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12 Feb 2016, 13:06
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Hey guys,
Just wanted to post this to share my experience so far and reflect on it to keep my sanity.
I started my journey by starting a general review of the test and understanding how it worked rather than jumping into learning each subject. I then took a GMAT Prep 1 after 2 weeks in November and scored a 540. I enrolled in Empowergmat and by god does that course kick ass! In just under a month my score jumped to 590 on GMAT Prep 2 in December.
The next month was really time off for the holidays and to catch up with life. When I returned in mid January I hit the ground running and began intense 4 hour days of studying and spent 6 weeks covering various topics on the forum focused on both Verbal and Quant as well as going through the Manhattan GMAT Sentence correction book.
After this I wondered if I was actually improving the way I though I was in my head. yesterday I fired up Manhattan GMAT test 1 at a public library. I felt nervous towards the middle of the test as I realized I had to rush through IR just to finish this time and that I had run out of time and failed to answer 1 Quant question. I kept getting distracted as kids came into the library to meet their tutors and basically assumed I had bombed Verbal as I had to quickly christmas tree the last 10-12 questions of the Verbal section just to finish! Even after this I failed to answer one question. I was dishearten because I felt like my timing I hadn't had a problem with before was a disaster and wondered if it was the varied test experience in the public Library. Score sheet pops up and....boom! I scored 640! I was ecstatic and relieved that I was actually going somewhere in my almost 3 months of study
My progress in summary (All Full CATS taken):
11/28/15 GMAT Prep 1: 540 Q35 V32 IR3
12/12/15 GMAT Prep 2: 590 Q41 V30 IR7
02/11/16 MGMAT 1: 640 Q44 V33 IR2
I'd like to end off this long winded story with a couple of questions:
I am pretty satisfied with my Quant score here, I hear Manhattan GMAT is tougher than the real thing in terms of Quant so should I be confident in my ability to score Q45+ on the real thing?
My verbal barely improved overall but I feel that this was mainly an issue with my timing and failure to concentrate enough in the setting, should I rationalize to myself that I could have done better and that it was my environments fault?
Lastly, my IR......how did I even pass high school...whats going on here...I need help here please, any advice would be appreciated
Thanks for reading guys, I just wanted to assure you guys can improve greatly too if you put in the time. My end goal is to clear a 680 overall in the next couple of months (Maybe even 700 if possible).
Just wanted to post this to share my experience so far and reflect on it to keep my sanity.
I started my journey by starting a general review of the test and understanding how it worked rather than jumping into learning each subject. I then took a GMAT Prep 1 after 2 weeks in November and scored a 540. I enrolled in Empowergmat and by god does that course kick ass! In just under a month my score jumped to 590 on GMAT Prep 2 in December.
The next month was really time off for the holidays and to catch up with life. When I returned in mid January I hit the ground running and began intense 4 hour days of studying and spent 6 weeks covering various topics on the forum focused on both Verbal and Quant as well as going through the Manhattan GMAT Sentence correction book.
After this I wondered if I was actually improving the way I though I was in my head. yesterday I fired up Manhattan GMAT test 1 at a public library. I felt nervous towards the middle of the test as I realized I had to rush through IR just to finish this time and that I had run out of time and failed to answer 1 Quant question. I kept getting distracted as kids came into the library to meet their tutors and basically assumed I had bombed Verbal as I had to quickly christmas tree the last 10-12 questions of the Verbal section just to finish! Even after this I failed to answer one question. I was dishearten because I felt like my timing I hadn't had a problem with before was a disaster and wondered if it was the varied test experience in the public Library. Score sheet pops up and....boom! I scored 640! I was ecstatic and relieved that I was actually going somewhere in my almost 3 months of study
My progress in summary (All Full CATS taken):
11/28/15 GMAT Prep 1: 540 Q35 V32 IR3
12/12/15 GMAT Prep 2: 590 Q41 V30 IR7
02/11/16 MGMAT 1: 640 Q44 V33 IR2
I'd like to end off this long winded story with a couple of questions:
I am pretty satisfied with my Quant score here, I hear Manhattan GMAT is tougher than the real thing in terms of Quant so should I be confident in my ability to score Q45+ on the real thing?
My verbal barely improved overall but I feel that this was mainly an issue with my timing and failure to concentrate enough in the setting, should I rationalize to myself that I could have done better and that it was my environments fault?
Lastly, my IR......how did I even pass high school...whats going on here...I need help here please, any advice would be appreciated
Thanks for reading guys, I just wanted to assure you guys can improve greatly too if you put in the time. My end goal is to clear a 680 overall in the next couple of months (Maybe even 700 if possible).
12 Feb 2016, 18:08
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Hi ChipTFM,
Your improvement so far is great - raising your scores 100 points in about 2 months is a good sign. You're actually closer to 680+ than you probably realize, but at higher and higher scoring levels, the GMAT becomes really 'sensitive' to little mistakes. As you review this CAT, you should look at all of the questions that you got wrong and try to define WHY you got them wrong. The EMPOWERgmat Mistake Tracker should help with that. The pacing 'issue' that you faced on this last CAT likely cost you a number of 'gettable' questions, so the next phase of your studies should focus a bit more on becoming 'efficient' with your work, taking better notes, getting everything down on the pad without having to reread the prompt over and over, etc.
Many Business Schools have publicly stated that they do not use an applicant's IR score as part of the application review 'process', so you likely have little to worry about in that area. You should certainly try your best when dealing with that section, but you shouldn't be putting in too much extra effort in that area.
1) When are you scheduled to take the Official GMAT?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Your improvement so far is great - raising your scores 100 points in about 2 months is a good sign. You're actually closer to 680+ than you probably realize, but at higher and higher scoring levels, the GMAT becomes really 'sensitive' to little mistakes. As you review this CAT, you should look at all of the questions that you got wrong and try to define WHY you got them wrong. The EMPOWERgmat Mistake Tracker should help with that. The pacing 'issue' that you faced on this last CAT likely cost you a number of 'gettable' questions, so the next phase of your studies should focus a bit more on becoming 'efficient' with your work, taking better notes, getting everything down on the pad without having to reread the prompt over and over, etc.
Many Business Schools have publicly stated that they do not use an applicant's IR score as part of the application review 'process', so you likely have little to worry about in that area. You should certainly try your best when dealing with that section, but you shouldn't be putting in too much extra effort in that area.
1) When are you scheduled to take the Official GMAT?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
13 Feb 2016, 08:35
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Thanks for the feedback Rich! I appreciate the help your team has provided for me.
I am scheduled to take my first real GMAT on 2/18/16...really close i know, but I wanted to take an actual test to learn how I deal with test day. I will follow the test cancel strategy because this test is just to see my actual capability so far. I will spend next week to review my mistakes and go over my timing strategy. Ideally I would like to hit 650 on this first attempt.
I am planning to apply for MBA programs towards the end of fall so I have a lot of time to retake the test and build on my resume.
I am scheduled to take my first real GMAT on 2/18/16...really close i know, but I wanted to take an actual test to learn how I deal with test day. I will follow the test cancel strategy because this test is just to see my actual capability so far. I will spend next week to review my mistakes and go over my timing strategy. Ideally I would like to hit 650 on this first attempt.
I am planning to apply for MBA programs towards the end of fall so I have a lot of time to retake the test and build on my resume.
