GMAT. Rather, you picked up on some patterns that were effective in getting you relatively high scores on practice tests. So, for you to hit your score goal, your preparation, particularly for verbal, probably needs to be more complete, meaning that you have to go through the various types of GMAT questions carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills.
For verbal specifically, you have to become more skilled at clearly defining the differences between trap choices and correct answers. Otherwise, you will get stuck guessing between two choices or be surprised to find that you incorrectly answered questions that you thought you answered correctly. Becoming more skilled in this way takes carefully analyzing all of the answer choices to lots of verbal questions to develop an eye for the logical differences between the choices. In other words, you have to go beyond answering practice questions and reading explanations to doing deep analysis of questions to learn to see everything that is going on in them.
In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant and verbal materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant and verbal courses.
You also may find it helpful to read the following articles:
how to score a 700+ on the GMAT
Why Was My GMAT Score Lower Than My Practice Test Scores?
Assuming that you took your official practice exams under realistic testing conditions, the results show that, on a good day, you are capable of scoring higher than V27. Thus, it’s quite possible that nerves, stress, tiredness, or a combination of all three negatively affected your test-day performance. However, it’s also possible that you have some lingering weaknesses that were exposed on test day. Although I’m unsure of how you prepared, it’s possible that, in your preparation, particularly in verbal, you did not really learn to do what you have to do in order to score high on the actual GMAT. Rather, you picked up on some patterns that were effective in getting you relatively high scores on practice tests. So, for you to hit your score goal, your preparation, particularly for verbal, probably needs to be more complete, meaning that you have to go through the various types of GMAT questions carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills.
For verbal specifically, you have to become more skilled at clearly defining the differences between trap choices and correct answers. Otherwise, you will get stuck guessing between two choices or be surprised to find that you incorrectly answered questions that you thought you answered correctly. Becoming more skilled in this way takes carefully analyzing all of the answer choices to lots of verbal questions to develop an eye for the logical differences between the choices. In other words, you have to go beyond answering practice questions and reading explanations to doing deep analysis of questions to learn to see everything that is going on in them.
In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant and verbal materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant and verbal courses.
You also may find it helpful to read the following articles:
how to score a 700+ on the GMAT
Why Was My GMAT Score Lower Than My Practice Test Scores?
27 Jul 2021, 03:04
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Scott,
Thank you so much your insights. In reflection, I think what you suggest about my verbal scores during practice tests could be true. I did small parts using focus areas to work on vs a whole skill approach, particularly in CR. Will work on this.
Thank you much again!
Thank you so much your insights. In reflection, I think what you suggest about my verbal scores during practice tests could be true. I did small parts using focus areas to work on vs a whole skill approach, particularly in CR. Will work on this.
Thank you much again!
