GMAT Strategy

Hello All,
I am taking my GMAT on July 14th. After taking a bunch of tests - 5 MGMAT and 1 from GMATprep I have found that I lack in the following areas -

Absolute value problems - the |a|<|b| all those kind of problems - I just cant get them right - any suggestions? I found that MGMAT has a bunch of these on their tests.

Sometimes number properties mess my mind up - for eg is n/18 an interger? - a) 5n/18=integer and b) 3n/18 =integer. These kind of questions. I take some time to figure these out.

Here are my scores from MGMAT
Non Adaptive tests -
Test 1 -640 (Q41,V36), 04/14/07
Test 2 -660 (Q45,V35) 05/12/07
Test 3 -730 (Q50,V39) 06/02/07

Adaptive tests -
Test 1 - 710 (Q47,V40) 06/10/07
Test 2 - 690 (Q49,V35) 06/21/07
I am taking the last one this afternoon (exact time of my test in 3 weeks)

I also had taken the GMAT prep and the score was 700.

My aim is to get a 700+ score. Please help.
Thanks,
A

I just got done with my final MGMAT test

690 (Q49, V35)

I am worried because most regular people on our forum think MGMAT over estimates the score.

Thanks Eric and Stacey.

I went in detail through my reports and found that I am missing a lot in Verbal. A detailed analysis showed that critical reasoning is one area I thought I was good at. Not any more - I am seriously worried about CR, especially "Analyze the Argument Structure' - I am finding it a little bit difficult. I can understand the argument, but tend to pick the wrong answer.

Another nemesis is SC. I am going through Eric's flashcards and MGMAT SC book over and over. I am solving same questions again and again and more importantly reading explanations even if I got them right.

Can anybody give me some more advise? Exam in two weeks.

Thanks again,

A

I took the MGMAT CAT 5 yesterday and scored a 790 (Q 50 V 51) I think I saw 1 repeat question on Quant but nothing in Verbal. I missed 7 questions on Q and 9 wrong on verbal. I am not reading too much into the score but I was kind of surprised.

On the other side of things, I broke my left hand thumb last tuesday which is a little setback. But the doctor thinks I can definitely type come test day. I am still on track for July 14.

Hey thats really good news! What did you do differently in the past week that helped you so much?

My GMAT is on the 13th of July..

I studied the MGMAT SC for the 'n'th time - n>5. Went through OG -Verbal book SC. I still need to study the CR part more.

On the MGMAT test I had 3 'Analyze the Argument' type question and I had all three wrong

Hey thanks a lot, i have already completed the Manhattan SC once but ill give it another go. My quant score is ok but I still miss quite a number of RC and SC questions.

I just started using the MGMAT tests recently and my scores have been 730 and 700 so far...

Any suggestions would be helpful, i have about 5 days till my exams

Stacey maybe?

Stacey...your input will be valuable..not much we both can do in terms of learning something new..

I am planning on my last MGMAT test this afternoon. I will post the results as soon as I am done.

owodee can you give an update right after you are done with your GMAT?

I definitely will,

I took another GMATprep test yesterday and got a 760 on it (Math 50, Verbal 42) there were 3 or 4 questions in both math and verbal that I had seen before BUT I took my third MGMAT test today and got a 680 on it (Math 47, Verbal 36).

My MGMAT scores keep on going down (730, 700, 680) I don't know whats wrong..

I got a 710 on my last MGMAT test. I am taking no more tests - just revision !