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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   02 Mar 2012, 23:30
This is a great post - it gives me some serious hope.

I took the real GMAT as well, and all I received was a 530. To be honest, as soon as I got a couple of questions wrong, I completely froze. I zipped through the exam, and was completely terrified. This happens each and every time I take a practice test or real exam. I am actually working on my test anxiety at this point, trying to get started on my prep (once again) very slowly.

Does anyone have a recommendation on the proper way to get started? I already have several practice tests I can analyze, and am already well aware of my bad points. Do you all think taking more practice tests would help?

I want to finish this once and for all and be done with it. I have been going back and forth with this exam for quite some time, about three years to be exact, and I am very sick of it.

Thanks - I appreciate it. Since the poster who received the 700 stated that this community has been helpful, I thought I would give it a go.
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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   04 Mar 2012, 19:21
Hi, when you say you did all the gmatclub questions, which ones were you referring to?
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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   05 Mar 2012, 22:25
Congrats on your score! Do you mind posting in detail what you exactly did for Verbal to improve it so much? Did you try e-gmat? What did you do to improve SC and RC?

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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   07 Mar 2012, 18:59
Hats Off to Santanu 76, Gmatla and Vailad.

Great Achievement
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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   07 Mar 2012, 23:14
Hi Vaishnavilaguduva,

Congratulations on great achievement.Can you please share the strategy that you followed in one month .
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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   16 Mar 2012, 06:02
congrats on your score improvement ...........nice debrief
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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   21 Mar 2012, 14:34
Tremendous improvement, Hard work does payoff and good luck for your application process.
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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   28 Mar 2012, 10:55
Hi..

Congrats !! 360-700 is amazing.. !

You have mentioned that you practised all the gmat club questions.. do we have a set of all the questions in one place.. for each verbal and quants..? or we need to search it be topic?

Thanks in advance!
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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   14 Apr 2012, 17:08
Scored a 560 Today Q41 V27.
Wrote the gmat back in Aug as well 560 Q39 V27.

The test is fair. Struggled with quant a bit. for example, solving for avg velocity is simple, but one question asked the to find V2 with all the other variables given...Easy question but under time constraints I had to guess....

I though Verbel was ok, until I saw my score. CR seemed a little harder than gprep. It seems that I havn't improved in verbal at all in the past 6 months...wierd.. Im pretty comfortable with SC and CR for the most part...RC was always difficult for me.


I have exhausted the GMATPREPS, MGMAT TESTS 1-6, as you can see below....btw MGMAT, most were not timed.

August 31, 2011 real GMAT – 550 Q39 V27

November 24, 2011 – MGMT #1 660 Q47 V33
December 8, 2011 – MGMT #2 630 Q40 V36
December 10, 2011 – GMAT Prep #2 610 Q48 V26
December 16, 2011 – MGMT #3 660 Q45 V35
January 6, 2012 – MGMT #4 680 Q49 V34
January 11, 2012 – GMAT prep #2 580 Q42 V28
January 20, 2012 - GMAT prep #2 650 Q46 V34
January 31, 2012- MGMT #5 650 Q46 V36
February 7, 2012 - GMAT prep #1 680 Q48 V35
February 9, 2012- MGMT #6 670 Q46 V35
February 14, 2012 - GMAT prep #2 660 Q48 V32
February 18, 2012- MGMT #1 740 Q49 V42
February 24, 2012- GMAT prep #1 720 Q49 V39
March 2 2012 – MGMT #2 690 Q49 V35
March 7, 2012, 2012 - GMAT prep #2 650 Q47 V33
March 8, 2012 –MGMAT #3 V37
March 9, 2012 –GMAT prep #2 V35
March 9, 2012 –MGMAT #4 V37
March 10 2012 –MGMAT #5 V37
March 14, 2012 - GMAT prep #1 700 Q47 V39
March 15, 2012 - MGMT #1 730 Q49 V41
March 21, 2012 – GMAT prep #2 690 Q47 V37
March 27, 2012 – GMAT prep #1 670 Q50 V31
March 28, 2012 – GMAT prep #1 V42
April 3, 2012 – GMAT prep #2 720 Q49 V39
April 8, 2012 - GMAT prep #1 740 Q50 V40
How can I do this???


