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12 Jan 2011, 18:22
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Thanks in advance for the advice!
I studied for 3 months, first took a Kaplan class, and after completing all of their material I didn't find it sufficient to get the 700+ score I'm aiming for. So I got Manhattan GMAT books and worked with a tutor for the last month before my test. I was expecting approximately a 680 on the test and got a 620. I did worse on both quant and verbal than expected. I usually get in the 85%ile on verbal, so math is my big problem. On the actual exam I got 48th%ile!
I took a month break to do applications and now have to dive back into my test prep so I can retake it in a month. I started doing math problems yesterday and found that I was quite rusty after just a month.
Does anyone have advice has how to address rusty skills?
Is it better that I embrace the rustiness and just start at the beginning with my Manhattan GMAT books so to try to take care of the holes I must have in math?
Thank you so much for the help!
I studied for 3 months, first took a Kaplan class, and after completing all of their material I didn't find it sufficient to get the 700+ score I'm aiming for. So I got Manhattan GMAT books and worked with a tutor for the last month before my test. I was expecting approximately a 680 on the test and got a 620. I did worse on both quant and verbal than expected. I usually get in the 85%ile on verbal, so math is my big problem. On the actual exam I got 48th%ile!
I took a month break to do applications and now have to dive back into my test prep so I can retake it in a month. I started doing math problems yesterday and found that I was quite rusty after just a month.
Does anyone have advice has how to address rusty skills?
Is it better that I embrace the rustiness and just start at the beginning with my Manhattan GMAT books so to try to take care of the holes I must have in math?
Thank you so much for the help!
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12 Jan 2011, 23:42
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Hey, quasarpks welcome to the club!
Can you kindly share with us your scores in practice CATs & also the details that how many CATs did you take during your preparation?
To grab the fundamental Quantitative skills, you need to go through a book covering basic concepts. There are many in the market but you can also check the details here. best-gmat-math-prep-books-reviews-recommendations-77291.html There are foundation books from Kaplan & MGMAT.
Also do go through this link for devise a retake strategy should-i-retake-gmat-thread-retaking-gmat-strategies-83339.html
Best of luck & keep us posted.
Can you kindly share with us your scores in practice CATs & also the details that how many CATs did you take during your preparation?
To grab the fundamental Quantitative skills, you need to go through a book covering basic concepts. There are many in the market but you can also check the details here. best-gmat-math-prep-books-reviews-recommendations-77291.html There are foundation books from Kaplan & MGMAT.
Also do go through this link for devise a retake strategy should-i-retake-gmat-thread-retaking-gmat-strategies-83339.html
Best of luck & keep us posted.
13 Jan 2011, 20:03
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Thanks so much! So another piece of info I should share is that I have been granted extended time (time + 1/2) for the test.
This is a list of my tests. 1st half and final practice taken w/o extra time:
9/30/10 Kaplan Diagnostic test- Overall: 250 (Quant 4%ile completed 17 q's/ Verbal 23%ile completed 25 q's) (No extended time)
10/05/10 Kaplan CAT 2- Overall: 560 (Quant 42%ile completed 27 q's/ Verbal 53%ile completed 34 q's) (No extended time)
10/13/10 Kaplan CAT 3- Overall: 410 (Quant 15%ile completed 17 q's/ Verbal 27%ile 28 q's) (No extended time)
10/17/10 Kaplan CAT 4- Overall: 400 (Quant 13%ile completed 19/ Verbal 29%ile completed 25) (No extended time)
10/26/10 Kaplan CAT 5- Overall: 510 (Quant 31%ile completed 23/ Verbal 29%ile completed 33) (With 50% Extra time)
11/5/10 GMATPrep 1- Overal: 630 (I clicked past the score screen! so I don't know breakdown) (Q answered 37/17 wrong/ V 35 answered 10 wrong) (with 50% extra time)
11/8/10 Manhattan GMAT CAT 1- Overall: 540 (Q 35% completed 28/ V69% completed 39) (with 50% extra time)
11/28/10 Manhattan GMAT CAT 20- Overall:630 (Q 48% completed 29/ V 89% completed 41) (With 50% extra time)
12/09/10 Kaplan CAT 6 taken at Pearson- Overall:570 (Q 46% completed 28/ V 53% completed 26) (NO EXTENDED TIME)
12/13/10 GMAT- Overall: 620 (Q 48%/ V 83%) (50% extra time)
I had a serious timing problem in the practice tests that I didn't nail until the final practice test (I was on pace if the test had been the extended time I would get on the actual exam). My scores took a major nose dive when I didn't finished the test, and based on the Manhattan GMAT percentile assessment after the end of each question, it seemed that I would score in the upper 600's/ lower 700s if I got my timing down. However, when I took the exam, I didn't time out and I got the 620.
Now after completing applications the past month I am able to dive back into studying and I was expecting my skills not to have atrophied as much as they did. I want to be as effective as possible these few weeks I have before I retake the exam!
Does anyone have a good strategy for busting through rusty skills so I can get back up to pace and improve my problem areas?
Thanks so very much!
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13 Jan 2011, 21:47
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As discussed above you may go through the foundation books mentioned in my post. Your only problem is Quant section. GMAT Math Book gmat-math-book-87417.html will also help you alot in developing the key concepts. Just give it a try, its a free resource from gmatclub.
Best of luck.
Best of luck.
