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aseem.dhingra
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Hi
This is my first post on this forum, I've been studying for the GMAT for about 2 months now and it's now baffling why I didnt go through this site earlier !
Anyways, I began my preparation targeting a score of 740-750. Before my prep. began I'd given a Veritas test scoring 620 and a non-standardised diagnostic test scoring 640. My quant scores were about 38-40 and verbal scores were 37-39.
I started by doing very basic quant exercises topic wise ( from a couple of books ) and gradually started doing the official guide (12th Edition ). For sentence correction I studied the Manhattan SC Guide 4th Edition and the official guide for RC and SC Questions.
The first 2 mocks i gave after 2 months of preparation ( average - 2hrs a day ) were -
Manhattan gmat free test cat1 -: 710, q45,v41
Kaplan CAT 1 -: 630, q39,v37
The one thing i noticed was that i had more questions wrong in the manhattan test than the kaplan one. My understanding on how the test is scored is still a little raw. To increase my quant score, i finished the Kaplan Maths Workbook just to get an idea of a wider variety of questions.
I gave a GMAT Powerprep mock again and my score was -: 710, q47, v39 . I only had 5/6 questions incorrect on the quant section. In verbal, i had about 5 SC questions incorrect.
After my incessant rambling, my main question is how do i get this up to 740 / 750. I've been reading the topics on here for about an hour and the general idea i've got is that after a point, there's no point in solving more questions or in studying 10-12 different books. I've identified my weak areas in quant and sentence correction / CR but i have no idea about how to progress on them.
Is 750 attainable with the kind of scores i have or do i need a change in strategy ?
Also, is the IR Section in the new pattern going to make a difference in how scores are percieved by colleges ? I'm sorry for such a long post but I'd really appreciate any help on this !
This is my first post on this forum, I've been studying for the GMAT for about 2 months now and it's now baffling why I didnt go through this site earlier !
Anyways, I began my preparation targeting a score of 740-750. Before my prep. began I'd given a Veritas test scoring 620 and a non-standardised diagnostic test scoring 640. My quant scores were about 38-40 and verbal scores were 37-39.
I started by doing very basic quant exercises topic wise ( from a couple of books ) and gradually started doing the official guide (12th Edition ). For sentence correction I studied the Manhattan SC Guide 4th Edition and the official guide for RC and SC Questions.
The first 2 mocks i gave after 2 months of preparation ( average - 2hrs a day ) were -
Manhattan gmat free test cat1 -: 710, q45,v41
Kaplan CAT 1 -: 630, q39,v37
The one thing i noticed was that i had more questions wrong in the manhattan test than the kaplan one. My understanding on how the test is scored is still a little raw. To increase my quant score, i finished the Kaplan Maths Workbook just to get an idea of a wider variety of questions.
I gave a GMAT Powerprep mock again and my score was -: 710, q47, v39 . I only had 5/6 questions incorrect on the quant section. In verbal, i had about 5 SC questions incorrect.
After my incessant rambling, my main question is how do i get this up to 740 / 750. I've been reading the topics on here for about an hour and the general idea i've got is that after a point, there's no point in solving more questions or in studying 10-12 different books. I've identified my weak areas in quant and sentence correction / CR but i have no idea about how to progress on them.
Is 750 attainable with the kind of scores i have or do i need a change in strategy ?
Also, is the IR Section in the new pattern going to make a difference in how scores are percieved by colleges ? I'm sorry for such a long post but I'd really appreciate any help on this !