April 10, 2012 - GMAT prep #2 730 Q50 V39

April 14, 2012 real GMAT – 560 Q41 V27

Can anyone shed some light on what I can do to increase my score. I read all these stories of success but can't seem to figure one out for myself.
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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   24 Apr 2012, 21:22
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I'm so glad I could be of help to you! Congrats on the great score :) I knew you could do it.

I hope that everyone can use your story for confidence going forward, b/c anyone can beat this test!

GREAT JOB



Hello,

I read this story!! I have almost a similar situation and I need your help!!!
Unfortunately, I didn't research enough for this exam and didn't know this great website earlier... I must say that I am getting back to math after 25 years!! And already spent couple of months on KAPLAN... they almost assured me that I will get the same score as CATs in Kaplan, in the real exam, however, my score was 230 lower than that, terrible:330!!! while my score in Kaplan was 560. I have to mention that I didn’t get panic at the exam; I was very calm, confident and focused. I don’t know if these are the reasons for my low score: I did not study the Official 12th Edition, I didn’t practice the easy parts very well and I gave up studying the verbal. My score for quantitative was 23 and verbal was 2!!!!! Unbelievable!!!
My exam is few days after 5th of June and didn’t study for the new section either! I must pass this time and I seriously need your help as Kaplan obviously was not helpful! I should mention that I have some designations and study Gmat is not a problem, I don’t know where was the problem!!??!!
I appreciate your help very much as I really need some guidance on what to study and do, please!!??

Many thanks
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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   24 Apr 2012, 21:25
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Hi Team,

Very happy to say that i got 700 in real GMAT,i made it...Just Believe i got 360 in my first real GMAT and one month i score 700 in second GMAT. Confidence,concentration and staying calm is very essential for GMAT

For Gmat all you need is concentration and confidence. I really thank GMatLa who first initiated in encouraging me, and Santanu 76,who gave a valuable advice and guided me on the rite track.I am very thank full to Gmat club without which i am nothing.

I wrote my first real gmat test on dec 14 2011 and i scored really very horrible.I was very depressed and felt like no i am not going to this in any part of my life.Till then i was a silent visitor of GMat Club.I thought to post my real score and get help of great people from here and as i thought i got.

Jan 26 i started my preparation and scheduled my real gmat on feb 25th. Hardly one month.

OG 10,11,12 complete.

For my second preparation i did each and every problem solving,ds,sc,rc and cr from gmat club.Gmat Club was the only source.

After completing all questions from gmat club,i was asked to take GMAT Prep test by santanu 76,

Gmatprep: around 600+
i carefully observed my presence of mind in doing each problem and analyzed my skills in each section and presented a debrief to santanu 76.
GMatPrep2 again 630+
Platinum G Mat free test 680
GMAT Prep (reinstalled) 680
GMAT prep2 (reinstalled ) 470

omg! i am going down again,wats happening with me,i was in panic and posted again.Confidence and calm in last moment is very important for writing your test. If you think you can do,you can really do it Wat ever it is ,I believed in me.

On the day of exam :

I scheduled my exam at 12,reached center 1 hour ahead and was telling 1000 times inside me if i remain calm i can do it.AWA was a pleasant breeze
after writing quans i was not able to judge my performance but i wanted to concentrate on verbal more than wat i did in quans...i was able to finish quans in time.

