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01 Jun 2016, 18:29
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Hello All,
I will be re-taking the GMAT in about a month and wanted to see what advice and suggestions you can offer. Should I be focusing on practice entirely, or looking at content in weaker areas. I have Magoosh premium, Veritas practice tests, Manhattan books/practice tests and am considering purchasing the Exam and question pack 1.
Would also like to point out that Target Test Prep helped solidify concepts for me on the verbal, and I can attribute my jump in Quant to Target Test Prep. I wish I had discovered that resource earlier. But now that my most recent score reflects that I have a decent grasp on Quant, I do not exactly know how to prep this month for attempt 3.
GMAT 1: 690 Q40 V44 (3/2015)
GMAT 2: 670 Q46 V36 (5/2016)
GMAT 3: 7/2016
Last GMAT Prep before exam 2 was 700 Q44 V41
As you can see from the above, the focus of my 2nd attempt was to improve math, which i did, but at the detriment of my verbal. I neglected it during my studies (only practicing it during mock exams), and it showed during the exam. I was rushed, ran out of time and had to guess on the last 5 or so.
Should I continue to take practice exams and work on timing?, seeing as how I can manage a high verbal and decent quant? If only i am able to put those two scores together!!!
Its been 10 days since my 2nd GMAT, and as mentioned, I have about a month to prepare to take 3....any and all advice on my approach this upcoming month is appreciated!! Thanks.
I will be re-taking the GMAT in about a month and wanted to see what advice and suggestions you can offer. Should I be focusing on practice entirely, or looking at content in weaker areas. I have Magoosh premium, Veritas practice tests, Manhattan books/practice tests and am considering purchasing the Exam and question pack 1.
Would also like to point out that Target Test Prep helped solidify concepts for me on the verbal, and I can attribute my jump in Quant to Target Test Prep. I wish I had discovered that resource earlier. But now that my most recent score reflects that I have a decent grasp on Quant, I do not exactly know how to prep this month for attempt 3.
GMAT 1: 690 Q40 V44 (3/2015)
GMAT 2: 670 Q46 V36 (5/2016)
GMAT 3: 7/2016
Last GMAT Prep before exam 2 was 700 Q44 V41
As you can see from the above, the focus of my 2nd attempt was to improve math, which i did, but at the detriment of my verbal. I neglected it during my studies (only practicing it during mock exams), and it showed during the exam. I was rushed, ran out of time and had to guess on the last 5 or so.
Should I continue to take practice exams and work on timing?, seeing as how I can manage a high verbal and decent quant? If only i am able to put those two scores together!!!
Its been 10 days since my 2nd GMAT, and as mentioned, I have about a month to prepare to take 3....any and all advice on my approach this upcoming month is appreciated!! Thanks.
02 Jun 2016, 11:28
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kbali
Dear kbali,
I'm happy to respond.
This is Mike McGarry, the voice of many Magoosh lessons. I assume you are aware of Magoosh's score guarantee. If you fulfill the terms, we guarantee 50+ above a previous GMAT or your money back. Since you have 690 on an official GMAT, that would be 740 or your money back. It's exceedingly rare that Magoosh has to give anyone a refund, precisely because if you watch all the Magoosh lessons, do the Magoosh practice questions, and watch all the video explanations for the questions, then it's very hard not to improve! We confidently guarantee a 50 point increase because so many of our students see much greater increases.
Here's a one-month study plan. Obviously, that maintains a very intense pace. Even though you have taken the GMAT twice, I would recommend taking absolutely nothing for granted on this third time. Make it your goal to be the most conscientious person on earth over the next month. Also, I would say: you are right on the cusp of the magic 700 threshold. Obviously, you want to break through into that territory. In other words, you want an excellent performance. For this, you need to embrace all the habits of excellence. Even the best resources in the world won't help you if you don't bring your full capacity for excellence to each and every day of your preparation. See this blog:
GMAT Study Plan for a 700 or More
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Mike
Updated on: 03 Jun 2016, 04:08
Originally posted by ScottTargetTestPrep on 02 Jun 2016, 14:52.
Last edited by ScottTargetTestPrep on 03 Jun 2016, 04:08, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by ScottTargetTestPrep on 03 Jun 2016, 04:08, edited 1 time in total.
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Hi Kbali,
Glad to hear we at Target Test Prep could help you with your increase in quant! Looking at your two scores, I see that you scored a 44 verbal on your first GMAT. Thus, to get back to that score, you should replicate exactly what you did to study verbal for your first GMAT. To help determine where to focus your verbal study efforts, you should order your enhanced score report. That report provides your percentile data on sentence correction, critical reasoning, and reading comprehension. Once you review that report, do some review of your weakest verbal areas and then do practice questions from those areas to track your improvement.
Although you plan to focus mostly on verbal for your next GMAT, you should not completely ignore quant; worst case scenario for your next exam would be an increase in your verbal score and a drop in your quant score. I recommend a quant to verbal study ratio of about 35 to 65. Furthermore, If you decide to keep using Target Test Prep to stay up with your quant, I would be happy to have a conversation about how to best utilize our course for the next month and to make valuable suggestions about verbal study.
Once you feel as if you have a handle on verbal, start taking practice tests again. I recommend purchasing exam pack 1 and exam pack 2 as those exams provide the most accurate exam experience and use the most accurate scoring algorithm.
Glad to hear we at Target Test Prep could help you with your increase in quant! Looking at your two scores, I see that you scored a 44 verbal on your first GMAT. Thus, to get back to that score, you should replicate exactly what you did to study verbal for your first GMAT. To help determine where to focus your verbal study efforts, you should order your enhanced score report. That report provides your percentile data on sentence correction, critical reasoning, and reading comprehension. Once you review that report, do some review of your weakest verbal areas and then do practice questions from those areas to track your improvement.
Although you plan to focus mostly on verbal for your next GMAT, you should not completely ignore quant; worst case scenario for your next exam would be an increase in your verbal score and a drop in your quant score. I recommend a quant to verbal study ratio of about 35 to 65. Furthermore, If you decide to keep using Target Test Prep to stay up with your quant, I would be happy to have a conversation about how to best utilize our course for the next month and to make valuable suggestions about verbal study.
Once you feel as if you have a handle on verbal, start taking practice tests again. I recommend purchasing exam pack 1 and exam pack 2 as those exams provide the most accurate exam experience and use the most accurate scoring algorithm.
