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Hello everyone!
I am a huge fan of GMAT club and I sincerely hope someone could guide me through the prep phase.
My GMAT is scheduled for 22nd May 2018 and I am nowhere near my target score of at least 700+ in the mocks.
I'm a non-native Indian and have been preparing for the test for more than 4 months now. I have an active subscription of e-gmat and have been studying and practicing the concepts on Scholaranium platform along with all the official resources.
If you see my scores, I am stuck on V30 and my quant score is highly variable. At this point, I am not sure what shall I do to improve. Shall I go back to the basic concepts and revise or shall I practice more and more? Not just that, I have a major timing issue in Quant, I always end up skipping a few questions in the last.
My exam is 12 days now. Should I go ahead with the exam or reschedule it? If I reschedule, the major question is reschedule it to when? I am not able to decide whether to give myself another 1 month or 2 months of prep. I sincerely need some help.
Thank and Regards,
Prayas Tiwari
I am a huge fan of GMAT club and I sincerely hope someone could guide me through the prep phase.
My GMAT is scheduled for 22nd May 2018 and I am nowhere near my target score of at least 700+ in the mocks.
I'm a non-native Indian and have been preparing for the test for more than 4 months now. I have an active subscription of e-gmat and have been studying and practicing the concepts on Scholaranium platform along with all the official resources.
If you see my scores, I am stuck on V30 and my quant score is highly variable. At this point, I am not sure what shall I do to improve. Shall I go back to the basic concepts and revise or shall I practice more and more? Not just that, I have a major timing issue in Quant, I always end up skipping a few questions in the last.
My exam is 12 days now. Should I go ahead with the exam or reschedule it? If I reschedule, the major question is reschedule it to when? I am not able to decide whether to give myself another 1 month or 2 months of prep. I sincerely need some help.
Thank and Regards,
Prayas Tiwari
10 May 2018, 10:39
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Hi PrayasT,
GMAC has publicly stated that the Official Score that you earn on Test Day is within +/- 30 points of actual ability. Assuming a similar 'swing' in how your CATs function, your various CAT score results show that you essentially performed the same each time (about 590 +/- a few points). Unfortunately, retaking a CAT that you've already taken is NOT a realistic way to assess your skills. Seeing even a few 'repeat' questions can 'throw off' the Algorithm and impact your pacing, energy levels, fatigue, etc. - by extension, we have to ignore the CAT Scores that came from retakes.
Raising a 590 to a 700+ will likely require at least another 2 months of consistent, guided study - and you'll have to make significant improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections. As such, you should consider pushing back your Test Date. Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
1) What other study materials have you used besides the Course that you mentioned?
2) Did you take the FULL CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
3) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
4) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
GMAC has publicly stated that the Official Score that you earn on Test Day is within +/- 30 points of actual ability. Assuming a similar 'swing' in how your CATs function, your various CAT score results show that you essentially performed the same each time (about 590 +/- a few points). Unfortunately, retaking a CAT that you've already taken is NOT a realistic way to assess your skills. Seeing even a few 'repeat' questions can 'throw off' the Algorithm and impact your pacing, energy levels, fatigue, etc. - by extension, we have to ignore the CAT Scores that came from retakes.
Raising a 590 to a 700+ will likely require at least another 2 months of consistent, guided study - and you'll have to make significant improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections. As such, you should consider pushing back your Test Date. Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
1) What other study materials have you used besides the Course that you mentioned?
2) Did you take the FULL CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
3) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
4) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
10 May 2018, 23:04
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Hey EMPOWERgmatRichC ! Thanks a lot for your reply!
Here is the more information that you required:
1) I have mainly used the Official Guides and Gmat-Club Tests for practice and only E-gmat for the concepts. (Am I doing something wrong here?)
2) Yes, for the last 3 CATs I took the complete exam in the order Verbal > Quant > IR > AWA.
3) I am planning to apply in the First round in September. (For the next Year's batch)
4) UC Berkley(Haas), INSEAD, ISB, UC Davis
I do agree about the plan to postpone the exam. However, I do think I'm stuck in my preparation. My way of tackling the problems is not getting me above V30. I would be really thankful if you could advise me on how to improve on that too. However, I have gone through a few posts on GmatClub, and I have recently started to work on them. (https://gmatclub.com/forum/how-to-impro ... l#p1143009)
I would be really grateful if you could give me some prep advice for the coming 2 months. How shall I plan my study, given that I am working full time and I can study from 4 to 6 hours every day?
Thanks a lot!
Prayas Tiwari
