Dear Club Members,
I started my preparation passively in January 2019. I bought video classes from a GMAT tutor. However, I went through all the material I never solved a lot of problems. I had already spent around 150 hours until now to build the foundation in the last 3 months. I had completed 60% of the Quant & Verbal concepts. I gave my diagnostic test on 2-Apr-19 and got a score of 460( The breakup can be found in the following image).
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Quant-DS: I am unable to solve the problems correctly in exam conditions(real-time scenario)
Verbal-SC: Although I knew all the rules I have to get better at applying them. Application of these rules is what I think I have to practice. Probably solving a ton of problems will show some improvement.
Verbal-RC: I was unable to complete reading the passages due to my low reading speed. I knew where and how should I improve.
Verbal-CR: This is my weakest area. I was unable to read and understand the question because none of those questions were in simple English. There was a bit of complex vocabulary, but I think the way the sentence is structured was very difficult for my brain to understand.
About me: I am a non-native English speaker. Although the medium of instruction was English, I was learning German since I am living in Germany for the last 5 years. This had a significant impact on my English reading & writing skills. I realize the impact of this language shift during my GMAT preparation.
To become more serious with the preparation and keep up the spirit I booked my exam on 15.07.19. Because I always work good under pressure and I like targets with deadlines. Now I have a plan to study for 3 hours every working day and 7 hours in the weekend.
I am targeting a score of 750 and no matter what it takes I have to get that. I knew that the score is very difficult to achieve provided proper time & strategy.
I have approximately 3+ months for the exam and I would like to ask for some strategies and plans to better my preparation and improve my score.
Thanks a lot in advance. I hope to see some replies.