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Need help with basic startery for way forward to GMAT main test [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2016, 12:02
Hi,

I am an aspiring GMATer and have planned to give the test within next 30 days.

I have a target score of 700 which is realistic for me but i am having trouble scoring good in mock tests.

I am decent in quant part but suck in verbal. From the last 3 months, i have dedicated most of time to verbal and now i have started to get to average level.
However the scores are fluctuating a lot, for eg. in 1 test i score 13/17 correct in SC but get 4/11 in CR, in the next, i score 7/17 in SC and 8/11 in CR.

Would really appreciate some advice on the doubts i have. Can anyone please help?

My doubts are:

1. What are the top 5 topics of question in the first 20 range of each section.
Like for Quant: 1. Yes/No DS, 2. Probability....
For Verbal: SC: 1. Parallelism 2. Modifiers....etc
This would really help me plan for my focus area as i want to have.

2. For SC which is better, E-Gmat tutorials in the below link or just youtube grammar videos?
https://gmatclub.com/forum/e-gmat-s-all-sc-topics-consolidated-144985.html

3. Which lever questions should i practice more 700 or 600?
While doing 700 level question, the correct % is not great and get demotivated after it. Whereas in 600 level questions, the correct % is good but want to go a level higher. U see the problem here.

4. For quant, are you aware of any question bank of mix question for practice. My trouble some areas in quant are Percentage, Remainders and related Questions.

5. And finally, i might not have covered all the points here, but feel free to give the inputs.

Your inputs are highly valuable and would make out of it.

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Re: Need help with basic startery for way forward to GMAT main test [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2016, 12:30
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Hi amulya619,

Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What materials have you used?
3) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
4) Did you take the FULL CAT each time (with the Essay and IR sections)?

Goals:
4) What is your goal score?
5) Do you have an exact GMAT Test Date yet?
6) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
7) What Schools are you planning to apply to?

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Need help with basic startery for way forward to GMAT main test [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2016, 13:00
EMPOWERgmatRichC wrote:
Hi amulya619,

Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What materials have you used?
3) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
4) Did you take the FULL CAT each time (with the Essay and IR sections)?

Goals:
4) What is your goal score?
5) Do you have an exact GMAT Test Date yet?
6) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
7) What Schools are you planning to apply to?


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Hi EMPOWERgmatRichC,
Glad to hear from you.

The answers to your questions are as below:

1) How long have you studied?
Ans: I started serious studies from June 2016(almost 3.5 months)

2) What materials have you used?
Ans: I have joined Manya Princeton review classes but they have not been of much help. Usually i practice questions from princeton's site and GMAT club. Occasionally, i review other sources like GMATprep.

3) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
Ans: I have taken 5 mock tests till date and 1 diagnostic test. The scores are as follows:
18th June, 2016: Diagnostic test- 490(Q43, V16)
28th July, 2016: Mock test 1- 600(Q46, V27)
16th August, 2016: Mock test 2- 590(Q45, V27)
2nd September, 2016:Mock test 3- 560(Q40, V27)
9th September, 2016: Mock test 4- 550(Q43, V22)
24th September, 2016: Mock test 5- 500(Q38, V22)
Remark: All the tests were given on Princeton review's platform

4) Did you take the FULL CAT each time (with the Essay and IR sections)?
Ans: Yes. Last 2 tests were full tests.

Goals:
4) What is your goal score?
Ans: My target Score is 700 but i am eyeing for 720.

5) Do you have an exact GMAT Test Date yet?
Ans: No. Not yet. But will definitely give the in the last week of October.

6) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
Ans: Planning to apply immediately after the GMAT as i want to enter Fall 2017 batch.

7) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
Ans: I dont have any any specific target as of date but i will do MBA in operations management. But the rough list includes:
1. Indian School of business
2. London Business School
3. The Wharton School....etc.

If there is anything more, kindly let me know.

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Re: Need help with basic startery for way forward to GMAT main test [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2016, 13:30
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Hi amulya619,

Given your recent FULL-LENGTH CAT Scores, the goal to raise a low-500s score to a 700+ score in a month is simply not realistic. Since all of those CAT scores are from Princeton CATs, I'd like to see how you perform on one of the Official GMAC CATs though. I suggest you take one this weekend and make sure to make it as realistic as possible (so take the FULL CAT - with the Essay and IR sections, take it away from your home, at the same time of day as when you think you'll take the Official GMAT, etc.). Once you have that score, you should report back here. Given the trend in your CAT scores, you would likely need another 2-3 months of consistent, guided to study to hit your goal score. As such, you will likely need to consider pushing back your Test Date.

