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I have spent 2 yrs in GMAT preparation with two attempts but got disappointingly low scores of 620 and 600 respectively. I used the following resources
Manhattan books and mocks
Powerscore CAR
OGs
Gmatprep mocks
Gmatclub tests
I started out in March 2016 with Manhattan books and OGs. Post 1-2 months started giving Manhattan mocks with break in July since was traveling. and my highest score was 640. In nov-dec couldn't prepare due to personal commitments
Got back to study and completed OGs. In april again was on a break due to travelling though tried to keep in touch via GMAT apps. Came back revised and practiced and started giving experts global mocks in which scores ranged from 620 to 750. Started tests in July alongside gmatprep where scores were 620, 660 690 then 730 on repeat. Booked slot for October 2017. Chose the order Quant-Verbal-IR-AWA. Quant was going well till 15th question or so when I took time for some questions and finally had to rush at the end. Verbal is my achilles heel, however I was comfortable with sentence correction compared to rest of the two sections. Similar to quant had a time crunch and had to finish in a rush. I still wasn't sure how I had done but thought quant was still good. Post finishing with IR and AWA clicked to receive scores and to my utter disappointment got 620 with Q48 and V27.
I obviously cancelled my scores. Post taking a break of few days got back to study mode again with suggestions from some gmatclub members. Got down and revised Official Guide for Verbal and then started giving gmatclub tests for quant. For CR had read the official guide especially the solutions to the questions and revised the notes. In gmatclub mocks for quant was scoring q45-50 with 50 and 49 in two tests and 48 couple of times. I also revised gmat official question pack which I had purchased in first attempt and then purchased exam packs 1 and 2.
I used to practice gmatprep questions for quant and verbal. Used to do RCs every other day and SCs and CRs alongside. Used to do 2-3 RCs from gmatclub and gmatprep. Used to give mocks every alternate week or so and then towards the exam date i.e. 21st april gave mocks almost every weekend. Scored 660, 690,660 and 600 in the 4 gmat exam packs with q47-49 and verbal 31-35. Used to review the mocks and do all questions during the week. Then post analyzing the mocks, I used to practice weak areas mostly in CR in which I was scoring the lowest and RC and SC was hovering 35-40 but in last mock where I scored 600, it went down. In the last week before the retake I did not do any mock and instead just reviewed error logs, wrong questions in mocks and my notes.
Went to appear for the exam which was a shorter format now. However I could not practice any mock of the shorter format since Gmatpreps and other companies had not come up with the updated versions for the mocks. started with quant again. First question itself was a bit tricky and related to work/rate. Though I was comfortable with the topic I could not solve it even after say 5-6 mins and then made a calculated guess and moved on. There was another questions based on probability which I had solved in my practice long back but somehow got confused in 2 options and selected the wrong option i think but my first option was correct I felt. Section went by and I thought I managed well post few questions and even finished on time with correct answers in last segment.
Came to verbal. Got some SC's and CR's which I thought I did correct and then came an RC passage which was quite difficult for me and was not sure in the answers. Went ahead with rest of the questions. Felt that RCs were really hard. Finished with verbal then IR and AWA. Clicked on to see the scores and was shocked to see 600 with an even more shocking score of Q44 (Verbal was almost same V28. I thought probably I screwed up in the beginning and I was right when ordered my ESR. Got 43% correct in first section in quant rest was fine probably made just 4 mistakes after that in whole exam (86% in two sections and 71% in last). In verbal 62% in first section, 86%, 71%, and 38% in last 3 sections. So I actually screwed in the first section in both quant and verbal.
Also I met a guy after the exam who told me that he was getting 700-720 consistently in mocks including gmatpreps but he also got a low score of 610 only. So don't know if its got to do with change of format or what but it's surprising to see such a big drop from your average scores. All my mock scores were mostly 650-700 except the last mock where I scored 600.
Now I am really disillusioned about GMAT and do not know from where to go from here, since I joined my old company again as it was near my residence so that I could be less bothered but the work pressure is still there. I am now going to US for almost 3 months for work and will be back in first week of August. I thought of applying this year with a GMAT score of 700+ but now I am really not sure how to go about it. Kindly suggest.
