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01 Feb 2017, 09:01
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Hi all,
I'm posting for the first time here today to share my experience and ask for some advice.
First, a bit on my profile: I'm a french student, bachelor in business and finishing another bachelor in languages currently. I'm trying to get the MiM at HEC or ESCP and am aiming for a 700.
Preparation:
I started preparing seriously for the GMAT two weeks ago (doing just that) on average from 9h to 21h, I took a practise test early January with Veritas to see where I would stand before getting deep into it and scored a sad 520 (Q34/V28).
And two weeks ago I started working seriously because it was a time frame where I could get serious about it.
The first days I went through the whole OG16 exercises keeping a log of all the exercices I'd failed. I then bought the Veritas CAT pack (which I recommend for the post-exam reviews which are great) and did a first one where I scored 590 (Q36/V35) which, ironically, is the exact score I got today. I knew that Quant was my weak spot so I worked almost solely on this, reading advice for Verbal here and then and practising it when doing CATS. 3 days later I took another CAT and score 590 again but with a steady increase in quant (Q39/V33). Two days later I did another one and scored 620 (Q40/V36).
At this point I was getting confident that my work was paying off. I created an account on Gmatclub to download some material and was pleasantly surprised to see 3days of EmpowerGMAT offered. I went through the whole video material for the Quant section. Rich is great at explaining concepts in Quant and it also helped me to feel more confident. I took two last Veritas CATs spread apart by 3 days (I know I shouldn't have done them with such little spacing but the deadline for the Gmat was approaching and since I had to send it early to ESCP I thought I might as well use them). And on those 2 I scored 650 twice: Q41/V39 and Q46/V34. I was really happy with my first verbal increase although I hadn't worked on it and with my second Q46 it showed that I was starting to grasp the concepts seriously.
(I don't know why I scored so high on the exams and so low on the real test, to me a 60 point difference is quite huge, what do you guys think? I don't think the Veritas material is to blame but I can see where it's coming from
)
I also did a LBS Gmat test powered by The Economist I believe and scored a Q48 which really boosted my confidence.
I was thinking that if I performed well on test day I could get around 690-700 (putting my respective Q and V scores together).
Test day:
Had quite a bad night before, waking up 3-4 times during the night, my session was at 9AM, I'd trained numerous times in full length for the exam so that wasn't an issue.
During the exam though I felt I was seeing easier than usual questions, which was later sadly confirmed by my score. I just don't know where it went wrong.
So right now I'm pretty demotivated, going to take a brake and get back to working on the GMAT on evenings starting next monday but I don't really see where I should pick up :/
Any advice, recommendations is welcome! I don't really know where to start
I feel that I'm one of those GMAT horror stories
I'm posting for the first time here today to share my experience and ask for some advice.
First, a bit on my profile: I'm a french student, bachelor in business and finishing another bachelor in languages currently. I'm trying to get the MiM at HEC or ESCP and am aiming for a 700.
Preparation:
I started preparing seriously for the GMAT two weeks ago (doing just that) on average from 9h to 21h, I took a practise test early January with Veritas to see where I would stand before getting deep into it and scored a sad 520 (Q34/V28).
And two weeks ago I started working seriously because it was a time frame where I could get serious about it.
The first days I went through the whole OG16 exercises keeping a log of all the exercices I'd failed. I then bought the Veritas CAT pack (which I recommend for the post-exam reviews which are great) and did a first one where I scored 590 (Q36/V35) which, ironically, is the exact score I got today. I knew that Quant was my weak spot so I worked almost solely on this, reading advice for Verbal here and then and practising it when doing CATS. 3 days later I took another CAT and score 590 again but with a steady increase in quant (Q39/V33). Two days later I did another one and scored 620 (Q40/V36).
