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how to study in two months to get 650 and above

by deepakk » Sun Mar 30, 2014 1:30 am
Hi,

Please help me out so that I can give GMAT in two months.

I have given mock test and
My scores are:
Gmat Prep 370(Quants 32 ,Verbal 11)
Gmat Prep 470(Quants 37 ,Verbal 16)
MGMAT -550 (Quants 39 ,Verbal 28)
MGMAT-570(Quants 40,Verbal 29)
MGMAT-600(Quants 45,Verbal 28)
MGMAT-620(Quants 46,verbal 27)
Real Gmat 530(quants 45,verbal 19)

I have given all my exam on my laptop but sitting on the chair keeping my laptop on the table.
For Gmat prep only I did IR and AWA.

I took mock in early morning(7.30 AM)
My real exam was at 9.00 AM.

I took break after each section for 8 mins in Mock Test.

Currently I am doing LSAT Critical reasoning.

I have to apply for early round in 2015.

I want to get over with GMAT so that I can prepare for interview and for other application requirement.

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by ThomasLHall » Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:21 am
Hi Deepak. With emphasis on your verbal prep and to a lesser degree your Quant abilities, you can greatly improve your score. Going up 120 points in two months is possible if you prep intelligently.

I'm not sure using LSAT problems is your best bet for Critical Reasoning prep right now as there are lots of difficult GMAT CR problems that would likely be more representative of the test.

I've just published GMAT Clarity, a guide to self-study that will be extremely helpful in your prep. It will make sure you are doing all the little things right in your prep and help you really increase your score.
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by [email protected] » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:05 am
Hi deepakk,

You're made some nice improvements over the last 2 months, but something significant was different either during Test Day or in the way in which you took your practice CATs.

When you took your practice CATs, did you ever do anything unrealistic (such as skipping sections, pausing the exam, retaking a test, etc.)? On Test Day, was there anything that stands out as a significant difference? Did you have trouble sleeping the night before?

In addition to your continued studies, some thought should be put into the above issue. If you can't define it (and fix it) there's a chance that it could happen again.

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by deepakk » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:37 am
Hi,

In verbal section, for every single question I thought I have not studied anything.

I could not think of Strategy for solving SC or CR.

For Example I know that for strengthen and weakening question I need to find the conclusion and the supporting premise but to find the answer I was not sure about a single question that I am making it correct.

And that's why I was running out of time.

The 2nd thing:I felt that I know nothing and even for the question I took three minutes to solve I was not sure that if my answer is correct.

This is not happening in Quant though.

I felt that Quant was easy though I will study maths as well for scoring 48-49.

In test I was not able to do anything.

During practice test I was not taking break for more than 6 min.

I didn't do IR in any practice test but in Real test also I hardly focussed on IR Part.

You can see from my test score that the Quant score is more or less the same as in my Real Test.

Now if I get a CR question(Level 600)I will do it in a minute or two but If i get the same in Real test I know I will not be able to find any clue how to do that.

Currently I am doing OG CR and LSAT CR.

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by [email protected] » Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:10 pm
Hi deepakk,

Some aspects of your study plan were/are unrealistic and don't "match up" well with Test Day. You'll have to make some adjustments to your plan if you want to continue increasing your score:

1) The Official GMAT requires you to deal with an Essay and IR before you deal with the Quant and Verbal sections. You need to TRAIN for THAT experience. Skipping sections during your practice means that you did not train yourself for the length of the GMAT. You were likely too tired to do well during the Verbal section. Based on what you've described, you seemed lost and unsure of yourself at that point in the test.

2) GMAT CR involves a limited number of question types and are written in "GMAT style." Studying LSAT LR questions will expose you to question types that DO NOT occur on the GMAT as well as patterns/logic that you will NOT see on the GMAT. You'd be better served focusing on GMAT material.

3) The information that you provided makes me think that you've been self-studying primarily with books. You put together a plan that got you this far, but you didn't have consistent, professional help to guide you. The Verbal section of the GMAT is fairly straight-forward and predictable as long as you know the patterns behind it. My suggestion is that you consider enrolling in a GMAT Course. Learning the proper tactics and having a study plan that covers everything you'll need should help you to get over this current set of problems.

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