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15 Jul 2014, 14:27
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Hello experts, I have taken the gmat two times, 520 back in 2010 and 510 just 2 weeks ago (40q and 21v)
Background: I have studied intensely since april (2 hours min week days, and 5 or more on weekends) I have taken private tutoring classes from mgmat and optimus.
For materials I have used the mgmat books, gmatprep CAT exam 3 times, and I just bought the question banks for gmat prep.
I have taken the mgmat online course as well as the knewton online course.
I am very frustrated because nothing seems to work for me. It seems that the more time and money I put into the gmat the worse my performance is on it. I have spent a lot of money and even more time on it and I just can seem to improve.
Can anyone please comment on what approach I should take?
Here is my take on this: Since my second attempt I have started with the mgmat books again, I started with FDP: 1) I read the book, 2) make notes , 3) do all the problems in the back of the book that refer to the OG---I get close to 70 or 80% correct 4) I make flash cards off ALL the wrong answers and review extensively why I got it wrong-----So far I feel I am doing ok in my gmat studies, I feel that I am learning more etc.... BUT then I go onto gmat club and pull of a FDP question bank and get close to 20% correct. How can it be that I can answer and understand pretty well the questions on the OG on FDP and when I do the ones from gmat prep source or other sources I get very few correct? This is where I star to doubt my approach.
Reading the FDP book + practicing the questions on the OG of FDP + reviewing wrong answer do not equal that I will do ok when I do FDP questions from other sources such as GMATPREP.
And when this happens, I start to doubt on my gmat approach. I don't mind If I need to study one or two months more, I just feel that my approach to gmat has not been the most efficient.
I have tried literally everything, private tutor, manhattan and knewton online course, extensive hours and still I dont see results.
Should I just work on questions from GMAT PREP? or from the gmat prep question banks? I feel that doing more questions from the OG or manhattan or any other source could be a waste of time.
As I said, the frustration is not that I am giving up, its that literally NOTHING is working for me. Im starting to feel that Im just not up for this exam...
Should I just keep doing what I have been doing HOPING that I will do better next time around? finish all the manhattan books, review notes, review flash card from wrong answers and then start with GMAT prep exams?
Best
oloman
Background: I have studied intensely since april (2 hours min week days, and 5 or more on weekends) I have taken private tutoring classes from mgmat and optimus.
For materials I have used the mgmat books, gmatprep CAT exam 3 times, and I just bought the question banks for gmat prep.
I have taken the mgmat online course as well as the knewton online course.
I am very frustrated because nothing seems to work for me. It seems that the more time and money I put into the gmat the worse my performance is on it. I have spent a lot of money and even more time on it and I just can seem to improve.
Can anyone please comment on what approach I should take?
Here is my take on this: Since my second attempt I have started with the mgmat books again, I started with FDP: 1) I read the book, 2) make notes , 3) do all the problems in the back of the book that refer to the OG---I get close to 70 or 80% correct 4) I make flash cards off ALL the wrong answers and review extensively why I got it wrong-----So far I feel I am doing ok in my gmat studies, I feel that I am learning more etc.... BUT then I go onto gmat club and pull of a FDP question bank and get close to 20% correct. How can it be that I can answer and understand pretty well the questions on the OG on FDP and when I do the ones from gmat prep source or other sources I get very few correct? This is where I star to doubt my approach.
Reading the FDP book + practicing the questions on the OG of FDP + reviewing wrong answer do not equal that I will do ok when I do FDP questions from other sources such as GMATPREP.
And when this happens, I start to doubt on my gmat approach. I don't mind If I need to study one or two months more, I just feel that my approach to gmat has not been the most efficient.
I have tried literally everything, private tutor, manhattan and knewton online course, extensive hours and still I dont see results.
Should I just work on questions from GMAT PREP? or from the gmat prep question banks? I feel that doing more questions from the OG or manhattan or any other source could be a waste of time.
As I said, the frustration is not that I am giving up, its that literally NOTHING is working for me. Im starting to feel that Im just not up for this exam...
Should I just keep doing what I have been doing HOPING that I will do better next time around? finish all the manhattan books, review notes, review flash card from wrong answers and then start with GMAT prep exams?
