jciraczz wrote:
I took the GMAT exam for the second time this week. My first attempt in April I got a Q24 and Verbal 25. I started studying full time from Mid August until Mid October 2 months using the GMAT official questions for verbal and
Target Test Prep for Quant. I really liked
Target Test prep and felt more comfortable doing the quant questions. I did 4 practice CAT tests (GMAT prep) within the last 11 days before my test with an average of 2-3 days in between.
I scored 550 on the first (Q31 V35) 600 on the second (Q37 V35) 590 on the third (Q36 V35) and the 4th 2 days before my exam (Q27 V36). I ended up scoring Q24 and V33 on the actual test. I was discouraged and don't know how I went wrong. I'm re-writing the test on November 21st and need just a 550 to get into the school I applied for. What should I do differently this time around? I'm thinking I burned out because I was feeling pretty tired in the final days leading up to my test. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Note: Don't try selling me any of your course materials I have more than enough practice questions at my disposal already.
If you're feeling burned out, the first thing to do is to let yourself recover. Maybe with some light prep thrown in, but nothing major.
1. What do you think happened in the tests in which you got Q31 and Q27? Was it just tiredness, or were there some questions or concepts that threw you off? You should think about this, as your Q37 and Q36 are
much better scores (Q37 is 32%, whereas Q27 is 12%).
2. You were able to maintain a higher level of performance in verbal (you improved from V25 to V33). This score is in line with your GMATPrep scores (V35, V35, V35, and V36). This point itself could indicate (for the quant section) that you were nervous or that you still need to work on the basics. That is, if you were tired, I would have expected your verbal score to also drop by much more than the 8% that it did.
3. Did you take quant first or did you take verbal first this time around?
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