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Hi everyone,
Pretty much as the title implies. I have been grinding GMAT study for around 6 months (about 4 months of really solid, structured studying). I absolutely despise standardised tests, and thus usually perform badly on them. My first diagnostic test was around a 530. Took the actual thing and scored lower than that.
To make a long story short, I seem to have plateaued around the 620 level (my goal is a 650+) so not too far off.
I am consistently scoring between 40 - 44 on quant (my highest has been a 44). My average score is around 42.
Verbal I am between 34 - 38, so I am ok here.
IR between 4 - 6 with best score of 7 three times.
Clearly, quant is holding me back. I have taken roughly 8 CATs and reviewed each one comprehensively (in all sections). I did all OG 2018 problems twice also studying the theory behind them rather than just solving the problems which helped a lot. Finally, I used GMATClub's questions by sections in areas where I was struggling (e.g. I did 100 problems in PS and DS on remainders, overlapping sets, algebra etc).
I still seem to have a weakness in Word Problems (in fact I'd to say about 50% of all questions I get wrong are from WP) and also in Data Sufficiency. I noticed that the longer the question stem is, the harder it is for me to get a right answer. I struggle to "translate" from english to math, that is my problem, not the actual math itself.
With that being said, I have about 17 days before my test, and I plan to take 2 days off before the test, hence 15 days of prep left.
I intend to spend these days doing Word Problems (50 PS and 50 DS questions at level 600 and then maybe 20 PS and 20 DS at 700 level if I have time) a day. Do you all think this is a good approach or is there something I am overlooking in developing my english to math skills? It seems a bit contradictory given that my verbal scores ALWAYS surpass my math scores on all CATs, and yet I struggle with mixing english and math.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am worried I will not be able to go from 42 Quant --> 46/47 in this timeframe.
P.S. - for someone who scores lower in Quant compared to Verbal, would it make more sense to do Quant first then Verbal? Does it make any difference? I have tested this and roughly get the same results, no real difference. Only on 1 CAT it helped me where I scored my max Q at 44 (but still, the other 3 times where I took Quant first I got same average as when I took it second).
Many Thanks
Pretty much as the title implies. I have been grinding GMAT study for around 6 months (about 4 months of really solid, structured studying). I absolutely despise standardised tests, and thus usually perform badly on them. My first diagnostic test was around a 530. Took the actual thing and scored lower than that.
To make a long story short, I seem to have plateaued around the 620 level (my goal is a 650+) so not too far off.
I am consistently scoring between 40 - 44 on quant (my highest has been a 44). My average score is around 42.
Verbal I am between 34 - 38, so I am ok here.
IR between 4 - 6 with best score of 7 three times.
Clearly, quant is holding me back. I have taken roughly 8 CATs and reviewed each one comprehensively (in all sections). I did all OG 2018 problems twice also studying the theory behind them rather than just solving the problems which helped a lot. Finally, I used GMATClub's questions by sections in areas where I was struggling (e.g. I did 100 problems in PS and DS on remainders, overlapping sets, algebra etc).
I still seem to have a weakness in Word Problems (in fact I'd to say about 50% of all questions I get wrong are from WP) and also in Data Sufficiency. I noticed that the longer the question stem is, the harder it is for me to get a right answer. I struggle to "translate" from english to math, that is my problem, not the actual math itself.
With that being said, I have about 17 days before my test, and I plan to take 2 days off before the test, hence 15 days of prep left.
I intend to spend these days doing Word Problems (50 PS and 50 DS questions at level 600 and then maybe 20 PS and 20 DS at 700 level if I have time) a day. Do you all think this is a good approach or is there something I am overlooking in developing my english to math skills? It seems a bit contradictory given that my verbal scores ALWAYS surpass my math scores on all CATs, and yet I struggle with mixing english and math.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am worried I will not be able to go from 42 Quant --> 46/47 in this timeframe.
P.S. - for someone who scores lower in Quant compared to Verbal, would it make more sense to do Quant first then Verbal? Does it make any difference? I have tested this and roughly get the same results, no real difference. Only on 1 CAT it helped me where I scored my max Q at 44 (but still, the other 3 times where I took Quant first I got same average as when I took it second).
Many Thanks
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