Increase potential after 1st practice test ?

Question

Hey everyone,

I would like to know if there is any estimation of how much one can increase his GMAT score with serious practice/study as I have been taking my first practice test with 0 prior study or practice for the GMAT.

I took the MGMAT practice test 1 and scored a 630 (Q40, V36) which is a lot higher than expected.

I'm aiming for 700+, would that be reachable with sufficient study & practice or will it really be hard to achieve ?

Also I've been having huge time management issues, finishing both the Quant and Verbal parts like 15 - 20mn early. Is there any way to solve that ? I'm kinda "into it" when solving the different problems and questions and don't really think about looking at the clock..

bdepp · Answer

I went from an initial GMATPrep test score of 640 (with no study) to a 760 on the real exam. There are many examples on this board of people who had huge increases in score, but there are also several examples of people who had small to moderate increases. It really depends on the individual person. But to answer your question, a 700+ score is definitely in range for you with some good studying.

I think the time aspect of it comes with studying. As you're doing practice problems you will develop a bit of a sixth sense for how long a problem is going to take you and how long you've spent on it already.

I think the time aspect of it comes with studying. As you're doing practice problems you will develop a bit of a sixth sense for how long a problem is going to take you and how long you've spent on it already.

VdV · Answer

Thanks for the insight !

As I'm a non-native speaker i think practicing will help me a lot with the Verbal part.

Also I did face the issue of just not remembering the rule for some of the quant problems, so studying should do the trick.

Other than that I need to take my time and not rush through the whole thing as I did.

I'll try again in 10 days and will try to reach 670+

VeritasPrepRon · Answer

Hi VdV, this is a question I see a lot, and of course the answer depends entirely on how much effort you put into it in the coming weeks. That being said, you can at least look at some statistics and see that most students report increases of 50-100 points. There are also cases of 150+ point increases, but very generally I'd put it in that range, so 700 seems completely feasible based on an initial score like this one.

Best of luck!
-Ron

Best of luck!
-Ron

bdepp · Answer

I had similar issues with the Quant section on that initial test. You can check out my full debrief if you want to read my whole story.  https://gmatclub.com/forum/debrief-760-q48-v48-143414.html

Don't be discouraged if your score doesn't improve a lot in 10 days. There is a lot of subject matter that can be tested on the GMAT and 10 days is just not enough time to cover it all. My advice would be to study for a bit longer before you take a nother practice exam.

gibranscr · Answer

Hi I have a doubt about the Gmat test and my potentional performance when taking the real exam. I took a Gmat Mock (Cat) for the first time, I scored in a range of 550-650. Nevertheless, I practiced with intermidiate level questions (550-650) and hard level questions (700-800) and the percentages of correct answers for each level are 40-50% and 30-40% respectively within an alloted time of 1 min for SC, 2 for CR, 1.5 for RC questions, 2 for PS and 2 for DS.I think that if one cannot answer a 700-800 question correct that person may not have reached that level. The doubt is, should I focus on hard questions only or try to combine both levels? Do you think I reached the range of level of 700-800 or how would you suggest I can measure the correct level?

Any advices of Gmat instructors are welcome and thanks for your support :wink:

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