At this point I was getting confident that my work was paying off. I created an account on Gmatclub to download some material and was pleasantly surprised to see 3days of EmpowerGMAT offered. I went through the whole video material for the Quant section. Rich is great at explaining concepts in Quant and it also helped me to feel more confident. I took two last Veritas CATs spread apart by 3 days (I know I shouldn't have done them with such little spacing but the deadline for the Gmat was approaching and since I had to send it early to ESCP I thought I might as well use them). And on those 2 I scored 650 twice: Q41/V39 and Q46/V34. I was really happy with my first verbal increase although I hadn't worked on it and with my second Q46 it showed that I was starting to grasp the concepts seriously.
(I don't know why I scored so high on the exams and so low on the real test, to me a 60 point difference is quite huge, what do you guys think? I don't think the Veritas material is to blame but I can see where it's coming from
) I also did a LBS Gmat test powered by The Economist I believe and scored a Q48 which really boosted my confidence.
I was thinking that if I performed well on test day I could get around 690-700 (putting my respective Q and V scores together).
Test day:
Had quite a bad night before, waking up 3-4 times during the night, my session was at 9AM, I'd trained numerous times in full length for the exam so that wasn't an issue.
During the exam though I felt I was seeing easier than usual questions, which was later sadly confirmed by my score. I just don't know where it went wrong.
So right now I'm pretty demotivated, going to take a brake and get back to working on the GMAT on evenings starting next monday but I don't really see where I should pick up :/
Any advice, recommendations is welcome! I don't really know where to start
I feel that I'm one of those GMAT horror stories
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02 Feb 2017, 03:04
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I feel that I'm one of those GMAT horror stories
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02 Feb 2017, 10:51
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antoinem
Hi all,
I'm posting for the first time here today to share my experience and ask for some advice.
First, a bit on my profile: I'm a french student, bachelor in business and finishing another bachelor in languages currently. I'm trying to get the MiM at HEC or ESCP and am aiming for a 700.
Preparation:
I started preparing seriously for the GMAT two weeks ago (doing just that) on average from 9h to 21h, I took a practise test early January with Veritas to see where I would stand before getting deep into it and scored a sad 520 (Q34/V28).
And two weeks ago I started working seriously because it was a time frame where I could get serious about it.
The first days I went through the whole OG16 exercises keeping a log of all the exercices I'd failed. I then bought the Veritas CAT pack (which I recommend for the post-exam reviews which are great) and did a first one where I scored 590 (Q36/V35) which, ironically, is the exact score I got today. I knew that Quant was my weak spot so I worked almost solely on this, reading advice for Verbal here and then and practising it when doing CATS. 3 days later I took another CAT and score 590 again but with a steady increase in quant (Q39/V33). Two days later I did another one and scored 620 (Q40/V36).
At this point I was getting confident that my work was paying off. I created an account on Gmatclub to download some material and was pleasantly surprised to see 3days of EmpowerGMAT offered. I went through the whole video material for the Quant section. Rich is great at explaining concepts in Quant and it also helped me to feel more confident. I took two last Veritas CATs spread apart by 3 days (I know I shouldn't have done them with such little spacing but the deadline for the Gmat was approaching and since I had to send it early to ESCP I thought I might as well use them). And on those 2 I scored 650 twice: Q41/V39 and Q46/V34. I was really happy with my first verbal increase although I hadn't worked on it and with my second Q46 it showed that I was starting to grasp the concepts seriously.
(I don't know why I scored so high on the exams and so low on the real test, to me a 60 point difference is quite huge, what do you guys think? I don't think the Veritas material is to blame but I can see where it's coming from)
I also did a LBS Gmat test powered by The Economist I believe and scored a Q48 which really boosted my confidence.
I was thinking that if I performed well on test day I could get around 690-700 (putting my respective Q and V scores together).
Test day:
Had quite a bad night before, waking up 3-4 times during the night, my session was at 9AM, I'd trained numerous times in full length for the exam so that wasn't an issue.
During the exam though I felt I was seeing easier than usual questions, which was later sadly confirmed by my score. I just don't know where it went wrong.
