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20 Dec 2019, 13:38
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Hi everyone,
I don't know if any of you have seen my previous post but about a month ago, but I received a very low practice test score on the GMAT. I had received a 370, this however was before studying or fully understanding how the test is set up. About a week after I took another practice test and score a 390...not that much higher, but I knew that this was because I was struggling a lot in the quant section, because of the fact I hadn't taken a math class in several years and had forgotten how to solve many types of problems.
Well, here I am about a month after I first started, I watched several videos, used several free trials, read different books and practiced problems from the OG as well as practice questions on GMATFree (I'm not sure if anyone has used this or heard about it before)...I took two more practice tests within this month and received a score of 580 both times. Not the highest score, but enough for what I need to finish applying to the school I want to attend (application deadline is beginning of Jan.) I only need a 550, so having a score of 580 both times had me feeling a bit relieved that I'm slowly gaining more understanding of the material and how to solve it. Unfortunately, the last two weekends I wasn't able to study much, so I tried making up for lost time by studying a bit more on the weekends.
My exam is on the 26th, and at 8am....I'm not a morning person at all, and I'm feeling a bit stressful because I don't think I'll be able to study much more from now until my exam date, since the holidays are coming up. So, I guess I'm here to ask if anyone has any advice of anything that I should continue working on, and if I should be able to get over the potential score I need for my exam. Unfortunately, I didn't have much time to study because I had only found out a month ago that I needed the GMAT to finish applying to grad school...so any advice or wise words of wisdom would be appreciated.
I feel pretty good about how my studying has been going so far, I'm just worried since I haven't been able to spend as much time as I would like to study for it...and I would really rather not have to take this exam again. Since the only reason I have to take it was because my gpa was .2 away from being what it needed to be in order for me not to have to take this exam at all (which is pretty frustrating).
Also, if you took the time to read through all my ramblings and worries, I appreciate it.
I don't know if any of you have seen my previous post but about a month ago, but I received a very low practice test score on the GMAT. I had received a 370, this however was before studying or fully understanding how the test is set up. About a week after I took another practice test and score a 390...not that much higher, but I knew that this was because I was struggling a lot in the quant section, because of the fact I hadn't taken a math class in several years and had forgotten how to solve many types of problems.
Well, here I am about a month after I first started, I watched several videos, used several free trials, read different books and practiced problems from the OG as well as practice questions on GMATFree (I'm not sure if anyone has used this or heard about it before)...I took two more practice tests within this month and received a score of 580 both times. Not the highest score, but enough for what I need to finish applying to the school I want to attend (application deadline is beginning of Jan.) I only need a 550, so having a score of 580 both times had me feeling a bit relieved that I'm slowly gaining more understanding of the material and how to solve it. Unfortunately, the last two weekends I wasn't able to study much, so I tried making up for lost time by studying a bit more on the weekends.
My exam is on the 26th, and at 8am....I'm not a morning person at all, and I'm feeling a bit stressful because I don't think I'll be able to study much more from now until my exam date, since the holidays are coming up. So, I guess I'm here to ask if anyone has any advice of anything that I should continue working on, and if I should be able to get over the potential score I need for my exam. Unfortunately, I didn't have much time to study because I had only found out a month ago that I needed the GMAT to finish applying to grad school...so any advice or wise words of wisdom would be appreciated.
I feel pretty good about how my studying has been going so far, I'm just worried since I haven't been able to spend as much time as I would like to study for it...and I would really rather not have to take this exam again. Since the only reason I have to take it was because my gpa was .2 away from being what it needed to be in order for me not to have to take this exam at all (which is pretty frustrating).
Also, if you took the time to read through all my ramblings and worries, I appreciate it.
20 Dec 2019, 13:42
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Hi Maria and good luck on your test on the 26th.
Not sure if you can, but try to wake up the same time on the 25th and perhaps the 24th so you can work up a bit of a routine to overcome the morning test fogginess. Don’t stress if you’re a little nervous the night before and have trouble sleeping. Everyone has that
Here’s a list of my tips that I offer 3, 7 and 1 days before the test: https://gmatclub.com/forum/what-to-do-3 ... 52506.html
At this point I would focus more on making sure you know your timing markers, you have a list of whatever things you need a list of such as sc check list, and mostly focus on securing your score rather than trying to improve it.
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Not sure if you can, but try to wake up the same time on the 25th and perhaps the 24th so you can work up a bit of a routine to overcome the morning test fogginess. Don’t stress if you’re a little nervous the night before and have trouble sleeping. Everyone has that
Here’s a list of my tips that I offer 3, 7 and 1 days before the test: https://gmatclub.com/forum/what-to-do-3 ... 52506.html
At this point I would focus more on making sure you know your timing markers, you have a list of whatever things you need a list of such as sc check list, and mostly focus on securing your score rather than trying to improve it.
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20 Dec 2019, 13:55
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Hello Maria. You should try and relax a little bit moving forward. I hope you maintained an error log during your studies. You can review your error log and resolved the questions you got wrong in the days leading to your GMAT. You can also review questions from your mock exams. You can also use the TTP equation guide for last minute revision of the equations and tips that will help you succeed on the quant section. I have also seen some nice summary notes for SC, CR, and RC here, so you can use those for verbal. You can PM me if you don't have any good summary notes for verbal.
Please make sure you don't do any rigorous study regime in the days leading to your test. Your test will go well, so don't worry about anything.
Best wishes!
Please make sure you don't do any rigorous study regime in the days leading to your test. Your test will go well, so don't worry about anything.
Best wishes!
