So I retook the gmat this morning and scored a 750 Q(48)/V(46), and I am happy as can be.
Thought I would share what I did differently the second time around from the first.
My first test I really mismanaged my time on the math and ended up rushing though the last 10 problems in like 10 minutes. I felt ok on the verbal. I think there were a few key things I should have done differently, that I did the second time around.
1. On my first test the week before I did mostly manhattan gmat tests. I think they are good tests, but not what you should be doing the week before. Gmatprep or powerprep both use OG problems which are much more representive of the real gmat material. I think overall those tests should be the focus the final week. I did one every other day the last week.
2. When I missed problems in the gmatprep software and couldnt figure out why I missed them, I went to this site and looked up the problem. I think this is critical to figuring out what key point I was missing.
3. Finally, I did all the OG 12 math problems, and made an excel spread sheet of which ones I missed, and which ones I took more then 2 minutes on. I think later after a week or two I went back and redid all of the problems to make sure I learned the material. To make sure I was doing all the problems at 2 minutes a piece I used the gmat paser program on the iphone (a timer that beeps every 2 minutes.) This also helped me to figure out were I had weaknesses.
4. Basicly, the key take away is OG is your friend the last week I think people should really just focus focus focus on OG instead of any of the other books.
One other note, my verbal improved a lot though all I did for studying was review the Manhattan sentence correction book the day before. For setence correction this book is definitely number 1.
Finally I would just like to thank the creators of this site, and everyone that has posted questions on it. All the information on the site has been invaluable.
To all those still studying. Goodluck!
J
Thought I would share what I did differently the second time around from the first.
My first test I really mismanaged my time on the math and ended up rushing though the last 10 problems in like 10 minutes. I felt ok on the verbal. I think there were a few key things I should have done differently, that I did the second time around.
1. On my first test the week before I did mostly manhattan gmat tests. I think they are good tests, but not what you should be doing the week before. Gmatprep or powerprep both use OG problems which are much more representive of the real gmat material. I think overall those tests should be the focus the final week. I did one every other day the last week.
2. When I missed problems in the gmatprep software and couldnt figure out why I missed them, I went to this site and looked up the problem. I think this is critical to figuring out what key point I was missing.
3. Finally, I did all the OG 12 math problems, and made an excel spread sheet of which ones I missed, and which ones I took more then 2 minutes on. I think later after a week or two I went back and redid all of the problems to make sure I learned the material. To make sure I was doing all the problems at 2 minutes a piece I used the gmat paser program on the iphone (a timer that beeps every 2 minutes.) This also helped me to figure out were I had weaknesses.
4. Basicly, the key take away is OG is your friend the last week I think people should really just focus focus focus on OG instead of any of the other books.
One other note, my verbal improved a lot though all I did for studying was review the Manhattan sentence correction book the day before. For setence correction this book is definitely number 1.
Finally I would just like to thank the creators of this site, and everyone that has posted questions on it. All the information on the site has been invaluable.
To all those still studying. Goodluck!
J
