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20 May 2016, 09:52
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I have been studying like crazy for the past 3 weeks since I took the GMAT, (580, Q39, V31) approximately 4-5 hours a day. No days off.
I keep getting the exact same results over and over and over again.
Real GMAT 3 weeks ago: 580, Q39, V31
MGMAT 2, 10 days ago: 580, Q39, V31
MGMAT 3, TODAY: 580, Q39, V31
What in the world is going on here? I really don't get it. Why am I not improving one bit?
All my areas are week except maybe SC. RC and Cr are my worst areas right now. I have read so much about how to take notes for RC questions and so on so on but taking notes takes WAY TOO MUCH TIME! I can't start jotting things down about every paragraph. I simply don't have the time.
I am a hopeless case? This GMAT thing is incredibly frustrating for me because I have always been a great student so one would think I am NOT stupid. I have a perfect undergraduate GPA and a perfect graduate GPA and I am pretty sure that I did not get that many As because my professors thought I was pretty or whatever.... I earned my As!
Why can I not succeed in getting a decent GMAT score? I am feeling really down right now because it obviously doesn't matter how much time I put in. I am very consistent in scoring at the exact same level.
Help? Advice? Anyone with a word of wisdom?
I keep getting the exact same results over and over and over again.
Real GMAT 3 weeks ago: 580, Q39, V31
MGMAT 2, 10 days ago: 580, Q39, V31
MGMAT 3, TODAY: 580, Q39, V31
What in the world is going on here? I really don't get it. Why am I not improving one bit?
All my areas are week except maybe SC. RC and Cr are my worst areas right now. I have read so much about how to take notes for RC questions and so on so on but taking notes takes WAY TOO MUCH TIME! I can't start jotting things down about every paragraph. I simply don't have the time.
I am a hopeless case? This GMAT thing is incredibly frustrating for me because I have always been a great student so one would think I am NOT stupid. I have a perfect undergraduate GPA and a perfect graduate GPA and I am pretty sure that I did not get that many As because my professors thought I was pretty or whatever.... I earned my As!
Why can I not succeed in getting a decent GMAT score? I am feeling really down right now because it obviously doesn't matter how much time I put in. I am very consistent in scoring at the exact same level.
Help? Advice? Anyone with a word of wisdom?
20 May 2016, 11:05
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Silviax
Dear Silviax,
I'm happy to help.
My friend, I'm curious what exactly "studying like crazy" means. Plowing through study materials without time for proper reflection and integration will not necessarily lead to learning. For deep learning, conscientiousness is worth much more than efficiency. Remember that learning, especially at this level, is a non-linear process: a fixed amount of effort does not always lead to fixed increase in performance. Don't give up. You have to work to push yourself to deeper and deeper levels of understanding and simply trust that results will come.
I would say, one of the best ways to improve for GMAT RC is, not surprising, to read. See this blog
How to Improve Your GMAT Verbal Score
Also, for CR, see:
GMAT Critical Reasoning and Outside Knowledge
I don't know when you plan to retake, but here's a 3-month study schedule for folks in your situation:
3 Month GMAT Study Schedule (Verbal Focused)
If you are interested, my company, Magoosh, offers a score guarantee of +50 points. For you, if you fulfill the conditions, that would mean a full refund if your next GMAT is anything less than 630. In fact, Magoosh offers this guarantee, because most of our students see much larger increases. You are already good in math, but our library of math lessons would boost your score there. Here's a free lesson:
Multiples
The verbal lessons will really help you. Here's a free RC lesson:
Approaching the Passage
Here's a free CR practice question:
Carville’s homeless problem
When you submit your answer, the following page will have a video explanation for the question. Each of Magoosh's 1000+ practice questions has its own VE: that kind of immediate feedback is exactly what you need to break through the ceiling your are facing right now.
Even if you decide not to purchase Magoosh, please get everything you can from that free blog: there's a immense amount of material on the blog that can really help you. My friend, it is perfectly clear to me that you are a significantly intelligent individual capable of remarkable success on the GMAT. Please don't lose heart because you are facing a temporary setback. You are being challenged to dig deeper into yourself and bring forth more of what makes you great as a human being. You must have the confidence of a lion. Excellence comes from the heart.
I wish you the very best, my friend. Let me know if you have any questions.
Mike
20 May 2016, 11:24
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Hi Silviax,
Studying for the GMAT is not quite the same as studying for a College test. While content knowledge is certainly essential to answer GMAT questions, most prompts that you'll face on Test Day are designed so that they can be solved in a variety of ways. THAT flexibility of thinking is one of the keys to scoring at a high level on Test Day. You might find that one particular approach doesn't work all that well on a GMAT prompt (or takes far too long to implement), so you have to know other ways of getting to the correct answer. In that same way, knowing multiple approaches gives you the flexibility to choose the one that will be fastest for a given prompt. To that end, you really have to learn/practice all of those Tactics. At first, the process might seem 'slow', but that's because you haven't mastered it yet.
The consistency in your scores really isn't about intelligence - it's about how you 'see' (and respond to) the GMAT. "Your way" of approaching this Test is earning you that score. To score at a much higher level, you have to change your 'default' approaches to the Exam.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Studying for the GMAT is not quite the same as studying for a College test. While content knowledge is certainly essential to answer GMAT questions, most prompts that you'll face on Test Day are designed so that they can be solved in a variety of ways. THAT flexibility of thinking is one of the keys to scoring at a high level on Test Day. You might find that one particular approach doesn't work all that well on a GMAT prompt (or takes far too long to implement), so you have to know other ways of getting to the correct answer. In that same way, knowing multiple approaches gives you the flexibility to choose the one that will be fastest for a given prompt. To that end, you really have to learn/practice all of those Tactics. At first, the process might seem 'slow', but that's because you haven't mastered it yet.
The consistency in your scores really isn't about intelligence - it's about how you 'see' (and respond to) the GMAT. "Your way" of approaching this Test is earning you that score. To score at a much higher level, you have to change your 'default' approaches to the Exam.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
