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Hi

Please expects kindly help me to your best any suggestion from your experience will help me a lot in this point of my preparation
I have been preparing gmat for a year there is not much problem that I don't know (concept wise) during the exam were a in math i loose most of the mark just by committing silly mistakes.

I have come to a point that though i have known exactly how to solve the problem have lot a tremendous amount of time/mark due to silly mistakes in a problem of 30 7 of them are lost because of them .
Please bear with me to introduce you few mistakes i make

Eg 2*0.9== 2.9
0.4/0.2= 0.2
4x=2y+6 ---> x=y+3
Geometry bc=ob but i have equated oc=ob

Question 1/10 of total number of p---> my error 1/10 of (total)
x^8-x^7→ x(x-1)
Mistakes while copying the question

The kist is endless the problem here is i am not able to find a patter new new keeps arising during each exams
I humbly request if any one can guide me in how to avoid them it he very help full i am too traumatized with them i get devastated after writing my exam ….

Please please do guide me in how to solve these issue as new one keeps arriving each test i am not able to overcome them pls

Kindly kindly kindly guide me i am banging your doors for help please please guide me@

Zillions of thanks …….
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Hi suganyam,

Silly mistakes are often the result of not taking the proper notes. In the 4 examples that you noted in your post, how many of those "steps" did you actually write down (on your note pad) and how many occurred because you did NOT write them down (and chose to do work "in your head")? Choosing to do work without taking notes is the WORST way to approach a GMAT question, so you should not allow yourself to work in that way.

Before I can offer you any additional advice for your studies, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

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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)?

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4) What is your overall goal score?
5) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
6) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
7) What Schools are you planning to apply to?

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Hi

Thanks a zillion for taking time to guide me …..Thanks thanks more than thanks


Studies:
1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
I already have a failed attempt in my CAT exam (Indian exam )preparation for it 6-8 months and then started preparing from GMAT for past 8 months total 1.5 yrs

2) What study materials have you used so far?
I have exhausted all sc , cr and rcs of og 2019 edition and started solving sc and cr from gmat club og pool Rc LSAT questions
Math -->worked out all DS official guide old + new and solved PS from wizako ++ TIME
I have also taken tutoring for math(CAT) in Time and for verbal (gmat )from Egmat and have used there material for my preparation

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)?

700 score
1 st attempt--->46(q) 17 (v) 530 time 1 hr
After a month
2 nd attempt-->37(q) 19 (v) time 1 hr 480
Official gmat mock
3 nd attempt--> 37(m) 16(v) 460
700 score
4th attempt→ 40(q) 25 (v) 550 extended my time during mock as i had few more sums to complete
Veritas
5th attempt→ 46(q) 28(v) 3 hrs extended my time during mock as i had few more sums to complete
6th attempt→ 48(q) 1hr 6 minutes (took my math alone to strengthen my mistakes )
7th attempt → 44(q) 1hr (took my math alone to strengthen my mistakes)

Goals:
4) What is your overall goal score?
Being a student who have failed multiple times i have not set my bar but still i want to give my best possible shot….

5) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
MARCH 1st week

6) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
I would love to start my MBA by JAN if all my stars align ..;-(

7) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
To be honest my first goal is to get a good gmat score again wat score can be good i am quite not sure of it has well when i scored 460 in my exam i wanted to score 600+ now 650++
B schools that fall under my gmat score may be i have compromised myself sorry i dont know ;-(
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Hi suganyam,

The process of applying to (and ultimately attending) Business School will require a big investment of time, money and energy on your part, so you really should make sure that the Programs that you apply to match your career goals/needs. There are a variety of factors that go into selecting the Schools that you'll apply to. Instead of just applying to Programs in which you might have a good chance to 'get in' (based on your GMAT Score), here are some other things to think about:

1) Is there a particular company that you want to work for or industry that you want to work in? Certain degrees are more appropriate than others if you have a specific career goal.
2) What do you want your MBA to do for you?
3) Do you want to go to School full-time or part-time?
4) Are you willing to relocate? Are you comfortable with working through a program that is primarily online?
5) Are you going to be applying for scholarships?
Etc.

It's okay if you do not have answers to any of these questions just yet, but you really should try to define all of the important variables in terms of your goals, so that you can tailor your entire approach to getting into the best School that matches what you're looking for.

From your last post, it's not clear WHEN you took your practice exams? How long has it been since you took a FULL practice CAT (with all 4 sections - including the Essay and IR sections)? If it has been at least 1 month, then you should plan to take a new practice CAT/mock sometime soon. Make sure to take it in a realistic fashion (take the FULL CAT - with the Essay and IR sections, take it away from your home, at the same time of day as when you'll take the Official GMAT, etc.). Once you have that score, you should report back here and we can discuss how best to proceed.

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Hi sugnyam,

Regarding careless errors, the reality is that there are a multitude of possible reasons, from not reading carefully to writing sloppily to making mental math mistakes. It’s also entirely possible that your careless errors are due, in some part, to a relative lack of GMAT quant knowledge in certain areas. After all, on any GMAT, you must answer difficult and convoluted math questions in a timed and pressure-filled environment, so if you don’t know GMAT quant like the back of your hand, careless errors are likely, right? Take the following example:

14! is equal to which of the following?

(A) 87,178,291,200

(B) 88,180,293,207

(C) 89,181,294,209

(D) 90,000,000,003

(E) 91,114,114,114

Upon seeing this question, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Grabbing a calculator to add up the values in the expression? If you are able to quickly recognize that using the “5 x 2 pair rule” will allow you to efficiently attack the problem (see the solution below), the question becomes very basic, and you can avoid having to perform tedious calculations that are likely to result in a silly mistake.

Solution:

Notice that there is at least one (5 × 2) pair contained in the product of these numbers. It follows that the units digit must be a zero. The only number with zero as the units digit is 87,178,291,200.

Answer: A

This is just one example, but hopefully, you can see that by a) recognizing what the question is asking and b) properly attacking the question, your propensity to make a silly mistake greatly decreases.

If you’d like more detailed advice on how to improve your GMAT quant skills or if you have any further questions, feel free to reach back out. Also, you may find it helpful to read this article about Improving Your Accuracy on the GMAT

Good luck!
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