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04 Dec 2011, 21:30
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I have studied for GMAT for the last 8 months and literally see no increase in scores.
My math was terrible to start with and I feel that i have made almost no progress. My GMAT is scheduled on Dec12, but after just taking another MGMAT test and scoring 500, I think I should reschedule. BUt that would completely mess up my plans to apply for R2 to some schools.
My background - was never good in math. IN the last 10 years I took 1 required math class in UNiversity, barely got a C. THat's it.
So I started with MGMAT basics book, and went through all quant books after that (1-4).
I have also worked through all OG12 problems twice. Doing them the second time, I found that I still couldn't get about 30% right.
I go through each problem I got wrong. When I read the explanation I understand the answer, however, when I am looking at the same problem after a couple of weeks, I don't know what to do. I feel that I can't recognize any patterns to approch the problems becuase there is just so much material that GMAT covers.
My MGAT Cat scores are as follows:
Date Math Verbal Total
1 MGMAT 4/10/2011 28 34 520
2 MGMAT 7/5/2011 26 35 520
3 MGMAT 9/10/2011 15 34 430
4 MGMAT 9/18/2011 38 33 590
5 MGMAT 10/2/2011 43 34 640
6 MGMAT 12/4/2011 28 31 500
What am I doing wrong? I am at a complete loss of ideas..... I average about 2-3 hrs on workdays and 3-4 hrs on weekends.
My math was terrible to start with and I feel that i have made almost no progress. My GMAT is scheduled on Dec12, but after just taking another MGMAT test and scoring 500, I think I should reschedule. BUt that would completely mess up my plans to apply for R2 to some schools.
My background - was never good in math. IN the last 10 years I took 1 required math class in UNiversity, barely got a C. THat's it.
So I started with MGMAT basics book, and went through all quant books after that (1-4).
I have also worked through all OG12 problems twice. Doing them the second time, I found that I still couldn't get about 30% right.
I go through each problem I got wrong. When I read the explanation I understand the answer, however, when I am looking at the same problem after a couple of weeks, I don't know what to do. I feel that I can't recognize any patterns to approch the problems becuase there is just so much material that GMAT covers.
My MGAT Cat scores are as follows:
Date Math Verbal Total
1 MGMAT 4/10/2011 28 34 520
2 MGMAT 7/5/2011 26 35 520
3 MGMAT 9/10/2011 15 34 430
4 MGMAT 9/18/2011 38 33 590
5 MGMAT 10/2/2011 43 34 640
6 MGMAT 12/4/2011 28 31 500
What am I doing wrong? I am at a complete loss of ideas..... I average about 2-3 hrs on workdays and 3-4 hrs on weekends.
04 Dec 2011, 21:43
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olivite
THIS - studying for 8 months. I would not spend more than 3. 4 is really pushing it.
Think of it as cooking - cooking for a longer time does not equal tastier food.
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Sounds like you have put it off for a long time. You will obviously have to overcome this one way or another. If you can afford it, perhaps hiring a high school tutor for 2-4 sessions may help identify what is missing
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were you timing yourself or just leisurely solving questions in the MGMAT books or the OG?
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Maybe you can rewrite them in a notebook (problem and the solution) OVER and OVER and OVER - otherwise, I am not sure what to do
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What score do you need?
04 Dec 2011, 21:49
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Well, it took me a really long time to get through the MGMAT quant books.
I could hire a tutor for a few sessions, only I feel like almost all quant is a big problem area. I can't identify 1 or 2 things. And i can't afford tutor for all quant material.
I have an error log and was timing each question.
I need as close to 700 as possible.
I could hire a tutor for a few sessions, only I feel like almost all quant is a big problem area. I can't identify 1 or 2 things. And i can't afford tutor for all quant material.
I have an error log and was timing each question.
I need as close to 700 as possible.