Best
oloman
18 Jul 2014, 01:48
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Hi,
I'm extremely sorry for your GMAT score.
There are so many factors influence on the exam day. May be you got stressed out, silly mistakes etc.
Seeing your score and split. You need to define a study plan for your verbal as you got low RAW score of 21.
As far as Quants- It is fine, but need improvement on that as well.
I would suggest you to first analyze where you are going bad. Obviously more on the verbal part, that doesn't mean you shouldn't concentrate on Quants. You need to do that in Quants as well, since it is only an average score.
Define a study plan accordingly.
For Quants, the MGMAT books is fine and more than enough for strategies. Get your basics strong in Quant and go for the individual concepts.
Once done, you can try GMAT club test, these are hardest Quants questions on the planet.
Now coming to verbal.
You have to improve a lot to get above 36 or 37 to reach the score of 700+, provided you strictly follow your Quant and get around 47 to 50 in it.
1. Download the GMAT club grammar book- This will help you the get the basic on your finger tips.
2. Read any fictional books etc to improve your reading skills(this helps for RC)- See this post for good books.
3. There are plenty of Verbal focused courses available- such as e-gmat, magoosh etc- Subscribe to those courses if you want, they also offer score improvement guarantees.
Here are the study plans for both Verbal and Quants.
1. Ultimate study plan for verbal.
2. How to improve V30 to V40.
3. A way to increase from Q35-40 to Q 47
4. How to increase from Q44 to Q50
5. The final Climb- Q51
The bonus links which may help to define and come to know what people who scored 700+ did while preparing.
1. Patterns among those who scored 700+
Here is the post for best debriefs for success stories in GMAT.
1. Best GMAT Club success stories --- Go through the Best Comeback debriefs and Never give up for your motivation.
Hope it helps. All the best for your next attempt. Don't Lose hope
I'm extremely sorry for your GMAT score.
There are so many factors influence on the exam day. May be you got stressed out, silly mistakes etc.
Seeing your score and split. You need to define a study plan for your verbal as you got low RAW score of 21.
As far as Quants- It is fine, but need improvement on that as well.
I would suggest you to first analyze where you are going bad. Obviously more on the verbal part, that doesn't mean you shouldn't concentrate on Quants. You need to do that in Quants as well, since it is only an average score.
Define a study plan accordingly.
For Quants, the MGMAT books is fine and more than enough for strategies. Get your basics strong in Quant and go for the individual concepts.
Once done, you can try GMAT club test, these are hardest Quants questions on the planet.
Now coming to verbal.
You have to improve a lot to get above 36 or 37 to reach the score of 700+, provided you strictly follow your Quant and get around 47 to 50 in it.
1. Download the GMAT club grammar book- This will help you the get the basic on your finger tips.
2. Read any fictional books etc to improve your reading skills(this helps for RC)- See this post for good books.
3. There are plenty of Verbal focused courses available- such as e-gmat, magoosh etc- Subscribe to those courses if you want, they also offer score improvement guarantees.
Here are the study plans for both Verbal and Quants.
1. Ultimate study plan for verbal.
2. How to improve V30 to V40.
3. A way to increase from Q35-40 to Q 47
4. How to increase from Q44 to Q50
5. The final Climb- Q51
The bonus links which may help to define and come to know what people who scored 700+ did while preparing.
1. Patterns among those who scored 700+
Here is the post for best debriefs for success stories in GMAT.
1. Best GMAT Club success stories --- Go through the Best Comeback debriefs and Never give up for your motivation.
Hope it helps. All the best for your next attempt. Don't Lose hope
21 Jul 2014, 20:51
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oloman
You cannot keep doing the same thing and then hope for a different outcome. Whatever you have been doing till now apparently is not working. You need to have a solid foundation which seems to be missing in Verbal. I think you need to use a different set of books - often when you revisit the same books again and again, you don't pay attention since you feel that you already know it all. A different style of explaining the concepts might work better for you. Also, I am surprised that you have taken private tutoring and still not seen results. Private tutoring almost always leads to an improvement since the whole style of teaching is adapted to one particular student.
You should take a look at one of our free video lessons (SC) and a free book (DS) here: https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/
See if the different perspective and the new insights lead to better understanding.
