Jeff@TargetTestPrep wrote:Hi pretz,
I would be happy to provide some advice to get you on track to hitting your score goal; however, I have some questions for you:
1) Describe your study routine. For how many hours a day have you been studying and for how many total months? What resources have you been using for your prep?
Also, when you were studying, do you feel as if you were able to achieve linear and targeted learning followed by focused practice? In other words, were you able to master one topic before you moved to the next? For example, when learning about critical reasoning, were you able to learn about all aspects of critical reasoning: strengthen and weaken the conclusion, resolve the paradox, find the conclusion, must be true, etc. and then follow your learning with focused critical reasoning practice?
2) When you took the practice tests, did you take them under realistic conditions (e.g. in a quiet environment, no extended breaks)?
3) To what schools do you plan to apply?
4) What deadlines are you targeting?
Once we get some more information, we can provide some personalized advice.
1) Describe your study routine. For how many hours a day have you been studying and for how many total months? What resources have you been using for your prep? - My study routine so far was as below:
Took my first mock on June 3rd and then started focusing on Quant more than Verbal.
Studied for around 4 hours per day for 2 months now. I used the below resources during my preparation: MGMAT study guides, Official Guide 2016, eGMAT - Verbal Online and GMAT Club Quant Tests.
1a) Also, when you were studying, do you feel as if you were able to achieve linear and targeted learning followed by focused practice? In other words, were you able to master one topic before you moved to the next? For example, when learning about critical reasoning, were you able to learn about all aspects of critical reasoning: strengthen and weaken the conclusion, resolve the paradox, find the conclusion, must be true, etc. and then follow your learning with focused critical reasoning practice?
I think I Was able to achieve such progress in Quant but didn't master each topic 100%. Quant - I didn't focus on Word Problems and Standard Deviation, I studied only 500 level problems for these topics, however, mastered 80% of the concepts in all areas - NP, Algebra, etc. Verbal - I mastered only Sentence Correction. I am very weak in Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension.
2) When you took the practice tests, did you take them under realistic conditions (e.g. in a quiet environment, no extended breaks)? - I took the tests in realistic conditions except that I didn't focus on AWA and IR
3) To what schools do you plan to apply? - Please see the table below:
4) What deadlines are you targeting?
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