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02 May 2017, 08:04
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Hey guys,
So i took my third GMAT 5 days ago and didn't get the score i needed. I got 580 - 52% total. But my school of choice requires near 50% in every section of the exam. So i got v34 72% and q36 33% and IR 1 0%, don't know the AWA result but usually that one is easy and i get 5.0 in it. Anyway i'm thinking about retaking in a month, so i would like to know how to improve my quant to at least q45, that is 50%, right? And IR too. I have prepared with e-GMAT online, but my subscription has expired and their verbal section is good, but quant seems way too complicated and time-consuming. Also i have one more month of gmatclub questions, 20 quant CATs and 3 Verbal CATs left and 30 OG IR questions left. I already know all the concepts in quant well enough, but cannot always see the tricks or traps in questions. So i would like to know whether what i have left in terms of preparation material will be enough to imrove my skill? And what ideas can you spare for those who want to score q45?
Thank you
So i took my third GMAT 5 days ago and didn't get the score i needed. I got 580 - 52% total. But my school of choice requires near 50% in every section of the exam. So i got v34 72% and q36 33% and IR 1 0%, don't know the AWA result but usually that one is easy and i get 5.0 in it. Anyway i'm thinking about retaking in a month, so i would like to know how to improve my quant to at least q45, that is 50%, right? And IR too. I have prepared with e-GMAT online, but my subscription has expired and their verbal section is good, but quant seems way too complicated and time-consuming. Also i have one more month of gmatclub questions, 20 quant CATs and 3 Verbal CATs left and 30 OG IR questions left. I already know all the concepts in quant well enough, but cannot always see the tricks or traps in questions. So i would like to know whether what i have left in terms of preparation material will be enough to imrove my skill? And what ideas can you spare for those who want to score q45?
Thank you
02 May 2017, 08:56
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Two things:
- Do you have the Official Guide to the GMAT? If you're struggling to do actual problems (particularly within a time limit), you need to do, and analyze, more actual problems! The OG is the best resource for that.
- Even though you know the math basics already, I'd strongly recommend picking up Foundations of GMAT Math (MPrep). I think almost everyone can benefit from working through this book. Even if you know all of the math material already, doing drill sets can get you to the point where all of the math itself is super fast and automatic, which gives you much more time to think about the wording of the problems themselves.
- Do you have the Official Guide to the GMAT? If you're struggling to do actual problems (particularly within a time limit), you need to do, and analyze, more actual problems! The OG is the best resource for that.
- Even though you know the math basics already, I'd strongly recommend picking up Foundations of GMAT Math (MPrep). I think almost everyone can benefit from working through this book. Even if you know all of the math material already, doing drill sets can get you to the point where all of the math itself is super fast and automatic, which gives you much more time to think about the wording of the problems themselves.
02 May 2017, 11:16
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Hi stan3544,
Raising a Q36 to a Q45 will take some considerable work. A Q36 means that you made lots of little mistakes throughout the Quant section (meaning you either don't know the content well-enough and/or you're prone to making little mistakes as you work through Quant questions). In addition, you would have missed out on LOTS of 'strategy-based' points. The amount of study time that will be required for you to consistently score at that higher level depends a great deal on how 'flexible' a thinker you are. You're going to have to change how you 'see' (and respond to) the Quant section, but if you continue to answer questions using the same approaches that you used before, then you will likely continue to score at your current level.
1) What are the application deadlines for this Program?
2) Going forward, how many hours do you think you can consistently study each week?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Raising a Q36 to a Q45 will take some considerable work. A Q36 means that you made lots of little mistakes throughout the Quant section (meaning you either don't know the content well-enough and/or you're prone to making little mistakes as you work through Quant questions). In addition, you would have missed out on LOTS of 'strategy-based' points. The amount of study time that will be required for you to consistently score at that higher level depends a great deal on how 'flexible' a thinker you are. You're going to have to change how you 'see' (and respond to) the Quant section, but if you continue to answer questions using the same approaches that you used before, then you will likely continue to score at your current level.
1) What are the application deadlines for this Program?
2) Going forward, how many hours do you think you can consistently study each week?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
