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12 Oct 2011, 00:24
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Hi All,
I have been on the forum the past months but this is my first post. Just a brief background. I am from Canada but living and working in Hong Kong now. I in my mid 20s, with 3-4 yrs working experience. In Canada, we don't have
Took th 1st gmat exam last year in Nov 2010 thru self study. Took 2 weeks off from work, only studied hardcore for 1 week by using the OG and got a 450. Didnt know about this forum.
Need a min. of 600 to get into the school I want to pursue.
Not giving up. This year, I signed up for the exam again and develped a 3 month study plan to improve this score. Exam scheduled on 4 Nov 2011.
Began studying in July, I followed the advices of study plans and took a practie exam on GMATPrep software in the first week and got a 420 (1 yr of no touching gmat). Ok fair enough.
Then I spent about 2 months (July to August) using a fd's kaplan guide, and retook the GmatPrep in Sept and got a 390!! My jaws dropped, after 2 months of study I did worst than not studying! I admit I was v tired that day but did not imagine this bad. I am bad on timing, i missed almost 8-9 quant questions in the end. There was a big diff between my Quant and Verbal. My Quant (20s) was way below my Verbal (40s).
So I kept on studying in Sept with Kaplan guide and OG, and reviewed the GMAT Club flash cards. Took another practice test with good rest last weekend and got a 420 to gauge rest. This time, I finished all the Quant and Verbal. Results were opposite Quant (40s) was much higher than verbal (20ish). I don't have the actuals with me at the moment.
I work full time from 9am to 8pm, only have 1-2 hrs each weekday to study and weekends. I plan to again use my work holidays this year (blow my 2 weeks ) to retake the exam.
I started using an error log to see my weakness, seems I am struggling with time, data sufficiency and others. And with less then 4 weeks away, at this moment I am not confortable with my score and feel a need to delay the exam to Dec. My weakness seems evident, I can solve problems if it was 4-5mins, but in 2 mins I can only do problems I know by heart ie easier questions. I learned new strategies which helps but I am thinking ways to move up the 450 range by taking a course ie online course such as MasterGmat b/c of its adaptive and weakness tracking tool and the overall course program.
Can someone pls give me insights on what I can do? Sorry for the long story!!
I have been on the forum the past months but this is my first post. Just a brief background. I am from Canada but living and working in Hong Kong now. I in my mid 20s, with 3-4 yrs working experience. In Canada, we don't have
Took th 1st gmat exam last year in Nov 2010 thru self study. Took 2 weeks off from work, only studied hardcore for 1 week by using the OG and got a 450. Didnt know about this forum.
Need a min. of 600 to get into the school I want to pursue.
Not giving up. This year, I signed up for the exam again and develped a 3 month study plan to improve this score. Exam scheduled on 4 Nov 2011.
Began studying in July, I followed the advices of study plans and took a practie exam on GMATPrep software in the first week and got a 420 (1 yr of no touching gmat). Ok fair enough.
Then I spent about 2 months (July to August) using a fd's kaplan guide, and retook the GmatPrep in Sept and got a 390!! My jaws dropped, after 2 months of study I did worst than not studying! I admit I was v tired that day but did not imagine this bad. I am bad on timing, i missed almost 8-9 quant questions in the end. There was a big diff between my Quant and Verbal. My Quant (20s) was way below my Verbal (40s).
So I kept on studying in Sept with Kaplan guide and OG, and reviewed the GMAT Club flash cards. Took another practice test with good rest last weekend and got a 420 to gauge rest. This time, I finished all the Quant and Verbal. Results were opposite Quant (40s) was much higher than verbal (20ish). I don't have the actuals with me at the moment.
I work full time from 9am to 8pm, only have 1-2 hrs each weekday to study and weekends. I plan to again use my work holidays this year (blow my 2 weeks ) to retake the exam.
I started using an error log to see my weakness, seems I am struggling with time, data sufficiency and others. And with less then 4 weeks away, at this moment I am not confortable with my score and feel a need to delay the exam to Dec. My weakness seems evident, I can solve problems if it was 4-5mins, but in 2 mins I can only do problems I know by heart ie easier questions. I learned new strategies which helps but I am thinking ways to move up the 450 range by taking a course ie online course such as MasterGmat b/c of its adaptive and weakness tracking tool and the overall course program.
Can someone pls give me insights on what I can do? Sorry for the long story!!
13 Oct 2011, 02:33
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Hi can anyone pls offer some insights? I have been doing a lot of reading on the forum and reading ppl's stories for motivation. Now is at a pt where unsure how to pursue... so many different stories and different paths and different study plans
14 Oct 2011, 08:50
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burnjai,
sorry to hear about that.
As a fulltime professional, it's understandable that you really don't have much free time to prepare besides your non-existent nights and spare weekends.
If you're in the 400 range - don't worry about identifying weaknesses. To be blunt, you'll likely need to improve in all question types. So it's more about changing how you think. There's a fundamental flaw in the way you approach questions that is likely leading you to fall for the many booby traps of the exam. You don't need a fancy technology software to point that out.
Have someone (a friend if you can) show you where those booby traps are. Once you "see" how a successful GMAT guy sees things it very well could be a "lightbulb" moment where if someone pointed it out to you, you'll look at the question in a totally different way.
We've had many students in your shoes - busy working professional struggling in the 400s. Take a look at these online videos and see if they're helpful for you. Only you can judge what is helpful for you and what is not.
https://www.gmatpill.com/admissionsconsu ... ample.html
sorry to hear about that.
As a fulltime professional, it's understandable that you really don't have much free time to prepare besides your non-existent nights and spare weekends.
If you're in the 400 range - don't worry about identifying weaknesses. To be blunt, you'll likely need to improve in all question types. So it's more about changing how you think. There's a fundamental flaw in the way you approach questions that is likely leading you to fall for the many booby traps of the exam. You don't need a fancy technology software to point that out.
Have someone (a friend if you can) show you where those booby traps are. Once you "see" how a successful GMAT guy sees things it very well could be a "lightbulb" moment where if someone pointed it out to you, you'll look at the question in a totally different way.
We've had many students in your shoes - busy working professional struggling in the 400s. Take a look at these online videos and see if they're helpful for you. Only you can judge what is helpful for you and what is not.
https://www.gmatpill.com/admissionsconsu ... ample.html
