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gencassotis
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Hi all,
In exactly 60 days I am taking the GMAT and I need some advice on how to get my desired score which is 700. I have an engineering background and I work roughly 45-55 hours a week. Personality wise, I overanalyze things which has resulted in me not knowing how to study and thats where I need some guidance
February
*Studied for the first time for 1 week, took Kaplan free practice exam and scored 500. Did not finish on time verbal struggled with math,
*For the remaining 3 weeks of Feb I worked on my 2 weaknesses: Number Properties, Sentence Correction & do some maint. on the rest
March
*I get a 640 on my first Manhattan GMAT test(140 improvement from last). Furthermore, I only had to guess 2 questions from the Math section which were hard and I finished the verbal with 5 extra minutes. Also, I saw a 60% increase on my 2 weaknesses: NP & SC. THINGS ARE LOOKING GREAT!!
* For the next 3 weeks I focus on the weaker points from the last exam which were Geometry and RC. I did nothing else but focus on those 2. Also, for 1 week, I did not study due to long hours.
*Yesterday, I took my Manhattan GMAT test # 2 and I got a 550. I went down 90 points! To make things worse, I did really bad on my original weaknesses from the February's exam (NP and SC). I did well on my weaknesses from the 2nd exam (Geo + RC). After the practice test, I felt like Rocky once he got knocked out by Mr. T
My question to you is:
1) Obviously it was wrong not to review all material prior to a practice test instead of just focusing on weaknesses. How should I go about reviewing? Perhaps, make sure I do all types of questions on a weekly or biweekly basis as well as review my old mistakes? Specific advice on what worked for you would be great.
2)Should I take a class? I was thinking of Kaplan's online classes. Should I go for advanced or basic? I am looking for 700 but my scores so far (500-640-560) are not there. If I take the class though my argument is the same; by the time I am on the last class of Kaplan Advantage, I will have forgotten the material on the first classes so the 90 point decrease paradigm will happen all over again. This makes me doubt that the class will help me.
In exactly 60 days I am taking the GMAT and I need some advice on how to get my desired score which is 700. I have an engineering background and I work roughly 45-55 hours a week. Personality wise, I overanalyze things which has resulted in me not knowing how to study and thats where I need some guidance
February
*Studied for the first time for 1 week, took Kaplan free practice exam and scored 500. Did not finish on time verbal struggled with math,
*For the remaining 3 weeks of Feb I worked on my 2 weaknesses: Number Properties, Sentence Correction & do some maint. on the rest
March
*I get a 640 on my first Manhattan GMAT test(140 improvement from last). Furthermore, I only had to guess 2 questions from the Math section which were hard and I finished the verbal with 5 extra minutes. Also, I saw a 60% increase on my 2 weaknesses: NP & SC. THINGS ARE LOOKING GREAT!!
* For the next 3 weeks I focus on the weaker points from the last exam which were Geometry and RC. I did nothing else but focus on those 2. Also, for 1 week, I did not study due to long hours.
*Yesterday, I took my Manhattan GMAT test # 2 and I got a 550. I went down 90 points! To make things worse, I did really bad on my original weaknesses from the February's exam (NP and SC). I did well on my weaknesses from the 2nd exam (Geo + RC). After the practice test, I felt like Rocky once he got knocked out by Mr. T
My question to you is:
1) Obviously it was wrong not to review all material prior to a practice test instead of just focusing on weaknesses. How should I go about reviewing? Perhaps, make sure I do all types of questions on a weekly or biweekly basis as well as review my old mistakes? Specific advice on what worked for you would be great.
2)Should I take a class? I was thinking of Kaplan's online classes. Should I go for advanced or basic? I am looking for 700 but my scores so far (500-640-560) are not there. If I take the class though my argument is the same; by the time I am on the last class of Kaplan Advantage, I will have forgotten the material on the first classes so the 90 point decrease paradigm will happen all over again. This makes me doubt that the class will help me.
