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21 Jun 2017, 05:41
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Hi,
I took the gmat for the first time last week and scored 620 (Q35, V41, IR 6, AWA 6).
Obviously it was my quant score that dragged me down. I knew it would, just didn't expect it to this extent. In my practice tests (GMAC official) I scored 660 3 times in a row and 650 the first time. My verbal was consistently 41/42 and my quant around 38/39. So I think I really bombed out on my quant.
What I am after is a bit of advice around what to do next... I have a couple of questions, both focussed on quant.
1. Do you think a score improvement to quant 40+ is feasible within 1-2 months?
2. What is the suggested strategy to get to desired score?
Ideally I want to get as close to the 700 mark as possible (if not reach it).
Also, I work full time so my study time is limited to evenings and weekends - realistically this is around 10 hours in the week and 10 hours at the weekend.
Thanks in advance!
Lucy
I took the gmat for the first time last week and scored 620 (Q35, V41, IR 6, AWA 6).
Obviously it was my quant score that dragged me down. I knew it would, just didn't expect it to this extent. In my practice tests (GMAC official) I scored 660 3 times in a row and 650 the first time. My verbal was consistently 41/42 and my quant around 38/39. So I think I really bombed out on my quant.
What I am after is a bit of advice around what to do next... I have a couple of questions, both focussed on quant.
1. Do you think a score improvement to quant 40+ is feasible within 1-2 months?
2. What is the suggested strategy to get to desired score?
Ideally I want to get as close to the 700 mark as possible (if not reach it).
Also, I work full time so my study time is limited to evenings and weekends - realistically this is around 10 hours in the week and 10 hours at the weekend.
Thanks in advance!
Lucy
21 Jun 2017, 07:44
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Hi,
Your verbal score is great, which many of us here are trying to reach at probably.
For quant- what material did you study?
did you start with the basics?
did you take manhattan guides or practiced OG?
from what i have seen here, gmac official prep tests are the most approximate indicators of your score, so if you are getting 660 there, according to that a plus minus 10 score is expected..
but you can def take the plunge with the right practice for Quant, if you even improve till q42 or something you can probably reach the target score easily as verbal part is working great for you
Your verbal score is great, which many of us here are trying to reach at probably.
For quant- what material did you study?
did you start with the basics?
did you take manhattan guides or practiced OG?
from what i have seen here, gmac official prep tests are the most approximate indicators of your score, so if you are getting 660 there, according to that a plus minus 10 score is expected..
but you can def take the plunge with the right practice for Quant, if you even improve till q42 or something you can probably reach the target score easily as verbal part is working great for you
21 Jun 2017, 08:30
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Hi thank you for your response tanvi9 
I used the OG guide 2017 for practice questions as well as Magoosh online. My approach was to practice questions as much as possible and go over concepts as and when I needed to. I am aware now that there are some basic areas I need to brush up on (and learn formulas for etc.).
I actually found the quant questions on test day quite simple questions (I found in my practices that often I had to spend quite a bit of time working out what the question was asking before attempting a solution, but this wasn't so much the case in the real thing for me). That the level of question seemed simple also sort of threw me a bit and I was thinking about it a bit too much probably! Like I said, some of the simple questions I just couldn't remember the formula for so I def need to brush up on some simple concepts.
I used the OG guide 2017 for practice questions as well as Magoosh online. My approach was to practice questions as much as possible and go over concepts as and when I needed to. I am aware now that there are some basic areas I need to brush up on (and learn formulas for etc.).
I actually found the quant questions on test day quite simple questions (I found in my practices that often I had to spend quite a bit of time working out what the question was asking before attempting a solution, but this wasn't so much the case in the real thing for me). That the level of question seemed simple also sort of threw me a bit and I was thinking about it a bit too much probably! Like I said, some of the simple questions I just couldn't remember the formula for so I def need to brush up on some simple concepts.
