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No improvement in quantitive in 4 weeks? Can you explain?

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No improvement in quantitive in 4 weeks? Can you explain? [#permalink] New post   21 Aug 2011, 12:10
Took my first practice test 4 weeks ago. Got a terrible 580. Due mostly to quant: 35Q (44%) 34V (72%)

Took my second practice test today. Got a 630. 35Q (44%) 40V (91%).

My quant hasn't changed!! So frustrating. I was wondering if anybody has had experience with this. Quant is definitely not my strong suit but I'm starting to feel ridiculous by how bad I am at it. Oh, and I should mention, I"M TAKING A CLASS!!!! How bad is that? I'm taking a freaking class and I still haven't improved!!

Please, some advice and perspective. My goal is 700.
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Re: No improvement in quantitive in 4 weeks? Can you explain? [#permalink] New post   21 Aug 2011, 13:03
Do you know the fundamentals? I mean do you REALLY know them? Because having some kind of idea of how to solve a problem and knowing the direct approach are two different things.

I was in same sutuatiin as you - doing math and notimproving quant scores. Only when I started to thoroughly revise every single page of mgmat guides I managed to get from 39 to 47 in a month of really hard work.

Be sure to learn or revise all the fundamentals and your work will pay off.

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Re: No improvement in quantitive in 4 weeks? Can you explain? [#permalink] New post   21 Aug 2011, 13:15
Thanks for the advice viktor. I agree i need to go back and review.....

But still,..knowing the fundamentals is relative,....I certainly know vastly more about the fundamentals relative to Test 1. I mean c'mon, I took the Practice test cold, after going through the mgmat guides how is it possible that I don't improve even slightly? When I started I couldn't tell you the first thing about divisibility, i was so rusty I couldn't even do basic fractional functions. I almost had no place to go but up. I'm under no illusions that I have to get better at the fundamentals,...but to me,...that still does not explain the COMPLETE lack of improvement.
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Re: No improvement in quantitive in 4 weeks? Can you explain? [#permalink] New post   21 Aug 2011, 13:31
You might have missed some details and do not feel confident with quant. Revising material brings you to an absolutely new level of understanding.

Prior to taking my first CAT I have done all 5 quant guides but have missed about 35-40% of material due to laziness and super self-confidence. This resulted in 550.

You might have been not attentive enough. Did you take the CAT in the morning or after a hard day?

Once my score fell by 100 points just because I had a tough morning prior to the test.

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