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15 Mar 2015, 19:03
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Hi,
My GMAT Journey by next month would have taken a year and half. It's been a long brutal journey for me, although I have learned a lot about my potential on this exam, how it's like to sit in on the exam, and know what I can push myself towards. I have taken the exam four times and in each, let's just say they're atrocious: (380 (first time without much prep), 400, Cancelled (poor score), 450). Last year, I was using Kaplan's Online Everywhere, and although I had great instructors, I feel like the program was just not working for me. I also didn't feel like their methods were useful for me. I don't believe you can pass the exam without being very good at Quant and CR. Since January, I've been self studying. I have been studying about 2 hours each day during the week and about 6 hours total during the weekend. I have been using the Manhattan Quant Books, CR Bible, and Manhattan SC, along with the OG Ed. 13. All of these materials, I feel, have been much more resourceful and effective than what I had with Kaplan. I actually feel like what I've been doing with these materials has reflected my improvement on the practice CATS.
I was scheduled to sit in for the exam on 3/28, but after taking a CAT today, my score went down from the last one. Below is a breakdown of my last 6 CATS.
1) Fourth Week of Jan - GMAT Prep: 510 (Q 32, V 28)
2) First Week Feb - MGMAT CAT: 540 (Q 37, V 28)
3) Second Week Feb - MGMAT CAT: 520 (Q 37, V 24) Weird decline on the Verbal
4) Fourth Week Feb - MGMAT CAT: 580 (Q 40, V 30) So far the best
5) Second Week Mar - GMAT Prep: 570 (Q 38, V 30)
6) Today - GMAT Prep: 500 (Q 32, V 27)
I finished my MGMAT Quant guides during the first week of this month. After this, I have been working on improving my weaknesses, beefing up and striving for boosts on both scores. You would imagine, if I'm working to get into Kellogg, I need at least a 660. I really went into this exam hoping, "I'm not expecting miracles. I still have about two more practice CATs before the real exam, so I can hopefully start reaching 45+on Quant and 35+ on Verbal. I can at least get a 43 on quant today and 34 on the verbal." Not the case. Today, I was exposed and my issues were all over this damn exam. I was definitely exposed, and I don't know how much of it was just the fact that it was a bad day, or that I haven't been studying correctly, or the environment. I was continually getting ticked off at the library because of some noise going around. You'd figure, people would be quite at the library. The booze from St. Patty's must have had them wild today... I don't know. All I know is that after this experience, I knew I had to back down on the March 28th deadline. I can't fool the GMAT. I have to prove that I am 650+ material.
I have rescheduled my exam for May 16th. Unfortunately, I have missed the boat for Kellogg this year. I am super frustrated and saddened. I'll have to apply elsewhere after I retake my exam in May. I live in Chicago, so I'll be applying to schools here. I don't think I'd ever be able to get into Booth, but I would love that. Other than Booth and Kellogg, I wouldn't bother with any other school besides the University of Illinois at Chicago's Liautaud Business School. DePaul and Loyola seem like nice schools, but they don't have the rep that Kellogg or Booth has, and I believe that UIC is slightly better than them because more investment in research goes into their programs and professors. UIC's deadline is 6/15, so I might give them a swing. I am not going to lie, I am heart-broken with my dreams of Kellogg out of the picture this year. I don't know whether I should wait for next year. I am 25 years old and I turn 26 in November. This sounds silly but I feel like I'm aging and letting all these trains in life pass me by because of this stupid exam.
Anyway, the way my schedule has been, I have molded it to the same sequence the MGMAT Quant Books are set (Monday - FDP, Tuesday - Algebra, Wed - WP's, Thursday - Geometry, Friday - NP, Sat - Review of Quant, Sunday - CAT). I study for Verbal during my hour break at work, focusing on CR and SC. Since two weeks ago, I've started doing practice problems on OG (based on the recommended quant problems by the MGMAT books). I must admit, I find myself needing help from the answer explanations on half the questions. And I don't understand it. I've done a math diagnostic through MGMAT and my Math skills are good to start doing GMAT problems. Today, I was exposed to things I was able to do in a breeze during my two months of reviewing the MGMAT Quant guides (Rate & Work problems, Ratios, Exponents, Quadratic Equations). I don't know if I've just hit burnout, or if it was wise to reschedule my GMAT exam. Maybe I would have had enough time in two weeks to climb to a 670? I just doubt it, and if I doubt it, then I'm not ready....
