GMAT Strategy

taken from my 15th Jan blog entry:

"Kaplan and Verbal score...

after doing 3 Kaptest exams here are my stats:
#1: Q: 49 V: 30 T: 680
#2: Q: 44 V: 29 T: 630
#3: Q: 53 V: 30 T: 690

my conclusions are:
a. I have heard of Kaplan as being tough on Quantiative, if this is so than I should be hapy. I think it is not so. Kaptest exams are not more difficult in Q. I am happy I broke the 50 line but am worried about my inconsistency (49 --> 44 --> 53).
b.what are they thinking with their Verbal section? I had a nive average of 36-39 in 2 PR and 4 Cambridge exams, how could I have slumped to a stable average of 30? I have to aknowledge I have serious work to do in Verbal. most mistakes in the Kaptest V section are by far the CR.

time left:
8 days. I was considering postponing but will go ahead with the original date.

Verbal Verbal Verbal...... thats my mission - havent given up on the 40 goal in V.

must think of a new study strategy to confront this issue."

any comments?, leads?, tips? on how to adress the Verbal obsticle a demonstrated?

Ron
https://mbaaspirations.blocked/

Ignore your Kaplan scores. They're not a good indicator, especially for verbal. Princeton Review and GMATPrep will be much more accurate.

thanks for the info - you are both saying Kaplan scores are not suggestive of the actual score ("dont worry about the Verbal but dont get excited about the Quantiative").

as for GMATprep - its on my to do list for the weekend - I plan to go through both of them more than once each.

currently I took a Verbal refreshing day - trying to boost my current level

I may adhere to your advise and take one GMATperp today just to check actual current level

Ron
https://mbaaspirations.blocked/

from my recent blog entry:

"took the GMATprep test 1....

hi, as I was worried with the "dive" in Verbal score and worried of how suggestive of the real exam are all these prep program exams such as PR, Cambridge and Kaplan - I decided to take the GMATprep test 1.

score:
Q:43, V:38, T:670

understandings:
a. I am happy with the Vernbal score, I somehow feel more "at home" with the actual GMAT Verbal section than with the Kaplan one. most mistakes are in "good old" SC.
b. I am unhappy, however, with my Quantiative score (a plunge from 53 heights to a whoping 43...)
took notes on all questions I found hard and/or mistaken. no common nominator for the 15 (!!!!) mistakes. I need to see that I dont flunk on these questions the next time.

next posts I will put all scores gained on the various programs I used- see if there is a positive slope....

bye"

Ron
https://mbaaspirations.blocked/