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Hi, all!
First, I wanted to say how thankful I am for forums like these. None of my other friends are taking the GMAT, so it is nice to know that this kind of community exists! That being said, I need some advice. I know many other people have posted about similar things, but it is getting too tedious and time consuming to look at each individually to see what I relate to.
I just took the GMAT today, but after only a few weeks of somewhat serious studying and I can see why people advise against this. I took a practice test a few days prior to my test and with Princeton Review’s free test, I got a 670 (Q: 41; V: 42) and then I also used GMAT Prep and got a 650 (Q: 48; V: 31). But, during my actual GMAT, I got a 580 (Q: 44; V: 26). This was especially disappointing since even my cold score when I first ever decided to take the GMAT, was higher than 26 so I have no idea what happened.
I have already decided to retake the GMAT in mid August, but want to make sure that I have thought of everything in my plans going forward. Accounting for my 2.5 weeks of travel, I will have a little over a month to study. I just signed up for Magoosh’s premium package and plan to focus more on verbal and advanced/hard math. I noticed that verbal is typically a hit or miss for me (which is what I think explains the large range of verbal scores). When I first read a passage and it “clicks” for me, I have no problems answering the questions, but the trouble is when the passage makes no sense and my mind goes blank and I find myself rereading the same passage repeatedly. Hopefully Magoosh’s videos could aid in finding better strategies. I also read a bit on the use of “error logs” which I hope will be helpful. I also have only been using the OG (and verbal/quant supplements) primarily and started using the Kaplan 800 (advanced), but I think I will also invest in the “Powerscore CR Bible,” and Manhattan Prep books.
A few questions:
1. Any other thoughts/suggestions on general testing strategies or things I should consider for my one month plan? Is there anything else that I am missing? (Though I did just see bb's "Ultimate" Study Plan, which I will look over, but will still go ahead and post this now for initial thoughts.
2. Any other book that you believe are essential to improving verbal to 40’s and quant to upper 40’s?
3. For the Manhattan Prep books, I will definitely be getting the Advanced Quant, Sentence Correction guide and the Critical Reasoning, and maybe Reading Comp. Do any of you have any other experiences with the effectiveness of MGMAT’s guides (verbal and advanced math)? 4. For math in particular, how do you also strategically find out what you are missing for math (I don’t think my issue is missing concepts, but something else), and target that using these resources?
5. Also, I know that practice tests will be helpful to track progress. What is the best value in terms of accuracy to test and cost? Is MGMAT best? Is the $75 for the 6 CATs, question bank and challenge question worth it?
Thank you all so much in advance for any advice you could provide!
First, I wanted to say how thankful I am for forums like these. None of my other friends are taking the GMAT, so it is nice to know that this kind of community exists! That being said, I need some advice. I know many other people have posted about similar things, but it is getting too tedious and time consuming to look at each individually to see what I relate to.
I just took the GMAT today, but after only a few weeks of somewhat serious studying and I can see why people advise against this. I took a practice test a few days prior to my test and with Princeton Review’s free test, I got a 670 (Q: 41; V: 42) and then I also used GMAT Prep and got a 650 (Q: 48; V: 31). But, during my actual GMAT, I got a 580 (Q: 44; V: 26). This was especially disappointing since even my cold score when I first ever decided to take the GMAT, was higher than 26 so I have no idea what happened.
I have already decided to retake the GMAT in mid August, but want to make sure that I have thought of everything in my plans going forward. Accounting for my 2.5 weeks of travel, I will have a little over a month to study. I just signed up for Magoosh’s premium package and plan to focus more on verbal and advanced/hard math. I noticed that verbal is typically a hit or miss for me (which is what I think explains the large range of verbal scores). When I first read a passage and it “clicks” for me, I have no problems answering the questions, but the trouble is when the passage makes no sense and my mind goes blank and I find myself rereading the same passage repeatedly. Hopefully Magoosh’s videos could aid in finding better strategies. I also read a bit on the use of “error logs” which I hope will be helpful. I also have only been using the OG (and verbal/quant supplements) primarily and started using the Kaplan 800 (advanced), but I think I will also invest in the “Powerscore CR Bible,” and Manhattan Prep books.
A few questions:
1. Any other thoughts/suggestions on general testing strategies or things I should consider for my one month plan? Is there anything else that I am missing? (Though I did just see bb's "Ultimate" Study Plan, which I will look over, but will still go ahead and post this now for initial thoughts.
2. Any other book that you believe are essential to improving verbal to 40’s and quant to upper 40’s?
3. For the Manhattan Prep books, I will definitely be getting the Advanced Quant, Sentence Correction guide and the Critical Reasoning, and maybe Reading Comp. Do any of you have any other experiences with the effectiveness of MGMAT’s guides (verbal and advanced math)? 4. For math in particular, how do you also strategically find out what you are missing for math (I don’t think my issue is missing concepts, but something else), and target that using these resources?
5. Also, I know that practice tests will be helpful to track progress. What is the best value in terms of accuracy to test and cost? Is MGMAT best? Is the $75 for the 6 CATs, question bank and challenge question worth it?
Thank you all so much in advance for any advice you could provide!
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