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10 Sep 2019, 10:13
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I have being Always good in Math since I was a kid.
When I started to study for the GMAT exam, my concern was basically the verbal section.
As soon as I did the first mock test without any preparation I started to worry about both.
I have Always being terrible in exams, I saw there that it would not change in GMAT.
Below the timeline that is freking me out.
Date Test Score Verbal Quant V + Q Score
March 12 1st Online 410 20 27 47
June 7 2nd Online 560 23 44 67
June 23 1st Mock 490 19 33 52
June 29 2nd Mock 520 31 30 61
June 30 3rd Mock 540 30 34 64
July 07 4rd Mock 540 33 32 65
July 22 1st Online 550 28 37 65
August 18 2nd Online 550 28 36 70
Sep. 8 5th Moch 540 34 30 64
The main problem is that even with an error log, I cannot find a pattern on which kind of questions I am not going ok.
I am doing a lot of silly mistakes and tough questions of all subjects are confusing me.
The impression I have is that I learn the concept, I understand the pattern but during the exam I cannot apply the strategies I learned (meaning that I am actually not learning), I just solve it as I was doing before I studied.
I first studied with a local prep Consulting company, now I am working with MGMAT, I already read the Guides 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7. And I am Reading now the 4 and 8.
My study plan now is to work one day in Quant and Verbal in the next, My study plan is as ber below considering 2h a day almost everyday.
1st Day: Quant (1 chapter a day of MGMAT Guide)
2nd Day: Verbal - Sentence Correction (One chapter a day of MGMAT)
3rd Day: Quant (1 Chapter a day of MGMAT Guide)
4th Day : Verbal - CR (Read the notes I did when read the MGMAT for 1 hour, 30 minutes of OG Verbal questions and 30 minutes of answer review)
5th Day: Quant (1 Chapter a day of MGMAT Guide)
6th Day: Verbal - RC - 1 hour of concepts, I reread the notes of MGMAT or read the Princeton Review for RC, 30 minutes of Verbal Questions and 30 minutes of answer review
7th Day: Quant (1 Chapter a day of MGMAT Guide)
I am in a good trend for Verbal, mostly SC on modifiers questions, that is mapped and I think it is the way to increase my score.
My concern is about Math, I even had a Q44 3 months ago, but never got that good again and in the last mock test I got only Q30, the worst result since I started working.
The mock tests I labled as "1st Mock" for example, are some old mock tests from official guide not addaptative.
The online tests are the GMAT Prep examps 1 & 2 that I took twice each.
The last GMAT Prep exam, I did not answer by mistake the last one of quant and verbal (I thought I had confirmed and the time was not enough), I tried to find what is the penalty for not answering the questions, But I could not find, does anyone knows it?
I need help to understand where am I making mistakes, what should I do different and how to get my overall score of 700 as my target.
Could anyone give me some tips or if you need any further information ask me?
Thank you in advance guys!!
When I started to study for the GMAT exam, my concern was basically the verbal section.
As soon as I did the first mock test without any preparation I started to worry about both.
I have Always being terrible in exams, I saw there that it would not change in GMAT.
Below the timeline that is freking me out.
Date Test Score Verbal Quant V + Q Score
March 12 1st Online 410 20 27 47
June 7 2nd Online 560 23 44 67
June 23 1st Mock 490 19 33 52
June 29 2nd Mock 520 31 30 61
June 30 3rd Mock 540 30 34 64
July 07 4rd Mock 540 33 32 65
July 22 1st Online 550 28 37 65
August 18 2nd Online 550 28 36 70
Sep. 8 5th Moch 540 34 30 64
The main problem is that even with an error log, I cannot find a pattern on which kind of questions I am not going ok.
I am doing a lot of silly mistakes and tough questions of all subjects are confusing me.
The impression I have is that I learn the concept, I understand the pattern but during the exam I cannot apply the strategies I learned (meaning that I am actually not learning), I just solve it as I was doing before I studied.
I first studied with a local prep Consulting company, now I am working with MGMAT, I already read the Guides 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7. And I am Reading now the 4 and 8.
My study plan now is to work one day in Quant and Verbal in the next, My study plan is as ber below considering 2h a day almost everyday.
1st Day: Quant (1 chapter a day of MGMAT Guide)
2nd Day: Verbal - Sentence Correction (One chapter a day of MGMAT)
3rd Day: Quant (1 Chapter a day of MGMAT Guide)
4th Day : Verbal - CR (Read the notes I did when read the MGMAT for 1 hour, 30 minutes of OG Verbal questions and 30 minutes of answer review)
5th Day: Quant (1 Chapter a day of MGMAT Guide)
6th Day: Verbal - RC - 1 hour of concepts, I reread the notes of MGMAT or read the Princeton Review for RC, 30 minutes of Verbal Questions and 30 minutes of answer review
7th Day: Quant (1 Chapter a day of MGMAT Guide)
I am in a good trend for Verbal, mostly SC on modifiers questions, that is mapped and I think it is the way to increase my score.
