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19 Dec 2012, 09:41
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Hello guys!
I took GMAT today and I totally screwed up especially the verbal part. (GMAT 530 Q47 V17)
I think my poor score has something to with these factors: time management and stress. (Oh! my poor verbal, too.)
For the quantitative part, IMO the level of difficulty is pretty much the same as the gmatprep. I thought I did it quite ok
but it could be much better if I managed my time more efficiently. In the last five minutes, I still got about ten questions left. (I guess almost all of them)
For the verbal part, I totally screwed up. Generally, I am poor at verbal but today is the worst. I was stuck at the RC for a long long time.
I tried to read it and I was like OMG! I didn't get any of this. Real CR, SC for me too are much harder than the gmatprep. Although I tried to calm myself down, I knew my mind was already gone somewhere else. I spent quite a lot of time doing the first few questions. In the last ten minutes, I got 20 questions unanswered. I know this sucks and it shows how poor my time management is ... I had to guess half of the verbal part! I have never guessed so many as these in my entire life! So when I saw the score, I was not surprised. I knew it's gotta be like this since I guess half of the verbal part.
The thing is I'm gonna retake the test next month so I've got about a month to improve my verbal (also my quant). Any suggestions will be highly appreciated.
FYI, I took GMATprep four times and here are my score (kinda vary though): 600 (Q48,V25), 540 (Q45, V20), (reinstalled)640 (Q49,V28), (reinstalled)700 (Q50,V34)
I took GMAT today and I totally screwed up especially the verbal part. (GMAT 530 Q47 V17)
I think my poor score has something to with these factors: time management and stress. (Oh! my poor verbal, too.)
For the quantitative part, IMO the level of difficulty is pretty much the same as the gmatprep. I thought I did it quite ok
but it could be much better if I managed my time more efficiently. In the last five minutes, I still got about ten questions left. (I guess almost all of them)
For the verbal part, I totally screwed up. Generally, I am poor at verbal but today is the worst. I was stuck at the RC for a long long time.
I tried to read it and I was like OMG! I didn't get any of this. Real CR, SC for me too are much harder than the gmatprep. Although I tried to calm myself down, I knew my mind was already gone somewhere else. I spent quite a lot of time doing the first few questions. In the last ten minutes, I got 20 questions unanswered. I know this sucks and it shows how poor my time management is ... I had to guess half of the verbal part! I have never guessed so many as these in my entire life! So when I saw the score, I was not surprised. I knew it's gotta be like this since I guess half of the verbal part.
The thing is I'm gonna retake the test next month so I've got about a month to improve my verbal (also my quant). Any suggestions will be highly appreciated.
FYI, I took GMATprep four times and here are my score (kinda vary though): 600 (Q48,V25), 540 (Q45, V20), (reinstalled)640 (Q49,V28), (reinstalled)700 (Q50,V34)
19 Dec 2012, 11:10
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I think you know your solution - improve your verbal.
You need good materials and discipline to go through them. Verbal, also depends on your language skills and may take longer to master than quant (much longer if you are not as fluent).
Take a look at the MGMAT Verbal Foundations - it is a great book to start with and to reinforce the basics. If you are in a Rush, there are many inexpensive course options from eGMAT that focuses on Verbal (RS, SC, CR, or a whole bundle). They have a free trial and also a 4-point score guarantee: https://e-gmat.com/courses_pricing.php?source=gmatclub
You can also take a look at this post: how-to-go-to-v40-from-v30-142361.html
You need good materials and discipline to go through them. Verbal, also depends on your language skills and may take longer to master than quant (much longer if you are not as fluent).
Take a look at the MGMAT Verbal Foundations - it is a great book to start with and to reinforce the basics. If you are in a Rush, there are many inexpensive course options from eGMAT that focuses on Verbal (RS, SC, CR, or a whole bundle). They have a free trial and also a 4-point score guarantee: https://e-gmat.com/courses_pricing.php?source=gmatclub
You can also take a look at this post: how-to-go-to-v40-from-v30-142361.html
20 Dec 2012, 18:22
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Thank you bb. I need to fix my poor verbal and the MGMAT verbal foundation sounds great!
I'm interesting in buying the e-gmat too because I've got about one month left before my next appointment.
So my plan now is to finish reading MGMAT verbal foundation asap and take e-gmat (verbal online) course.
By the way, I would like to ask you for an advice about my quant. I knew q47 is ok (much better than my verbal
) but I would like to, if possible, improve my q to 50. Any any suggestions about that?
I'm interesting in buying the e-gmat too because I've got about one month left before my next appointment.
So my plan now is to finish reading MGMAT verbal foundation asap and take e-gmat (verbal online) course.
By the way, I would like to ask you for an advice about my quant. I knew q47 is ok (much better than my verbal
) but I would like to, if possible, improve my q to 50. Any any suggestions about that? 
