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05 Mar 2021, 09:10
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Hi Experts,
I took the GMAT this week and scored far less than my avg mock score. Particularly, quants in which I have been consistently scoring Q48-Q49. I need an expert's help in understanding my ESR.
My experience: I started solving questions as usual, but due to test day anxiety, I had to write little things which I can easily solve in my mind otherwise. Around #22-23, I realized that I have made few mistakes and felt that I need to hurry up, although I had ample time to solve all the problems. This situation made me constantly looked at the timer after each question, making it difficult to concentrate.
ESR also shows that in the last quarter I marked almost all questions wrong, but I remember 2-3 questions for which I have full confidence that I have marked them correctly.
I want to improve to a Q49 level. Please suggest how should I go about preparing for the next attempt. So far, I have solved the OG question from GMAT Club.
Attached below is data of the quants section.
Thanks in advance.
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I took the GMAT this week and scored far less than my avg mock score. Particularly, quants in which I have been consistently scoring Q48-Q49. I need an expert's help in understanding my ESR.
My experience: I started solving questions as usual, but due to test day anxiety, I had to write little things which I can easily solve in my mind otherwise. Around #22-23, I realized that I have made few mistakes and felt that I need to hurry up, although I had ample time to solve all the problems. This situation made me constantly looked at the timer after each question, making it difficult to concentrate.
ESR also shows that in the last quarter I marked almost all questions wrong, but I remember 2-3 questions for which I have full confidence that I have marked them correctly.
I want to improve to a Q49 level. Please suggest how should I go about preparing for the next attempt. So far, I have solved the OG question from GMAT Club.
Attached below is data of the quants section.
Thanks in advance.
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05 Mar 2021, 13:15
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Hi Dan1sh,
The good news is that you were scoring quite high on your practice exams, so it's quite possible that you just had an "off day" on the day of your GMAT. In any case, regarding how to move forward with your GMAT quant studying, you should go through GMAT quant carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills. The overall process will be to learn all about how to answer question types with which you currently aren't very comfortable and do dozens of practice questions category by category, basically driving up your score point by point.
For example, if you find that you are not strong in answering Number Properties questions, then carefully review the conceptual underpinnings of how to answer Number Properties questions and practice by answering 50 or more questions just from Number Properties: LCM, GCF, units digit patterns, divisibility, remainders, etc. When you are working on learning to answer questions of a particular type, start off taking your time, and then seek to speed up as you get more comfortable answering questions of that type. As you do such practice, do a thorough analysis of each question that you don't get right. If you got a remainder question wrong, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not properly apply the remainder formula? Was there a concept you did not understand in the question? By carefully analyzing your mistakes, you will be able to efficiently fix your weaknesses and in turn improve your GMAT quant skills. Number Properties is just one example; follow this process for all quant topics.
Each time you strengthen your understanding of a topic and your skill in answering questions of a particular type, you increase your odds of hitting your score goal. You know that there are types of questions that you are happy to see and types that you would rather not see, and types of questions that you take a long time to answer correctly. Learn to more effectively answer the types of questions that you would rather not see, and make them into your favorite types. Learn to correctly answer in two minutes or less questions that you currently take five minutes to answer. By finding, say, a dozen weaker quant areas and turning them into strong areas, you will make great progress toward hitting your quant score goal. If a dozen areas turn out not to be enough, strengthen some more areas.
So, work on accuracy and generally finding correct answers, work on specific weaker areas one by one to make them strong areas, and when you take a practice GMAT or the real thing, take all the time per question available to do your absolute best to get right answers consistently. The GMAT is essentially a game of seeing how many right answers you can get in the time allotted. Approach the test with that conception in mind, and focus intently on the question in front of you with one goal in mind: getting a CORRECT answer.
In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant courses.
You also may find it helpful to read this article about how to score a 700+ on the GMAT.
Please reach out with any further questions.
The good news is that you were scoring quite high on your practice exams, so it's quite possible that you just had an "off day" on the day of your GMAT. In any case, regarding how to move forward with your GMAT quant studying, you should go through GMAT quant carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills. The overall process will be to learn all about how to answer question types with which you currently aren't very comfortable and do dozens of practice questions category by category, basically driving up your score point by point.
For example, if you find that you are not strong in answering Number Properties questions, then carefully review the conceptual underpinnings of how to answer Number Properties questions and practice by answering 50 or more questions just from Number Properties: LCM, GCF, units digit patterns, divisibility, remainders, etc. When you are working on learning to answer questions of a particular type, start off taking your time, and then seek to speed up as you get more comfortable answering questions of that type. As you do such practice, do a thorough analysis of each question that you don't get right. If you got a remainder question wrong, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not properly apply the remainder formula? Was there a concept you did not understand in the question? By carefully analyzing your mistakes, you will be able to efficiently fix your weaknesses and in turn improve your GMAT quant skills. Number Properties is just one example; follow this process for all quant topics.
Each time you strengthen your understanding of a topic and your skill in answering questions of a particular type, you increase your odds of hitting your score goal. You know that there are types of questions that you are happy to see and types that you would rather not see, and types of questions that you take a long time to answer correctly. Learn to more effectively answer the types of questions that you would rather not see, and make them into your favorite types. Learn to correctly answer in two minutes or less questions that you currently take five minutes to answer. By finding, say, a dozen weaker quant areas and turning them into strong areas, you will make great progress toward hitting your quant score goal. If a dozen areas turn out not to be enough, strengthen some more areas.
So, work on accuracy and generally finding correct answers, work on specific weaker areas one by one to make them strong areas, and when you take a practice GMAT or the real thing, take all the time per question available to do your absolute best to get right answers consistently. The GMAT is essentially a game of seeing how many right answers you can get in the time allotted. Approach the test with that conception in mind, and focus intently on the question in front of you with one goal in mind: getting a CORRECT answer.
In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant courses.
You also may find it helpful to read this article about how to score a 700+ on the GMAT.
Please reach out with any further questions.
05 Mar 2021, 22:23
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Hi Dan1sh,
While the ESR doesn’t provide a lot of information, there are usually a few data points that we can use to define what went wrong on Test Day (and what you should work on to score higher). Since you purchased the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you, but I'll need to see the FULL ESR (not just a portion of it). If you would rather not post that publicly, then you can feel free to PM it directly to me.
Beyond that data, it would also help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) On what dates (or approximate dates) did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
Goals:
4) What is your overall goal score?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
While the ESR doesn’t provide a lot of information, there are usually a few data points that we can use to define what went wrong on Test Day (and what you should work on to score higher). Since you purchased the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you, but I'll need to see the FULL ESR (not just a portion of it). If you would rather not post that publicly, then you can feel free to PM it directly to me.
Beyond that data, it would also help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) On what dates (or approximate dates) did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
Goals:
4) What is your overall goal score?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