I have spent 2 yrs in GMAT preparation with two attempts but got disappointingly low scores of 620 and 600 respectively. I used the following resources
Manhattan books and mocks
Powerscore CAR
OGs
Gmatprep mocks
Gmatclub tests
I started out in March 2016 with Manhattan books and OGs. Post 1-2 months started giving Manhattan mocks with break in July since was traveling. and my highest score was 640. In nov-dec couldn't prepare due to personal commitments
Got back to study and completed OGs. In april again was on a break due to travelling though tried to keep in touch via GMAT apps. Came back revised and practiced and started giving experts global mocks in which scores ranged from 620 to 750. Started tests in July alongside gmatprep where scores were 620, 660 690 then 730 on repeat. Booked slot for October 2017. Chose the order Quant-Verbal-IR-AWA. Quant was going well till 15th question or so when I took time for some questions and finally had to rush at the end. Verbal is my achilles heel, however I was comfortable with sentence correction compared to rest of the two sections. Similar to quant had a time crunch and had to finish in a rush. I still wasn't sure how I had done but thought quant was still good. Post finishing with IR and AWA clicked to receive scores and to my utter disappointment got 620 with Q48 and V27.
I obviously cancelled my scores. Post taking a break of few days got back to study mode again with suggestions from some gmatclub members. Got down and revised Official Guide for Verbal and then started giving gmatclub tests for quant. For CR had read the official guide especially the solutions to the questions and revised the notes. In gmatclub mocks for quant was scoring q45-50 with 50 and 49 in two tests and 48 couple of times. I also revised gmat official question pack which I had purchased in first attempt and then purchased exam packs 1 and 2.
I used to practice gmatprep questions for quant and verbal. Used to do RCs every other day and SCs and CRs alongside. Used to do 2-3 RCs from gmatclub and gmatprep. Used to give mocks every alternate week or so and then towards the exam date i.e. 21st april gave mocks almost every weekend. Scored 660, 690,660 and 600 in the 4 gmat exam packs with q47-49 and verbal 31-35. Used to review the mocks and do all questions during the week. Then post analyzing the mocks, I used to practice weak areas mostly in CR in which I was scoring the lowest and RC and SC was hovering 35-40 but in last mock where I scored 600, it went down. In the last week before the retake I did not do any mock and instead just reviewed error logs, wrong questions in mocks and my notes.
Went to appear for the exam which was a shorter format now. However I could not practice any mock of the shorter format since Gmatpreps and other companies had not come up with the updated versions for the mocks. started with quant again. First question itself was a bit tricky and related to work/rate. Though I was comfortable with the topic I could not solve it even after say 5-6 mins and then made a calculated guess and moved on. There was another questions based on probability which I had solved in my practice long back but somehow got confused in 2 options and selected the wrong option i think but my first option was correct I felt. Section went by and I thought I managed well post few questions and even finished on time with correct answers in last segment.
Came to verbal. Got some SC's and CR's which I thought I did correct and then came an RC passage which was quite difficult for me and was not sure in the answers. Went ahead with rest of the questions. Felt that RCs were really hard. Finished with verbal then IR and AWA. Clicked on to see the scores and was shocked to see 600 with an even more shocking score of Q44 (Verbal was almost same V28. I thought probably I screwed up in the beginning and I was right when ordered my ESR. Got 43% correct in first section in quant rest was fine probably made just 4 mistakes after that in whole exam (86% in two sections and 71% in last). In verbal 62% in first section, 86%, 71%, and 38% in last 3 sections. So I actually screwed in the first section in both quant and verbal.
Also I met a guy after the exam who told me that he was getting 700-720 consistently in mocks including gmatpreps but he also got a low score of 610 only. So don't know if its got to do with change of format or what but it's surprising to see such a big drop from your average scores. All my mock scores were mostly 650-700 except the last mock where I scored 600.
Now I am really disillusioned about GMAT and do not know from where to go from here, since I joined my old company again as it was near my residence so that I could be less bothered but the work pressure is still there. I am now going to US for almost 3 months for work and will be back in first week of August. I thought of applying this year with a GMAT score of 700+ but now I am really not sure how to go about it. Kindly suggest.
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Sorry to hear about your struggle with the GMAT. Your post is very hard to follow. I think if you edit your original post to paragraph what you wrote, you will collect much more feedback.
At this point I'm sure you have realized that your approach did not work. You're going to restart your studies, and you're going to study differently this time. I would suggest you hire a tutor. Yes, tutors are expensive. And no, they are not nearly as expensive as 2 years of your life or the hundreds of hours that you have already sunk into this. There is a reason people pay hundreds of dollars an hour for a GMAT tutor.
If you decide to give the GMAT another shot and apply this year, best of luck!
At this point I'm sure you have realized that your approach did not work. You're going to restart your studies, and you're going to study differently this time. I would suggest you hire a tutor. Yes, tutors are expensive. And no, they are not nearly as expensive as 2 years of your life or the hundreds of hours that you have already sunk into this. There is a reason people pay hundreds of dollars an hour for a GMAT tutor.
If you decide to give the GMAT another shot and apply this year, best of luck!
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