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NilsH
Joined: 03 Apr 2015
Last visit: 27 Apr 2015
Posts: 9
Given Kudos: 3
Schools: Erasmus '17
GMAT Date: 04-19-2015
Good morning everybody from Germany,
at first I have to thank you for this great forum and all the tips and experiences you share here. It gave me hope to reach my target score from 700. But nevertheless I think i have to delete this from my brain. So, I think I first have to tell you some things about my preparation and situation so far:
- Started preparing in Januar (just looking around this forum, reading some posts, or went to other websites to get an impression about the GMAT - as you can see, it is my first attempt)
- Downloaded GMATPrep in February to really start to look what the test looks like and took my first prep test (430 overall -.-) I was really disappointed about that because I thought I would score a little higher. The 700 Score target went faaar away.
- After this test and some more information sessions on the internet I purchased the Manhattan Complete Guide (13th edition) and in the weeks afterwards I worked through all the books - meaning I read through them, took notes and did almost all excercises. Even there, I did many mistakes.
- When I was reading the last 2 books of this Manhattan Guides I ordererd the OG 12th Edition (got it very cheap from ebay and thought this version will work). Till last week, I worked on this one and gave every question a try (timed with 2 min per quant question and 1:45 per Verbal question). Also made an Error log but the results are still very disappointing --> PS=83% correct, DS=61% correct, RC,CR, SC all about 50% correct. Although this might sound that bad, I have to admit that most correct questions were the ones from the beginning of these chapters, so to say the easier ones. I dont know really what my problem is. I timed everything and really concentrated on them. Verbal might be that hard because I am not a native speaker but anyway, I hoped to score a little higher.
But all this doesnt help now :D Have to get through it... and the GMAT is coming nearer next week Sunday (19.04.)
I had to take this date because I have to start my Bachelor thesis from the 17.04. onwards and i did not want to have to study for both of these. Therefore i have to give it a try now to be able to apply for Business school right afterwards (Deadlines are mostly till mid of May here). So there are exactly 11 days left now. This weekend, I also purchased the GMATClub 3-Month access to get some new questions to work on (Did 6 Quant CATS: Scores from 37-47 what is also not very good). And I took the first GMATprep Test again (so resetted the results and did it with the same questions) and scored just 570 (Q44, V27) this weekend. So this is still far away from my dream score 700
I am very concerned about how to learn now and to try to get the best out of this situation.
I have 11 days left now and almost everyday is planned to learn. I hope that you have some tips and advices for me how to improve my score a little bit (or even more of course
).
Should I keep on taking the CATS from GMATClub (+sharp review) or work again through the OG (by the way, is the 12th edition okay?)? Or even do the Manhattan books again? By the way, I never really did anything about the AWA and IR Section. I think this also needs some review :S
I really hope that you can help me because I feel not very self-confident at the moment Some tips about what to learn best and how would mean everything to me!
Many thanks in advance and I am looking forward to hearing from you
at first I have to thank you for this great forum and all the tips and experiences you share here. It gave me hope to reach my target score from 700. But nevertheless I think i have to delete this from my brain. So, I think I first have to tell you some things about my preparation and situation so far:
- Started preparing in Januar (just looking around this forum, reading some posts, or went to other websites to get an impression about the GMAT - as you can see, it is my first attempt)
- Downloaded GMATPrep in February to really start to look what the test looks like and took my first prep test (430 overall -.-) I was really disappointed about that because I thought I would score a little higher. The 700 Score target went faaar away.
- After this test and some more information sessions on the internet I purchased the Manhattan Complete Guide (13th edition) and in the weeks afterwards I worked through all the books - meaning I read through them, took notes and did almost all excercises. Even there, I did many mistakes.
- When I was reading the last 2 books of this Manhattan Guides I ordererd the OG 12th Edition (got it very cheap from ebay and thought this version will work). Till last week, I worked on this one and gave every question a try (timed with 2 min per quant question and 1:45 per Verbal question). Also made an Error log but the results are still very disappointing --> PS=83% correct, DS=61% correct, RC,CR, SC all about 50% correct. Although this might sound that bad, I have to admit that most correct questions were the ones from the beginning of these chapters, so to say the easier ones. I dont know really what my problem is. I timed everything and really concentrated on them. Verbal might be that hard because I am not a native speaker but anyway, I hoped to score a little higher.
But all this doesnt help now :D Have to get through it... and the GMAT is coming nearer next week Sunday (19.04.)
