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15 Jun 2014, 06:13
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Hi,
I recently took my GMAT prep practice exam and much to my disappointment I scored only a 360 on the test (4IR, 14Q, 24V). Maths has always been a sore point for me and while taking the test I understood that my basics were severely challenged, I was however mighty surprised at my poor verbal score which I thought to be a strength. Anyway I really wanted to sit down and focus on improving my score, need some guidance on that.
Here's an analysis of my test-
Integrated Reasoning- Extremely tough, it took me a long to time to interpret the questions and I was only able to answer 8/12 (ran out of time). Longer question formats were taxing.
Quantitative- Was able to manage more problem solving questions than data sufficiency ones. However I could definitely sense the basics were quite weak as at places I was just plain guessing.
Verbal- RC passages (Got one whole passage wrong completely) and Critical Reasoning were weak areas.
Now I have a full time job which only gives me about 1.5 hrs on weekdays + weekends to prepare. I'm targeting at least 700+ score on GMAT which I plan to give end of August '14.
Wanted to understand first is it possible to improve your score by such a huge in margin in just under 10 weeks? Second, How should one approach the preparation especially with a weak math background. I understand that to score well in 75% of the exam (Quant+ IR) Its important to have a solid ground in this area. What would be the ideal study plan?
Pls help!
cheers
I recently took my GMAT prep practice exam and much to my disappointment I scored only a 360 on the test (4IR, 14Q, 24V). Maths has always been a sore point for me and while taking the test I understood that my basics were severely challenged, I was however mighty surprised at my poor verbal score which I thought to be a strength. Anyway I really wanted to sit down and focus on improving my score, need some guidance on that.
Here's an analysis of my test-
Integrated Reasoning- Extremely tough, it took me a long to time to interpret the questions and I was only able to answer 8/12 (ran out of time). Longer question formats were taxing.
Quantitative- Was able to manage more problem solving questions than data sufficiency ones. However I could definitely sense the basics were quite weak as at places I was just plain guessing.
Verbal- RC passages (Got one whole passage wrong completely) and Critical Reasoning were weak areas.
Now I have a full time job which only gives me about 1.5 hrs on weekdays + weekends to prepare. I'm targeting at least 700+ score on GMAT which I plan to give end of August '14.
Wanted to understand first is it possible to improve your score by such a huge in margin in just under 10 weeks? Second, How should one approach the preparation especially with a weak math background. I understand that to score well in 75% of the exam (Quant+ IR) Its important to have a solid ground in this area. What would be the ideal study plan?
Pls help!
cheers
16 Jun 2014, 00:13
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ishavir
The following would be my advice to you:
1. Don't worry about IR right now. Work on the 800 score section. From 4, if you are able to pump up your score to 6, it would be sufficient. Worry about this area 2 months later.
2. Quant - You will need to put in a decent bit of effort here. First review the basics from your high school books, purplemath.com, khanacademy.org etc. Your fundamentals should be good before you start working on GMAT Quant. After two solid weeks of concepts, start working on GMAT Quant from a complete set or take a classroom course. Focus mainly on Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry - the other topics can be covered according to the time available.
3. Verbal - If you are comfortable with the language as such (which I think you are judging from your post), start working on question types - first CR since it needs relatively less work to improve your accuracy and then RC. Read up on the types of questions and the test maker's expectations from you for each question type.
4. Make a timetable for each day of the next 4 weeks - On weekdays, put in 1 hour for Quant and .5 for Verbal. On weekends, ensure that you complete whatever you were unable to complete over the week.