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Re: Need help with basic startery for way forward to GMAT main test [#permalink] New post   29 Sep 2016, 07:13
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Hi amulya619,

Let’s see how you score on the official practice test you’re going to take. After seeing that score, we can provide some better guidance.
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Re: Need help with basic startery for way forward to GMAT main test [#permalink] New post   29 Sep 2016, 07:57
EMPOWERgmatRichC wrote:
Hi amulya619,

Given your recent FULL-LENGTH CAT Scores, the goal to raise a low-500s score to a 700+ score in a month is simply not realistic. Since all of those CAT scores are from Princeton CATs, I'd like to see how you perform on one of the Official GMAC CATs though. I suggest you take one this weekend and make sure to make it as realistic as possible (so take the FULL CAT - with the Essay and IR sections, take it away from your home, at the same time of day as when you think you'll take the Official GMAT, etc.). Once you have that score, you should report back here. Given the trend in your CAT scores, you would likely need another 2-3 months of consistent, guided to study to hit your goal score. As such, you will likely need to consider pushing back your Test Date.

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Hi EMPOWERgmatRichC,

Thanks for your inputs!!!!

I am totally in agreement with you regarding the GMAC mock test. Planned to give it this weekend.

However i feel that the my scores of Princeton's test are are not the true reflection. For example, in the recent test, in which i scored 500, i got 30 questions correct out of 37 with only 3 wrong in first 20 and i got the score of 38.

So, the GMAC test can make the picture more clear.

Will update my GMAC score this weekend and thanks again for your help. Really appreciate it!!

Regards,

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Re: Need help with basic startery for way forward to GMAT main test [#permalink] New post   03 Oct 2016, 11:11
EMPOWERgmatRichC wrote:
Hi amulya619,

Given your recent FULL-LENGTH CAT Scores, the goal to raise a low-500s score to a 700+ score in a month is simply not realistic. Since all of those CAT scores are from Princeton CATs, I'd like to see how you perform on one of the Official GMAC CATs though. I suggest you take one this weekend and make sure to make it as realistic as possible (so take the FULL CAT - with the Essay and IR sections, take it away from your home, at the same time of day as when you think you'll take the Official GMAT, etc.). Once you have that score, you should report back here. Given the trend in your CAT scores, you would likely need another 2-3 months of consistent, guided to study to hit your goal score. As such, you will likely need to consider pushing back your Test Date.

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Hi EMPOWERgmatRichC and JeffTargetTestPrep,

I gave the GMAT prep practice test today and scored 620 (Q48, V27).

Eagerly waiting for your inputs.

Regards,

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Re: Need help with basic startery for way forward to GMAT main test [#permalink] New post   03 Oct 2016, 20:33
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Hi amulya619,

While a 620 is an improvement from your last few CATs, it's still going to take some significant effort to raise this score to a 700+. Given your general timeframe, you're looking at less than 4 weeks of study time remaining. To hit your goal score, you'll have to make some significant improvements to how you handle the Verbal section (and if you could squeeze out a few more points from the Quant section, then that would help).

Before you 'rush in' to take the GMAT (potentially too soon), you should be clear on each of the application deadlines that you're facing. If you're looking at Round 2 deadlines, then you could have 2-3 months of time with which you could study and take the GMAT - so trying to force all of this GMAT effort into the month of October is probably not necessary.

1) Have you completed all of your current study materials?

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Re: Need help with basic startery for way forward to GMAT main test [#permalink] New post   04 Oct 2016, 10:04
EMPOWERgmatRichC wrote:
Hi amulya619,

While a 620 is an improvement from your last few CATs, it's still going to take some significant effort to raise this score to a 700+. Given your general timeframe, you're looking at less than 4 weeks of study time remaining. To hit your goal score, you'll have to make some significant improvements to how you handle the Verbal section (and if you could squeeze out a few more points from the Quant section, then that would help).

Before you 'rush in' to take the GMAT (potentially too soon), you should be clear on each of the application deadlines that you're facing. If you're looking at Round 2 deadlines, then you could have 2-3 months of time with which you could study and take the GMAT - so trying to force all of this GMAT effort into the month of October is probably not necessary.

1) Have you completed all of your current study materials?

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Hi EMPOWERgmatRichC,

Thanks for your feedback.

I totally agree with your point regarding the Round 2 deadlines. Actually, the only reason for me taking GMAT in OCT last was round 2 deadlines.

I have not completed the course material Princeton gave. From question bank: Quant-around 20% and verbal- Around 60% still remains.

Nowadays, i am studying via GMAT club question banks.

Can you please suggest some good quant question bank as i feel that the one of Princeton's is below par as per GMAT is concerned.

Thanks and Regards,

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Re: Need help with basic startery for way forward to GMAT main test [#permalink] New post   04 Oct 2016, 14:08
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Hi amulya619,

Based on your most recent post (and some comments that you've made in your prior posts), I'm hoping that you can clarify a few points:

1) Are you going to push back your Test Date? (I think that this would be a good idea - you'll have a much better chance to hit your score goal if you have 2 months of additional study time than if you have less than 4 weeks).
2) You were concerned that some of your current study materials were not helping you to properly prepare. Are you still planning to work through the rest of those study materials or not?

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