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10 Jun 2015, 20:06
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Hi everyone,
I am a 33 year old non-native female. I have longed dreamt about studying in the US. Some months back the project I have been working on ended. At first I was pretty excited since I thought that now I would have all the time I need to study for the GMAT. It might be worth mentioning that I come from a non-technical background and last time I sat for a math test was in high school (some ten year back). After my first diagnostic OptimusPrep test (score 330), I realized that I have my work cut out for me.
For a couple of months I have applied myself to studying first the verbal section and then the quant. I used the following resources:
1. OG 13, and Verbal and Quant Supplements
2. GMATPrep Now 3-month study plan course
3. MGMAT Study Guides
4. E-gmat verbal
5. OptimusPrep On-Demand-Course
By May 21st, I took my second CAT and my first official one. They were as follows:
1. GMATPrep (my first GMATprep test), May 21st, Score 550, (Q34, V32),
2. GMATPrep, May 28th , Score 620 (Q45, V30)
3. OptimusPrep CAT 1, May 31st, Score 750 (Q49, V44)
4. OptimusPrep CAT 2, Jun 1st, Score 700 (Q48, V38)
5. OptimusPrep CAT 3, Jun 3rd, Score 650 (Q42, V32)
6. OptimusPrep CAT 3, Jun 8th, Score 690 (Q50, V33)
7. OptimusPrep CAT4, Jun 10th, Score 640 (Q47, V31)
Most my verbal mistakes are in SC and most my quant ones are either due to silly mistakes or due to timing issues. It might be worth mentioning that the 700+ score tests in the aforementioned list were not taken in the timed conditions that simulates the test environment. On another note, I still have the 2 exams from the GMAT Exam pack 1, which I have not used yet.
Please help. I thought by now I would have mastered the GMAT considering the amount of time and effort I have put into it. I barely have a social life, I have spent a considerable amount of money (which is especially painful since I don’t have a source of income right now), and I fear that I am wasting my life, since my sole purpose for the last months was to prep myself to sit for the exam, which I am still not ready for and which I have not scheduled yet.
Can anyone please help? I really want to schedule my exam as soon as possible but I don’t know when that could be given my performance. Can I pull this off in two weeks or do I need more time? What would be a recommended study schedule either way? Do I need to re-do the official SC questions? What is recommended number of questions that I should be doing in timed set on daily basis? I never felt so stupid.
I am a 33 year old non-native female. I have longed dreamt about studying in the US. Some months back the project I have been working on ended. At first I was pretty excited since I thought that now I would have all the time I need to study for the GMAT. It might be worth mentioning that I come from a non-technical background and last time I sat for a math test was in high school (some ten year back). After my first diagnostic OptimusPrep test (score 330), I realized that I have my work cut out for me.
For a couple of months I have applied myself to studying first the verbal section and then the quant. I used the following resources:
1. OG 13, and Verbal and Quant Supplements
2. GMATPrep Now 3-month study plan course
3. MGMAT Study Guides
4. E-gmat verbal
5. OptimusPrep On-Demand-Course
By May 21st, I took my second CAT and my first official one. They were as follows:
1. GMATPrep (my first GMATprep test), May 21st, Score 550, (Q34, V32),
2. GMATPrep, May 28th , Score 620 (Q45, V30)
3. OptimusPrep CAT 1, May 31st, Score 750 (Q49, V44)
4. OptimusPrep CAT 2, Jun 1st, Score 700 (Q48, V38)
5. OptimusPrep CAT 3, Jun 3rd, Score 650 (Q42, V32)
6. OptimusPrep CAT 3, Jun 8th, Score 690 (Q50, V33)
7. OptimusPrep CAT4, Jun 10th, Score 640 (Q47, V31)
Most my verbal mistakes are in SC and most my quant ones are either due to silly mistakes or due to timing issues. It might be worth mentioning that the 700+ score tests in the aforementioned list were not taken in the timed conditions that simulates the test environment. On another note, I still have the 2 exams from the GMAT Exam pack 1, which I have not used yet.
Please help. I thought by now I would have mastered the GMAT considering the amount of time and effort I have put into it. I barely have a social life, I have spent a considerable amount of money (which is especially painful since I don’t have a source of income right now), and I fear that I am wasting my life, since my sole purpose for the last months was to prep myself to sit for the exam, which I am still not ready for and which I have not scheduled yet.
Can anyone please help? I really want to schedule my exam as soon as possible but I don’t know when that could be given my performance. Can I pull this off in two weeks or do I need more time? What would be a recommended study schedule either way? Do I need to re-do the official SC questions? What is recommended number of questions that I should be doing in timed set on daily basis? I never felt so stupid.
10 Jun 2015, 20:25
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Hi naeln,
You didn't define any of your 'big picture' goals, so we should start there:
1) What is your goal score?
2) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
3) Do you know which Schools you want to apply to?
While there appears to be some really nice improvement over your original CAT score, I'm concerned about a couple of things:
1) You took 5 CATs in 11 days. That was NOT a good idea. Most of those CAT scores are significantly higher than the GMATPrep CAT that you took just a few days before those 11 days and that's odd.
2) It's not clear how you went about taking these CATs (did you take the FULL CAT, including the Essay and IR sections? Did you take them at home? At the same time of day? Under realistic and test-like conditions? etc.)?
I would suggest that you do some light studying for the next week and then take one of the CATs from Exam Pack 1 (and make sure to take the FULL CAT). From that score result, we'll have a better assessment of your current abilities.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
You didn't define any of your 'big picture' goals, so we should start there:
1) What is your goal score?
2) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
3) Do you know which Schools you want to apply to?
While there appears to be some really nice improvement over your original CAT score, I'm concerned about a couple of things:
1) You took 5 CATs in 11 days. That was NOT a good idea. Most of those CAT scores are significantly higher than the GMATPrep CAT that you took just a few days before those 11 days and that's odd.
2) It's not clear how you went about taking these CATs (did you take the FULL CAT, including the Essay and IR sections? Did you take them at home? At the same time of day? Under realistic and test-like conditions? etc.)?
I would suggest that you do some light studying for the next week and then take one of the CATs from Exam Pack 1 (and make sure to take the FULL CAT). From that score result, we'll have a better assessment of your current abilities.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
11 Jun 2015, 01:18
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Hi Rich,
Thank you for your prompt reply. Kindly find below the answers to your questions.
1) What is your goal score?
2) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
3) Do you know which Schools you want to apply to?
1. My target score is 700.
2. I want to apply in the first/early action round, which is around September
3. Though I have not cleared out all the schools I want to apply for. I know that I want to apply to Ross, Michigan and Fuqua, Duke
I have taken all CATs at home and all at the same time. Except for the GMATPrep ones, I have not taken all of them in full. The OptimusPrep CATs do not include the writing section, and as I have mentioned in my post I have taken long breaks during the CATs with the 700 score, so I get how they are not reflective of my level.
Regarding your suggestion,
I would suggest that you do some light studying for the next week and then take one of the CATs from Exam Pack 1 (and make sure to take the FULL CAT). From that score result, we'll have a better assessment of your current abilities.
Would you please define what would entail a light well balanced study plan for next week? Since I am free most of the day, I want to get the most of this week without going overboard. How many hours I should be spending on studying each day? What is the approximate number of questions I should be doing daily? In short, what I should be doing next week to see some score improvement in my next CAT from the Exam Pack?!
Thanks again.
