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09 Jun 2021, 00:53
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Hello all,
I have been preparing for the GMAT since June, 2020. I shall give a brief information about what all I have tried till now and what some of my scores in various mock tests from various websites have been. I plan to get at least a 700 on my GMAT (if not more) to reach the 700 benchmark and I know I can get it because I have always been an above-average student throughout my school and college life but I think there some conceptual gaps given that I might have forgotten some concepts and I finished school in 2013. When I started my preparation I had a job but I recently quit it in Feb after working for 3.5 years because I wasn't seeing a very well-paced improvement in my score and decided to take a risk by concentrating on the exam and just getting it over with (I know its not a very well-advised step but I just weighed the pros and cons and decided to do it).
I have tried the following:
My mock test scores have been as follows:
In all, I have used up 15 mock tests including 5 of the official mocks and 7 of the ExpertsGlobal mocks. This has been my major growth graph more or less. I am considering a one-month rigorous plan with any good coaching website that can help me fill up some conceptual gaps and I plan to practise loads of questions. I need to improve my quant score to a 48/49 at least so that even if my verbal score remains 37-38 I can get a good score but obviously I do not want to limit myself.
Could someone please suggest a course of action and a website I should try out? I have already spent quite a lot of money so a one-month seemingly budget-friendly course is what i'm looking for, although I am willing to spend more for a worthy course if that's what it takes.
Sorry for the super lengthy post and thanks for reading.
I have been preparing for the GMAT since June, 2020. I shall give a brief information about what all I have tried till now and what some of my scores in various mock tests from various websites have been. I plan to get at least a 700 on my GMAT (if not more) to reach the 700 benchmark and I know I can get it because I have always been an above-average student throughout my school and college life but I think there some conceptual gaps given that I might have forgotten some concepts and I finished school in 2013. When I started my preparation I had a job but I recently quit it in Feb after working for 3.5 years because I wasn't seeing a very well-paced improvement in my score and decided to take a risk by concentrating on the exam and just getting it over with (I know its not a very well-advised step but I just weighed the pros and cons and decided to do it).
I have tried the following:
- 1. E-GMAT: This is the first website I went through. The reviews seemed good. I tried their free trial and used up quite a lot of their videos. It was pretty helpful but at the time I didn't opt for the full paid version.
- 2. EMPOWERGMAT: From June to November 2020 I was self-studying, using notes from friends who have taken the gmat and got good scores, using the OG 2019 to go through the theory and some questions, though I didn't complete the OG at that time (Big mistake). In November after still getting stuck at a 500 score range I decided to try a full paid version of EmpowerGMAT. Their 100 point jump guarantee attracted me towards it. I wish the validity was for a longer time since it cost me approximately $297 dollars for 3 months. But it was somewhat worth it as I finally got a 620 when I took one of the official mock tests. The last score before that was 510.
- 3. Since the beginning of my preparation I have been using GMATClub very often and it has been very useful for my overall practice but I am now stuck at a 650 score and it took me almost 9-10 months to actually understand what my weak areas in Quant and Verbal are, broadly. I have now completed the entire OG 2019, OG Quant and Verbal Review 2019. I am currently practising questions on GMATCLUB and targeting few topics daily, especially of 700+ level questions because I think if I practise the hard questions it would improve my confidence level gradually and also clear my concepts along the way. But I have already missed out on my Jan 2022 intake and its already been a year. The whole process is getting a little frustrating and I don't want to risk anymore time by trying new things. I am unemployed and would like to finish off my exam by the end of July, 2021 anyhow so that I can get a job or study some short course and apply for the Sept 2022 intake in the meanwhile. During my prep I was very inconsistent which is a huge reason why I probably took so much time to improve my score from a 500 to a 600. Maybe I needed that push that comes with a full paid course.
