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Hi,

I know that GMAT doesnt work with percentage, but I always get half of the verbal questions correct...

in math, it's around 60%

Note that it has been months that im preparing for gmat....much improvement in math compared to the verbal...I dont think that i can improve the verbal any more!!!

any idea what 50% means?

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your score doesnt depend on number of Qs you get wrong but more importantly on which ones you do get wrong. If your able to get the first 5-6 right then the Qs are of much tougher difficulty. Why dont you give some prep tests to get a fairer idea?
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Statements (1) and (2) together are not sufficient to answer the question :wink:
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Statements (1) and (2) together are not sufficient to answer the question :wink:
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lol ... nice one :) ...

i thot she was asking what score in Verbal can she expect for getting half of the answers right. :P
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well, it's just because i get disappointed when I do practice questions, and I get half of them wrong!!

i did a gmatprep last month and i got 430

i know that because my score is low, so its easy to improve it...but im soo bored and cannot concentrate any more :twisted:
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Statements (1) and (2) together are not sufficient to answer the question :wink:

lol ... nice one :) ...

i thot she was asking what score in Verbal can she expect for getting half of the answers right. :P
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yes that's what I'm asking...what score to expect!

but not sure what bb means by his comment...do you mean it's impossible to know?? :?
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i can imagine how you must be feeling.

clear case of overburn :) . Just let go for somedays. You seem as if you need a break.

After this try to revisit the basics once. I am sure you gonna do much better :-D

Hope i make sense this time !! :wink:
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yes that's what I'm asking...what score to expect!

but not sure what bb means by his comment...do you mean it's impossible to know?? :?
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you can try this ... https://www.800score.com/score2.php
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i can imagine how you must be feeling.

clear case of overburn :) . Just let go for somedays. You seem as if you need a break.

After this try to revisit the basics once. I am sure you gonna do much better :-D

Hope i make sense this time !! :wink:
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thank you, im planning to do the exam oct 24 and im taking the week off to study...really no time...but im trying to not stress myself...4-6 hours/day is enough...cause then i loose my concentration

thanks for the help :lol:
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well, it's just because i get disappointed when I do practice questions, and I get half of them wrong!!

i did a gmatprep last month and i got 430

i know that because my score is low, so its easy to improve it...but im soo bored and cannot concentrate any more :twisted:
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Well, that's easy to answer:

You are your worst enemy here. Real life (aspects of work, studying, etc) is BORING.

You say it's easy to improve, but then you follow up by saying you can't concentrate and are "soo bored".

You probably want to be at an 80%+ strike rate on some of the prep you do (depending on the difficulty of the question banks you're using). You have to keep in mind getting harder problems wrong on the GMAT affects you less than getting easy problems wrong. A streak of incorrect problems can also tank your score.

Final advice: Don't look for the ideal "strike" rate on getting problems correct. Focus on making sure you have solid grounding in the content, and getting through problems in the appropriate amount of time (average time overall, not time per individual problem).
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Practise as much as u can.Thats the only way to improve.

Hard work is not key to success,its essential.
Key to success is regularity.Be regular and practise and be loyal to yourself.You gonna study for your own benefits, so no more delay just shooooooooot.
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well, it's just because i get disappointed when I do practice questions, and I get half of them wrong!!

i did a gmatprep last month and i got 430

i know that because my score is low, so its easy to improve it...but im soo bored and cannot concentrate any more :twisted:

Well, that's easy to answer:

You are your worst enemy here. Real life (aspects of work, studying, etc) is BORING.

You say it's easy to improve, but then you follow up by saying you can't concentrate and are "soo bored".
it's easy to improve cause im scoring in the 400 level, so i still too much to learn...it's not the same as some one scoring in the 700...and yes bored cause it has been months im preparing but still i need more work :(

You probably want to be at an 80%+ strike rate on some of the prep you do (depending on the difficulty of the question banks you're using). You have to keep in mind getting harder problems wrong on the GMAT affects you less than getting easy problems wrong. you are correct!! I didnt think about it...i just found out a couple of days ago that the questions in the OG are in order of difficulty... A streak of incorrect problems can also tank your score.

Final advice: Don't look for the ideal "strike" rate on getting problems correct. Focus on making sure you have solid grounding in the content, and getting through problems in the appropriate amount of time (average time overall, not time per individual problem).
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thanks for the advice :) :) by the way im not aiming for too high...what i need is 550, but i cant get it :oops:
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