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SyedSan
Joined: 04 Mar 2011
Last visit: 23 Apr 2014
Posts: 55
Given Kudos: 30
Status:If u've ego, u've reached ur limit; if ur humble u've no limit.
Affiliations: IIT
Location: United States
Concentration: General Management, Marketing
Schools: Johnson '16 (A) Duke '16 (WL) Tuck '16 (I) CBS '16
GMAT 1: 720 Q50 V37
GPA: 3.1
13 Jan 2012, 11:42
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I took my test on 4th Jan and dropped dead to 700(Q51,V34) despite scoring 760 in mgmat5, 750 in mgmat6, 770 & 730 in GmatPrep12.
So, what went wrong?
Stamina - Although, I practiced tests(6mgmat, 2 PowerPrep, 2GmatPrep) I did not really took 8min break. 8min break is close to nothing; also, I used to have Coffee during my breaks and so my break used to extend to 12min or so. There was one more flaw in my strategy - I used to finish Quant in an hour and was hoping to utilize the remaining 15min to rest my brain on the test day, however, I finished my Quant just 3min before deadline. The point is my strategy shouldn't have relied on seomthing like this, should have taken less than 7min break during practice, shouldn't have included coffee during breaks. I can not emphasize enough on building stamina - this is one last big hurdle that you need to overcome before seeing that lovely 740+
I'd be taking the test again because I know my score doesn't reflect my potential and because the schools I'm targetting are a little out of my league with that score.
On the books/sources that I utilized:
Debriefs were great source to me - I read a lot of above 700 debriefs mostly because they motivated me. Also, if you combine many successful scorers' debriefs you would see common points, books, strategies - I tried to combine those books, strategies to create mine. I very much believed in what Abhay Prasanna wrote here https://gmatclub.com/forum/thank-you-gmatclub-97132.html that a complete preparation would involve doing problems from different sources.
Books - mgmat SC, mgmat CR, Aristotle SC Grail 2nd edition, RC-99, The PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible and last but not least Grockit. All of these books are very good. Guys, I never used anything for Quant because when I started my preparation 3months back I was scoring 51 so, I can't really suggest the right source for Quant.
My goal was to get 740 or above - So, I decided not to take test unless my score saturate above 750.
Ron's free videos - Excellent videos; this guy is amazingly good at his stuff.
Stacey Koprice - She has fabulous understanding of what students do in tests, how they prepare, what they do wrong, what could be improved.... I regularly interacted with her on mgmat forum and a lot of her sugestions were spot on. I'd always be thankful for her because she puts in so much effort in understanding where I am coming from.
In a week or so I'd start my prep again and would take the test in February, this time my strategy would be to not take any break or coffee unless essential during practice session. Also, TAKE THE TEST IN THE MORNING.
Pl. feel free to ask questions or point out flaw in my strategy.
Thx!
So, what went wrong?
Stamina - Although, I practiced tests(6mgmat, 2 PowerPrep, 2GmatPrep) I did not really took 8min break. 8min break is close to nothing; also, I used to have Coffee during my breaks and so my break used to extend to 12min or so. There was one more flaw in my strategy - I used to finish Quant in an hour and was hoping to utilize the remaining 15min to rest my brain on the test day, however, I finished my Quant just 3min before deadline. The point is my strategy shouldn't have relied on seomthing like this, should have taken less than 7min break during practice, shouldn't have included coffee during breaks. I can not emphasize enough on building stamina - this is one last big hurdle that you need to overcome before seeing that lovely 740+
I'd be taking the test again because I know my score doesn't reflect my potential and because the schools I'm targetting are a little out of my league with that score.
On the books/sources that I utilized:
Debriefs were great source to me - I read a lot of above 700 debriefs mostly because they motivated me. Also, if you combine many successful scorers' debriefs you would see common points, books, strategies - I tried to combine those books, strategies to create mine. I very much believed in what Abhay Prasanna wrote here https://gmatclub.com/forum/thank-you-gmatclub-97132.html that a complete preparation would involve doing problems from different sources.
Books - mgmat SC, mgmat CR, Aristotle SC Grail 2nd edition, RC-99, The PowerScore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible and last but not least Grockit. All of these books are very good. Guys, I never used anything for Quant because when I started my preparation 3months back I was scoring 51 so, I can't really suggest the right source for Quant.
My goal was to get 740 or above - So, I decided not to take test unless my score saturate above 750.
Ron's free videos - Excellent videos; this guy is amazingly good at his stuff.
Stacey Koprice - She has fabulous understanding of what students do in tests, how they prepare, what they do wrong, what could be improved.... I regularly interacted with her on mgmat forum and a lot of her sugestions were spot on. I'd always be thankful for her because she puts in so much effort in understanding where I am coming from.
In a week or so I'd start my prep again and would take the test in February, this time my strategy would be to not take any break or coffee unless essential during practice session. Also, TAKE THE TEST IN THE MORNING.
Pl. feel free to ask questions or point out flaw in my strategy.
Thx!
14 Jan 2012, 00:09
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Hi Syed
Congrats on your excellent quant score! On verbal, I have noticed a few other people on this forum report a similar drop in score on their G-day from the 40+ scores they were getting on their MGMAT mock tests.
This could be because:
- The MGMAT scoring algorithm is more lenient than GMAT's , and hence gives a higher score for the same number of mistakes
- The MGMAT verbal tests, although good, may not be an exact match to that of the GMAT's.
You could possibly look at going through the Brutal SC & CR guides on GMATClub and the verbal guides by whiplash, Gayathri, spidey etc - all free downloads. They would give you much needed practice and expose you to a wider variety of problems.
Also, if you are a non-native speaker, would suggest you go through the free sessions from e-GMAT and enroll for the course if you like the free sessions.
I've heard good things about GMATPill as well, though have not looked at it myself.
In short, if you believe your lower verbal score on GMAT day was a one-off, then it's fine - else, some more focus on verbals could help bump up your score.
Santanu
Congrats on your excellent quant score! On verbal, I have noticed a few other people on this forum report a similar drop in score on their G-day from the 40+ scores they were getting on their MGMAT mock tests.
This could be because:
- The MGMAT scoring algorithm is more lenient than GMAT's , and hence gives a higher score for the same number of mistakes
- The MGMAT verbal tests, although good, may not be an exact match to that of the GMAT's.
You could possibly look at going through the Brutal SC & CR guides on GMATClub and the verbal guides by whiplash, Gayathri, spidey etc - all free downloads. They would give you much needed practice and expose you to a wider variety of problems.
Also, if you are a non-native speaker, would suggest you go through the free sessions from e-GMAT and enroll for the course if you like the free sessions.
I've heard good things about GMATPill as well, though have not looked at it myself.
In short, if you believe your lower verbal score on GMAT day was a one-off, then it's fine - else, some more focus on verbals could help bump up your score.
Santanu
