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11 Jun 2019, 04:17
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I gave my GMAT yesterday and scored a 680. I was devastated by RC and ended up with a Q49 and V32.
I ordered a detailed ESR and my feeling about the RC was absolutely correct.
Initially during the mocks I faced problems with RC as I had an accuracy of 35%. But, I took up the approach wherein I started questioning the authors view in the passage, making a mental map ( Please not I did not practice mental map on paper as I realized that I wasnt good at taking notes on paper, but rather I could verbally speak of the passage gist to myself to ensure that I do have a mental map in place), understanding the flow of passage and points where author is presenting a counter viewpoint by words such as but, however etc.
I started to get an accuracy of about 60% on hard passages and 80% on medium level passages.
This is within a span of 1.5 month.
Please note I have been practicing 2-3 RCs a day on average.
But in the actual exam, I was vanquished. The passages were tricky, lengthy ( 2 passages 3 paragraph each, 1 passage 4 paragraph and last one was sweet and short which I couldnt attempt properly as I had very less time. I got one such passage wherein a company distributed 3 types of brochure i.e. regular, mildly discounted and deep discounted to people in 2 different sets current clients and prospective clients and the passage talked about the experiment and result in terms of percentages based on 2 brouchers bla bla. Another passage which I thought I would be able to nail down as the passage read smooth but I couldn't understand the last three lines in the passage i.e. how those lines relate to passage and to my misfortune there were 3 questions based on those.
As evident, My score was ruined.
I understand the vitality of understanding the passage , but what to do if despite trying to understand the passage at exam, you really can not make things or sense out of the passage.
I am clueless as to what should I do to improve my RC, provided that I have to re-take the exam in another month and a half.
Should I switch to other RC Strategies like one by rhyme.
Would request experts to put some light on what could be done.
generis VeritasKarishma bb
I ordered a detailed ESR and my feeling about the RC was absolutely correct.
Initially during the mocks I faced problems with RC as I had an accuracy of 35%. But, I took up the approach wherein I started questioning the authors view in the passage, making a mental map ( Please not I did not practice mental map on paper as I realized that I wasnt good at taking notes on paper, but rather I could verbally speak of the passage gist to myself to ensure that I do have a mental map in place), understanding the flow of passage and points where author is presenting a counter viewpoint by words such as but, however etc.
I started to get an accuracy of about 60% on hard passages and 80% on medium level passages.
This is within a span of 1.5 month.
Please note I have been practicing 2-3 RCs a day on average.
But in the actual exam, I was vanquished. The passages were tricky, lengthy ( 2 passages 3 paragraph each, 1 passage 4 paragraph and last one was sweet and short which I couldnt attempt properly as I had very less time. I got one such passage wherein a company distributed 3 types of brochure i.e. regular, mildly discounted and deep discounted to people in 2 different sets current clients and prospective clients and the passage talked about the experiment and result in terms of percentages based on 2 brouchers bla bla. Another passage which I thought I would be able to nail down as the passage read smooth but I couldn't understand the last three lines in the passage i.e. how those lines relate to passage and to my misfortune there were 3 questions based on those.
As evident, My score was ruined.
I understand the vitality of understanding the passage , but what to do if despite trying to understand the passage at exam, you really can not make things or sense out of the passage.
I am clueless as to what should I do to improve my RC, provided that I have to re-take the exam in another month and a half.
Should I switch to other RC Strategies like one by rhyme.
Would request experts to put some light on what could be done.
generis VeritasKarishma bb
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Hi Mudit,
First off, a 680/Q49 is a strong score, so it could be enough to get you into your first-choice School. As such, a retest might not be necessary. Depending on the Schools that you plan to apply to, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile. There's a Forum full of those Experts here:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/ask-admissio ... tants-124/
There's no harm in retesting though - and you certainly have an opportunity to pick up points in the Verbal section (you'll actually have to work on more than just your RC skills though). Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) How have you scored on EACH of your CATs/mocks (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
Goals:
4) What is your overall goal score?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
6) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
First off, a 680/Q49 is a strong score, so it could be enough to get you into your first-choice School. As such, a retest might not be necessary. Depending on the Schools that you plan to apply to, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile. There's a Forum full of those Experts here:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/ask-admissio ... tants-124/
There's no harm in retesting though - and you certainly have an opportunity to pick up points in the Verbal section (you'll actually have to work on more than just your RC skills though). Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) How have you scored on EACH of your CATs/mocks (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
Goals:
4) What is your overall goal score?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
6) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
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Hi Rich:
Thanks for getting in touch.
Studies:
1) How long have you studied? - Its been about 4 months of consistent effort. 2 hours a day on average on a weekday and 10 hours over a weekend . Right now I have kind of a forced sabbatical as I am in the process of working for a new employer so I have a dedicated 1.5 month.
2) What study materials have you used so far? - I have covered theory from EGMAT for verbal, Powerscore CR, Aristotle RC Grail, No exclusive material for quant and GMAT Club for quant and verbal practice.
3) How have you scored on EACH of your CATs/mocks (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
26 April Mock 1 Veritas: 650 Q50, V31
03 May Mock 2 Veritas: 660 Q50, V32
10 May Mock 3 Veritas: 710 Q51, V36
24 May Mock 4 Veritas: 660 Q50, V32
1 June Mock 5, Official: 700 Q47, V38
6 June Mock 6, Official: 690 Q49, V34
Goals:
4) What is your overall goal score? I will settle for anything above 730 , However would like to see a 740 on the test day.
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School? - Planning to apply for R1/R2 this year itself. I want to give another attempt latest by 20 July.
6) What Schools are you planning to apply to? - Target Schools are Booth, Columbia, Sloan, Stern, Haas
Please note: I have cancelled my score for now. The bigger picture was always to give another attempt after utilizing the break that I have with me. I thought that giving it in between would help in a few ways.
1) would help to overcome anxiety as to how a GMAT exam feels like
2) As I was under no pressure to perform in this test so I thought this might impact my performance on the test day.
Honestly I am not disappointed with the score as neither I was scoring a 740-750 in my mocks. I was definitely doing better in RCs in the mocks. The more pertinent point, however, is how to utilize the time at hand and perform upto best of my capabilities on or before 20 July.
Regards
Mudit
