HI All,
I wrote GMAT for the first time in 2010 with very little preparation and got 620. However rather than apply to schools with this ( I had planned to attend top schools such as LBS, Wharton), I got a job in clo's and postponed my plans of obtaining an Msc in Finance.
However 2 years on I have decided to apply to London Business School for their MiF program in hope that this will help me get a job in my preferred area of work (Corp Fin.)
LBS have indicated if I get higher than 650 in my GMAT score that I would be considered for interview and if I got above 700 that would highly bolster my application. As a result I am aiming for a 100pt improvement on my GMAT score of 2010. 720!!!!
I have bought the entire set of MGMAT books and OG books, they arrived today. I have booked my exam date for the 28th of January and I cannot take it any later than that because I will have to start studying for CFA level 2 in February.
My verbal score has always been better than my quants score i
I took a test in August and got 610v (v38 and q35) - lower than my actual GMAT score in 2010 and rather disappointing. Since then I hadn't really had time to do much studying but I got back on the horse last week and just went over some quant areas that i was rather shaky in (Geometry and FDP). I have always always done better in verbal than quants and always run out of time in
Took another test yesterday and I got 640 v39 and q39 .I didn't finish the quant as usual ( missed our 3 questions). And now I have decided to take a more structured approach to my studies as I need to get 720 and I don't want to postpone my test .
Quants are my problem area. I always panic when it comes to the quants. Obviously finishing a section would help a lot but I still believe I need to brush up on the basics esp wrt prblems etc. I would appreciate any guide on completing my studies by the 28th of January. ( the standard one is for 2 months and has more focus on verbal than I need - advice on how to tweak it to make it quant-centric and based on 6 weeks would be much appreciated)
Currently What I am planning on doing is going over the MGMAT books - quant. I thought it would be a good idea to follow the 60 day plan but cut out the verbal part. So I can improve my quant score. ( Next 3 weeks)
And then run over critical reason and reading comprehension as these are my weak areas. spot learn verbal using results on practise questions. ( 2 weeks for Verbal) and the rest for practise tests.
Thanks for taking the time to read and help in advance!
I wrote GMAT for the first time in 2010 with very little preparation and got 620. However rather than apply to schools with this ( I had planned to attend top schools such as LBS, Wharton), I got a job in clo's and postponed my plans of obtaining an Msc in Finance.
However 2 years on I have decided to apply to London Business School for their MiF program in hope that this will help me get a job in my preferred area of work (Corp Fin.)
LBS have indicated if I get higher than 650 in my GMAT score that I would be considered for interview and if I got above 700 that would highly bolster my application. As a result I am aiming for a 100pt improvement on my GMAT score of 2010. 720!!!!
I have bought the entire set of MGMAT books and OG books, they arrived today. I have booked my exam date for the 28th of January and I cannot take it any later than that because I will have to start studying for CFA level 2 in February.
My verbal score has always been better than my quants score i
I took a test in August and got 610v (v38 and q35) - lower than my actual GMAT score in 2010 and rather disappointing. Since then I hadn't really had time to do much studying but I got back on the horse last week and just went over some quant areas that i was rather shaky in (Geometry and FDP). I have always always done better in verbal than quants and always run out of time in
Took another test yesterday and I got 640 v39 and q39 .I didn't finish the quant as usual ( missed our 3 questions). And now I have decided to take a more structured approach to my studies as I need to get 720 and I don't want to postpone my test .
Quants are my problem area. I always panic when it comes to the quants. Obviously finishing a section would help a lot but I still believe I need to brush up on the basics esp wrt prblems etc. I would appreciate any guide on completing my studies by the 28th of January. ( the standard one is for 2 months and has more focus on verbal than I need - advice on how to tweak it to make it quant-centric and based on 6 weeks would be much appreciated)
Currently What I am planning on doing is going over the MGMAT books - quant. I thought it would be a good idea to follow the 60 day plan but cut out the verbal part. So I can improve my quant score. ( Next 3 weeks)
And then run over critical reason and reading comprehension as these are my weak areas. spot learn verbal using results on practise questions. ( 2 weeks for Verbal) and the rest for practise tests.
Thanks for taking the time to read and help in advance!
which means back to the drawing board. my score was really no surprise to me as I was a bunch of nerves and was not comfortable at all during the quantitative section despite having gone through 90% of the quants material on the gmatprepnow website. 
