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Hi, I have booked my exam for the last week of September (26th sept to be precise). I am looking for some advice as to how I can scale up my score by 40-60 point in the days that I have left. I am targeting a score of around 680-700 and planning to get into the Masters in Management (MIM). I am targeting schools like St Gallen (MBF program), HEC Paris (MIM), and LBS (MIM). I have a bachelors in management with a specialization in finance and want to pursue finance as a career. I am aware that the average Gmat scores for some of the schools I have mentioned are around the 720 mark, however I have had my profile been looked at by a few consellors and they have mentioned that a score around a 680-700 can give me a fair chance. The issue is-Gmat has been my biggest hurdle so far and I am unsure if I can even get to a 680 at this point.
I took up a local course last year which got me up to speed with everything in terms of the format of the Gmat, the topics tested and the basics. However, as I was still in my final year of undergrad I couldn't find the time to religiously study for the Gmat and postponed it for later(current year). Coming to this year, starting May 2023 I began self-studying-rewatched the old course's videos (since I still had access), made notes and began solving questions. I spent around 4-5hrs a day studying solely for the Gmat.
Initially everything was going quite well. Soon, I realised that my weaker section is quant and I really needed to learn to apply concepts the Gmat way. Verbal was fairly okay as I was still solving Sub-500 and 500-600 level question on Gmatclub and was able to maintain around 80-90% accuracy. With this in mind I focused all my attention to quant and after a lot of learning, I was able to solve the 600-650 difficulty level questions on Gmatclub. I practiced verbal alongside quant too but the majority of my day would be focused on quant. I solved the entire OG(Verbal and Quant)- it went fairly well except for some of the hard difficulty questions. Feeling confident with the progress I had made in the past 2 months, I decided to take my first official mock around the third week of July. Upon starting the exam, reading so many instruction screens for the first time, I was already extremely nervous. Somehow I managed to compose myself and just continued with it-I got a 640 (Q44, V34). I was not to happy but not disappointed either. I knew that the quant had always been tough for me but I was in a bit of a shock looking at the verbal score.
Post this I began giving verbal as much importance as quant, and around 3 weeks later I took my second mock. This time I got a 620(Q48,V28). I just don't know what happened here. I did struggle a bit with time and had to guess a few(2-3) questions on quant, but a similar thing happened in the first test too, besides some of the questions in quant I would just spend too long on and had to end up guessing so I could move on. I took this mock on the 14th of August and after this I have just been confused as to what to do. I went back to solving questions but I just can't seem to cross those 600-650 level questions, both in quant as well as verbal. Suddenly I have just lost touch with quant too and am struggling in general even with the 600-650 level questions. On top of this, I have been getting terrible IR scores too, I got a 3 on my second mock, so now that has started worrying me.
I was starting to loose hope but I have decided to stay resilient and work to improve my score in the 30 days I have left.
I would appreciate advice as to what I can do to progress further.
I took up a local course last year which got me up to speed with everything in terms of the format of the Gmat, the topics tested and the basics. However, as I was still in my final year of undergrad I couldn't find the time to religiously study for the Gmat and postponed it for later(current year). Coming to this year, starting May 2023 I began self-studying-rewatched the old course's videos (since I still had access), made notes and began solving questions. I spent around 4-5hrs a day studying solely for the Gmat.
Initially everything was going quite well. Soon, I realised that my weaker section is quant and I really needed to learn to apply concepts the Gmat way. Verbal was fairly okay as I was still solving Sub-500 and 500-600 level question on Gmatclub and was able to maintain around 80-90% accuracy. With this in mind I focused all my attention to quant and after a lot of learning, I was able to solve the 600-650 difficulty level questions on Gmatclub. I practiced verbal alongside quant too but the majority of my day would be focused on quant. I solved the entire OG(Verbal and Quant)- it went fairly well except for some of the hard difficulty questions. Feeling confident with the progress I had made in the past 2 months, I decided to take my first official mock around the third week of July. Upon starting the exam, reading so many instruction screens for the first time, I was already extremely nervous. Somehow I managed to compose myself and just continued with it-I got a 640 (Q44, V34). I was not to happy but not disappointed either. I knew that the quant had always been tough for me but I was in a bit of a shock looking at the verbal score.
Post this I began giving verbal as much importance as quant, and around 3 weeks later I took my second mock. This time I got a 620(Q48,V28). I just don't know what happened here. I did struggle a bit with time and had to guess a few(2-3) questions on quant, but a similar thing happened in the first test too, besides some of the questions in quant I would just spend too long on and had to end up guessing so I could move on. I took this mock on the 14th of August and after this I have just been confused as to what to do. I went back to solving questions but I just can't seem to cross those 600-650 level questions, both in quant as well as verbal. Suddenly I have just lost touch with quant too and am struggling in general even with the 600-650 level questions. On top of this, I have been getting terrible IR scores too, I got a 3 on my second mock, so now that has started worrying me.
I was starting to loose hope but I have decided to stay resilient and work to improve my score in the 30 days I have left.
I would appreciate advice as to what I can do to progress further.
23 Aug 2023, 11:01
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23 Aug 2023, 16:27
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Hi Shane04,
A 680 is an achievable goal in the timeframe that you have, IF you are focused on learning and practicing the proper Tactics. That having been said, if you ultimately "need" a 700+ to get into your first-choice Program, then you will likely need more study time than you have currently planned for. Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
1) What specific study materials have you used so far? What “brands” of CATs/mocks have you used?
2) Are you planning to take the At-home GMAT or are you planning to take your GMAT at a Test Facility?
3) Going forward, how many hours do you think you can consistently study each week?
4) What specific application deadlines are you facing?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Contact Rich at: [email protected]
www.empowergmat.com
A 680 is an achievable goal in the timeframe that you have, IF you are focused on learning and practicing the proper Tactics. That having been said, if you ultimately "need" a 700+ to get into your first-choice Program, then you will likely need more study time than you have currently planned for. Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
1) What specific study materials have you used so far? What “brands” of CATs/mocks have you used?
2) Are you planning to take the At-home GMAT or are you planning to take your GMAT at a Test Facility?
3) Going forward, how many hours do you think you can consistently study each week?
4) What specific application deadlines are you facing?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Contact Rich at: [email protected]
www.empowergmat.com
