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29 Jun 2015, 10:04
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Hello,
I recently took the GMAT (for the 3rd time) last week and scored a 420, which was the exact same score as when I took it 6 months ago, except this time I did better on the quant section whereas the last time I did better on the verbal section. The first time I took the GMAT I barely put in any effort which is why I only scored a 330.
When I took the GMAT 6 months ago in January, I scored a 510 on the adaptive test a couple days before, so I thought scoring a 450 (which is required to get into my school of choice) would be a piece of cake. I studied hard every day and some on weekends for about a month straight. I took 6 months off of studying to focus on my last semester in college and gave myself about another month of studying before retaking the GMAT again last week and was very shocked I made no progress on my score.
I have the Official Guide and some other study materials I have been using. I plan on retaking the GMAT again at the end of July so I can be admitted into my schools MBA program by the beginning of August. I also work 40 hours a week and will be starting a month long online class next week, so time isn't on my side.
If anyone has any tips or advice on were I can improve I would greatly appreciate it!!
Thank you
I recently took the GMAT (for the 3rd time) last week and scored a 420, which was the exact same score as when I took it 6 months ago, except this time I did better on the quant section whereas the last time I did better on the verbal section. The first time I took the GMAT I barely put in any effort which is why I only scored a 330.
When I took the GMAT 6 months ago in January, I scored a 510 on the adaptive test a couple days before, so I thought scoring a 450 (which is required to get into my school of choice) would be a piece of cake. I studied hard every day and some on weekends for about a month straight. I took 6 months off of studying to focus on my last semester in college and gave myself about another month of studying before retaking the GMAT again last week and was very shocked I made no progress on my score.
I have the Official Guide and some other study materials I have been using. I plan on retaking the GMAT again at the end of July so I can be admitted into my schools MBA program by the beginning of August. I also work 40 hours a week and will be starting a month long online class next week, so time isn't on my side.
If anyone has any tips or advice on were I can improve I would greatly appreciate it!!
Thank you
29 Jun 2015, 10:39
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tylerhagar
Hey tylerhagar,
Since you're taking the GMAT again at the end of July, you have roughly a month to study.
Here is a customized one month study plan that can help boost your score: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... study-plan
Use this as a guideline. You don’t have to follow it exactly but the structure of the study plan should be the same structure that you take in your approach. This helps to optimize your retention and learning.
The fact that you have studied for so long, and have seen fluctuations in your scores might indicate a problem with your study habits. As you study, we recommend that you focus on quality over quantity. Try going back to previous questions and seeing if you can answer them with ease. The more you can answer correctly, the more likely it is that you understand the material.
As you study, we recommend that you focus on one particular subsection for multiple consecutive days before moving onto the next. You can see this in our study plan where we recommend 5 days on nothing but SC -- before moving onto CR and then RC.
29 Jun 2015, 16:03
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Hi tylerhagar,
Your score goal is absolutely reasonable, but something must be 'off' with how you're approaching the study process (and Test Day itself). I'm sure that we can figure out what needs to be 'fixed', but I'd like to know a bit more information before I offer any suggestions.
1) What were your Overall Scores and Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores on each of your GMATs?
2) Did you have trouble finishing any of the sections on time? (and did you have to guess on a bunch of questions or did you leave questions unanswered?)?
3) Other than the OG, what other resources have you been studying with?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Your score goal is absolutely reasonable, but something must be 'off' with how you're approaching the study process (and Test Day itself). I'm sure that we can figure out what needs to be 'fixed', but I'd like to know a bit more information before I offer any suggestions.
1) What were your Overall Scores and Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores on each of your GMATs?
2) Did you have trouble finishing any of the sections on time? (and did you have to guess on a bunch of questions or did you leave questions unanswered?)?
3) Other than the OG, what other resources have you been studying with?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
