Hi All,
I gave my GMAT few weeks back and got a 650 (49, 30v), since i am not satisfied with the score i plan to retake the exam in first week of Dec.
What went wrong for me
- Weak in verbal (i used to get 32-36 during my practise sessions)
- Mismanaged my time (Happened with me for the first time). Had 20 questions in pipeline with only 30 min in pocket. Hence, i paniced and started solving questions at a very fast pace (I think i went wrong here). Now that i look back, i probably should i spend 2 min per question on 12-15 questions and marked the remaining on feel good factor
Areas of concern - Verbal
- CR - Going thru Powerscore right now, seems to be useful. Will come to know the full impact once i am done with the book. Rest i only plan to solve question. It used to be strength area, but i faced lot of problem during the exam (I think it was a major time eater for me)
- RC - I use the MGMAT appraoch and saw improvement in the score, so will continue doing it
- SC - My biggest area of concern. Plan to change my appraoch rather find an approach - spend more time on analysis and less time on solving the question. Plan to redo OG 10, 11, Kaplan and read MGMAT SC book again. I also plan to skim through Wren & Martin (Not sure what is the best way to study it - any comments)
Road Blocks
- Practise Material - I had covered OG 10 and 11 twice during my first attempt and now that i try to solve the questions again, i cant, coz i remember the answers
- SC Approach - I have clear RC (making notes) and CR (Conclusion method) approah in mind, therefore i have not faced significant problem with them. However, i DONT have any strategy for how to tackle SC question - what do i do when i read a question
- Eliminiate options one by one - based on 8 type of errors
- Look for basic errors i.e. subject verb, pronouns, idoms (suggested by a spanish IBanker on the forum) and rest is on feel good factor
- Any other approach ??
Guys pls pls help me on this
Thanks,
SM
I gave my GMAT few weeks back and got a 650 (49, 30v), since i am not satisfied with the score i plan to retake the exam in first week of Dec.
What went wrong for me
- Weak in verbal (i used to get 32-36 during my practise sessions)
- Mismanaged my time (Happened with me for the first time). Had 20 questions in pipeline with only 30 min in pocket. Hence, i paniced and started solving questions at a very fast pace (I think i went wrong here). Now that i look back, i probably should i spend 2 min per question on 12-15 questions and marked the remaining on feel good factor
Areas of concern - Verbal
- CR - Going thru Powerscore right now, seems to be useful. Will come to know the full impact once i am done with the book. Rest i only plan to solve question. It used to be strength area, but i faced lot of problem during the exam (I think it was a major time eater for me)
- RC - I use the MGMAT appraoch and saw improvement in the score, so will continue doing it
- SC - My biggest area of concern. Plan to change my appraoch rather find an approach - spend more time on analysis and less time on solving the question. Plan to redo OG 10, 11, Kaplan and read MGMAT SC book again. I also plan to skim through Wren & Martin (Not sure what is the best way to study it - any comments)
Road Blocks
- Practise Material - I had covered OG 10 and 11 twice during my first attempt and now that i try to solve the questions again, i cant, coz i remember the answers
- SC Approach - I have clear RC (making notes) and CR (Conclusion method) approah in mind, therefore i have not faced significant problem with them. However, i DONT have any strategy for how to tackle SC question - what do i do when i read a question
- Eliminiate options one by one - based on 8 type of errors
- Look for basic errors i.e. subject verb, pronouns, idoms (suggested by a spanish IBanker on the forum) and rest is on feel good factor
- Any other approach ??
Guys pls pls help me on this
Thanks,
SM
