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17 May 2010, 16:03
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Hey everybody! Looks like I'll be spending a little bit of time around these boards -- I'm looking to take my GMATs in the early Fall.
I'd been casually prepping up for the test over the past couple months, but I've been having a pretty hard time with certain sections.
I generally test well in standardized tests (did well on APs, 1450 on SATs, and 750+'s on SAT2's), but I've been running into lots of bad scores on my Kaplan GMAT book. Some sections I've been doing well, like reading comprehension, but other sections like sentence correction and data sufficiency have been killing me (i.e., 1 out of 3 wrong, or more
). Trudging through this book and doing more questions doesn't seem to be helping out, either... my % hasn't improved much, if at all.
I'm going to bite the bullet and order some more advanced books, as I don't think the ~15-20 pages of sentence correction tips in the Kaplan book is going to raise my score much, but in the meantime -- can anybody offer me any tips? Has anybody been in this situation before and gotten over the hump? Am I just approaching the GMAT the wrong way?
I'd been casually prepping up for the test over the past couple months, but I've been having a pretty hard time with certain sections.
I generally test well in standardized tests (did well on APs, 1450 on SATs, and 750+'s on SAT2's), but I've been running into lots of bad scores on my Kaplan GMAT book. Some sections I've been doing well, like reading comprehension, but other sections like sentence correction and data sufficiency have been killing me (i.e., 1 out of 3 wrong, or more
). Trudging through this book and doing more questions doesn't seem to be helping out, either... my % hasn't improved much, if at all.I'm going to bite the bullet and order some more advanced books, as I don't think the ~15-20 pages of sentence correction tips in the Kaplan book is going to raise my score much, but in the meantime -- can anybody offer me any tips? Has anybody been in this situation before and gotten over the hump? Am I just approaching the GMAT the wrong way?
17 May 2010, 19:34
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I am not plugging for any of the various services that do GMAT preparation for a living but it seems you would be an excellent candidate for this. If you can afford it you should definitely consider it. Today I was at the website for Manhattan GMAT (which I find out is different from Manhattan Review). The MGMAT site had some good free stuff and believe me if I had the money I would go through their prep classes.
Instead I am going through the Khan Academy problems on youtube which are free. Khan is tediously slow and this is good and bad. I already have pacing problems and don't need to slow down. But I figure if I understand the material better I can work on speed then. Next my plan is to review the OG12 book and do CAT tests, as many as possible.
Anyway good luck to you. And if you could help a fellow struggling student out by giving kudos I would really appreciate it.
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Instead I am going through the Khan Academy problems on youtube which are free. Khan is tediously slow and this is good and bad. I already have pacing problems and don't need to slow down. But I figure if I understand the material better I can work on speed then. Next my plan is to review the OG12 book and do CAT tests, as many as possible.
Anyway good luck to you. And if you could help a fellow struggling student out by giving kudos I would really appreciate it.
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18 May 2010, 00:53
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GMAT is tough. But based on my research ( I'm planning to take GMAT this December), taking GMAT classes online has advantages. There are lots of materials and study plans which are free in the web. Anyway, practice makes perfect. You'll just have to get used to how questions are structured. And get used to working in front of your computer for a longer time. I used to get migraines before since I'm not used to staring at the screen.
