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21 Aug 2022, 10:18
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Hi my GMAT Friends,
Bet you thought you've seen the last of me
I have been on and off this form, as I have struggled and taken breaks to recharge. From my last posts, I was even contemplating taking the GRE. I ended up taking a little hiatus (3 weeks due to relocation) and took one more GMAT practice test, one that I already took at the start of my studies in June 2020. I ended up scoring a 35 on Quant but a 44 on Verbal. I did not really remember the exam, and I did not want to spend more money on additional practice exams, so please take this score with a grain of salt (but at the same time, I think this verbal score is promising). A few weeks prior, I took an unseen GMAT official practice test and scored a 620 (30 on Verbal and 47 on quant). I have scored anywhere previously from 30-38 on Verbal and 35-47 on quant. Crazy, right? Despite all of this, I am consistently in the low 600s.
If I were to pull myself together, my best sections combined would translate to a magical +700!
I realize that this is a loaded question, but if anyone has had such these drastic fluctuations, how have you approached maintaining consistency to pull your score together? I worry that it becomes a matter over just being dealt with material on a given exam that I am less comfortable with. I try to always focus on my weaknesses, however on one exam in particular there were several rate-work-distance problems that were very challenging and an unusual amount of tricky science readings. I try to replicate actual exam settings/use my strategies consistently, but nevertheless it always feels like a wild card when I take the GMAT. Almost like one of those Pymetric games in which you are trying to shoot down all of the balloons before the time stops.
Bet you thought you've seen the last of me
I have been on and off this form, as I have struggled and taken breaks to recharge. From my last posts, I was even contemplating taking the GRE. I ended up taking a little hiatus (3 weeks due to relocation) and took one more GMAT practice test, one that I already took at the start of my studies in June 2020. I ended up scoring a 35 on Quant but a 44 on Verbal. I did not really remember the exam, and I did not want to spend more money on additional practice exams, so please take this score with a grain of salt (but at the same time, I think this verbal score is promising). A few weeks prior, I took an unseen GMAT official practice test and scored a 620 (30 on Verbal and 47 on quant). I have scored anywhere previously from 30-38 on Verbal and 35-47 on quant. Crazy, right? Despite all of this, I am consistently in the low 600s.
If I were to pull myself together, my best sections combined would translate to a magical +700!
I realize that this is a loaded question, but if anyone has had such these drastic fluctuations, how have you approached maintaining consistency to pull your score together? I worry that it becomes a matter over just being dealt with material on a given exam that I am less comfortable with. I try to always focus on my weaknesses, however on one exam in particular there were several rate-work-distance problems that were very challenging and an unusual amount of tricky science readings. I try to replicate actual exam settings/use my strategies consistently, but nevertheless it always feels like a wild card when I take the GMAT. Almost like one of those Pymetric games in which you are trying to shoot down all of the balloons before the time stops.
21 Aug 2022, 18:59
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If there is a lot of fluctuation, there could be a number of reasons. Time management issues, certain sub-topics that are slippery but may or not really show on some mocks, etc.
Consider looking over your mocks to see if there are certain types of questions your accuracy falls on.
Consider looking over your mocks to see if there are certain types of questions your accuracy falls on.
22 Aug 2022, 11:10
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Hi woohoo921,
Can you provide some more information on exactly what you have been doing to learn GMAT quant and verbal? Once I have that information, I can provide some advice.
Can you provide some more information on exactly what you have been doing to learn GMAT quant and verbal? Once I have that information, I can provide some advice.
