I take my GMAT on Friday, Oct. 3. I'm getting a little nervous - I've been working pretty hard, but I don't see much of an improvement in my scores. Granted, I have been scoring over 700 on all of my practice exams, my verbal seems to be staying right around 38-40 the entire time.
Over the last 2 weeks, I developed the following plan - let me know what you all think:
- I plan on putting about 2 hours in per weeknight and 4 hours on both Saturdays and Sundays.
- I left myself with all of the Verbal and Math supplements, so I have nothing but official GMAT questions to practice.
So the plan is to do 2 RC passages, and 10 questions of each type per day with review, so that I'm used to doing a bunch of different questions per day. On Sundays I'll take a practice test.
During the week of, I took off work Tues-Fri. Tuesday I am planning on taking a practice test and working on the AWA section. On Wednesday, I am planning on simulating the entire experience - waking up that early, eating a big breakfast, etc. Basically my whole routine the day of the test, and taking the test at 8 am. I'll spend the rest of the day reviewing the test as well as any notes, questions I have. On Thursday, I'm going to wake up early and have an off day. I'll play golf, see a movie, go to the gym, etc. Then Friday I have the test.
The goal is in the 740+ range. I think if I don't make stupid mistakes on Quantitative, I can reasonably expect to get a 49 or 50 on that section. So if I can just pull my verbal up to a 42-44, that'd get me my goal.
Does anyone have any comments/suggestions on my plan and how I could possibly improve it?
Over the last 2 weeks, I developed the following plan - let me know what you all think:
- I plan on putting about 2 hours in per weeknight and 4 hours on both Saturdays and Sundays.
- I left myself with all of the Verbal and Math supplements, so I have nothing but official GMAT questions to practice.
So the plan is to do 2 RC passages, and 10 questions of each type per day with review, so that I'm used to doing a bunch of different questions per day. On Sundays I'll take a practice test.
During the week of, I took off work Tues-Fri. Tuesday I am planning on taking a practice test and working on the AWA section. On Wednesday, I am planning on simulating the entire experience - waking up that early, eating a big breakfast, etc. Basically my whole routine the day of the test, and taking the test at 8 am. I'll spend the rest of the day reviewing the test as well as any notes, questions I have. On Thursday, I'm going to wake up early and have an off day. I'll play golf, see a movie, go to the gym, etc. Then Friday I have the test.
The goal is in the 740+ range. I think if I don't make stupid mistakes on Quantitative, I can reasonably expect to get a 49 or 50 on that section. So if I can just pull my verbal up to a 42-44, that'd get me my goal.
Does anyone have any comments/suggestions on my plan and how I could possibly improve it?
Taking the GMAT Again...PhD this time!
October 2008 Score: GMAT - 750 (50 Q, 41 V)
Manhattan GMAT 1 - 11/20/11 - 750 (50 Q, 42 V)
Manhattan GMAT 2 - 12/3/11 - 780 (51 Q, 45 V)
October 2008 Score: GMAT - 750 (50 Q, 41 V)
Manhattan GMAT 1 - 11/20/11 - 750 (50 Q, 42 V)
Manhattan GMAT 2 - 12/3/11 - 780 (51 Q, 45 V)
