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24 Aug 2015, 16:52
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Hello,
I'm in a bit of a rut with my GMAT studying, part of me is wanting to give up, and wanted to get some advice that has worked for others. To give some background on myself I started studying for the GMAT back in March of this year. My goal is to start school next fall so I figured if I could get the score I needed over the summer that would give me time to the rest of my application and get them sent in. At first I wasn't studying that much, maybe an hour a day. I took a few practice tests and was scoring around 540. When I started studying I booked a date to take my test from the very beginning so I took my first test and bombed it, I got a 470 so I cancelled this first test score.
Right after I took my first test I decided to sign up for Magoosh. During the first few weeks I was studying about 3 hours a day but as my second test was getting closer I started slacking and was only studying about 2 hours a day max. My practice tests were getting better, not great by any means but I was seeing some improvement (on average I was getting 590). I went in to my second test feeling confident that I could break 600 and came out with a 540 (34Q, 30V), after this test I was definitely angry with myself but figured I just needed to keep studying.
That second test was a little less than a month ago and now I'm taking the test a third time in late September. Over these last few weeks I've trying to plenty of problems and practice tests but I'm just starting to get a little down with myself. I keep taking practice tests and I keep getting 580 or 590 but never higher, my highest quantities has been 42 and my highest verbal has been 31. I've gotten these scores probably 4 different times in tests including once in the official GMAT practice but have never been able to go above these scores. Right now I'm at a point where I'm lost on how to improve my studying and just feeling like maybe I shouldn't be doing this. I don't want to give up but I feel like I've hit a wall and I don't think what I'm doing is really working. I would appreciate any thoughts, or things that have worked for you in your studying and to improve your score. At this point I need help on both my quantitative and my verbal so anything will help.
Thanks,
Daniel
I'm in a bit of a rut with my GMAT studying, part of me is wanting to give up, and wanted to get some advice that has worked for others. To give some background on myself I started studying for the GMAT back in March of this year. My goal is to start school next fall so I figured if I could get the score I needed over the summer that would give me time to the rest of my application and get them sent in. At first I wasn't studying that much, maybe an hour a day. I took a few practice tests and was scoring around 540. When I started studying I booked a date to take my test from the very beginning so I took my first test and bombed it, I got a 470 so I cancelled this first test score.
Right after I took my first test I decided to sign up for Magoosh. During the first few weeks I was studying about 3 hours a day but as my second test was getting closer I started slacking and was only studying about 2 hours a day max. My practice tests were getting better, not great by any means but I was seeing some improvement (on average I was getting 590). I went in to my second test feeling confident that I could break 600 and came out with a 540 (34Q, 30V), after this test I was definitely angry with myself but figured I just needed to keep studying.
That second test was a little less than a month ago and now I'm taking the test a third time in late September. Over these last few weeks I've trying to plenty of problems and practice tests but I'm just starting to get a little down with myself. I keep taking practice tests and I keep getting 580 or 590 but never higher, my highest quantities has been 42 and my highest verbal has been 31. I've gotten these scores probably 4 different times in tests including once in the official GMAT practice but have never been able to go above these scores. Right now I'm at a point where I'm lost on how to improve my studying and just feeling like maybe I shouldn't be doing this. I don't want to give up but I feel like I've hit a wall and I don't think what I'm doing is really working. I would appreciate any thoughts, or things that have worked for you in your studying and to improve your score. At this point I need help on both my quantitative and my verbal so anything will help.
Thanks,
Daniel
24 Aug 2015, 19:07
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Hi Daniel,
From what you've described, it sounds like you've gotten 'stuck' studying in this way, so you should STOP taking practice CATs and focus more on review (at least in the short term). By defining whatever areas are causing you problems, you can focus your studies, train properly and improve.
Here are some things to look for on your last CAT:
1) Did you have trouble finishing any of the sections on time (and did you have to guess on questions just to finish)?
2) How many questions did you get wrong because of a silly/little mistake?
3) How many Verbal questions did you 'narrow down to 2 choices' but still get wrong?
You did not mention it in your post, but what is your score goal?
When are you planning to apply to Business School?
Do you know what Schools you plan to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
From what you've described, it sounds like you've gotten 'stuck' studying in this way, so you should STOP taking practice CATs and focus more on review (at least in the short term). By defining whatever areas are causing you problems, you can focus your studies, train properly and improve.
Here are some things to look for on your last CAT:
1) Did you have trouble finishing any of the sections on time (and did you have to guess on questions just to finish)?
2) How many questions did you get wrong because of a silly/little mistake?
3) How many Verbal questions did you 'narrow down to 2 choices' but still get wrong?
You did not mention it in your post, but what is your score goal?
When are you planning to apply to Business School?
Do you know what Schools you plan to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
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Updated on: 24 Aug 2015, 20:21
Originally posted by danielvivas10 on 24 Aug 2015, 19:31.
Last edited by danielvivas10 on 24 Aug 2015, 20:21, edited 1 time in total.
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Hi Rich,
Thanks for the quick reply! Sorry I forgot to include some information about my goals in my original post. When I started studying my plan was to apply to Cornell, Emory, Carnegie, and Brigham Young. Currently, while I'm trying to keep my hopes up, I don't know if I'll be applying to all those schools if my score doesn't go up. From that list Brigham Young I will for sure be applying to and their average score is 670 so that's what target score has been. My plan right now is to apply in the second round of application so mid-December/early january.
To answer one of the other questions, I'm not currently getting through all my questions. This problem is especially worse in my quantitative portion, in the last GMAT I took when I got a 540 I was rushed on probably the last 10-12 questions, by rushed I mean I had 1 minute per question and I actually didn't even get to answer the last two questions. I also feel like I'm still making a lot of silly mistakes on questions (forgetting to consider negative #'s as option, etc).
Thanks you for your tips though I will try to focus more on reviewing and studying specific subjects over these next few weeks.
Daniel
Thanks for the quick reply! Sorry I forgot to include some information about my goals in my original post. When I started studying my plan was to apply to Cornell, Emory, Carnegie, and Brigham Young. Currently, while I'm trying to keep my hopes up, I don't know if I'll be applying to all those schools if my score doesn't go up. From that list Brigham Young I will for sure be applying to and their average score is 670 so that's what target score has been. My plan right now is to apply in the second round of application so mid-December/early january.
To answer one of the other questions, I'm not currently getting through all my questions. This problem is especially worse in my quantitative portion, in the last GMAT I took when I got a 540 I was rushed on probably the last 10-12 questions, by rushed I mean I had 1 minute per question and I actually didn't even get to answer the last two questions. I also feel like I'm still making a lot of silly mistakes on questions (forgetting to consider negative #'s as option, etc).
Thanks you for your tips though I will try to focus more on reviewing and studying specific subjects over these next few weeks.
Daniel
