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Strategy for the actual test

by sachinjain19 » Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:14 am
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I completed all the basic concepts and took three different mock test( 2 MGMAT and 1 GMATPREP)
Scored consistently in 630-650 range inspite of analysing the mocks and understanding weak areas( and working on them) i am not able to push my score further.
My test is on 18th october, is there a strategy which i can use to boost my score further.
I am kind of confused here. Any feedback can help me.

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:52 am
sachinjain19 wrote:Hi

I completed all the basic concepts and took three different mock test( 2 MGMAT and 1 GMATPREP)
Scored consistently in 630-650 range inspite of analysing the mocks and understanding weak areas( and working on them) i am not able to push my score further.
My test is on 18th october, is there a strategy which i can use to boost my score further.
I am kind of confused here. Any feedback can help me.

Thanks
Keep in mind that the GMAT is a test of your math and verbal skills AND it's a test of your test-taking skills. So, it may be the case that you understand the concepts, but your test-taking skills (endurance, time management etc) are holding you back.

I say this because you have only taken 3 practice tests so far.

Regarding time management: I suggest that you use a Milestone Chart to keep you on track. This is covered in our free GMAT time management video at https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gener ... es?id=1244

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by David@VeritasPrep » Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:26 am
Remember that 630 - 650 puts you well above most GMAT test takers. Knowing the fundamentals will get you to that level, but please do consider that you are competing against all of those other people who likely also know the fundamentals. What you need to do is to make sure that you learn from each mistake you make and continue to improve.

That is my own personal standard. I know that someone who knows the GMAT as well as I do should never miss a question, but believe me, we all do. Missing a question is not what concerns me, what concerns me is did I learn from it. If I missed something in say, geometry, and if I learned that you can apply a particular rule to determine a seemingly impossible-to-find angle then I am excited because this is something new and missing that question was well worth it to learn. It does not have to be the case that I did not understand the underlying formula or equation it can be enough that I learned that it can be applied in a new situation.

The things that you want to try to eliminate are those mistakes that you should not have made. If learning new things is another step on your GMAT journey, missing questions for the same silly reasons is like being on a treadmill. You think that you are walking somewhere but you are actually just treading the same ground over and over again. MANY people are stuck on this treadmill. If you want to improve you need to "learn" the GMAT just as you have learned the fundamentals.

You need to make sure that you eliminate all of the silly errors that create mistakes that you cannot learn something new from...then you need to focus on improving with every error. You need to look forward to making mistakes since you learn more from these than you do from correct answers.

You have less than 3 weeks so you need to be very active here. Analyze the common threads between the mistakes that you make. Are there changes that will get you multiple additional questions correct? How about your test strategy that Brent mentions? Are you finishing the sections? Are you rushing into errors?

If you provide some more information you can get some more specific advice on how to improve specific aspects over the next 3 weeks.
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