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Updated on: 07 Aug 2022, 19:42
Originally posted by phoenix2194 on 06 Aug 2022, 22:07.
Last edited by phoenix2194 on 07 Aug 2022, 19:42, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by phoenix2194 on 07 Aug 2022, 19:42, edited 1 time in total.
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Before starting my GMAT prep, I gave a cold official mock and received 660 (Q48/V32). From mid of March 2022 I started my prep.
My prep was on off due to the nature of job (Lots of unpredictable travel). After preparing for approx 3 months, in June I gave Mock 1 again and scored 660 (Q49V30). Main reason for low verbal score was my timing in verbal. I couldn't complete last 7-8 questions in verbal.
I continued my Prep and gave all 6 mocks. Scores of Official Mocks are as follows:
Mock 2 730 Q50 V38
Mock 3 730 Q51 V38
Mock 4 720 Q50 V35
Mock 5 700 Q50 V34
Mock 6 770 Q50 V45
After each mock, I used to analyse my weakness and work on it. My biggest weakness was always SC.
My target score is >740
I gave my actual GMAT yesterday and scored 620 (Q49 V27). I canceled the score.
I missed last two questions in Quant (Due to my carelessness in timing. Never had issue with timing in quant)
But the biggest shock was verbal. I rushed thru last few questions in verbal but apart from SC i was confident in Verbal.
I have applied for ESR, but i think we have to wait for 72 hours after the exam to enable the ESR. Once I receive ESR, I will share it in the post.
Although I cannot target 1st round of my target school now, I am planning to target the second round now and will give GMAT in Sep.
So I have approx 1 month (considering nature of job, i will get only 15 days) for reattempt prep and will focus on SC.
I plan to solve all the official easy questions from GMAT club, then move on to medium and hard and improve to accuracy and timing in SC.
I also plan to do CR and RC and some quant in between but more focus will be more on SC.
I plan to take Manhattan Mock as I have already exhausted official mocks.
Please review my strategy and guide.
My prep was on off due to the nature of job (Lots of unpredictable travel). After preparing for approx 3 months, in June I gave Mock 1 again and scored 660 (Q49V30). Main reason for low verbal score was my timing in verbal. I couldn't complete last 7-8 questions in verbal.
I continued my Prep and gave all 6 mocks. Scores of Official Mocks are as follows:
Mock 2 730 Q50 V38
Mock 3 730 Q51 V38
Mock 4 720 Q50 V35
Mock 5 700 Q50 V34
Mock 6 770 Q50 V45
After each mock, I used to analyse my weakness and work on it. My biggest weakness was always SC.
My target score is >740
I gave my actual GMAT yesterday and scored 620 (Q49 V27). I canceled the score.
I missed last two questions in Quant (Due to my carelessness in timing. Never had issue with timing in quant)
But the biggest shock was verbal. I rushed thru last few questions in verbal but apart from SC i was confident in Verbal.
I have applied for ESR, but i think we have to wait for 72 hours after the exam to enable the ESR. Once I receive ESR, I will share it in the post.
Although I cannot target 1st round of my target school now, I am planning to target the second round now and will give GMAT in Sep.
So I have approx 1 month (considering nature of job, i will get only 15 days) for reattempt prep and will focus on SC.
I plan to solve all the official easy questions from GMAT club, then move on to medium and hard and improve to accuracy and timing in SC.
I also plan to do CR and RC and some quant in between but more focus will be more on SC.
I plan to take Manhattan Mock as I have already exhausted official mocks.
Please review my strategy and guide.
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07 Aug 2022, 05:03
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Hi phoenix2194.
To get to your score goal, you have to increase your verbal score quite a bit. However, I see that your plan for verbal going forward includes only doing more practice questions.
So, I'm wondering whether you have learned verbal concepts and strategies anywhere or you have mostly done practice questions so far, because if you've mostly just been answering practice questions, then to increase your verbal score sufficiently to get to your score goal, you may need to adjust what you're doing so that it includes more study of verbal concepts and strategies.
For in-depth discussion of how to prepare for GMAT verbal, see this post.
How to Score High on GMAT Verbal
Also, for some tips on how to speed up in GMAT verbal and complete the section on time, see this one.
How to Get Faster at GMAT Verbal
To get to your score goal, you have to increase your verbal score quite a bit. However, I see that your plan for verbal going forward includes only doing more practice questions.
So, I'm wondering whether you have learned verbal concepts and strategies anywhere or you have mostly done practice questions so far, because if you've mostly just been answering practice questions, then to increase your verbal score sufficiently to get to your score goal, you may need to adjust what you're doing so that it includes more study of verbal concepts and strategies.
For in-depth discussion of how to prepare for GMAT verbal, see this post.
How to Score High on GMAT Verbal
Also, for some tips on how to speed up in GMAT verbal and complete the section on time, see this one.
How to Get Faster at GMAT Verbal
07 Aug 2022, 08:05
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I’m sorry to hear that things didn’t go so well for you on test day. Your practice tests suggest that these most recent test results are not indicative with your abilities.
Whenever students' official GMAT scores are significantly lower than their practice test scores, the Verbal section is almost always their undoing.
One possible issue is just plain bad luck. For example, if you love historical Reading Comprehension (RC) passages and loathe scientific RC passages, then getting 3 scientific passages on test day would be bad luck, and your score could suffer accordingly. Similarly, if time got away from you (which your ESR suggests), and you have 3 minutes remaining to answer the last 3 questions, then you might be able to answer all 3 questions if they're Sentence Correction questions, only 2 if they're Critical Reasoning (CR) questions, and maybe only 1 question if you're presented with an RC passage and 3 questions.
Another issue is that, because CR and RC questions typically require you to juggle a lot of different information in your head, any reduction in focus (caused by lack of sleep, anxiety, etc.) can negatively impact your score.
Another issue is that you just didn't follow the same "game plan" you followed during your practice tests. For example, during practice tests, some students have no problem guessing after getting nowhere on a super difficult question for the past 40 seconds. However, given the formality and importance of the official test, those same students may be reluctant to give up so quickly on a question, and they end up running out of time because they spent way too much time on too many difficult questions.
The key is to identify which factors apply to you and try to mitigate them before your next test.
Whenever students' official GMAT scores are significantly lower than their practice test scores, the Verbal section is almost always their undoing.
One possible issue is just plain bad luck. For example, if you love historical Reading Comprehension (RC) passages and loathe scientific RC passages, then getting 3 scientific passages on test day would be bad luck, and your score could suffer accordingly. Similarly, if time got away from you (which your ESR suggests), and you have 3 minutes remaining to answer the last 3 questions, then you might be able to answer all 3 questions if they're Sentence Correction questions, only 2 if they're Critical Reasoning (CR) questions, and maybe only 1 question if you're presented with an RC passage and 3 questions.
Another issue is that, because CR and RC questions typically require you to juggle a lot of different information in your head, any reduction in focus (caused by lack of sleep, anxiety, etc.) can negatively impact your score.
Another issue is that you just didn't follow the same "game plan" you followed during your practice tests. For example, during practice tests, some students have no problem guessing after getting nowhere on a super difficult question for the past 40 seconds. However, given the formality and importance of the official test, those same students may be reluctant to give up so quickly on a question, and they end up running out of time because they spent way too much time on too many difficult questions.
The key is to identify which factors apply to you and try to mitigate them before your next test.
