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Hi guys. I need your advice and inspiration.
My scores breakup :-
Real GMAT Scores
300 (Q13 V16)
470 (Q37 V20)
I have surely screwed this thing twice and i am very depressed and low..
I took my first GMAT earlier this year and got a shocking 300. I must admit i was not at all prepared to take the test in Jan. So this time around i decided to take it after giving it everything ive got.My target score was 640+
So i started on 1st July. Scheduled the test for Sep 28. Although I had done OG 10 before my first attempt but i don't think it helped me much..
This time i bought the following books..
OG 11
Princeton Review 2007
Kaplan Premier Program 2007
NOVA GMAT Prep ( A book less known on this forum )
I came across GMAT club just around the same time and started visiting it regularly. I used to spend a good 1- 1.5 hrs here everyday reading posts here. Very inspirational. It helped me a lot. Whenever i felt depressed after screwing a practice session i used to come here and read some posts and get back. Sometimes it would happen that i screw 2-3 RC's in a row and completely blast my confidence. Then i would come here. Seek some advice and inspiration. Get back and do 2-3 RCs and get 7 out of 8 correct or maybe 8 on 8!!!! Yes.. it happened to me. Many times.
Overall i did OG 10 and OG 11 twice. All questions from Kaplan and Princeton. But i did not do Kaplan tests on CD or any practice questions..I had read that Kaplan tests were a waste and decided not to touch them as they could further demorolize me..
My practice test scores were as follows..
GMAT Prep 440 (second week August)
GMAT Prep 520 (first week september)
GMAT Prep 560 (same week)
GMAT Prep 620 (last week)
I took only GMAT Prep tests cos i think it is the closest thing when it comes to estimating your true prepration.
I studied very hard this time i think but surely not hard enough.
My test day was good. I was feeling confident. I had a good 7 hour sleep.
AWA was fine. Then came quant. First question Sequence and series! Boom. No idea. It was one of my weakest areas. Took a educated guess and moved on. Second question fractions. Got it right through computation.. then it continued like this through out the test. I was really scared that i was messing it up. I clicked away some questions towards the end cos i was short of time but i did last 5-6 questions slowly and carefully.
Took the break. Thought about what has happened. Then thought no use cursing myself. forgot about it and told myself i ll kick butt on verbal.
First 3-4 questoins Sentence correction(My weakest area in verbal). but they were easy and got them.. i think i did. Then came Critical Reasoning (My stongest area). Fisrt question Boldface, quite difficult, not sure what happened. First RC was quite manageble. When i was on question 15 i realised i was running short of time. only 40 min left.. started hurrying through the questions. I constantly began losing the game from there on i think. Towards the end my mind started to divert. Concentrating became difficult as thought of Quant came to my mind. When i reached question 37 i had 8 min to go.. then slowed my self and tried to get the last few questions right...
Then the back ground questions.. utter crap.. Then the million dollar question.. Do you wanna view your scores? clicked yes.. took bout 10 seconds. Flashed 470!! I was shocked. 3 months of hard work down the drain...
Now i am not sure what to do.. Its my dream to get an MBA from a good B-school. My GPA just under 3.0 . I need your help guys. what should i do?
My scores breakup :-
Real GMAT Scores
300 (Q13 V16)
470 (Q37 V20)
I have surely screwed this thing twice and i am very depressed and low..
I took my first GMAT earlier this year and got a shocking 300. I must admit i was not at all prepared to take the test in Jan. So this time around i decided to take it after giving it everything ive got.My target score was 640+
So i started on 1st July. Scheduled the test for Sep 28. Although I had done OG 10 before my first attempt but i don't think it helped me much..
This time i bought the following books..
OG 11
Princeton Review 2007
Kaplan Premier Program 2007
NOVA GMAT Prep ( A book less known on this forum )
I came across GMAT club just around the same time and started visiting it regularly. I used to spend a good 1- 1.5 hrs here everyday reading posts here. Very inspirational. It helped me a lot. Whenever i felt depressed after screwing a practice session i used to come here and read some posts and get back. Sometimes it would happen that i screw 2-3 RC's in a row and completely blast my confidence. Then i would come here. Seek some advice and inspiration. Get back and do 2-3 RCs and get 7 out of 8 correct or maybe 8 on 8!!!! Yes.. it happened to me. Many times.
Overall i did OG 10 and OG 11 twice. All questions from Kaplan and Princeton. But i did not do Kaplan tests on CD or any practice questions..I had read that Kaplan tests were a waste and decided not to touch them as they could further demorolize me..
My practice test scores were as follows..
GMAT Prep 440 (second week August)
GMAT Prep 520 (first week september)
GMAT Prep 560 (same week)
GMAT Prep 620 (last week)
I took only GMAT Prep tests cos i think it is the closest thing when it comes to estimating your true prepration.
I studied very hard this time i think but surely not hard enough.
My test day was good. I was feeling confident. I had a good 7 hour sleep.
AWA was fine. Then came quant. First question Sequence and series! Boom. No idea. It was one of my weakest areas. Took a educated guess and moved on. Second question fractions. Got it right through computation.. then it continued like this through out the test. I was really scared that i was messing it up. I clicked away some questions towards the end cos i was short of time but i did last 5-6 questions slowly and carefully.
Took the break. Thought about what has happened. Then thought no use cursing myself. forgot about it and told myself i ll kick butt on verbal.
First 3-4 questoins Sentence correction(My weakest area in verbal). but they were easy and got them.. i think i did. Then came Critical Reasoning (My stongest area). Fisrt question Boldface, quite difficult, not sure what happened. First RC was quite manageble. When i was on question 15 i realised i was running short of time. only 40 min left.. started hurrying through the questions. I constantly began losing the game from there on i think. Towards the end my mind started to divert. Concentrating became difficult as thought of Quant came to my mind. When i reached question 37 i had 8 min to go.. then slowed my self and tried to get the last few questions right...
