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23 Jul 2014, 07:36
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Looking for a bit of advice on studying for the Quant section.
I started studying in the beginning of June, going through the Princeton Review Math Workout. Eventually started to see that I needed to brush up on my basics so I decided to switch books and began using the MGMAT foundations which seemed great at the time. The trouble is, now I have tried to make the jump from MGMAT foundations to OG 13 and am STILL really struggling.
My test date is August 16th. If I am struggling with OG material with under one month to go, is it time to consider pushing the test date back? Or should I just force myself to study the OG 13 as much as possible up to that point and hope that gets me over the hump?
I am aiming for somewhere between 660 - 690 and I think my verbal score will be reasonably strong but I really want to have a good quant score to attain some balance. Any advice for approaching these next couple of weeks would be awesome!
-Thanks
I started studying in the beginning of June, going through the Princeton Review Math Workout. Eventually started to see that I needed to brush up on my basics so I decided to switch books and began using the MGMAT foundations which seemed great at the time. The trouble is, now I have tried to make the jump from MGMAT foundations to OG 13 and am STILL really struggling.
My test date is August 16th. If I am struggling with OG material with under one month to go, is it time to consider pushing the test date back? Or should I just force myself to study the OG 13 as much as possible up to that point and hope that gets me over the hump?
I am aiming for somewhere between 660 - 690 and I think my verbal score will be reasonably strong but I really want to have a good quant score to attain some balance. Any advice for approaching these next couple of weeks would be awesome!
-Thanks
25 Jul 2014, 11:48
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OllieOllieOllie
Dear Ollie,
I would say, if you have the luxury of time, take it. Push the GMAT back. This is not like the SAT, for which colleges will just consider only your highest score and ignore the others. Teenagers are young and inexperienced, so colleges give them a break. You are not a child anymore. If you are applying to business school, that's the uncompromising grown-up world. No one is inclined to give you a break. If you take the GMAT three times, with two mediocre scores and one better score, that's not as good as taking it once and doing well. That should be your goal. Taking it once and doing as well as you need to do: that presents a statement of high competence to adcom. That's what you want.
Here's a three-month schedule designed for someone in your situation:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/3-month-gm ... h-focused/
I would strongly recommend using time to your advantage and really making sure that you nail the GMAT on your first try.
On a related note, this blog raises an issue that would be excellent to appreciate well before you sit for the GMAT for the first time:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2014/lower-on-t ... ice-tests/
Does all this make sense?
Mike
