kas007@india.com wrote:
I am an engineering student trying to prepare for gmat. I started of a bit over 3 weeks, and have been focusing on verbal section only. I went through
mgmat verbal books and then went on to do OG16.
I haven't really given any CAT since I haven't really gotten a lot of time to sit in one stretch for long enough, also, I haven't touched quant section.
When do you plan to take the GMAT? I don't think it's a good idea to exclude one section entirely. If you are good at (and even enjoy!) quant, you could consider starting off. At a minimum, it'll help you break the monotony of doing only one section
kas007@india.com wrote:
For SC, my accuracy has been 70% on an average.
For CR, for the first 80% of the questions my average was 80-90%, but it has dropped to 65-75% in the remaining 20% questions in the end.
For RC, it's been a constant 85% from beginning till end, varying from RC to RC.
Your RC looks fine. Next step: a full length test.
CR: the questions in the
OG tend to get tougher as you progress. It'd be great if we could carry the 80-90% accuracy into the tougher questions as well, but I wouldn't worry too much. This looks good given that you've been studying for only 3 weeks. The amount of effort you need to put in from here on will depend on your target score.
SC: did the accuracy drop off or has it remained constant? If it has remained constant, you might need to spend more time working on your concepts.
kas007@india.com wrote:
P.S I did the whole
OG by timing each question. CR average 105 sec, SC average 85 sec.
You seem to be on target. Just take a quick look to see whether you can see any variation with difficulty (for example, some people get through the initial questions pretty quickly and that brings the average time down, which could be misleading).
kas007@india.com wrote:
How should I be judging my score? Also, I seem to have hit a kind of a dead-end on CR especially, I am looking to further on improve on it. Any tips?
A GMATPrep would give you the most accurate estimate of your current ability. If you want a soft start, take the diagnostic test included in the
OG. Take it untimed. Don't analyze the GMATPrep questions if you want to use the GMATPreps again in the future (you almost certainly will want to).
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05 Feb 2016, 13:06
