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After taking the GMAT and realizing how intense it truly is, I sheepishly come to you for help.
I scored a 520 with out much studying. I did read on the types of questions I would face (i.e. DS) but did not take time to practice. Yes, I do realize how silly I was for doing so and I am now here to seek advice.
I spent some time reading posts, study plans, success stories, horror stories etc., but none that answered the question I am seeking.
It has been about 8 years since I last took a math course and am struggling to decide where to begin. Here are a few questions I have and your help would be greatly appreciated.
Should I pick a study plan that focuses on quant?
Should I go back to square one and re-learn math?
Should I just practice practice and practice and learn on the go?
Is it realistic for me to go from a 520 to a 650?
On my feedback session the school somewhat indicated that the GMAT score is the single factor that kept me out of my MBA. My mission now is to show the school that I can improve my score and I have to get 650 or above.
Thank you in advance!!!!
I scored a 520 with out much studying. I did read on the types of questions I would face (i.e. DS) but did not take time to practice. Yes, I do realize how silly I was for doing so and I am now here to seek advice.
I spent some time reading posts, study plans, success stories, horror stories etc., but none that answered the question I am seeking.
It has been about 8 years since I last took a math course and am struggling to decide where to begin. Here are a few questions I have and your help would be greatly appreciated.
Should I pick a study plan that focuses on quant?
Should I go back to square one and re-learn math?
Should I just practice practice and practice and learn on the go?
Is it realistic for me to go from a 520 to a 650?
On my feedback session the school somewhat indicated that the GMAT score is the single factor that kept me out of my MBA. My mission now is to show the school that I can improve my score and I have to get 650 or above.
Thank you in advance!!!!
21 Sep 2014, 15:54
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Sounds like GMAT is the bottleneck for getting into the MBA school of your dreams. Well, good news is that going from 500 to 600s is definitely feasible with good probability -- given good preparation. Also good thing is that math on GMAT is not calculus -- so it's basically middle school and early high school math. Nothing crazy.
But what is crazy is being tricked on the exam and not spotting the potholes before it's too late. Just because they are simple tricks that mess you up and they are not complex calculus tricks -- does not change the fact that you got a question wrong. One wrong question on math brings your percentile down a lot. The GMAT is increasingly global and the mix of applicants increasingly include very sharp quant candidates from India and China. So you'll need to be up to par to compete with the global competition.
At GMAT Pill, we recommend hand-drawn math explanations to help you understand how best to solve a problem. If you haven't studied the OG questions, try some of them here where you can get a glimpse of some hand-drawn quant video explanations and see if they fit your style: https://www.gmatpill.com/official-guide- ... p?id=ogps1
But what is crazy is being tricked on the exam and not spotting the potholes before it's too late. Just because they are simple tricks that mess you up and they are not complex calculus tricks -- does not change the fact that you got a question wrong. One wrong question on math brings your percentile down a lot. The GMAT is increasingly global and the mix of applicants increasingly include very sharp quant candidates from India and China. So you'll need to be up to par to compete with the global competition.
At GMAT Pill, we recommend hand-drawn math explanations to help you understand how best to solve a problem. If you haven't studied the OG questions, try some of them here where you can get a glimpse of some hand-drawn quant video explanations and see if they fit your style: https://www.gmatpill.com/official-guide- ... p?id=ogps1
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