Verbal CR and Sc was ok and Rc i felt bit tough,cos i am relatively a slow reader, i cannot read fast,my eyes pain a lot,so decided to take less time for CR and SC and more on RC. However i was able to complete each question in the rite time until i got that one big RC paragraph in almost end of the verbal section.Still i made it to give up best educated guess,cos i didnt want to concetrate in one single paragraph and leave almost 8 question at the back. In the last i had 5 mins with 5 question left. I was able to finish just rite in time.

I was so much excited to see my score 700 (Q49V37)

Very happy.I also thank my husband who stood behind me in every step i took

Thank you Santanu 76 and Gmatla and ofcourse Vailad



Hello,

I read this story!! I have almost a similar situation and I need your help!!!
Unfortunately, I didn't research enough for this exam and didn't know this great website earlier... I must say that I am getting back to math after 25 years!! And already spent couple of months on KAPLAN... they almost assured me that I will get the same score as CATs in Kaplan, in the real exam, however, my score was 230 lower than that, terrible:330!!! while my score in Kaplan was 560. I have to mention that I didn’t get panic at the exam; I was very calm, confident and focused. I don’t know if these are the reasons for my low score: I did not study the Official 12th Edition, I didn’t practice the easy parts very well and I gave up studying the verbal. My score for quantitative was 23 and verbal was 2!!!!! Unbelievable!!!
My exam is few days after 5th of June and didn’t study for the new section either! I must pass this time and I seriously need your help as Kaplan obviously was not helpful! I should mention that I have some designations and study Gmat is not a problem, I don’t know where was the problem!!??!!
I appreciate your help very much as I really need some guidance on what to study and do, please!!??

Many thanks
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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   24 Apr 2012, 23:57
Congratulation. It is so amazing. For me Gmat is a big challenge, i dont know how to come over it. But after reading your story i have more confidence and strenghth to beat it. Thanks for sharing .... :)
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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   15 Jul 2013, 05:44
vaishnavilaguduva wrote:


For my second preparation i did each and every problem solving,ds,sc,rc and cr from gmat club.Gmat Club was the only source.



hi vaihnavi highly encouraging post , im walking on your footpath , hopefully it will lead me to a 700 + too .
i just have 1 question - you did ONLY GmatClub Questions ? as in all the questions , across difficulty levels ? also can u share your method of going about doing all questions , like order & how u decided to move to a higher level ?
pls let me know . waiting for your reply .
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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   20 Aug 2013, 06:15
I think I am fortunate to come across this post.. I was very much crestfallen after my first attempt of getting 560. I decided I will not give a second attempt. However, some of them convinced me to retake the monster. I am again in my journey towards GMAT. I am going to read this post everyday once in the morning and once before going to bed..

Thanks Thanks Thanks for this post.
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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   02 Oct 2013, 21:51
Congratulations! Fantastic increase! Your post will give hope to many students!
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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   02 Oct 2013, 23:52
Hi..
Good to hear that you have got 700. But i would like to ask one thing; Is the previous score of 360 going to affect during the application?
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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   03 Oct 2013, 06:03
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Hi..
Good to hear that you have got 700. But i would like to ask one thing; Is the previous score of 360 going to affect during the application?


Most if not all of the universities look only at the highest score. So the application shouldn't be impacted.
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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   11 Sep 2020, 09:49
Guys,how can I improve my score from 400 to 650 in a span of one month.. please help with the best strategy I can apply to realize the same.

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Re: From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37) [#permalink] From 360 ....to 700 (Q49V37)   12 Sep 2020, 16:04
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Hi michaelmumih,

To start, I suggest that you start a new post-thread (instead of piggy-backing on this old thread) in the General Strategies forum here:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/general-gmat ... ategies-1/

In your post, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals, including:

1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) On what dates did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
4) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?

Unfortunately, the goal of raising a 400 to a 650 in just one month is probably too difficult to be considered realistic. That type of improvement would likely require that you study for at least another 3 months of consistent, guided study - and you would have to make significant improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections. Thankfully, the GMAT is a consistent, predictable Exam, so you CAN train to score at a higher level.

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