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mwelsh
- Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts
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- Joined: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:14 am
- Location: Chapel Hill, NC
- GMAT Score:720
Hi all,
I took the GMAT today and got 720 (Q-44, V-45). I'm trying to find out how much I could improve and what it would take.
My practice test scores were:
GMAT Prep 1: 720
GMAT Prep 2: 700
GMAT Focus 1 (Q): 37-45
GMAT Focus 2 (Q): 41-47
GMAT Focus 3 (Q): 46-50
Kaplan Book Online Test: 680 (Q-46, V-40)
Princeton Review Book Online Test 1 (V): 43
PR Book Online Test 2 (V): 39
For the GMAT Prep tests, the quantitative scores were higher than the verbal scores, but I don't remember what they were.
For studying, I took the first two GMAT Focus (Q) about 1.5 months ago, separated by about a week. During that week, I studied for roughly 10 hours by doing quantitative problems. I had planned to study regularly for the next 1.5 months, but up until a week ago, I had studied only an additional 2-3 hours. Last Saturday I took GMAT Prep #1 and then I studied about 2-4 hours per day starting Sunday evening (except Thursday) until yesterday afternoon. I took all the remaining practice tests in that time, including GMAT Prep #2, which I took yesterday afternoon. That was the first time I wrote the essays.
Today during the test, I found the quantitative section to be pretty difficult. I made a point to double check my answers on the 1st 10 questions because I had read they were more important. I'm not sure this was wise, because I ran out of time, something I had not done during the practice tests. I had 8 minutes for the remaining 7 questions, and eventually 45 seconds for the final three. The last two questions I selected an answer, but barely read the question.
The verbal section was easier than I expected. I found the reading comprehension to be pretty simple. Only one of the writings was hard to follow. I thought the same thing about the critical reasoning. I thought the sentence correction was tricky. This is the opposite of how I felt about the practice tests.
How difficult would it be for me to imrove to a 760? Would an actual course help, or just more practice? How many hours would it take, overall? I'm sure there are some tricks or just ways to approach certain problems that I'm unaware of. I brushed up on most of the math concepts I was unclear on, but I could have done more. I never did get a firm grasp on problems dealing with factors and multiples.
I feel like my verbal was as good as I could hope for (if not better), but I thought my quantitative would be better. In the past, I've always performed better in quantitative classes and on quantitative tests. If I take it again, am I likely to improve my quantitative and be able to keep the verbal at that level?
Thanks in advance for any feedback.
I took the GMAT today and got 720 (Q-44, V-45). I'm trying to find out how much I could improve and what it would take.
My practice test scores were:
GMAT Prep 1: 720
GMAT Prep 2: 700
GMAT Focus 1 (Q): 37-45
GMAT Focus 2 (Q): 41-47
GMAT Focus 3 (Q): 46-50
Kaplan Book Online Test: 680 (Q-46, V-40)
Princeton Review Book Online Test 1 (V): 43
PR Book Online Test 2 (V): 39
For the GMAT Prep tests, the quantitative scores were higher than the verbal scores, but I don't remember what they were.
For studying, I took the first two GMAT Focus (Q) about 1.5 months ago, separated by about a week. During that week, I studied for roughly 10 hours by doing quantitative problems. I had planned to study regularly for the next 1.5 months, but up until a week ago, I had studied only an additional 2-3 hours. Last Saturday I took GMAT Prep #1 and then I studied about 2-4 hours per day starting Sunday evening (except Thursday) until yesterday afternoon. I took all the remaining practice tests in that time, including GMAT Prep #2, which I took yesterday afternoon. That was the first time I wrote the essays.
Today during the test, I found the quantitative section to be pretty difficult. I made a point to double check my answers on the 1st 10 questions because I had read they were more important. I'm not sure this was wise, because I ran out of time, something I had not done during the practice tests. I had 8 minutes for the remaining 7 questions, and eventually 45 seconds for the final three. The last two questions I selected an answer, but barely read the question.
The verbal section was easier than I expected. I found the reading comprehension to be pretty simple. Only one of the writings was hard to follow. I thought the same thing about the critical reasoning. I thought the sentence correction was tricky. This is the opposite of how I felt about the practice tests.
How difficult would it be for me to imrove to a 760? Would an actual course help, or just more practice? How many hours would it take, overall? I'm sure there are some tricks or just ways to approach certain problems that I'm unaware of. I brushed up on most of the math concepts I was unclear on, but I could have done more. I never did get a firm grasp on problems dealing with factors and multiples.
I feel like my verbal was as good as I could hope for (if not better), but I thought my quantitative would be better. In the past, I've always performed better in quantitative classes and on quantitative tests. If I take it again, am I likely to improve my quantitative and be able to keep the verbal at that level?
Thanks in advance for any feedback.
