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09 Oct 2011, 22:55
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Hello,
I took the gmat in September despite the fact that I didn't really study much over the summer...Bad idea! I got a 530. That was a waste of $250 but an eye-opener nonetheless. I have since picked up my studying habits. I'm decent in both Quant and Verbal. I'm an engineer and I'm good at math. I learned a few strategies and began doing practice questions from the OG. So far, I have done about 600 of over 800 questions in the book and I have got most of it right. I missed a handful of questions in the OG and my biggest weakness in the verbal was CR.
I was fairly confident and decided to take a practice test and to my shock got about 540. I don't know what it is...my practice questions before the real gmat ranged from 470 to 590 and now after studying for about a month or so...no improvements! I look at my errors afterwards and realize that I made silly mistakes here and there. I'm getting really frustrated. The GMAT is the only thing holding me back from applying to B schools...every other aspect of my app seems to be intact.
Please help me. I know i'm not stupid..I just can't figure out what's wrong.
I took the gmat in September despite the fact that I didn't really study much over the summer...Bad idea! I got a 530. That was a waste of $250 but an eye-opener nonetheless. I have since picked up my studying habits. I'm decent in both Quant and Verbal. I'm an engineer and I'm good at math. I learned a few strategies and began doing practice questions from the OG. So far, I have done about 600 of over 800 questions in the book and I have got most of it right. I missed a handful of questions in the OG and my biggest weakness in the verbal was CR.
I was fairly confident and decided to take a practice test and to my shock got about 540. I don't know what it is...my practice questions before the real gmat ranged from 470 to 590 and now after studying for about a month or so...no improvements! I look at my errors afterwards and realize that I made silly mistakes here and there. I'm getting really frustrated. The GMAT is the only thing holding me back from applying to B schools...every other aspect of my app seems to be intact.
Please help me. I know i'm not stupid..I just can't figure out what's wrong.
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10 Oct 2011, 05:31
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Doing practice problems blindly (without a study plan) is not very useful.
Many of your mistakes are not "silly". The question writers try to make certain answer choices appealing in both verbal and math.
Remember, the test is designed to separate test takers and stratify into percentiles. To overcome this and score higher:
Use your GMATPrep test to figure out what your weakest sections are and WHY (the why part is more important than the what) it is your weakest section
Find material (not questions, material) that will help you overcome these subtopics. Use our book review threads and debriefs to select content
Keep an error log when you do practice problems and if you are making the same "silly" mistakes, they're not so silly. You're gravitating to incorrect answer choices for a reason. Figure out that reason and work to overcome it.
Many of your mistakes are not "silly". The question writers try to make certain answer choices appealing in both verbal and math.
Remember, the test is designed to separate test takers and stratify into percentiles. To overcome this and score higher:
Use your GMATPrep test to figure out what your weakest sections are and WHY (the why part is more important than the what) it is your weakest section
Find material (not questions, material) that will help you overcome these subtopics. Use our book review threads and debriefs to select content
Keep an error log when you do practice problems and if you are making the same "silly" mistakes, they're not so silly. You're gravitating to incorrect answer choices for a reason. Figure out that reason and work to overcome it.
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