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17 Sep 2020, 14:14
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Hi everyone,
About three weeks ago I took my first Official GMAT and scored a 710 (Q47, V40), and just scored a 690 on my second Official attempt (Q49, V35). Both scores canceled because they are lower than my target 730 (Q49, V40)
Quant felt great today, been taking the GMAT Club Tests and have listened to some principles from GMAT Ninja, combo’d with Target Test Prep, which I used exclusively before my first attempt. But verbal sucked I guess. I was thrown off in the beginning because I took a 2 minute excess on the break, but nonetheless I need to improve. I could tell that things weren’t going great because I felt that I wasn’t getting those dense passages or crazy SC Questions. Very disappointed in myself today.
I have two questions regarding my situation... ANY input would be much appreciated:
1. Do schools consider your top Quant and Verbal Scores from different exams, or do they only consider your top total score? I plan on taking the exam again regardless, but would at least have some peace of mind if they see the V40 on the first run and Q49 on the second.
2. How to proceed from here? I will admit that my emphasis on verbal practice has declined over the last few weeks (vacation, interviews/pending job offer, etc). Quant practice picked up with new sources/variety, but overall study volume decreased.
I have another GMAT exam scheduled for 10/31. I think I will keep doing what I’ve been doing on Quant (gmat Club Tests, Logs) but not sure what to do on Verbal. Bulk of my studying has been OG Questions and Logs. Verbal practice never had clear structure, and I guess it has showed through scores.
Thank you very much in advance. Appreciate ANY input/advice/critique
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About three weeks ago I took my first Official GMAT and scored a 710 (Q47, V40), and just scored a 690 on my second Official attempt (Q49, V35). Both scores canceled because they are lower than my target 730 (Q49, V40)
Quant felt great today, been taking the GMAT Club Tests and have listened to some principles from GMAT Ninja, combo’d with Target Test Prep, which I used exclusively before my first attempt. But verbal sucked I guess. I was thrown off in the beginning because I took a 2 minute excess on the break, but nonetheless I need to improve. I could tell that things weren’t going great because I felt that I wasn’t getting those dense passages or crazy SC Questions. Very disappointed in myself today.
I have two questions regarding my situation... ANY input would be much appreciated:
1. Do schools consider your top Quant and Verbal Scores from different exams, or do they only consider your top total score? I plan on taking the exam again regardless, but would at least have some peace of mind if they see the V40 on the first run and Q49 on the second.
2. How to proceed from here? I will admit that my emphasis on verbal practice has declined over the last few weeks (vacation, interviews/pending job offer, etc). Quant practice picked up with new sources/variety, but overall study volume decreased.
I have another GMAT exam scheduled for 10/31. I think I will keep doing what I’ve been doing on Quant (gmat Club Tests, Logs) but not sure what to do on Verbal. Bulk of my studying has been OG Questions and Logs. Verbal practice never had clear structure, and I guess it has showed through scores.
Thank you very much in advance. Appreciate ANY input/advice/critique
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18 Sep 2020, 03:13
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I don't think schools do that. They would only look at your single score and the Q/V split on it. Plus you mentioned that you cancelled both scores, so I don't see the point of thinking about it.
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Do not do the same things as you were doing before! You will have to look at specific mistakes that you are making. If possible get an ESR for both attempts and see what is going wrong. You will need a structured approach to get to your target score. Figure out the specific areas in verbal that you are weak at. If you've run out of official verbal questions, check out this link. Use GMATClub's search functions and get all official quant questions and practice them as well.
Also aim slightly higher than your target score so that you have a buffer. Plus GMAC admits that your score may differ by +/-20 points from your actual ability, so that is something to bear in mind.
18 Sep 2020, 12:12
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Thank you very much for your response - really appreciate this! Great points and advice.
For this next month of verbal prep, would you recommend focusing more on completing as many OG/Official GMAT verbal questions as possible, or using a structured prep course to review concepts? Or perhaps a 50/50 split of both?
I have definitely improved my accuracy on verbal (especially CR, then SC) from practicing/reviewing OG questions, but I am not sure if there is a limit to such improvements from OG question review. With that being said, I have only looked at the General Official Guide questions only once. Is there utility in completing the same questions a second time?