My concern is about Math, I even had a Q44 3 months ago, but never got that good again and in the last mock test I got only Q30, the worst result since I started working.
The mock tests I labled as "1st Mock" for example, are some old mock tests from official guide not addaptative.
The online tests are the GMAT Prep examps 1 & 2 that I took twice each.
The last GMAT Prep exam, I did not answer by mistake the last one of quant and verbal (I thought I had confirmed and the time was not enough), I tried to find what is the penalty for not answering the questions, But I could not find, does anyone knows it?
I need help to understand where am I making mistakes, what should I do different and how to get my overall score of 700 as my target.
Could anyone give me some tips or if you need any further information ask me?
Thank you in advance guys!!
10 Sep 2019, 10:26
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ifbernardes
I have being Always good in Math since I was a kid.
When I started to study for the GMAT exam, my concern was basically the verbal section.
As soon as I did the first mock test without any preparation I started to worry about both.
I have Always being terrible in exams, I saw there that it would not change in GMAT.
Below the timeline that is freking me out.
Date Test Score Verbal Quant V + Q Score
March 12 1st Online 410 20 27 47
June 7 2nd Online 560 23 44 67
June 23 1st Mock 490 19 33 52
June 29 2nd Mock 520 31 30 61
June 30 3rd Mock 540 30 34 64
July 07 4rd Mock 540 33 32 65
July 22 1st Online 550 28 37 65
August 18 2nd Online 550 28 36 70
Sep. 8 5th Moch 540 34 30 64
The main problem is that even with an error log, I cannot find a pattern on which kind of questions I am not going ok.
I am doing a lot of silly mistakes and tough questions of all subjects are confusing me.
The impression I have is that I learn the concept, I understand the pattern but during the exam I cannot apply the strategies I learned (meaning that I am actually not learning), I just solve it as I was doing before I studied.
I first studied with a local prep Consulting company, now I am working with MGMAT, I already read the Guides 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7. And I am Reading now the 4 and 8.
My study plan now is to work one day in Quant and Verbal in the next, My study plan is as ber below considering 2h a day almost everyday.
1st Day: Quant (1 chapter a day of MGMAT Guide)
2nd Day: Verbal - Sentence Correction (One chapter a day of MGMAT)
3rd Day: Quant (1 Chapter a day of MGMAT Guide)
4th Day : Verbal - CR (Read the notes I did when read the MGMAT for 1 hour, 30 minutes of OG Verbal questions and 30 minutes of answer review)
5th Day: Quant (1 Chapter a day of MGMAT Guide)
6th Day: Verbal - RC - 1 hour of concepts, I reread the notes of MGMAT or read the Princeton Review for RC, 30 minutes of Verbal Questions and 30 minutes of answer review
7th Day: Quant (1 Chapter a day of MGMAT Guide)
I am in a good trend for Verbal, mostly SC on modifiers questions, that is mapped and I think it is the way to increase my score.
My concern is about Math, I even had a Q44 3 months ago, but never got that good again and in the last mock test I got only Q30, the worst result since I started working.
The mock tests I labled as "1st Mock" for example, are some old mock tests from official guide not addaptative.
The online tests are the GMAT Prep examps 1 & 2 that I took twice each.
The last GMAT Prep exam, I did not answer by mistake the last one of quant and verbal (I thought I had confirmed and the time was not enough), I tried to find what is the penalty for not answering the questions, But I could not find, does anyone knows it?
I need help to understand where am I making mistakes, what should I do different and how to get my overall score of 700 as my target.
Could anyone give me some tips or if you need any further information ask me?
Thank you in advance guys!!
When I started to study for the GMAT exam, my concern was basically the verbal section.
As soon as I did the first mock test without any preparation I started to worry about both.
I have Always being terrible in exams, I saw there that it would not change in GMAT.
Below the timeline that is freking me out.
Date Test Score Verbal Quant V + Q Score
March 12 1st Online 410 20 27 47
June 7 2nd Online 560 23 44 67
June 23 1st Mock 490 19 33 52
June 29 2nd Mock 520 31 30 61
June 30 3rd Mock 540 30 34 64
July 07 4rd Mock 540 33 32 65
July 22 1st Online 550 28 37 65
August 18 2nd Online 550 28 36 70
Sep. 8 5th Moch 540 34 30 64
The main problem is that even with an error log, I cannot find a pattern on which kind of questions I am not going ok.
