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05 Mar 2017, 10:41
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Hi all,
I took the GMAT yesterday and scored a 690 (q44, v40). This is better than my first attempt of 650 (q47, v32), but you'll see that my quant dropped three points.
My goal is to reach 720, and I think I can get there, given I have recently been hovering around q47-48 on practice tests.
This said, I have a few questions for the forum:
(1) Which study materials would you recommend? I've gone through the OG, supplemental guides, question packs, and Official tests, I've used the MGMAT CATs/resources, and I've gone though several Veritas CATs
(2) How much time should I give myself to achieve this goal? I'd like to set a test date. I'm a heavy traveler, but realistically can give myself 90 minutes to study on weekdays and 5 - 6 hours on each day of the weekend.
(3) How do I get better at timing? Would you recommend taking preptest company tests with the sole focus of maximizing my timing?
Thank you!
Alex
I took the GMAT yesterday and scored a 690 (q44, v40). This is better than my first attempt of 650 (q47, v32), but you'll see that my quant dropped three points.
My goal is to reach 720, and I think I can get there, given I have recently been hovering around q47-48 on practice tests.
This said, I have a few questions for the forum:
(1) Which study materials would you recommend? I've gone through the OG, supplemental guides, question packs, and Official tests, I've used the MGMAT CATs/resources, and I've gone though several Veritas CATs
(2) How much time should I give myself to achieve this goal? I'd like to set a test date. I'm a heavy traveler, but realistically can give myself 90 minutes to study on weekdays and 5 - 6 hours on each day of the weekend.
(3) How do I get better at timing? Would you recommend taking preptest company tests with the sole focus of maximizing my timing?
Thank you!
Alex
05 Mar 2017, 10:58
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Hey Alex,
You have achieved a great score and now need to put few more efforts to reach your target score.
Here a couple of suggestions from me:
(1) Which study materials would you recommend? I've gone through the OG, supplemental guides, question packs, and Official tests, I've used the MGMAT CATs/resources, and I've gone though several Veritas CATs. --> I would recommend using the same material and this time more thoroughly. You must spend more time on every questions and try to determine WHY every answer choice is incorrect. I see you have a low score on Quant. For this, you should practice variety of questions of your weak area and make a habit of doing it daily.
(2) How much time should I give myself to achieve this goal? I'd like to set a test date. I'm a heavy traveler, but realistically can give myself 90 minutes to study on weekdays and 5 - 6 hours on each day of the weekend. --> The timings you have provided are justifiable for a guy who has already scored 690. What you need to have is REGULARITY.
(3) How do I get better at timing? Would you recommend taking preptest company tests with the sole focus of maximizing my timing? --> Every Question must be done in a timely manner. I found GMAT Club Quant very helpful while moving my score to Q50. What I did was doing the Quant questions on a daily basis and keeping a note of those which I got wrong or on which I took more time.
Note: These are my personal suggestions and may not look good to others. But these are what I am following after scoring a 700 Score.
Hope that helps.
You have achieved a great score and now need to put few more efforts to reach your target score.
Here a couple of suggestions from me:
(1) Which study materials would you recommend? I've gone through the OG, supplemental guides, question packs, and Official tests, I've used the MGMAT CATs/resources, and I've gone though several Veritas CATs. --> I would recommend using the same material and this time more thoroughly. You must spend more time on every questions and try to determine WHY every answer choice is incorrect. I see you have a low score on Quant. For this, you should practice variety of questions of your weak area and make a habit of doing it daily.
(2) How much time should I give myself to achieve this goal? I'd like to set a test date. I'm a heavy traveler, but realistically can give myself 90 minutes to study on weekdays and 5 - 6 hours on each day of the weekend. --> The timings you have provided are justifiable for a guy who has already scored 690. What you need to have is REGULARITY.
(3) How do I get better at timing? Would you recommend taking preptest company tests with the sole focus of maximizing my timing? --> Every Question must be done in a timely manner. I found GMAT Club Quant very helpful while moving my score to Q50. What I did was doing the Quant questions on a daily basis and keeping a note of those which I got wrong or on which I took more time.
Note: These are my personal suggestions and may not look good to others. But these are what I am following after scoring a 700 Score.
Hope that helps.
05 Mar 2017, 12:04
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Hi Alex,
First off, a 690 is a fantastic score (it's just a bit shy of the 90th percentile overall), so it could very well be enough to get you into your first-choice School. While the Q44 won't impress anyone, it would likely only be a 'red flag' at Finance Programs and other Specialty Programs. As such, a retest might not be necessary. Depending on the Schools that you're planning to apply to, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile. There's a Forum full of them here:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/ask-admission ... tants-124/
If you do choose to retest though, then your emphasis in the Quant section should really be on Quant Tactics and patterns. With a Q44, you would have done really well on most of the 'math questions' that you faced, but you would have made some little mistakes throughout the section and you missed out on lots of 'strategy-based' points. If you're simply going to continue working through Quant questions in the same ways as before, then you'll likely continue to score at the same general level.
1) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
2) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
First off, a 690 is a fantastic score (it's just a bit shy of the 90th percentile overall), so it could very well be enough to get you into your first-choice School. While the Q44 won't impress anyone, it would likely only be a 'red flag' at Finance Programs and other Specialty Programs. As such, a retest might not be necessary. Depending on the Schools that you're planning to apply to, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile. There's a Forum full of them here:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/ask-admission ... tants-124/
If you do choose to retest though, then your emphasis in the Quant section should really be on Quant Tactics and patterns. With a Q44, you would have done really well on most of the 'math questions' that you faced, but you would have made some little mistakes throughout the section and you missed out on lots of 'strategy-based' points. If you're simply going to continue working through Quant questions in the same ways as before, then you'll likely continue to score at the same general level.
1) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
2) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
