jagan17j wrote:
I took the practice test from MBA.com cold and I scored a 570(31Q, V 38) I was very unpleasantly suprised at my quant score. Even though I'm not a math expert I am an economics major and I've had calculus classes and I'm currently in an upper level statistics course. I must reach a quant score of at least a 45. I'd like a higher score but I will take that. I was actually a bit shocked by my verbal score. I was expecting at least a 41; I missed a good deal of the SC questions. I'd really like a 710 but I'm fine with whatever a quant 45 and verbal 38+ would give me(What would that be?). I had serious trouble on the quant section with the data sufficiency questions(especially the geometry ds), the ratio questions, and a strange chart with about 40 numbers on it where I was asked to find the product of the entire chart. I have the manhattan math guide, and the
OG 11 quant review. I would really appreciate some assistance!
Seriously, your calculus course is not much of use for GMAT.
You must always remember that the GMAT questions are designed in such a way that, you
almost always don't have to involve yourself into long and intricate calculations. So, always be in the look-out for the short cuts or traps in the question. I am sure there was something on that chart question that you missed to see (I won't say it is always easy to find the traps).
Geometry questions require your basics to be rock solid. Get hold of a high-school geometry book and get all your geometry basics right. You have to memorize all the properties of triangles, circles, parallelograms etc.
You need to practice your math harder if you aim to score higher. Have you started maintained an
error log ? If you have not, then consider maintaining one ...... You need to have the Orange
OG as well ... And get hold of walker's timer, you can find it here
GMAT TIMER ....
And relax, this is just your practice test and not the real one. You still have time to improve. Just remember to work hard
albyman32 is right .. It is far easier to improve on quants than it is on verbal ..
Learn all the tricks (back solving, process of elimination etc....) , but they can only help you in guessing your answer so they are to be used when you are completely clueless about the question .... Nothing beats knowing the concept by heart and knowing how to approach problems, that comes only by practice ...
Finally, participate actively on these forums ... You can learn so much from people here ...