GODSPEED wrote:
msvel2304 wrote:
GodSpeed, I am also sailing in the same boat. Let me know if you have found any profound ways to get beyond 48 in quant. I scored a 680 Q48 V35 on jun 26th and planning to improve it by 40 to 50 points. Already started preparing. Going through the
MGMAT guides as of now, reviewing everything and I find a lot of new things in quant. As said by DonQuixote in the above post, there is nothing new to learn. Save time, be cautious, do not make careless mistakes, learn more about where we are strong and weak - this would help us guess the right questions, which we are supposed to make mistakes. That's what I am trying to do for quant. What practice material do you use ? And do check out backup methods for quant from Thursdays with ron, check for RC videos as well -
https://www.manhattangmat.com/thursdays-with-ron.cfm. In which section, do you lag behind ?
Not been able to crack the code on, how to score beyond 49 in Quant?
I share with you my current performance:
680 (49Q, 34V), 610 (lost focus & track of exam), 700 (50Q, 34V), 660 (50Q, 28V) : SC is the weakest area followed by CR and then RC
And, my accuracy comes down significatly, usually in later part of the test (post question No# 20), when i'm going a little faster.
You tell me, how are you planning to push up your Verbal Score? as my target is to cross 35 in Verbal, so i can use some words of wisdoms here...
Cheers & GODSPEED
You might want to check this link.
https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/680 ... 15975.htmlThese are top priority to do things for my retake. You should probably start doing this from now on as well.
- Take all the mocks with strict official condition.
- Try to sit for the full length of test during the mocks. Don't finish it earlier, even if you can.
- Follow a timing strategy so that you stay on track. I followed this timing strategy -
https://gmatclub.com/forum/please-help-m ... 36133.html- Don't take complete 8 min breaks during mocks, do it how you would do it on your exam day as soon as you are refreshed get back to test.
- IR section tires you out, if you already perform well in mocks, then you might find difficulty in the actual test if you
don't follow the above steps.
Endurance is the one thing which we have concentrate on regarding this test.
As for the verbal improvement - have a look at this. Very significant improvement by someone similar to our level.
I am seeing a significant improvement in accuracy using this approach - taking notes but it takes more time to solve. Hope to improve it with practice. One more thing is don't have the mentality that bold face is the only indicator of your performance being good. Highlighted RC questions, tone, strengthen weaken in RC questions, except questions in CR, Mimic the argument. These are some of other indicators as well - faced in the actual test and in the mocks as well, both are similar. Don't be psychologically demotivated that you are not getting the questions right - that's one mistake I did in one of the GMATPrep mocks and I scored a 40 in that thinking that I was underperforming. From then on I stopped bothering about my performance and try to give my best for each question. Hope this helps !!