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ethan42781
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Well, I took that actual test yesterday and scored 640 (43Q,34V). My goal was to get at least 680. So I think Im going to cram for another month and retake it.
Ive studied for about 3 months and feel like my knowledge of the subject matter has increased dramatically. However, my scores are down from where they were about 1 month ago. Here is a summary of my prep.
1st practice exam w/o studying:
Princeton Review Online 560 (36Q, 31V)
I then read PR 2004 cracking the GMAT, the PR verbal supplement and the PR math supplement.
PR CAT 1 - 690 (42Q, 44V)
GMATPREP1 - 660 (43Q, 38V)
PR CAT 2 - 640 (40Q, 39V)
GMATPREP 2 - 720 (47Q, 42V)
At this point I felt like I had improved and would score at least in the mid-high 6's. So my strategy was to do all the problems in OG 11, and then I would be scoring in the high 6's low 7's. This was not the case. It took me 3 weeks to get through OG (working FT) and after I was done my scores had gone WAY down.
GMATPREP 1 (reinstall) - 610 (38Q, 36V)
MGMAT 1 - 610 (38Q, 36V)
GMATPREP 2(reinstall) - 640 (44Q, 32V)
MGMAT 2 - 640 (41Q, 37V)
PR CAT 1 (reinstall) - 690 (44Q, 42V)
The only sense that I can make of it is that I took no practice exams in between the 3 week period. This gave me a timing problem and increased my stress level while I was taking the exams (stupid mistakes).
So my strategy going forward is to review more problems but keep taking practice exams. Although I need to improve in both Q & V, I think I will focus a little bit more on Verbal. A 34 is just not acceptable for me.
Does anyone have any thoughts on my strategy thus far? Any good strategies for boosting my verbal score in 30 days? Thanks, Ethan
Ive studied for about 3 months and feel like my knowledge of the subject matter has increased dramatically. However, my scores are down from where they were about 1 month ago. Here is a summary of my prep.
1st practice exam w/o studying:
Princeton Review Online 560 (36Q, 31V)
I then read PR 2004 cracking the GMAT, the PR verbal supplement and the PR math supplement.
PR CAT 1 - 690 (42Q, 44V)
GMATPREP1 - 660 (43Q, 38V)
PR CAT 2 - 640 (40Q, 39V)
GMATPREP 2 - 720 (47Q, 42V)
At this point I felt like I had improved and would score at least in the mid-high 6's. So my strategy was to do all the problems in OG 11, and then I would be scoring in the high 6's low 7's. This was not the case. It took me 3 weeks to get through OG (working FT) and after I was done my scores had gone WAY down.
GMATPREP 1 (reinstall) - 610 (38Q, 36V)
MGMAT 1 - 610 (38Q, 36V)
GMATPREP 2(reinstall) - 640 (44Q, 32V)
MGMAT 2 - 640 (41Q, 37V)
PR CAT 1 (reinstall) - 690 (44Q, 42V)
The only sense that I can make of it is that I took no practice exams in between the 3 week period. This gave me a timing problem and increased my stress level while I was taking the exams (stupid mistakes).
So my strategy going forward is to review more problems but keep taking practice exams. Although I need to improve in both Q & V, I think I will focus a little bit more on Verbal. A 34 is just not acceptable for me.
Does anyone have any thoughts on my strategy thus far? Any good strategies for boosting my verbal score in 30 days? Thanks, Ethan
