Events & Promotions
| Last visit was: 02 Sep 2026, 09:28 |
It is currently 02 Sep 2026, 09:28 |
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Aug 2710:00 AM EDT
-11:00 AM EDT
We’ve worked incredibly hard to build TTP into the best test prep experience possible, and it would mean a lot to us to win Newsweek’s 2026 Readers’ Choice Award for Best Test Prep. If TTP has helped you, we’d be incredibly grateful for your vote.
Sep 0410:00 AM PDT
-11:00 AM PDT
What does test anxiety really look like on the GMAT? For many test takers, it does not look like a panic attack. Instead, it shows up as brain fog, rereading, negative comparisons, mental noise....
Sep 0609:30 AM EDT
-12:30 PM EST
Top scores are possible when you enroll in a powerful EA course, taught live online + 6 months access to TTP OnDemand video courses included! Perfect class schedule and easy course access for working professionals. Class starts Sundays Sept. 6, 2026.- Sep 07
12:01 AM PDT
-11:59 PM PDT
On the 7th, GMAT Club Tests will be Free! Including all the Quizzes, Questions, and Tests. 12 AM - 11:59 PM PDT - Sep 09
07:00 AM PDT
-10:00 AM PDT
Meet AdComs and explore top Master’s programs - MiM, MiF, MSc, MSBA and more. - Application Fee Waivers - Free 1-Week of GMAT Club Tests: - Master's Application Toolkit - Grand Prize Giveaway 
Sep 1507:00 PM EDT
-09:00 PM EST
Elite scores are possible when you enroll in a powerful GMAT course, taught live online + 6 months access to TTP OnDemand video courses included! Class starts Tues/Thurs Sept. 15, 2026 - Nov. 15, 2027, 7:00pm-9:00pm EST
Sep 2108:00 PM EDT
-10:00 PM EDT
Boost your GMAT score in less than one month in a live online class + 6 months access to TTP OnDemand video courses included! Class starts Mon, Tues, Wed, Thur, Fri Sept. 21, 2026 - Oct. 9, 2027, 7:00pm-10:00pm EST
08 Sep 2010, 10:26
Kudos
Bookmarks
I wanted to put my sob story here but I thought it will only duplicate some of the stories around here...but I need help and can't get one better than from our good ol' gmatclubbers. I gave my GMAT on 7/9 and scored a 640 (Q-49/V-28). My Quant score has generally been in this range (49/50) and I wasn't much worried about it ever. For the verbal section I have generally scored in the 35/37 range but somehow I bombed big time during the exam. As a matter of fact I finished my Verbal 3 minutes before time so I don't think I was under any time pressure. But retrospectively looking at the verbal part of the exam I am pretty sure I royally screwed up the first 10-15 questions. Also in the middle part of the verbal section I was feeling tired (It actually took me 5.5 hours to travel from my place to the test centre because of a local tube strike....grrrr...biggest tactical error). But hey...one should have been prepared for the worst over here so no qualms and no complaints for that. I think I just told you my sob story :D
Now coming to the constructive part of the learnings from the exam -
1) I obviously intend to be somewhere near my test centre a night before my exam so that I can reach the centre in 15 minutes. Also might take a morning time as opposed to the afternoon one.
2) Pick up the Power CR bible...I hadn't looked at that yet.
3) I have already looked at the Manhattan SC guide and find it extremely useful. But now I have run out of practice material (finished most of OG and verbal guide) so desperately need something to test my progress.
4) I have generally used the OG for my RC and in general I have a hit rate of around 10 right in every 15 question. Or generally speaking get at most 2 wrong in a given RC unless I absolutely don't understand the passage or the question which has been a bit rare. But again on a bad day (which just happened) I can go horribly wrong and fall for easy traps.
5) Lastly, I feel I don't need to over-engineer my quant skills and will be simply keeping them updated by practicing 15-20 questions every day. I also intend to post a message on few things that you should be on top of for your GMAT Quant preparation. Will post it in a day or two....
I have a gruelling work schedule and generally don't have more than 2-3 hours on a weekday for my GMAT preparation but can give 8-10 hours on each day of a weekend. I feel there's no substitute for practice but it has to be directioned to make it useful. I am not the one to lose hope nor the one to be demoralized by one failure and think that nothing can be more profitering then failure (not that I am advocating people to fail but can't deny the fact that one learns more from failure then from success
). I am planning to take my gmat in 4-6 weeks and waiting for some advice from my dear clubbers...
Now coming to the constructive part of the learnings from the exam -
1) I obviously intend to be somewhere near my test centre a night before my exam so that I can reach the centre in 15 minutes. Also might take a morning time as opposed to the afternoon one.
2) Pick up the Power CR bible...I hadn't looked at that yet.
3) I have already looked at the Manhattan SC guide and find it extremely useful. But now I have run out of practice material (finished most of OG and verbal guide) so desperately need something to test my progress.
4) I have generally used the OG for my RC and in general I have a hit rate of around 10 right in every 15 question. Or generally speaking get at most 2 wrong in a given RC unless I absolutely don't understand the passage or the question which has been a bit rare. But again on a bad day (which just happened) I can go horribly wrong and fall for easy traps.
5) Lastly, I feel I don't need to over-engineer my quant skills and will be simply keeping them updated by practicing 15-20 questions every day. I also intend to post a message on few things that you should be on top of for your GMAT Quant preparation. Will post it in a day or two....
I have a gruelling work schedule and generally don't have more than 2-3 hours on a weekday for my GMAT preparation but can give 8-10 hours on each day of a weekend. I feel there's no substitute for practice but it has to be directioned to make it useful. I am not the one to lose hope nor the one to be demoralized by one failure and think that nothing can be more profitering then failure (not that I am advocating people to fail but can't deny the fact that one learns more from failure then from success
). I am planning to take my gmat in 4-6 weeks and waiting for some advice from my dear clubbers... 
08 Sep 2010, 11:14
Kudos
Bookmarks
if ur goal is ~700 then maybe knewton could help. they have the 50 pt guarantee so if you dont get 690+ they refund. i had 640 and took knewton and it certainly helped moi
08 Sep 2010, 13:15
Kudos
Bookmarks
shaselai
OMG...just looked at your first GMAT score and it is quite similar to mine. Did you mean an online course or something at Knewton? I don't think classroom study is an option for me
Either ways, can you share with me your strategy? As in how much gap did you take between the two GMATs? What was the difference in your approach to verbal between the two attempts? 
