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Hi all,
So for the third (and hopefully final!) time, I am going to attempt to take my GMAT. The last two times work got too busy and I had to stop studying. Luckily the next 2 months or so should be slow.
So my current level is ~630 (MGMAT, ~Q40/~V37). Before I started studying (January 2012), I was at 570 Q31/V38 (GMAT Prep). I obviously have not really looked at any verbal stuff and have been concentrating on my quant. I am shooting for Q48/V42 final score.
Anyway, so here I am trying to start studying again and I am not really sure how to continue to study quant to get past my Q40 wall. I have attached my MGMAT assessment in an attempt to get some help interpreting it and creating an efficient study plan. Since it has been several months since I have taken any practice tests/done any OG problems, I am essentially starting over (I don't remember any of the questions). This time around I'd like to do it right (and actually see an improvement, lol)
Here are my takeaways:
My PS/DS are equally poor
My timing doesn't seem to be an issue
My materials:
MGMAT 4th edition books
MGMAT OG 12 Companion
OG 12 & OG 13
OG Quant
OG Verbal
Sackmann's Challange sets
So here are some questions I have:
1. Any takeaways from my MGMAT assessment?
2. Working through the OG- last time I attempted to work straight through... would it be better to do it by topic as in the MGMAT guides? At what point should I attempt the "advanced sections"?
3. I am definitely not going to have time to do every problem in each of Sackmann's sets. That said, are there any that are especially helpful? I have a feeling this is going to depend on my weaknesses more than anything.
4. I am going to be much more diligent with my error log this time around- how often should I review it?
5. The only tests I have available are the MGMAT and GMATPrep and I have a feeling I should have a few more. Any recommendations on addition tests?
I would like to take the test at the beginning of September and finally be done with it, giving me right around 2 months for a 100 point increase... this is doable, right? lol
Anyway, thanks for reading and thanks in advance for the help. Here is the link to my MGMAT test assessments. https://imgur.com/a/Tc62o
So for the third (and hopefully final!) time, I am going to attempt to take my GMAT. The last two times work got too busy and I had to stop studying. Luckily the next 2 months or so should be slow.
So my current level is ~630 (MGMAT, ~Q40/~V37). Before I started studying (January 2012), I was at 570 Q31/V38 (GMAT Prep). I obviously have not really looked at any verbal stuff and have been concentrating on my quant. I am shooting for Q48/V42 final score.
Anyway, so here I am trying to start studying again and I am not really sure how to continue to study quant to get past my Q40 wall. I have attached my MGMAT assessment in an attempt to get some help interpreting it and creating an efficient study plan. Since it has been several months since I have taken any practice tests/done any OG problems, I am essentially starting over (I don't remember any of the questions). This time around I'd like to do it right (and actually see an improvement, lol)
Here are my takeaways:
My PS/DS are equally poor
My timing doesn't seem to be an issue
My materials:
MGMAT 4th edition books
MGMAT OG 12 Companion
OG 12 & OG 13
OG Quant
OG Verbal
Sackmann's Challange sets
So here are some questions I have:
1. Any takeaways from my MGMAT assessment?
2. Working through the OG- last time I attempted to work straight through... would it be better to do it by topic as in the MGMAT guides? At what point should I attempt the "advanced sections"?
3. I am definitely not going to have time to do every problem in each of Sackmann's sets. That said, are there any that are especially helpful? I have a feeling this is going to depend on my weaknesses more than anything.
4. I am going to be much more diligent with my error log this time around- how often should I review it?
5. The only tests I have available are the MGMAT and GMATPrep and I have a feeling I should have a few more. Any recommendations on addition tests?
I would like to take the test at the beginning of September and finally be done with it, giving me right around 2 months for a 100 point increase... this is doable, right? lol
Anyway, thanks for reading and thanks in advance for the help. Here is the link to my MGMAT test assessments. https://imgur.com/a/Tc62o
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You must figure out how the error log will best work for you. For some, a detailed spreadsheet is used. For some (such as myself) it was simply a paper and pen with a legend to track incorrect problems, guesses, too much time, etc.
Your scores are kind of all over the place. You definetly need to work on the 600-700 problems in general, but you can also see certain subsections in both quant and verbal are killing you. This is where the error log is key. You need to figure out the WHY aspect of answering problems incorrectly. Many people read solutions, think to himself/herself "oh i get it now", and then can't apply the principal on later problems. What worked for me was I broke down my thinking on those problems and tried to identify the subconscious things I did that led me to incorrect answers. Some examples of what I discovered: Skipping steps in math, thinking in incorrect grammar leads to incorrect SC answers, applying geo/trg rules incorrectly, among others. When you uncover these, you can go back to basics to make sure you master the fundamentals and then move to problems.
Work from your weakest section up. Your verbal is in the high 70's percentile. A quant boost will get your score to jump and a few more points in verbal will also greatly help.
Best of luck,
Your scores are kind of all over the place. You definetly need to work on the 600-700 problems in general, but you can also see certain subsections in both quant and verbal are killing you. This is where the error log is key. You need to figure out the WHY aspect of answering problems incorrectly. Many people read solutions, think to himself/herself "oh i get it now", and then can't apply the principal on later problems. What worked for me was I broke down my thinking on those problems and tried to identify the subconscious things I did that led me to incorrect answers. Some examples of what I discovered: Skipping steps in math, thinking in incorrect grammar leads to incorrect SC answers, applying geo/trg rules incorrectly, among others. When you uncover these, you can go back to basics to make sure you master the fundamentals and then move to problems.
Work from your weakest section up. Your verbal is in the high 70's percentile. A quant boost will get your score to jump and a few more points in verbal will also greatly help.
Best of luck,
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