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03 Dec 2018, 22:16
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Guys, have any of you come to the conclusion that self-study is unable to facilitate improvement in your score? How did you overcome a stagnant score?
I'm a paying customer of Manhattan Prep (books and online course), Veritas Prep, and EmpowerGMAT. I have completed the OG 2018, the CR Bible, and many others. I have worked these tools religiously and have NOT neglected review. I HAVE NOT NEGLECTED ERROR LOG / REVIEW.
I can't think of any other explanation for this lack of improvement, except that I'm simply a hopelessly stupid person. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, which is the exact reason why I've decided to pursue an MBA in the first place (I've been a self-employed internet entrepreneur for 6 years. Fun, but lonely and it takes too long to learn things. Need to formalize my thinking and get around people who are smarter and more successful than me.)
Anyway, my GMAT scores have virtually not climbed in 6 months with over 750 HOURS of steady, daily work. "You're probably overdoing it." Yes, definitely. Thanks. Unfortunately, overdoing things is a big reason why I've been successful in different areas of my life- so I'm not sure how much I can change that.
Untimed, I can score a Q45 and V42 on GMAC tests. But on the real thing, man I guess I don't know what the hell I'm doing.
Starting to want to see if I can punch through brick. Looking for advice from people who have overcome this. Is a coach / classroom the answer? Am I hopeless?
I'm a paying customer of Manhattan Prep (books and online course), Veritas Prep, and EmpowerGMAT. I have completed the OG 2018, the CR Bible, and many others. I have worked these tools religiously and have NOT neglected review. I HAVE NOT NEGLECTED ERROR LOG / REVIEW.
I can't think of any other explanation for this lack of improvement, except that I'm simply a hopelessly stupid person. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, which is the exact reason why I've decided to pursue an MBA in the first place (I've been a self-employed internet entrepreneur for 6 years. Fun, but lonely and it takes too long to learn things. Need to formalize my thinking and get around people who are smarter and more successful than me.)
Anyway, my GMAT scores have virtually not climbed in 6 months with over 750 HOURS of steady, daily work. "You're probably overdoing it." Yes, definitely. Thanks. Unfortunately, overdoing things is a big reason why I've been successful in different areas of my life- so I'm not sure how much I can change that.
Untimed, I can score a Q45 and V42 on GMAC tests. But on the real thing, man I guess I don't know what the hell I'm doing.
Starting to want to see if I can punch through brick. Looking for advice from people who have overcome this. Is a coach / classroom the answer? Am I hopeless?
04 Dec 2018, 01:38
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Wouldn't recommend getting a coach yet. Perhaps you could focus solely on the areas where you have weak scores for a while and then go back to normal prep tests to see if things have improved?
Also, some contributing factors to low scores could also be non topic based and more about your habits/approach towards taking tests. Try to work on things like concentration (if you notice there are many silly mistakes), try to solve more practice problems first before taking a test (if you feel you get a blank head when you take the test and face the questions)
Overall, my point is, try to break down the cause of your low scores and then come up with solutions to solve the problem. I'm sure an entrepreneur knows how to do this with a structured approach very well.
Also, some contributing factors to low scores could also be non topic based and more about your habits/approach towards taking tests. Try to work on things like concentration (if you notice there are many silly mistakes), try to solve more practice problems first before taking a test (if you feel you get a blank head when you take the test and face the questions)
Overall, my point is, try to break down the cause of your low scores and then come up with solutions to solve the problem. I'm sure an entrepreneur knows how to do this with a structured approach very well.
04 Dec 2018, 16:12
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Hi Rich,
I think that you probably know enough about the content, Tactics and patterns behind the GMAT that you have the capacity to score higher than this current range of scores. Thus, there's a reasonable chance that there are issues with your 'mechanics' (how you're taking notes and working through individual questions). "Review" is an exceptionally important part of the GMAT training process; your ability to define WHY you're getting questions wrong is essential to defining the areas that you need to work on (and the specific things that you need to 'fix').
As such, I'd like to know a bit more about the last CAT that you took under realistic conditions (timed, taken in one sitting, with the Essay and IR sections, etc.). If you have filled out a full Mistake Tracker Excel, then you should email it to me and I'll be happy to review it. If you have not done that, then you should review this CAT soon - and there are some basic questions that you should be able to answer (and the more EXACT you can be with your answers, the better):
After reviewing each section of this recent CAT, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just could not remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard?
4) Because you were low on time and had to guess?
5) How many Verbal questions did you 'narrow down to 2 choices' but still get wrong?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
I think that you probably know enough about the content, Tactics and patterns behind the GMAT that you have the capacity to score higher than this current range of scores. Thus, there's a reasonable chance that there are issues with your 'mechanics' (how you're taking notes and working through individual questions). "Review" is an exceptionally important part of the GMAT training process; your ability to define WHY you're getting questions wrong is essential to defining the areas that you need to work on (and the specific things that you need to 'fix').
As such, I'd like to know a bit more about the last CAT that you took under realistic conditions (timed, taken in one sitting, with the Essay and IR sections, etc.). If you have filled out a full Mistake Tracker Excel, then you should email it to me and I'll be happy to review it. If you have not done that, then you should review this CAT soon - and there are some basic questions that you should be able to answer (and the more EXACT you can be with your answers, the better):
After reviewing each section of this recent CAT, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just could not remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard?
4) Because you were low on time and had to guess?
5) How many Verbal questions did you 'narrow down to 2 choices' but still get wrong?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
