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25 Apr 2011, 07:20
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Hi All,
I've been studying for the GMAT since Jan of this year in the following order.
1. Kaplan Math Review Workbook
2. MGMAT Guides : Sentence Correction
All the Quant Guides.
I took my first MGMAT three weeks ago and here are my scores thus far
MGMAT 1: Q30 , V23 : 490
MGMAT 2: Q24, V31 : 470
MGMAT 3: Q30, V32 : 520
GMATPREP 1: Q20/37
V17/41 (I moved on before writing down but I think this cam out at about 450-470)
A couple of points to note, the questions both verbal and quant where much trickier in the GMATPREP. Not harder mathematically but just trickier.
I ran the MGMAT assesment reports so I'm aware of the multitude of area where there is needed improvement. Another element I noted was that when I'm thinking I'm doing well I'm not. I thought I did much better in MGMAT 2 and GMATPREP1 (particularly in Verbal on the latter a V17 is just unacceptable).
I'm studying 3 hours midweek and anywhere from 3 - 10 hours a day at the weekends. (the latter being the majority at the moment).
Question. I have one month till the GMAT proper and I need to be scoring 600. Do I
A. Forget about doing the GMAT in a month and push it out
B. Concentrate on taking practice tests , reviewing anwers and improving in that manner or
C. Use the assesment reports and concentrate on strategy in my weak areas.
Time-wise I think I'm at my limit (if not over it) with regards to how much I can actually do and still retain what I'm learning.
Advice, pretty please
I've been studying for the GMAT since Jan of this year in the following order.
1. Kaplan Math Review Workbook
2. MGMAT Guides : Sentence Correction
All the Quant Guides.
I took my first MGMAT three weeks ago and here are my scores thus far
MGMAT 1: Q30 , V23 : 490
MGMAT 2: Q24, V31 : 470
MGMAT 3: Q30, V32 : 520
GMATPREP 1: Q20/37
V17/41 (I moved on before writing down but I think this cam out at about 450-470)
A couple of points to note, the questions both verbal and quant where much trickier in the GMATPREP. Not harder mathematically but just trickier.
I ran the MGMAT assesment reports so I'm aware of the multitude of area where there is needed improvement. Another element I noted was that when I'm thinking I'm doing well I'm not. I thought I did much better in MGMAT 2 and GMATPREP1 (particularly in Verbal on the latter a V17 is just unacceptable).
I'm studying 3 hours midweek and anywhere from 3 - 10 hours a day at the weekends. (the latter being the majority at the moment).
Question. I have one month till the GMAT proper and I need to be scoring 600. Do I
A. Forget about doing the GMAT in a month and push it out
B. Concentrate on taking practice tests , reviewing anwers and improving in that manner or
C. Use the assesment reports and concentrate on strategy in my weak areas.
Time-wise I think I'm at my limit (if not over it) with regards to how much I can actually do and still retain what I'm learning.
Advice, pretty please
25 Apr 2011, 08:53
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It might be safer to postpone the GMAT for a few weeks. However, I understand that studying since January is a long time; we have to balance the advantages of adding a few more weeks of study to the disadvantages of GMAT fatigue. I mention this due to your last sentence, which concerns me.
Anything around a score of 500 suggests that there is room for improvement overall, so perhaps it's not time to solely focus on specific mistakes. However, you can focus on your absolute weakest areas. And if there really are only a few areas that you have trouble in (for example, SC and word problems), then working on those areas is a good idea.
How did you perform on the AWA? This is important for the practice CAT's, as it allows you to fully feel the fatigue later on in the test. Make sure to mimic test conditions as closely as possible.
And I'm not a huge fan of practicing with many CAT's. The six Manhattan tests and the two GMATPrep tests are enough. For increased conceptual understanding, nothing replaces guidebooks and question practice.
Anything around a score of 500 suggests that there is room for improvement overall, so perhaps it's not time to solely focus on specific mistakes. However, you can focus on your absolute weakest areas. And if there really are only a few areas that you have trouble in (for example, SC and word problems), then working on those areas is a good idea.
How did you perform on the AWA? This is important for the practice CAT's, as it allows you to fully feel the fatigue later on in the test. Make sure to mimic test conditions as closely as possible.
And I'm not a huge fan of practicing with many CAT's. The six Manhattan tests and the two GMATPrep tests are enough. For increased conceptual understanding, nothing replaces guidebooks and question practice.
cheetarah1980
GMAT 1: 710 Q48 V40
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25 Apr 2011, 11:28
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It sounds like you need to master the content. Taking more CATs will not help you learn the material. Your scores thus far tell me that you can improve in both Verbal and Quant. Have you gone through every page of the MGMAT Quant guides? You will get the most out of them if you start at page one and work through all of the concepts and practice problems, including the OG problem sets. This will give you a better grounding of the different ways the material can be applied.
In order to move through all of these books you will need more than a month. I suggest pushing the test out and adopting a 4 days/week study approach (3 weekdays, 1 weekend day) in order to stave off GMAT fatigue. For me personally, getting the content and concepts down cold was the key to improving my practice test scores.
In order to move through all of these books you will need more than a month. I suggest pushing the test out and adopting a 4 days/week study approach (3 weekdays, 1 weekend day) in order to stave off GMAT fatigue. For me personally, getting the content and concepts down cold was the key to improving my practice test scores.
