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27 Nov 2016, 16:14
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Hi Everyone,
Today I failed on the GMAT and it is a very frustrating experience because I prepared for 4 month and now I got a score of 460 Points.
For the preparation I used 1. Manhattan Guides and 2. Official Review 2017. I have read the math book's three times and summarized the verbal books. I really felt well prepared for the Test, although my Manhattan CAT Exams were around First attempt: 550 - 2nd: 430 - 3rd: 430 - 4th: 530 - 5th: 540.
In the Quant Section, every false answer that I have made during my studies was corrected and written down with a full explanation of the flaw. In amount I had around 300-400 questions (of 800) that were on my explanation letter and I tried to solve it as long as it worked.
The Verbal Section was not in my focus. I felt well with CR (because of the good explanation of the Manhattan Guides) and I also felt good prepared with SC. In contrast, RC was not one of my strength, but also in this section I was able to choose to right answers.
On the CAT's I was sometimes better in the Verbal Section (in the mid of one Test in the 80%), but on the real GMAT I got a score of 12 or something else. The math section was 39.
I don't know what to do now and it would be really awesome if somebody could give me an advice. My goal score is >640 and I need the score at the latest on March 2017. I want to apply at the University of Mannheim.
Although I have a bad score on the GMAT and on the CAT's, I don't feel that bad. I guess I have already a good foundation of all the concepts. Could anybody give me an advice what I could do now? I guess from now on it doesn't make sense to work again with the Manhattan books. I need another source for my preparation but I don't know which one would be the best. What about e-gmat?
Also I want to attach, when I made a flaw, most of the time it happens because I couldn't "translate" the Problem into the right equation in two minutes. It is not because I don't know what to do, its just because I don't feel that I am on the right way. And afterwards when I take a look in the solutions, I think "Oh man! Why did you stop..". I don't know how to tackle this problem.
I really hope that somebody could give me an advice.
Best regards,
Marco
Today I failed on the GMAT and it is a very frustrating experience because I prepared for 4 month and now I got a score of 460 Points.
For the preparation I used 1. Manhattan Guides and 2. Official Review 2017. I have read the math book's three times and summarized the verbal books. I really felt well prepared for the Test, although my Manhattan CAT Exams were around First attempt: 550 - 2nd: 430 - 3rd: 430 - 4th: 530 - 5th: 540.
In the Quant Section, every false answer that I have made during my studies was corrected and written down with a full explanation of the flaw. In amount I had around 300-400 questions (of 800) that were on my explanation letter and I tried to solve it as long as it worked.
The Verbal Section was not in my focus. I felt well with CR (because of the good explanation of the Manhattan Guides) and I also felt good prepared with SC. In contrast, RC was not one of my strength, but also in this section I was able to choose to right answers.
On the CAT's I was sometimes better in the Verbal Section (in the mid of one Test in the 80%), but on the real GMAT I got a score of 12 or something else. The math section was 39.
I don't know what to do now and it would be really awesome if somebody could give me an advice. My goal score is >640 and I need the score at the latest on March 2017. I want to apply at the University of Mannheim.
Although I have a bad score on the GMAT and on the CAT's, I don't feel that bad. I guess I have already a good foundation of all the concepts. Could anybody give me an advice what I could do now? I guess from now on it doesn't make sense to work again with the Manhattan books. I need another source for my preparation but I don't know which one would be the best. What about e-gmat?
Also I want to attach, when I made a flaw, most of the time it happens because I couldn't "translate" the Problem into the right equation in two minutes. It is not because I don't know what to do, its just because I don't feel that I am on the right way. And afterwards when I take a look in the solutions, I think "Oh man! Why did you stop..". I don't know how to tackle this problem.
I really hope that somebody could give me an advice.
Best regards,
Marco
27 Nov 2016, 20:34
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Hi MarcosL90,
Many Test Takers who use a 'book heavy' study approach end up getting 'stuck' at a particular score level, and that appears to be what happened to you. As such, you'll likely end up needing to invest in some non-book resources.The OG books are great sources for practice questions, but they're not designed to teach you Tactics, patterns or the little 'secrets' behind the GMAT - for those, you'll need Course-oriented materials. To that end, you would likely find it beneficial to invest in a GMAT Course of some type (either Guided Self-Study or instructor-led).
1) What is the exact application deadline for the School(s) that you plan to apply to?
2) How many hours do you think you can study each week going forward?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Many Test Takers who use a 'book heavy' study approach end up getting 'stuck' at a particular score level, and that appears to be what happened to you. As such, you'll likely end up needing to invest in some non-book resources.The OG books are great sources for practice questions, but they're not designed to teach you Tactics, patterns or the little 'secrets' behind the GMAT - for those, you'll need Course-oriented materials. To that end, you would likely find it beneficial to invest in a GMAT Course of some type (either Guided Self-Study or instructor-led).
1) What is the exact application deadline for the School(s) that you plan to apply to?
2) How many hours do you think you can study each week going forward?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
27 Nov 2016, 20:46
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Hi MarcoL90,
When it comes to the timing aspects of the test and stress management - make sure you think extreme positivity and pay attention to this critical element of the test. We highly recommend that you read through the timing tips that we put together for you on this blog post:
https://www.gmatpill.com/about/studying- ... trategies/
Also, in case you haven't seen, the GMAT Timer is just one of many features we already have in the Practice Pill Platform: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-test/
You can time yourself for each question, get a video explanation explained the GMAT PILL way, and post questions / get answers to your questions.
Here is a customized 2-3 month study plan that can help boost your score: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... study-plan
Use this as a guideline. You don’t have to follow it exactly but the structure of the study plan should be the same structure that you take in your approach. This helps to optimize your retention and learning.
As you study, we recommend that you focus on one particular subsection for multiple consecutive days before moving onto the next. You can see this in our study plan where we recommend 5 days on nothing but SC -- before moving onto CR and then RC.
Here is a sample SC video to help you start your journey: https://www.gmatpill.com/sentencecorrect ... ythons.mp4
Best of luck - we are here to help.
When it comes to the timing aspects of the test and stress management - make sure you think extreme positivity and pay attention to this critical element of the test. We highly recommend that you read through the timing tips that we put together for you on this blog post:
https://www.gmatpill.com/about/studying- ... trategies/
Also, in case you haven't seen, the GMAT Timer is just one of many features we already have in the Practice Pill Platform: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-test/
You can time yourself for each question, get a video explanation explained the GMAT PILL way, and post questions / get answers to your questions.
Here is a customized 2-3 month study plan that can help boost your score: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... study-plan
Use this as a guideline. You don’t have to follow it exactly but the structure of the study plan should be the same structure that you take in your approach. This helps to optimize your retention and learning.
As you study, we recommend that you focus on one particular subsection for multiple consecutive days before moving onto the next. You can see this in our study plan where we recommend 5 days on nothing but SC -- before moving onto CR and then RC.
Here is a sample SC video to help you start your journey: https://www.gmatpill.com/sentencecorrect ... ythons.mp4
Best of luck - we are here to help.