I am doing a lot of silly mistakes and tough questions of all subjects are confusing me.
The impression I have is that I learn the concept, I understand the pattern but during the exam I cannot apply the strategies I learned (meaning that I am actually not learning), I just solve it as I was doing before I studied.
I first studied with a local prep Consulting company, now I am working with MGMAT, I already read the Guides 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7. And I am Reading now the 4 and 8.
My study plan now is to work one day in Quant and Verbal in the next, My study plan is as ber below considering 2h a day almost everyday.
1st Day: Quant (1 chapter a day of MGMAT Guide)
2nd Day: Verbal - Sentence Correction (One chapter a day of MGMAT)
3rd Day: Quant (1 Chapter a day of MGMAT Guide)
4th Day : Verbal - CR (Read the notes I did when read the MGMAT for 1 hour, 30 minutes of OG Verbal questions and 30 minutes of answer review)
5th Day: Quant (1 Chapter a day of MGMAT Guide)
6th Day: Verbal - RC - 1 hour of concepts, I reread the notes of MGMAT or read the Princeton Review for RC, 30 minutes of Verbal Questions and 30 minutes of answer review
7th Day: Quant (1 Chapter a day of MGMAT Guide)
I am in a good trend for Verbal, mostly SC on modifiers questions, that is mapped and I think it is the way to increase my score.
My concern is about Math, I even had a Q44 3 months ago, but never got that good again and in the last mock test I got only Q30, the worst result since I started working.
The mock tests I labled as "1st Mock" for example, are some old mock tests from official guide not addaptative.
The online tests are the GMAT Prep examps 1 & 2 that I took twice each.
The last GMAT Prep exam, I did not answer by mistake the last one of quant and verbal (I thought I had confirmed and the time was not enough), I tried to find what is the penalty for not answering the questions, But I could not find, does anyone knows it?
I need help to understand where am I making mistakes, what should I do different and how to get my overall score of 700 as my target.
Could anyone give me some tips or if you need any further information ask me?
Thank you in advance guys!!
You are doing some things right and some things may be improved.
Please do not think that if you are good in math generally or terrible at math, then you will either ace the quantitative section or fall flat. Neither of this is true.
GMAT quantitative must be learned for its question types, patterns and pacing (also true for verbal section). To achieve good scores, you must become absolutely comfortable with fundamentals (which are high school-level concepts). You must then become comfortable with quickly and accurately applying those concepts on timed questions. But first, you should do many untimed practice questions. Then analyze and repeat process.
Keeping actual error logs and continuously updating it might work in some instances, but they will also use up valuable time. Instead, try to keep running scores in general sense in your mind as you work through problems.
As for alternating days for study of quant and verbal, that may or may not be the most efficient. In general, you must concentrate on weaker areas for a long time. Alternating topics can cause confusion.
Lastly, do not take so many mock tests. You should spend most of your time on fundamentals and analyses.
10 Sep 2019, 12:57
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Hi ifbernardes
You remind me of myself several months ago. (now I can comfortably exceed Q48)
I was strong in Math during my high school, and thought that Quant. should not be my problem, but I was completely wrong.
In Brief, GMAT is totally different. Every question can be solved by several different methods, which are all right. But in GMAT, you should be able to identify the fastest way. you have to practice a lot to develop such an intuition. The main challenge is always the time, and GMAT is not testing your math, but your time management, intuition, elimination techniques, and smart guessing to reach an answer the fastest way.
GMATclub helped me so much in quant. because of the unique question bank and detailed explanations for each question.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/search.php?view=search_tags
take some time to learn the fundamentals through practicing some easy questions first and navigate among different topics, and when you feel ok, move to harder ones and so on.
You remind me of myself several months ago. (now I can comfortably exceed Q48)
I was strong in Math during my high school, and thought that Quant. should not be my problem, but I was completely wrong.
In Brief, GMAT is totally different. Every question can be solved by several different methods, which are all right. But in GMAT, you should be able to identify the fastest way. you have to practice a lot to develop such an intuition. The main challenge is always the time, and GMAT is not testing your math, but your time management, intuition, elimination techniques, and smart guessing to reach an answer the fastest way.
GMATclub helped me so much in quant. because of the unique question bank and detailed explanations for each question.
https://gmatclub.com/forum/search.php?view=search_tags
take some time to learn the fundamentals through practicing some easy questions first and navigate among different topics, and when you feel ok, move to harder ones and so on.
