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13 Aug 2014, 17:51
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I was kind of intimidated to post since it seems like everyone on this site score 700 and above. Does anyone have any tips or advice for a below average person like myself who is looking to boost score by at least 200 points.
I've recently took the GMAT a few weeks ago and did horrible. I'm too embarrassed to say my score
but my weakest areas are quant and reading comprehension. Can someone please help with any necessary steps I should take, materials to use etc.. I took a GMAT course with Powerscore and wasted time and money so I do not want to take another course. I've been using the Official Guide 13th edition along with the quant and verbal review books. I also had a solid study plan that I followed pretty regularly for about 6 weeks on top of the 6 week course I took. I have not rescheduled the exam as of yet but plan to take it again towards the end of September 2014. (in approximately 6 or 7 weeks)
The schools that I'm interested in applying to are St John's University (median score 550), Pace University (median score 540) and Baruch (median score 650)
Area of study: MS in Accounting
Undergrad GPA: 3.6. I have great recommendations and work history of almost 6yrs.
What are my chances of getting into such schools with low GMAT score?
I've recently took the GMAT a few weeks ago and did horrible. I'm too embarrassed to say my score
but my weakest areas are quant and reading comprehension. Can someone please help with any necessary steps I should take, materials to use etc.. I took a GMAT course with Powerscore and wasted time and money so I do not want to take another course. I've been using the Official Guide 13th edition along with the quant and verbal review books. I also had a solid study plan that I followed pretty regularly for about 6 weeks on top of the 6 week course I took. I have not rescheduled the exam as of yet but plan to take it again towards the end of September 2014. (in approximately 6 or 7 weeks) The schools that I'm interested in applying to are St John's University (median score 550), Pace University (median score 540) and Baruch (median score 650)
Area of study: MS in Accounting
Undergrad GPA: 3.6. I have great recommendations and work history of almost 6yrs.
What are my chances of getting into such schools with low GMAT score?
13 Aug 2014, 21:53
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Hi shaquaya2014,
It is absolutely possible for anyone to get a good GMAT score, and you should definitely not feel intimidated by the 700+ stories on this forum. It is important to note that many of those people were in the same position as you, and they improved their scores in the retake. All you need is a strategy:
1) Work through the OG13 and Verbal & Quants 2nd edition books. Solve each question again and maintain an error log. In your error log, mark the questions that you get wrong and review those questions in depth. Make a note of mistakes that you tend to make on the different question types. Once you've completed this exercise for all the questions in the 3 guides, go through the wrong questions again.
The idea is to understand how GMAT structures the questions and what kind of traps are hidden in each question types. This will help you be prepared for them and you can avoid them during the exam.
2) In quants, you need to do the following 2 things to become efficient:
(a) Strengthen your basics - considering that you're struggling to go over the 600 mark in GMAT, you need to focus on building your basics. There is no point in doing 700+ level questions unless you can go through the 500+ and 600+ level questions without any mistakes. Remember that GMAT is an adaptive exam, and you get higher difficulty level questions ONLY IF you can get the lower difficulty level questions right.
(b) Practice different ways of solving problems - like using dummy numbers, backsolving, etc. You can go through this forum and find articles that explain these smart ways to solve questions quickly. This will support the strong basics that you build and help you solve questions quickly, thereby improving your timing on the quants.
3) In verbal, you should develop a strategy for each of its sub-sections and question types. Start by assessing your past mock tests and figure out your weak areas, and then go a level deeper by determining specific topics that you need to work on. For instance, if CR is your weak area, which type of CR questions are you getting wrong. Focus most on Weaken/Strengthen/Assumption type questions as they come most frequently in the GMAT. Similarly, find out your specific weak areas in each section.
Thirdly, develop a strategy to tackle each specific weak area. This should be the strategy that you would apply on every question of that type, every single time. This should become second nature to you. This would help you in keeping calm during the exam and going with the flow as and when different question types appear.
4) Simulate exam day environment and contingency plans - Finally, you should prepare your body and mind for the exam day. Follow the same routine, eating habits, and sleeping routine for your mocks as you would have on your real GMAT. If it's in the morning, go to sleep early and wake up early and then study. This will help you in getting accustomed to the early morning grind. Also, give mocks in uncomfortable situations so that you're prepared for any type of situation on exam day.
I think doing the above things should help you reaching the score that you desire. As I mentioned earlier, forget the past, plan the future, and stay calm!
All the best!
18 Aug 2014, 08:07
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Thank you for the advice and encouragement. I will try these strategies