Then the back ground questions.. utter crap.. Then the million dollar question.. Do you wanna view your scores? clicked yes.. took bout 10 seconds. Flashed 470!! I was shocked. 3 months of hard work down the drain...
Now i am not sure what to do.. Its my dream to get an MBA from a good B-school. My GPA just under 3.0 . I need your help guys. what should i do?
30 Sep 2006, 20:26
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Well, I look at it and see a 170 point improvement. Obviously 470 was not what you were hoping for but it is a significant improvement. I noticed a few things from your post that seem to show that additional work could result in an even better score next time. First, when you describe your Q section, you said you got a question type that you knew you were weak at. Well, you need to learn how to deal with it for next time; you cannot know you are weak with a question type and just hope you don't get asked, or hope to guess the right answer. The good thing is that you recognized your weakness, and you have the resources here at the GMATclub to learn and improve. Now, you must identify as many trouble areas as possible, and instead of hoping that they don't kill you, figure out how to do them so you can get them right next time.
From your report it seems like you had 2 major problems with the V section. The first is that you were short on time. The second was that you were losing concentration. You must figure out a way to deal with the time issue. Whether that is timing yourself on every question you practice, or practicing your reading skills so you get faster, you must figure it out because running out of time guarantees poor performance. Regarding losing concentrating, I think many people face the same issue. You get towards the end, it's been a long test, you want to see your score and get it over with, etc., and you just think about too many things other than the test. I would suggest practicing in 4 hour increments if you can, instead of the 1-1.5 hours that your reported, especially as you get closer to the exam date. You need to build endurance, and you need to prepare yourself ahead of time to focus and re-focus during the exam.
The GMATprep is a good tool, and you should continue to use it. The reality is that your 2 most recent attempts were 560 & 620, so hoping for 640+ on test day was optimistic. But there is no reason why you cannot continue to practice and improve. I believe the key for you may not not just to identify where you are weak, but to actually go and train yourself in those areas so you can deal with them on the test. One more 170 point improvement and you will be at 640, but it's going to be a lot of hard work to reach that point.
From your report it seems like you had 2 major problems with the V section. The first is that you were short on time. The second was that you were losing concentration. You must figure out a way to deal with the time issue. Whether that is timing yourself on every question you practice, or practicing your reading skills so you get faster, you must figure it out because running out of time guarantees poor performance. Regarding losing concentrating, I think many people face the same issue. You get towards the end, it's been a long test, you want to see your score and get it over with, etc., and you just think about too many things other than the test. I would suggest practicing in 4 hour increments if you can, instead of the 1-1.5 hours that your reported, especially as you get closer to the exam date. You need to build endurance, and you need to prepare yourself ahead of time to focus and re-focus during the exam.
The GMATprep is a good tool, and you should continue to use it. The reality is that your 2 most recent attempts were 560 & 620, so hoping for 640+ on test day was optimistic. But there is no reason why you cannot continue to practice and improve. I believe the key for you may not not just to identify where you are weak, but to actually go and train yourself in those areas so you can deal with them on the test. One more 170 point improvement and you will be at 640, but it's going to be a lot of hard work to reach that point.
30 Sep 2006, 23:58
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Thank you such much for your suggestions Pelihu...
I think you have directly focussed on my weakness and at the same time helped me identify it correctly. When i was preparing for the test this time around i had my targets set first. My target was 42+ in Quant and 30+ in verbal. I must admit that Maths has never been my cup of tea. But for GMAT i did it from basic. I started basic concepts and got comfortable with them. Then i moved on to GMAT Prep.. I was consistently scoring 44-45+ in GMAT Prep at home. On the real test, i consistently felt it was tougher. I was actually surprised to see that i have managed a 37 in Quant... i seriously didnt expect that during the test. I got 3-5 questions that were straight out of GMAT Prep! Only different values.
Now as per verbal I felt Critical Reasoning was quite tricky.. like which of the following would be a favourable decision for the Charity EXCEPT... this is an example.. what i wanna say is that it really demanded re-reading, the question itself. Please tell me how to approch the Verbal Section. My target for the next attempt will still be the same i think.i.e. 640-650.
Which books should i use to do questions that reflect the GMAT Verbal standard? Sentence correction was manageble but RC was very tricky...
How much time should i give myself for the next shot? I feel i should give it in 2 months. Streching it beyond that would only make it worse i think as it'll be my third attempt..
I think you have directly focussed on my weakness and at the same time helped me identify it correctly. When i was preparing for the test this time around i had my targets set first. My target was 42+ in Quant and 30+ in verbal. I must admit that Maths has never been my cup of tea. But for GMAT i did it from basic. I started basic concepts and got comfortable with them. Then i moved on to GMAT Prep.. I was consistently scoring 44-45+ in GMAT Prep at home. On the real test, i consistently felt it was tougher. I was actually surprised to see that i have managed a 37 in Quant... i seriously didnt expect that during the test. I got 3-5 questions that were straight out of GMAT Prep! Only different values.
Now as per verbal I felt Critical Reasoning was quite tricky.. like which of the following would be a favourable decision for the Charity EXCEPT... this is an example.. what i wanna say is that it really demanded re-reading, the question itself. Please tell me how to approch the Verbal Section. My target for the next attempt will still be the same i think.i.e. 640-650.
Which books should i use to do questions that reflect the GMAT Verbal standard? Sentence correction was manageble but RC was very tricky...
How much time should i give myself for the next shot? I feel i should give it in 2 months. Streching it beyond that would only make it worse i think as it'll be my third attempt..
