GMAT Strategy

Dear All,
I've scheduled my GMAT to be taken on 27th of this month. Please find my scores in mock exams.
GMAT1 - 540( ran out of time while solving quanta. Couldn't attend last 5 questions)
GMAT2 - 610
GMAT1(retake) - 650 ( a few questions were repeated)
MGMAT1 - 530 - (here again..couldn't finish quanta questions on time)
MGMAT2 - 580

In all the above exams, i've consistently got 28-32 in verbal.
I'm looking for a score in between 670 & 700.
considering that I only have 4 more days for the main exam,can you please advise on improving my score by 50-70 points??

Anything that I can concentrate on in the next 4 days to improve my score?? Please advice. Thanks in Advance.

please find some more inputs

in every exam , i got around 8 DS questions incorrect & 8-11 Problem solving questions incorrect.
I'm confident in SC and CR. Most of mistakes that I did in CR and SC were because either bcoz of carelessness or impatience. I'm working on it.

Thanks for the links, Brent. I'll do my best.

You were right, Brent. It was a disaster. I scored 550(q35,v31) today...very bad in Quanta..Anyways, Thanks for your suggestions. You said it right. I need time.

sorry to hear as well.

i'm excited to see how you progress and improve though; it will be an exciting process that you'll go through (i am going through it right now) and you will gain a ton of confidence and knowledge!

good luck with your studies and please keep us posted!

Dear Friends,
I need your valuable suggestions for my second attempt. So, I'm adding here on my previous post. Please guide me on the below mentioned problem.

Here is my preparation summary after putting in a lot of effort for the last 6 months.

Test Results :
GMAT Prep 1 : Q48/V28 - 640
GMAT Prep 2 : Q47/V30 - 640

I've really worked hard to bring up my score in quanta from 35-40 to 45-48. However, I am not doing any better in verbal. No matter how much ever I read, I always get a score around 30. I've been reading so many articles on economist.com for the last one year to improve my RC skills. I'm afraid it is not helping me much.

Please find the scores of individual sections of verbal tests.

CR - 4 or 5 incorrect in every test.
SC - 4 or 5 incorrect in every test.
RC - 6 or 7 incorrect in every test.

Quanta : I'm getting 12-14 incorrect consistently.

My target score is 680+. Please advise how I can improve my score. As per the test results, I stand somewhere around 640.
Do you think it is better to go ahead and schedule the exam?
or
Is there anyway I can improve my score in another 20-25 days? It is difficult to manage work and study. The journey has been so stressful. I'm not very sure in what other way I can improve my verbal score. I've read all theory and solved a lot of problems. I even reviewed all CATs. I've noticed that I fail to complete 41 questions in verbal. Perhaps it is mental fatigue. I could complete only 37/38 questions and guess the rest in very less time. At this point of time, i'm confused on my next step in preparation. So, I thought I could get some inputs from the forum and came up with this post.

Please guide me. Thanks in Advance!!


Thanks,
Uday

Hi Uday,

Looking a your scores in practice tests, I see that you have fair scope of improvement in QUant section and Critical Reasoning sections primarily. These are the sections in which you can improve substantially within 20-25 days.

In Quant, you only need to focus on Silly/careless mistakes which students make due to lack of focus and lack of some concept revision.

Second, identify the types of mistakes in Critical reasoning section whether they are Strengthening Questions/Weakening Questions etc. and try to reattempt the questions from the source of material that you have referred during your preparation.

You may seek specific advice as well if you have something specific in your mind.

All the best!!!

Thanks GMATInsight and Rich for your valuable suggestions. I gave the exam this morning. I scored 620(42Q/33V). I am neither happy nor sad. I am thinking on my next move.

haiuday wrote:Thanks GMATInsight and Rich for your valuable suggestions. I gave the exam this morning. I scored 620(42Q/33V). I am neither happy nor sad. I am thinking on my next move.

Good Luck for all your next moves Haiuday!!!

@GMATinsight Thank you.

@Rich - Yes, I thought of preparing for a few more days. But everything got complicated at work. So, I decided to give exam.

With regards to Quanta, I felt most of the questions easy till 25th question. For some reason, I continuously got DS questions after 25th question. I think most of them went wrong. I'm not very sure what went wrong. I got good scores in GMATPrep1 & 2. I wasn't even tensed on test day.

I'm thinking about retaking to push my score to 660. I think I have the potential to score only till 660 with a few more days of preparation. I would like to thank you for all the suggestions. I'll keep this post updated on my journey.

Thanks,
Uday