Anyway, so basically I have about two additional months. If I have two additional months, then why should my goal be just a 670? UIC will take 600's, but, it seems like a low goal. I used to have that low goal last year, until someone mentioned Kellogg to me. Then I had a change of heart. And I started to daydream and fall in love with the idea. I am an alumni from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and it's a great school. I had many great memories there and a quality education. I majored in Economics and Political Science, and those departments are great departments. Both ranking in the country (low-end of Top 60) which makes their programs in Chicago ranked at least 3rd, behind U of C and Northwestern. It's a great school, but deep down, even when I was a kid, I thought the Northwestern Wildcats were the bee's knees! And I love that school, and prefer it much more over my alma mater. So guys, I have two months to pick the pieces up from this terrible CAT. I want to hit 700. I want this. What is the best recovery plan? Please let me know your thoughts.
My GMAT Journey by next month would have taken a year and half. It's been a long brutal journey for me, although I have learned a lot about my potential on this exam, how it's like to sit in on the exam, and know what I can push myself towards. I have taken the exam four times and in each, let's just say they're atrocious: (380 (first time without much prep), 400, Cancelled (poor score), 450). Last year, I was using Kaplan's Online Everywhere, and although I had great instructors, I feel like the program was just not working for me. I also didn't feel like their methods were useful for me. I don't believe you can pass the exam without being very good at Quant and CR. Since January, I've been self studying. I have been studying about 2 hours each day during the week and about 6 hours total during the weekend. I have been using the Manhattan Quant Books, CR Bible, and Manhattan SC, along with the OG Ed. 13. All of these materials, I feel, have been much more resourceful and effective than what I had with Kaplan. I actually feel like what I've been doing with these materials has reflected my improvement on the practice CATS.
I was scheduled to sit in for the exam on 3/28, but after taking a CAT today, my score went down from the last one. Below is a breakdown of my last 6 CATS.
1) Fourth Week of Jan - GMAT Prep: 510 (Q 32, V 28)
2) First Week Feb - MGMAT CAT: 540 (Q 37, V 28)
3) Second Week Feb - MGMAT CAT: 520 (Q 37, V 24) Weird decline on the Verbal
4) Fourth Week Feb - MGMAT CAT: 580 (Q 40, V 30) So far the best
5) Second Week Mar - GMAT Prep: 570 (Q 38, V 30)
6) Today - GMAT Prep: 500 (Q 32, V 27)
I finished my MGMAT Quant guides during the first week of this month. After this, I have been working on improving my weaknesses, beefing up and striving for boosts on both scores. You would imagine, if I'm working to get into Kellogg, I need at least a 660. I really went into this exam hoping, "I'm not expecting miracles. I still have about two more practice CATs before the real exam, so I can hopefully start reaching 45+on Quant and 35+ on Verbal. I can at least get a 43 on quant today and 34 on the verbal." Not the case. Today, I was exposed and my issues were all over this damn exam. I was definitely exposed, and I don't know how much of it was just the fact that it was a bad day, or that I haven't been studying correctly, or the environment. I was continually getting ticked off at the library because of some noise going around. You'd figure, people would be quite at the library. The booze from St. Patty's must have had them wild today... I don't know. All I know is that after this experience, I knew I had to back down on the March 28th deadline. I can't fool the GMAT. I have to prove that I am 650+ material.
