kop18 wrote:
Thank you so much for all your help
It's been about 4 months to 5 months that I am studying for the GMAT but I don't know why I am not able to score above 600. To be honest the last 2 mocks I wrote I only scored in the later 400s. I can't seem to gain more than 40% accuracy in any 700 level or tough question on both quant and verbal.
I don't know where I am going wrong, my scores aren't improving much. I am planning to write the Gmat in a month or 2 but seeing my performance I am not so sure if I'll be able to improve my scores that much.
Could someone please help...I want to know if:
1) Solving more 700 level problems help or,
2) Writing more mocks help.
Currently using
Magoosh study material and GMAT club questions.
Hello again,
kop18. If you are still scoring in the 400s, then you must be making mistakes on lower-level questions that are preventing you from seeing harder ones. As such, I would advise
against either solving 700-level questions or taking more mocks. Your foundation is not in place yet, so you would only be blowing through questions. If you have access to
Magoosh, then use the material, but start small. Until you can consistently hit about 90 percent of 500-level questions, you have no business jumping into 700-level questions or even 600-level questions. Sure, you might be able to get some of them, but volatility is not going to lead to substantial gains. If you study one concept at a time, though, and get your mastery to a certain threshold within the lower levels of difficulty, you will gain an understanding of how to approach tougher questions that test the same concepts while at the same time increasing your confidence. In short, a bottom-up approach is much more effective in GMAT™ preparation than a top-down (work-from-the-hardest-questions) approach. You might also consider enlisting the help of a study buddy. A lot of people are preparing for the exam, and perhaps bouncing ideas off someone else who is also learning will help both of you reach a deeper level of understanding of the material.
Good luck.
- Andrew