I had to take this date because I have to start my Bachelor thesis from the 17.04. onwards and i did not want to have to study for both of these. Therefore i have to give it a try now to be able to apply for Business school right afterwards (Deadlines are mostly till mid of May here). So there are exactly 11 days left now. This weekend, I also purchased the GMATClub 3-Month access to get some new questions to work on (Did 6 Quant CATS: Scores from 37-47 what is also not very good). And I took the first GMATprep Test again (so resetted the results and did it with the same questions) and scored just 570 (Q44, V27) this weekend. So this is still far away from my dream score 700
I am very concerned about how to learn now and to try to get the best out of this situation. I have 11 days left now and almost everyday is planned to learn. I hope that you have some tips and advices for me how to improve my score a little bit (or even more of course
). Should I keep on taking the CATS from GMATClub (+sharp review) or work again through the OG (by the way, is the 12th edition okay?)? Or even do the Manhattan books again? By the way, I never really did anything about the AWA and IR Section. I think this also needs some review :S
I really hope that you can help me because I feel not very self-confident at the moment
Some tips about what to learn best and how would mean everything to me!Many thanks in advance and I am looking forward to hearing from you
06 Apr 2015, 23:37
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NilsH
Here are a few tips:
1. Don't take any more CATs. At this time, you won't be able to gain much out of them. Focus on concepts and how to apply them. Work on your weak areas.
2. Just working through OG is also not advisable. Revise the theory and then you can practice some high level OG questions. Re-doing the simple ones which you already know won't help much.
3. Check out the AWA template. A 4.5+ is sufficient but less than that could be a red flag.
4. A 1 or 2 on IR is a problem. Take a day out to go through the various question types in IR.
5. 10 days is not enough to increase your score by 100+ points but give it your best shot. Thereafter, you can either decide to apply in some safety schools too or retake GMAT in May. If you do retake, a fast paced integrated course might help you get a big jump. For example, you can check out our one week Immersion course or On Demand.
6. Also, there is a big difference between your PS and DS scores even though both test the same concepts. It is probably because you do not understand the sufficiency condition very well. Check out this post: https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/2015/04 ... questions/
Also, feel free to check out the very informative Verbal posts on our blog: https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/categor ... rbal-gmat/
NilsH
Joined: 03 Apr 2015
Last visit: 27 Apr 2015
Posts: 9
Given Kudos: 3
Schools: Erasmus '17
GMAT Date: 04-19-2015
07 Apr 2015, 01:33
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Hey, thank you very much for your quick response!
I know that boosting the score up that much with such an amount of time is not realistic but - as I said in the beginning - I started with this as my "dream target score".
Back to your tips.
1. Would you recommend to spend my time on working with the Manhattan prep books again?
2. I can see that point and I think of course this is helpful. I also started to revise some OG questions but I even feel like "I have seen this question before - I know this is the answer... without actually calculating/analyzing it". This does not lead to a big learning success in my opinion. Thats why i purchased the GMATClub question sets to get some "new" questions.
3. I have seen this template and once read through it. I think I will take one day to practice the AWA, but before I started attacking the GMAT, I learned for the TOEFL... There, I learned to write this kind of analyses.
4. But where do I get some IR Questions from? MY "old version" of the OG doesnt include any of them. I think i will find some of them in this Forum.
Overall, of course it is "no problem" to give it another shot with more prep time but anyway, I want to give my best on this one and am therefore asking you for advice, so thank you on that one
But I also would like to hear some other opinions as well
I know that boosting the score up that much with such an amount of time is not realistic but - as I said in the beginning - I started with this as my "dream target score".
Back to your tips.
1. Would you recommend to spend my time on working with the Manhattan prep books again?
2. I can see that point and I think of course this is helpful. I also started to revise some OG questions but I even feel like "I have seen this question before - I know this is the answer... without actually calculating/analyzing it". This does not lead to a big learning success in my opinion. Thats why i purchased the GMATClub question sets to get some "new" questions.
3. I have seen this template and once read through it. I think I will take one day to practice the AWA, but before I started attacking the GMAT, I learned for the TOEFL... There, I learned to write this kind of analyses.
4. But where do I get some IR Questions from? MY "old version" of the OG doesnt include any of them. I think i will find some of them in this Forum.
Overall, of course it is "no problem" to give it another shot with more prep time but anyway, I want to give my best on this one and am therefore asking you for advice, so thank you on that one
But I also would like to hear some other opinions as well
