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Hello Mike,

I found magoosh at the beginning of my studies and have poured over the math videos and questions. They have really helped me to re-understand the basics and I'm very happy to have found magoosh.

I did just complete my GMAT today and did incredibly bad. 470 21Q 34V IR 6. I think it was more because I completely choked on the quant. I felt confident going in. I felt like I came a long way since I started when I barely remembered anything about the math that I needed for the exam. Magoosh helped a lot with that but I don't understand what went wrong with the actual exam.

Can you offer any advice on what I can do now to improve my quant and make it consistent? I will go back over magoosh videos and question,s and take more exams, but is there anything more I can do? Any tips on how to NOT choke on such an important exam? I want to take the exam again in August and score at least a 650 if not higher.

Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
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Hello Mike,

I found magoosh at the beginning of my studies and have poured over the math videos and questions. They have really helped me to re-understand the basics and I'm very happy to have found magoosh.

I did just complete my GMAT today and did incredibly bad. 470 21Q 34V IR 6. I think it was more because I completely choked on the quant. I felt confident going in. I felt like I came a long way since I started when I barely remembered anything about the math that I needed for the exam. Magoosh helped a lot with that but I don't understand what went wrong with the actual exam.

Can you offer any advice on what I can do now to improve my quant and make it consistent? I will go back over magoosh videos and question,s and take more exams, but is there anything more I can do? Any tips on how to NOT choke on such an important exam? I want to take the exam again in August and score at least a 650 if not higher.

Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
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Dear amjet12,
I'm sorry to hear about your GMAT experience, and I am happy to respond. :-)

First of all, I recommend following one of our study plans, either the beginner's plan:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/3-month-gm ... beginners/
or the math-focus plan:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/3-month-gm ... h-focused/
This GRE math books can be very good for giving you a step by step introduction to math, and the math is very similar to that on the GMAT:
https://magoosh.com/gre/2011/mcgraw-hill ... ok-review/
It would be good to understand your learning style. You may find this post helpful:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/how-to-do- ... th-faster/
Probably the most important thing is: study EVERYTHING you get wrong. On Magoosh questions, I would say: watch the VE and read the TE whether you get the question right or wrong --- even if you got it right, make sure you got it right for the right reasons. If there's anything in the VE or TE that is unfamiliar, or about which you think "oh yeah" but you are unlikely to remember it, do whatever you can --- flashcards, mnemonics, etc. --- to drill and remember those things. Keep a detailed error log, so you can see the patterns among your mistakes. Part of math is simply organization and detail management, those somewhat un-glamorous left-brain skills. If this is not a strength for you, practice looking for non-GMAT-related areas of life in which you can practice organization and detail-management, just to boost these parts of your brain.
You may find the Magoosh Math Flashcards helpful:
https://gmat.magoosh.com/flashcards/math

Those are some thoughts on math. Here's a series of blogs addressing how to manage exam stress:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/overcome-g ... y-breathe/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/beating-gmat-stress/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/the-gmat-b ... g-picture/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/zen-boot-c ... -the-gmat/

Please let me know if you have any questions on any of this.

Mike :-)