My mock test scores have been as follows:
- 1. E-GMAT Sigma test: 440 (Q28 V24) in June 2020 (This was my first proper test without any prep)
- 2. Official Mock test: 530(Q39 V23) and 560(Q39 V28) in Oct 2020 (Before the EmpowerGMAT course)
- 3. Official Mock test: 510(Q32 V28) in Dec 2020 (During the EmpowerGMAT course)
- 4. Official Mock test: 620(Q42 V33) in Feb 2021 (After the EmpowerGMAT course)
- 5. Official Mock test: 600(Q46 V27) in Feb 2021
- 6. ExpertsGlobal Mock Test: 570 (Q41 V28) in April 2021
- 7. ExpertsGlobal Mock Test: 690 (Q42 V42) in May 2021 (Though I think this was an easier paper given the high score as compared to my other mock test scores)
- 8. ExpertsGlobal Mock Test: 650 (Q43 V36) in May 2021 (Same score with the same break-up in two mock tests)
In all, I have used up 15 mock tests including 5 of the official mocks and 7 of the ExpertsGlobal mocks. This has been my major growth graph more or less. I am considering a one-month rigorous plan with any good coaching website that can help me fill up some conceptual gaps and I plan to practise loads of questions. I need to improve my quant score to a 48/49 at least so that even if my verbal score remains 37-38 I can get a good score but obviously I do not want to limit myself.
Could someone please suggest a course of action and a website I should try out? I have already spent quite a lot of money so a one-month seemingly budget-friendly course is what i'm looking for, although I am willing to spend more for a worthy course if that's what it takes.
Sorry for the super lengthy post and thanks for reading.
09 Jun 2021, 20:58
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Hi Sampada,
It's been several months since we last discussed your studies - but considering the amount of overall study time that you've put in, you likely know everything that you need to know to hit your Goal Score (so your focus now should be on honing all of those skills and training to think strategically at all times). Many GMATers become too fixated on the 'implied level' of the questions that they're working on - instead of what really matters: defining WHY they're getting questions wrong and becoming more efficient at approaching the overall Exam. It's also worth noting that just because a 3rd party describes a question as "700 level" does not necessarily make it so. Right now, working on "700 level" questions is NOT what you should be focused on though.
1) Since you left your job, what type of study routine have you been following? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) Over the last 3 months, have you used any other study materials besides the books that you mentioned?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
It's been several months since we last discussed your studies - but considering the amount of overall study time that you've put in, you likely know everything that you need to know to hit your Goal Score (so your focus now should be on honing all of those skills and training to think strategically at all times). Many GMATers become too fixated on the 'implied level' of the questions that they're working on - instead of what really matters: defining WHY they're getting questions wrong and becoming more efficient at approaching the overall Exam. It's also worth noting that just because a 3rd party describes a question as "700 level" does not necessarily make it so. Right now, working on "700 level" questions is NOT what you should be focused on though.
1) Since you left your job, what type of study routine have you been following? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) Over the last 3 months, have you used any other study materials besides the books that you mentioned?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
09 Jun 2021, 21:49
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Hi Rich,
To answer your questions first,
1) I manage to study 5-6 hrs a day and roughly 30-35 hrs a week.
2) I have completed the Manhatten Prep SC which helped quite a bit, I solved all the questions from the OG 2019, and OG Quant and Verbal Review 2019. I am currently stuck midway in Manhatten Prep CR. Other than that I have been using the gmatclub question bank to solve questions across various topics and difficulty levels.
I think I basically need a structured study plan with some conceptual theoretical lessons for my weak areas in quant and verbal along with loads of practice questions because redoing all the theory at this time doesn't seem that necessary to me. But that's my little-experienced opinion. I would like to give myself max 5-8 weeks to reach my target score after which I could take the GMAT if all goes well.
Thank you.
To answer your questions first,
1) I manage to study 5-6 hrs a day and roughly 30-35 hrs a week.
2) I have completed the Manhatten Prep SC which helped quite a bit, I solved all the questions from the OG 2019, and OG Quant and Verbal Review 2019. I am currently stuck midway in Manhatten Prep CR. Other than that I have been using the gmatclub question bank to solve questions across various topics and difficulty levels.
I think I basically need a structured study plan with some conceptual theoretical lessons for my weak areas in quant and verbal along with loads of practice questions because redoing all the theory at this time doesn't seem that necessary to me. But that's my little-experienced opinion. I would like to give myself max 5-8 weeks to reach my target score after which I could take the GMAT if all goes well.
Thank you.
