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Mock 3 (June 18, 2024) - 705 (V84, Q90, DI81) -- [Order V-Q-DI]
This surprised me that DI was not showing much improvement. I couldn't understand what was going wrong. I didn't anylse this mock either in detail but just found out that Quant was all good, and I just needed to avoid silly errors. This mock and the earlier retake, I had approx 9-10 min extra in Quant section.
Kept following the same timed 2hr 15min sessions daily. But I started solving OG DI questions too now. All this while I was only doing questions from e-GMAT. Started creating timed sessions on OG DI question bank. Depsite paying so much, it is sad to see that mba.com has a **** bug that doesn't allow it to show all MSR questions from a single passage. So I created 37min test on mba.com and alloted 8min to MSR question from GMAT Club by filtering for OG, and 600-700 level questions.
Mock 4 (June 23, 2024) - 655 (V84, Q85, DI79) -- [Order V-Q-DI]
Even 1 question wrong in Quant was being bringing down score like crazy.
Mock 5 (June 26, 2024) - 705 (V83, Q87, DI85) -- [Order V-Q-DI]
DI seemed like a make or break show. Quant was heavily dependent on whether I got a question wrong due to some silly error or some kind of minor error or not.
Mock 6 (June 29, 2024) - 675 (V83, Q88, DI79) -- [Order V-Q-DI]
DI seemed to be getting tougher for some reason maybe because I never took it seriously.
Original GMAT at test center (July 31, 2024) - 685 (V82, Q88, DI82) -- [Order V-Q-DI]
Test center experience - Nothing unsual. As soon as I entered was asked to show ID and then in 5minutes exam started. I don't what the GMAC wants from us but it is cruel to punish for feeling thirst. I mean what or how would/ could one cheat if water was allowed into the test center. My mouth was all dried up from all the mouthing I did for the passages on Verbal section.
I took a break after Verbal while I generally used to take break after Verbal, Quant.
I was thinking 10min is too long and was casually doing walks outside. When I went in, I found out I was 2 min late. Rushed to the system, and started speeing up. Though Quant 45min was never needed for me, the psychological feeling of losing 2min made me panic for a bit but I found myself at Q19 with 9min remaining. I got some prettty heavy calculation based word problems. I panicked and I think I messed up Q19 and/or Q21, and all the while the thought of how stupid I was to mess up the break time was going through my mind.
---------------------- BIG BIG caution - not keeping track of break time, and hydration control are important--------
Overall I felt, DI was something that made me go crazy across all mocks. The level of questions felt super random. It seems like a make or break section. Even with super crazy prep, getting Q90 (all questions right) was a 50% probabilistic event. And missing even 1 question in Quant drops score like crazy at the top. Verbal seemed to be a very consistent section, i.e. preparation and/or particular test won't be radically different. DI had a safety net and I feel is hedged against super bad performance. BUT above DI 80, improving even 1 point seemed very tough.
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I am going to take a retake soon, and I wanted opinions/ suggestions of the fellow club members on how to get 705+ on the next retake. I belong to a demographic with intensely high GMAT scores. (that's right - Indian male engineer).
Sorry for the long post. Wanted to give a full picture to get the most valuable advice. Thanks.
This surprised me that DI was not showing much improvement. I couldn't understand what was going wrong. I didn't anylse this mock either in detail but just found out that Quant was all good, and I just needed to avoid silly errors. This mock and the earlier retake, I had approx 9-10 min extra in Quant section.
Kept following the same timed 2hr 15min sessions daily. But I started solving OG DI questions too now. All this while I was only doing questions from e-GMAT. Started creating timed sessions on OG DI question bank. Depsite paying so much, it is sad to see that mba.com has a **** bug that doesn't allow it to show all MSR questions from a single passage. So I created 37min test on mba.com and alloted 8min to MSR question from GMAT Club by filtering for OG, and 600-700 level questions.
Mock 4 (June 23, 2024) - 655 (V84, Q85, DI79) -- [Order V-Q-DI]
Even 1 question wrong in Quant was being bringing down score like crazy.
Mock 5 (June 26, 2024) - 705 (V83, Q87, DI85) -- [Order V-Q-DI]
DI seemed like a make or break show. Quant was heavily dependent on whether I got a question wrong due to some silly error or some kind of minor error or not.
Mock 6 (June 29, 2024) - 675 (V83, Q88, DI79) -- [Order V-Q-DI]
DI seemed to be getting tougher for some reason maybe because I never took it seriously.
Original GMAT at test center (July 31, 2024) - 685 (V82, Q88, DI82) -- [Order V-Q-DI]
Test center experience - Nothing unsual. As soon as I entered was asked to show ID and then in 5minutes exam started. I don't what the GMAC wants from us but it is cruel to punish for feeling thirst. I mean what or how would/ could one cheat if water was allowed into the test center. My mouth was all dried up from all the mouthing I did for the passages on Verbal section.
I took a break after Verbal while I generally used to take break after Verbal, Quant.
I was thinking 10min is too long and was casually doing walks outside. When I went in, I found out I was 2 min late. Rushed to the system, and started speeing up. Though Quant 45min was never needed for me, the psychological feeling of losing 2min made me panic for a bit but I found myself at Q19 with 9min remaining. I got some prettty heavy calculation based word problems. I panicked and I think I messed up Q19 and/or Q21, and all the while the thought of how stupid I was to mess up the break time was going through my mind.
---------------------- BIG BIG caution - not keeping track of break time, and hydration control are important--------
Overall I felt, DI was something that made me go crazy across all mocks. The level of questions felt super random. It seems like a make or break section. Even with super crazy prep, getting Q90 (all questions right) was a 50% probabilistic event. And missing even 1 question in Quant drops score like crazy at the top. Verbal seemed to be a very consistent section, i.e. preparation and/or particular test won't be radically different. DI had a safety net and I feel is hedged against super bad performance. BUT above DI 80, improving even 1 point seemed very tough.
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I am going to take a retake soon, and I wanted opinions/ suggestions of the fellow club members on how to get 705+ on the next retake. I belong to a demographic with intensely high GMAT scores. (that's right - Indian male engineer).
Sorry for the long post. Wanted to give a full picture to get the most valuable advice. Thanks.
31 Jul 2024, 13:05
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Awesome score! Congratulations user1937!
Sorry you are having to retake due to the demographics and competitiveness. Ugh.
It looks like you have a few potential spots to improve but not much. The way GMAT works, for every point per section, you are adding 6.6 points to the total score, so you need 3 more points to get 705. Where could they come from? Your Q looks almost maxed out but if you can pull off a perfect section that would be awesome. Your only options seem V and Q as more realistic pathways based on feedback and a bit of experience?
- 685 (V82, Q88, DI82) -- [Order V-Q-DI]
Sorry you are having to retake due to the demographics and competitiveness. Ugh.
It looks like you have a few potential spots to improve but not much. The way GMAT works, for every point per section, you are adding 6.6 points to the total score, so you need 3 more points to get 705. Where could they come from? Your Q looks almost maxed out but if you can pull off a perfect section that would be awesome. Your only options seem V and Q as more realistic pathways based on feedback and a bit of experience?
- 685 (V82, Q88, DI82) -- [Order V-Q-DI]
31 Jul 2024, 14:59
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For your retake, if CR is slippery, Manhattan-Prep's 6th Edition for Critical Reasoning could be worth checking out. If you feel your fundamentals are solid, consider working on your solving approach. May help boost your score a bit. Perhaps include working with a study buddy. If you can find someone who is really strong on Verbal and needs help with Quant, that could be a good fit given your Q88. There's a study buddy thread on gmatclub you could look at.
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