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gmatter10
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Hi Everyone,
I want to start off by expressing a big "thank you" to all the members and the founder for the valuable information and advice in this forum!!
Having said that, one would think that I've not made the best use of all the advice and effort from my GMAT score. I am terribly disappointed and have decided to give it another shot but not quite sure how.
July (mid) -- GMAT prep 1-640 (Q47 V31 without essays)- Felt a solid prep will help boost my score.
July/Aus -MGMATs - 640, 670, 650, 670 with essays in all tests to get used to the marathon test
Aug (2 days b4 the actual GMAT) -- GMAT prep 2 -730 (Q49 V41 without essays) Was happy and confident.
Aug 30 -Actual GMAT - 640 (Q48 V31)
Material used: OG guide, Manhattan SC guide, Kaplan 800.
On the quant side I was comfortable with most topics except for permutation/combination, probability and sets -I was either slow or couldn't not solve them.
One the verbal side I needed to work on SC from the start - the Manhattan SC guide is terrific. Once I got a little comfortable, I focussed on increasing my speed in CR in Kaplan 800 and OG guide but did not focus too much on RC becuase I was comfortable withthem during the MGMATS and GMAT prep tests.
The day before the exam I was very anxious. I have a habit of going through everything I've studied in the past the day before the exam so I went through the same routine. Made up my mind to sleep by 9:30pm so that I was fresh for the test at 8 in the morning. At 2 am in the morning my mind was racing with no sleep all night. Finally, I got some sleep but woke up at 4 without an alarm which is surprising. I realised I was too anxious to get anymore sleep.
During the quant section I felt neutral about my preformance but during the verbal section I started feeling a little tired and was starting to hurry up in the test. I'm tired of blaming factors like lack of sleep and anxiety for poor peformance. Having given numeorus tests in the past including the GRE I feel I should be more comfortable with tests.
I want to give it another shot and would like to make a more robust plan. This may disrupt my MBA plans as I may have to delay my application to the third round or another year. Clearly I need to focus on english to improve my score and sustain my quant performance. I am seeking tips on what I could do to make sure I can improve my consistency in performance. I have run out of the valuable GMAT prep tests though. I plant to purchase the powerscore bible to improve my RC and CR accuracy which I seemed to struggle with in the actual GMAT. I also seem to have a timing issue with verbal questions and end up trying to make best guesses.
I want to start off by expressing a big "thank you" to all the members and the founder for the valuable information and advice in this forum!!
Having said that, one would think that I've not made the best use of all the advice and effort from my GMAT score. I am terribly disappointed and have decided to give it another shot but not quite sure how.
July (mid) -- GMAT prep 1-640 (Q47 V31 without essays)- Felt a solid prep will help boost my score.
July/Aus -MGMATs - 640, 670, 650, 670 with essays in all tests to get used to the marathon test
Aug (2 days b4 the actual GMAT) -- GMAT prep 2 -730 (Q49 V41 without essays) Was happy and confident.
Aug 30 -Actual GMAT - 640 (Q48 V31)
Material used: OG guide, Manhattan SC guide, Kaplan 800.
On the quant side I was comfortable with most topics except for permutation/combination, probability and sets -I was either slow or couldn't not solve them.
One the verbal side I needed to work on SC from the start - the Manhattan SC guide is terrific. Once I got a little comfortable, I focussed on increasing my speed in CR in Kaplan 800 and OG guide but did not focus too much on RC becuase I was comfortable withthem during the MGMATS and GMAT prep tests.
The day before the exam I was very anxious. I have a habit of going through everything I've studied in the past the day before the exam so I went through the same routine. Made up my mind to sleep by 9:30pm so that I was fresh for the test at 8 in the morning. At 2 am in the morning my mind was racing with no sleep all night. Finally, I got some sleep but woke up at 4 without an alarm which is surprising. I realised I was too anxious to get anymore sleep.
During the quant section I felt neutral about my preformance but during the verbal section I started feeling a little tired and was starting to hurry up in the test. I'm tired of blaming factors like lack of sleep and anxiety for poor peformance. Having given numeorus tests in the past including the GRE I feel I should be more comfortable with tests.
I want to give it another shot and would like to make a more robust plan. This may disrupt my MBA plans as I may have to delay my application to the third round or another year. Clearly I need to focus on english to improve my score and sustain my quant performance. I am seeking tips on what I could do to make sure I can improve my consistency in performance. I have run out of the valuable GMAT prep tests though. I plant to purchase the powerscore bible to improve my RC and CR accuracy which I seemed to struggle with in the actual GMAT. I also seem to have a timing issue with verbal questions and end up trying to make best guesses.