So right now I'm pretty demotivated, going to take a brake and get back to working on the GMAT on evenings starting next monday but I don't really see where I should pick up :/
Any advice, recommendations is welcome! I don't really know where to start
I feel that I'm one of those GMAT horror stories
I'm posting for the first time here today to share my experience and ask for some advice.
First, a bit on my profile: I'm a french student, bachelor in business and finishing another bachelor in languages currently. I'm trying to get the MiM at HEC or ESCP and am aiming for a 700.
Preparation:
I started preparing seriously for the GMAT two weeks ago (doing just that) on average from 9h to 21h, I took a practise test early January with Veritas to see where I would stand before getting deep into it and scored a sad 520 (Q34/V28).
And two weeks ago I started working seriously because it was a time frame where I could get serious about it.
The first days I went through the whole OG16 exercises keeping a log of all the exercices I'd failed. I then bought the Veritas CAT pack (which I recommend for the post-exam reviews which are great) and did a first one where I scored 590 (Q36/V35) which, ironically, is the exact score I got today. I knew that Quant was my weak spot so I worked almost solely on this, reading advice for Verbal here and then and practising it when doing CATS. 3 days later I took another CAT and score 590 again but with a steady increase in quant (Q39/V33). Two days later I did another one and scored 620 (Q40/V36).
At this point I was getting confident that my work was paying off. I created an account on Gmatclub to download some material and was pleasantly surprised to see 3days of EmpowerGMAT offered. I went through the whole video material for the Quant section. Rich is great at explaining concepts in Quant and it also helped me to feel more confident. I took two last Veritas CATs spread apart by 3 days (I know I shouldn't have done them with such little spacing but the deadline for the Gmat was approaching and since I had to send it early to ESCP I thought I might as well use them). And on those 2 I scored 650 twice: Q41/V39 and Q46/V34. I was really happy with my first verbal increase although I hadn't worked on it and with my second Q46 it showed that I was starting to grasp the concepts seriously.
(I don't know why I scored so high on the exams and so low on the real test, to me a 60 point difference is quite huge, what do you guys think? I don't think the Veritas material is to blame but I can see where it's coming from
) I also did a LBS Gmat test powered by The Economist I believe and scored a Q48 which really boosted my confidence.
I was thinking that if I performed well on test day I could get around 690-700 (putting my respective Q and V scores together).
Test day:
Had quite a bad night before, waking up 3-4 times during the night, my session was at 9AM, I'd trained numerous times in full length for the exam so that wasn't an issue.
During the exam though I felt I was seeing easier than usual questions, which was later sadly confirmed by my score. I just don't know where it went wrong.
So right now I'm pretty demotivated, going to take a brake and get back to working on the GMAT on evenings starting next monday but I don't really see where I should pick up :/
Any advice, recommendations is welcome! I don't really know where to start
I feel that I'm one of those GMAT horror stories
Hi antoinem ,
I am sorry to hear that test day did not go as expected. Since you target score is 700 , you need to improve on both the sections .
Also you should take GMAT Prep practise tests before attempting prep company tests since GMAT Prep tests are the closest to the actual GMAT. You should also buy the GMAT Prep Exam pack 1 and 2 and question pack 1 for additional practise .
Quant - Veritas or Manhattan books, GMAT Club resources - You can follow Bunuel and see the sets in his signature. You should revise the basic quant concepts and then you can also attempt the GMAT Club tests .
Verbal - eGMAT live or on demand course
SC- Manhattan SC , eGMAT SC Course
CR- Powerscore CR Bible
RC - Veritas STOP strategy or eGMAT strategy or Manhattan - More than any particular strategy , success in RC will depend on your reading and comprehension skills
Magoosh GMAT Course - is a decent foundation course
Most importantly relax
. A bad test day is not the end of the world and I am pretty sure you can improve to 650 -700 in 2 months time with dedicated study .Hope this helps!!
