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Need Suggestion On my GMAT Preparation [#permalink] New post   10 Dec 2015, 10:25
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I am writing GMAT on February first Week 2016. And I want to score more than 750 in GMAT. I have started my preparation from November and I have written two Mock tests in Dec 2015

GMATPrep Practice Test 1: 740 (Q50, V40), IR 4 (Dec 2nd, 2015)
Veritas Prep Test 2: 730(Q49,v41),IR 5(Dec 8th, 2015)

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Free Practice question on Monday and Thursday at GMAT website
Official Guide, 2016 Edition
Official Guide to the Verbal, 2016 Edition
Official Guide to the Quant, 2016 Edition
Official Guide Online 500 Questions, 2016 edition
MGMAT Guides 0-9
MGMAT GMAT Advanced Quant
Veritas MOCK test(7 Mock test)
Official GMAT CAT PREP TEST(4 Mock test)
MGMAT MOCK Test(6 Mock test)

My verbal is not as strong as quant and I have improved a lot in all the three sections. And I able to solve most of the questions in RC and CR but, I am not satisfied with my sentence correction progress as I am following MGMT sentence correction the book is awesome and I am able to grasp all the topics and doing well in MGMT problem sets but when I am practising with OG 2016 I am able to solve 70% correctly and I am confused between two options and I am able to eliminate three options. I need suggestion for MOCK test also, as I have 18 mock test and I am not able to decide which mock test to choose, I am sure about practising official GMAT CAT Prep Test but not able to decide between veritas mock test or MGMT mock test. I am following MGMT books for Quant as well as for verbal. So, Kindly suggest me what I can do more to improve my Sentence Correction as in my mock test also most of the questions I got wrong was in sentence correction. And what else I can do for my quant score are these materials enough or do I need any other materials. I am following gmat club questions also. I have downloaded most of the question banks and will start from the third week of December.
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Re: Need Suggestion On my GMAT Preparation [#permalink] New post   10 Dec 2015, 11:30
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Hi Ad90,

Your practice CAT scores are exceptionally high, especially for someone who's been studying for about a month. I have a couple of questions about how you took these CATs:

1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Did you take them at home?
3) Did you take them at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, skip sections, take longer breaks, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once?

Assuming that you took your CATs in a realistic way, then you have a really good chance to hit your score goals. At this scoring level, the GMAT becomes really 'sensitive' to little mistakes - so making even a couple could keep you from your goal.

When you took your last CAT, how many questions did you get wrong that you think you could/should have gotten correct?

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Re: Need Suggestion On my GMAT Preparation [#permalink] New post   10 Dec 2015, 20:27
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Those are some high mock CAT scores. Did you take the CATs including the AWA and the IR?
If yes, then you can surely get to your target score with some practice.

Sentence correction questions test your knowledge about certain rules.
When you start solving the question, paying attention to certain things can minimize your mistakes.


1. Identify the subject and verb
2. Check for S-V agreement
3. Check for parallelism
4. Tenses used in the sentence
5. Usage of certain words: such as vs like, if vs whether, that vs which etc.

Keeping these things in mind while solving a question will ensure better accuracy.

Another important part of your preparation should be the error log. Make sure you keep one and revisit it from time to time. This will ensure that you do not repeat the same mistake.
Also, you might want to use a study plan to keep your studies on track.
You can find one here: gmat-study-plan-how-to-start-your-gmat-prep-80727.html?fl=menu
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Re: Need Suggestion On my GMAT Preparation [#permalink] New post   10 Dec 2015, 22:25
Hi, I took the entire CAT at a time including IR and essay, I didn't skip any question and didn't pause and didn't took a long break and I started sharply at 8 am in the morning as I have booked my GMAT appointment at 8 a.m. I started preparation from October but was only following official guides and I was not happy with my verbal preparation and by the time I had finished my quantitative portion so I took a break for 2 weeks and ordered MGMT entire guide as I am following GMAT club and most of them have recommended to follow this study guide and then I started my preparation again from November. I am worried about sentence correction as in both of my mock test I got maximum wrong in this section. Thanks Janielle for your answers it is really helpful for me and I have just created an error log and I will surely follow that study plan. Hi Richa, I have taken these two mock tests and the answers I got wrong in quant was 4 for both the mock tests. 2 from DS and 2 from PS and those were calculation mistake. IR am yet to start so that was the first time I was solving IR most of the questions were wrong as they needed all three answers to be correct and I was missing one correct answers. In verbal total 10 questions were wrong 6 from sentence correction and 2 from both rc and cr in official CAT. And I think at least in quant I could have solved all correctly
and in verbal I could have solved 4 correctly which I have gotten wrong.
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Re: Need Suggestion On my GMAT Preparation [#permalink] New post   11 Dec 2015, 11:13
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Hi Ad90,

It sounds like you've taken these CATs in a fairly realistic way, so these scores are likely accurate. There are still plenty of details that you have to account for on Test Day, but you seem to be a strong Test Taker, so I suspect you would score well on the GMAT (if you took it today, for example). Given all of these, and your practice CAT scores, have you considered taking the GMAT earlier than February? You might be able to hit your goals and be done without having to invest the extra 1-2 months of study time.

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