Traget Score 710+ , but Scored 640 [Q47,V31] , Need Help.

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Hello everyone,

In my first attempt I scored 570  on online GMAT, and after 3 months of preparation I scored 640  on test Center.

after seeing my ESR, I am shocked to see my RC percentile is 5% but SC = 81% and CR= 70% .

I am not able to digest this since i have attempted at least my first 2 RC Passages well and took bit extra time also on test.
but because of lack of time I took less time in 3rd RC passage and guessed my last RC passage entirely same as i did on my Mocks.

My accuracy on RC in my first 3 RCs in my mocks was always above 50% , but in my actual test I suppose I got almost all Qs Wrong on RC.

On Quant I made silly calculation mistakes in 2 Questions in first quarter and again one silly mistake in my 2nd Quarter.

I took much time in my first 2 Quarters and left with only 27 mins for last 16 Qs and finally 8 mins for last 8 Qs. so had to guess on 4 Qs on last 
Quarter mainly 3 DS and 2 PS and attempted selectively.

On my first quarter i took more than 4 mins on at least 2 questions and took more than 3 mins on 1 question in my 2nd Quarter just to avoid making
mistakes in first 15 Qs. but things did not go well and I had to guess easier Qs towards the end of test.

Guys my target score is 710+ and I have scheduled my test on 28-july-2021. I have exactly 4 weeks.

Can somebody help me in analyzing my ESR and tell me what exactly went wrong and how can I work on my weak areas in the next 4 weeks to achieve my target score.

My ESR is attached herewith.

Experts please help me.

Thanks in advance.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi ajeetsinghcet05,

First off, a 640/Q47 is a solid Score, so it could be enough to get you into your first-choice School. As such, another retest might not be necessary. Depending on the Schools that you plan to apply to, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile and plans. Those Experts should be able to answer your Admissions questions and help define the specific areas of your profile that could use some improvement. There's a Forum full of those Experts here:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/ask-admissio ... tants-124/

There's certainly no harm in continuing to study - and with a Q47/V31, you have a great opportunity to pick up points in BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections. Before we get to the data in your ESR, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

1) How long have you studied in total? Over the last 3 months, how many hours did you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used over the course of ALL of your studies?
3) Over the last 3 months, on what dates did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH and including the MGMAT CATs)?
4) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

egmat · Answer

ajeetsinghcet05 - Thank you for sharing your ESR. You need approx. Good improvement from the initial 570 score. There are many ways to improve to 710+ score. To get there, you will likely need about 100 hours of effort. We can estimate the exact effort required once you take a couple of diagnostics on our platform. Meanwhile, take a look at your ESR analysis here:

https://www.loom.com/share/1cea4e387cfe ... dee419b4db

A few examples for you to look at

A truly motivating journey of a mother who improved from 640 to 720 in less than 20 days. This one will motivate you to go for it.

Here is another journey. In both these journeys, you will see the value of a systematic plan coupled with data-driven feedback.

Video 3: Look at how the xPERT architecture makes learning easier. This will be particularly useful for you for GMAT Quant

https://e-gmat.wistia.com/medias/zp0ppd3b09

I hope this gives you ideas on how to plan for that 710+ score. Write to me at [email protected] if you need a systematic approach.

-Rajat

ajeetsinghcet05 · Answer

EMPOWERgmatRichC  , thank you for the response, here are answers to your queries:

1) How long have you studied in total? Over the last 3 months, how many hours did you typically study each week?

I have studied for almost over a year now and this was my first serious attempt(actually 2nd though first was in Nov 2020). 
 Since I am a working professional , over the last 3 months I studied for almost 3-4 hours on week-days and 6-8 hours on Weekends. 
 
 2) What study materials have you used over the course of ALL of your studies?

Main Study Materials Used by me during my GAMT prep:
 Quant : Manhattan-GMAT all NoteBooks. GMAT Club Tests, e-GMAT Quant Notes. 
 Verbal : Manhattan-GMAT for RC ,CR and SC, e-GMAT notes for all 3, CR Bible Short Notes, GMAT Ninja's Vidoes for RC ,and Aristotle SC grail 2018.

3) Over the last 3 months, on what dates did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH and including the MGMAT CATs)? 
 I took GMAT Official Mocks 3 to 6 and 6 Verita's Prep Mocks , one mock each week.
 on GMAT Prep MOCKs my Quant range was Q47 to Q50. and Verbal Range was V 35 to V 40.
 On Verita's Prep Mocks my Quant score Range was Q 45 to Q48 and Verbal Range was V27 to V34. mostly V31-33. This is where my actual test Score lies Q47 and V31.
 I used GMAT Club Test also and Score range was Q 41 to Q 47. on verbal Mostly i scored around V30 to v35.

4) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to? 
 
 I am planning to apply this year only and presently I am targeting ISB for which I need at least 700+ score.

ajeetsinghcet05 · Answer

egmat , Thank you very much for your reply and such a wonderful ESR analysis. 
I am really grateful to you for your valuable feedback on my ESR.

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Assuming that you took your official practice exams under realistic testing conditions, the results show that, on a good day, you are capable of scoring higher than 640. Thus, it’s quite possible that nerves, stress, tiredness, or a combination of all three negatively affected your test-day performance. However, it’s also possible that you have some lingering weaknesses that were exposed on test day. Although I’m unsure of how you prepared, it’s possible that, in your preparation, particularly in verbal, you did not really learn to do what you have to do in order to score high on the actual GMAT. Rather, you picked up on some patterns that were effective in getting you relatively high scores on practice tests. So, for you to hit your score goal, your preparation, particularly for verbal, probably needs to be more complete, meaning that you have to go through the various types of GMAT questions carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills.

For verbal specifically, you have to become more skilled at clearly defining the differences between trap choices and correct answers. Otherwise, you will get stuck guessing between two choices or be surprised to find that you incorrectly answered questions that you thought you answered correctly. Becoming more skilled in this way takes carefully analyzing all of the answer choices to lots of verbal questions to develop an eye for the logical differences between the choices. In other words, you have to go beyond answering practice questions and reading explanations to doing deep analysis of questions to learn to see everything that is going on in them.

In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant and verbal materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the  best quant  and  verbal courses .

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