I have rescheduled my exam for May 16th. Unfortunately, I have missed the boat for Kellogg this year. I am super frustrated and saddened. I'll have to apply elsewhere after I retake my exam in May. I live in Chicago, so I'll be applying to schools here. I don't think I'd ever be able to get into Booth, but I would love that. Other than Booth and Kellogg, I wouldn't bother with any other school besides the University of Illinois at Chicago's Liautaud Business School. DePaul and Loyola seem like nice schools, but they don't have the rep that Kellogg or Booth has, and I believe that UIC is slightly better than them because more investment in research goes into their programs and professors. UIC's deadline is 6/15, so I might give them a swing. I am not going to lie, I am heart-broken with my dreams of Kellogg out of the picture this year. I don't know whether I should wait for next year. I am 25 years old and I turn 26 in November. This sounds silly but I feel like I'm aging and letting all these trains in life pass me by because of this stupid exam.
Anyway, the way my schedule has been, I have molded it to the same sequence the MGMAT Quant Books are set (Monday - FDP, Tuesday - Algebra, Wed - WP's, Thursday - Geometry, Friday - NP, Sat - Review of Quant, Sunday - CAT). I study for Verbal during my hour break at work, focusing on CR and SC. Since two weeks ago, I've started doing practice problems on OG (based on the recommended quant problems by the MGMAT books). I must admit, I find myself needing help from the answer explanations on half the questions. And I don't understand it. I've done a math diagnostic through MGMAT and my Math skills are good to start doing GMAT problems. Today, I was exposed to things I was able to do in a breeze during my two months of reviewing the MGMAT Quant guides (Rate & Work problems, Ratios, Exponents, Quadratic Equations). I don't know if I've just hit burnout, or if it was wise to reschedule my GMAT exam. Maybe I would have had enough time in two weeks to climb to a 670? I just doubt it, and if I doubt it, then I'm not ready....
Anyway, so basically I have about two additional months. If I have two additional months, then why should my goal be just a 670? UIC will take 600's, but, it seems like a low goal. I used to have that low goal last year, until someone mentioned Kellogg to me. Then I had a change of heart. And I started to daydream and fall in love with the idea. I am an alumni from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and it's a great school. I had many great memories there and a quality education. I majored in Economics and Political Science, and those departments are great departments. Both ranking in the country (low-end of Top 60) which makes their programs in Chicago ranked at least 3rd, behind U of C and Northwestern. It's a great school, but deep down, even when I was a kid, I thought the Northwestern Wildcats were the bee's knees! And I love that school, and prefer it much more over my alma mater. So guys, I have two months to pick the pieces up from this terrible CAT. I want to hit 700. I want this. What is the best recovery plan? Please let me know your thoughts.
16 Mar 2015, 23:05
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Hi Catalan7,
As you have done a lot of studies, we would advise you to take as many practice tests as possible. Spend time in analyzing your performance in the test. Typically if you spend 2 hours in a mock test, spend 4-5 hours in analyzing your performance and take a note on how to attempt each question better, faster and smarter. Make sure you apply them in your next practice test.
Follow this strategy, and you will see your scores improving with each test. GMAT is not only about working hard but working smart as well.
Start reading articles, science journals , business tabloids and read them online and figure out for yourself if you can understand the language and the main idea present in the passage. This would improve your vocabulary on the GMAT.
Let us know if you would have any further questions for gmat preparation and we would be happy to guide. Wish you the best.
www.manyagroup.com
As you have done a lot of studies, we would advise you to take as many practice tests as possible. Spend time in analyzing your performance in the test. Typically if you spend 2 hours in a mock test, spend 4-5 hours in analyzing your performance and take a note on how to attempt each question better, faster and smarter. Make sure you apply them in your next practice test.
Follow this strategy, and you will see your scores improving with each test. GMAT is not only about working hard but working smart as well.
Start reading articles, science journals , business tabloids and read them online and figure out for yourself if you can understand the language and the main idea present in the passage. This would improve your vocabulary on the GMAT.
Let us know if you would have any further questions for gmat preparation and we would be happy to guide. Wish you the best.
www.manyagroup.com
