knowledgeispower wrote:
Dear experts,
One week ago I took the GMAT test and it was a real disappointment, score wise, I got an embarrassing 340 score which I cancelled right away. Now, coming to the test day with some prep that I have done inconsistently over a period of 4+ months of which only the last month was some what more consistent with an average of 3-4 hours of study time. The focus was more on the concepts than practicing questions. In fact, I didn’t do any practice exams except the initial one where I had to guess on many questions since I wasn’t familiar with concepts (especially in Quant).
I used
e-gmat to practice learning the concepts but it was very time consuming as I had to purchase an extension towards the last month of my prep time. In all fairness I don’t want you to think that I’m blaming
e-gmat for my low score. If anything it helped me with so many strategies in approaching the questions. During practicing
e-gmat questions and
OG 18 questions i was answering above average.
However during the actual exam (V16; Q20) I found myself guessing although some questions appeared easy ..!?!
Now, I’m not willing to give up as yet if ever !!! I know that I can improve a lot if given the right study plan and the right approach/strategies to get to my target score of 650. I’m planning to retake the gmat some time before January of 2019 but I want to plan for it right and plan early. Any help or guidance is truly appreciated. Looking forward to your responses
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GMAT Club Forum mobile app Best BooksFor Concept Learning
Manhattan Quant Guides
Manhattan Verbal Guides
For CR: The Powerscore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible
For RC: Aristotle RC Grail
For Practice
The Official Guide for GMAT 2015-18
The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review 2015-18
The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review 2015-18
Strategies
You can start with Quant or Verbal which suits you. If you have started with Quant then Start with the Arithmetic but if started with verbal then start first with Sentence correction. One month for learning Quant concepts and one month for practicing question and same practice for Verbal. During you Practicing question don't forget to make an
error log to track your weak areas after practice. Once you know your weak areas revise your Concepts related to those areas and do some more Practice. 6-8 CATs are enough for practice the real tests. Make your Stamina for sitting 3 hours in the test and don't study more than 2 hours in one sit and 4 hours per day
Top CATs for Practice
1. Official GMAC CATs
2.
Manhattan CATs3. Kaplan CATs
4. GMAT Club Quant CATs
Good Luck