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24 Dec 2020, 13:39
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Hey everyone,
Currently prepping for my first official GMAT test date on the 4th of January and have been studying full-time for about three weeks now. I've taken three of the Official GMAT practice tests and scored:
First (no practice, completely fresh): 650, Q43V37
Second (after one week) 650, Q39V40
Third (after two weeks) 690, Q42V42
It's been about a week and a half since I took the third official practice test and have focused almost exclusively on Quant prep. I've completed 4 of the GMAT Club CATs + over 100 individual questions with and have kept an error log. It appears that I've actually....decreased my quant score, as the highest GMAT Club CAT I've scored was a 44 (average of 37), and that was on practice mode. A lot of my mindset has been to simply get exposure to the questions and really up my comfort with the test overall. This hasn't really worked; I now seem to get frustrated and anxious while I take the quant portion, rather than feel prepared and at ease.
Fortunately I've got another year before I need to finalize my GMAT scores, but I'd like to get a little bit of insight for the short term strategy. Do y'all recommend that I continue to have the bulk of my practice be full-length CATs at a high frequency and debrief after, or take them at a more relaxed (and unrealistic) pace and make sure I'm executing properly, even if slower? I've integrated a lot of the strategies from the megathreads but am not entirely sure if I've even allowed enough raw time to see those adjustments manifest in a positive way. I've been logging about 4-6 hours per day these last two weeks.
I'm in a relatively quant-heavy major at an elite US university and feel a little taken aback at how poor my performance and improvement (more importantly) has been.
Currently prepping for my first official GMAT test date on the 4th of January and have been studying full-time for about three weeks now. I've taken three of the Official GMAT practice tests and scored:
First (no practice, completely fresh): 650, Q43V37
Second (after one week) 650, Q39V40
Third (after two weeks) 690, Q42V42
It's been about a week and a half since I took the third official practice test and have focused almost exclusively on Quant prep. I've completed 4 of the GMAT Club CATs + over 100 individual questions with and have kept an error log. It appears that I've actually....decreased my quant score, as the highest GMAT Club CAT I've scored was a 44 (average of 37), and that was on practice mode. A lot of my mindset has been to simply get exposure to the questions and really up my comfort with the test overall. This hasn't really worked; I now seem to get frustrated and anxious while I take the quant portion, rather than feel prepared and at ease.
Fortunately I've got another year before I need to finalize my GMAT scores, but I'd like to get a little bit of insight for the short term strategy. Do y'all recommend that I continue to have the bulk of my practice be full-length CATs at a high frequency and debrief after, or take them at a more relaxed (and unrealistic) pace and make sure I'm executing properly, even if slower? I've integrated a lot of the strategies from the megathreads but am not entirely sure if I've even allowed enough raw time to see those adjustments manifest in a positive way. I've been logging about 4-6 hours per day these last two weeks.
I'm in a relatively quant-heavy major at an elite US university and feel a little taken aback at how poor my performance and improvement (more importantly) has been.
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24 Dec 2020, 13:53
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Good for you - you've realized this relatively early on.
I've worked with students who unfortunately took a year or more to realize that brute force study is counterproductive for this test.
I go into my GMAT study advice (particularly for Quant) in the preface of my book - here's a video on how to access it for free:
I've worked with students who unfortunately took a year or more to realize that brute force study is counterproductive for this test.
I go into my GMAT study advice (particularly for Quant) in the preface of my book - here's a video on how to access it for free:
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