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I am a college senior graduating in a month and I plan to take the GMAT in two weeks. I'm aiming for a 750+ but the two CATs I've taken on GMATPrep have been 740(49Q 42V) and 720 (48Q 41V). I've taken a couple of CATs on MGMAT but it felt a lot harder than the official questions and my scores were dramatically lower than what I've gotten on the GMATPrep tests, so I've been doing MGMAT tests for practice but not focusing too much on the scores themselves.
Quant has been especially frustrating and I'm wondering what are some of the things people have done as last minute strategies to move up a couple of points? It looks like I get caught up in two or three difficult questions and then rush through about 3 or 4 questions toward the end (which seem not too hard, and I can probably get them right given the normal 2 minutes). Would purchasing additional quant help from mba. com help at this point?
Quant has been especially frustrating and I'm wondering what are some of the things people have done as last minute strategies to move up a couple of points? It looks like I get caught up in two or three difficult questions and then rush through about 3 or 4 questions toward the end (which seem not too hard, and I can probably get them right given the normal 2 minutes). Would purchasing additional quant help from mba. com help at this point?
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23 Apr 2015, 14:34
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Hi daysandhours,
With these 2 practice CAT scores, you're scoring at the right level to hit your score goals. However, at your current level, the GMAT becomes really "sensitive" to little mistakes, so just a couple of poorly-timed errors will cost you those extra points that you're looking for.
To that end, you've already identified one of your 'problem areas' - spending too much time on a few questions is costing you some questions at the end of the section. There is likely even MORE that you can deduce by reviewing your CATs question-by-question. What else are you missing? WHY are you getting questions wrong? What can you do differently? Identifying those details and working to improve on those areas should be a part of these last couple of weeks of study.
Are these the only 2 CATs that you've taken?
Did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
With these 2 practice CAT scores, you're scoring at the right level to hit your score goals. However, at your current level, the GMAT becomes really "sensitive" to little mistakes, so just a couple of poorly-timed errors will cost you those extra points that you're looking for.
To that end, you've already identified one of your 'problem areas' - spending too much time on a few questions is costing you some questions at the end of the section. There is likely even MORE that you can deduce by reviewing your CATs question-by-question. What else are you missing? WHY are you getting questions wrong? What can you do differently? Identifying those details and working to improve on those areas should be a part of these last couple of weeks of study.
Are these the only 2 CATs that you've taken?
Did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
23 Apr 2015, 14:44
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Yes, those are the only CATs I've taken in full. I took 2 CATs on MGMAT (without the IR and essay) and while the verbal score was similar to the GMATPrep score, I struggled with quant on MGMAT a lot more. I got high 600's on both.
Regarding time management on difficult quant questions, will it work to my advantage if I guess and move on for the few that are eating up my time? I tend to spend a bit below 2 minutes for problem solving and a bit over 2 minutes for data sufficiency. What I am also concerned about is the way the computer adaptive system works (getting higher level questions if you answer previous ones correctly)- is the way GMATPrep CAT's bring out questions fairly representative of the level of difficulty of the questions I'll see on the actual exam?
