my baseline score 340

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sehrish_dogar: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 23; Joined: Tue Jun 15, 2010 4:22 amFollowed by: 1 member; Location: Hyderabad, Pakistan; Thanked: 2 times

by sehrish_dogar » Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:46 am

i started my prep some three months ago. tried taking the gmatprep to see my baseline score but the questions made no sense to me and i was merely guessing. i thought to first learn the concepts of quant from MGMAT quant guides and then try GMATprep 1. after three months or so i have taken the GMATprep yesterday and scored as low as 340. points to be kept in mind:
1) i havnt touched the verbal section as yet
2) since i have been doing quants for some three months, most of the concepts had rubbed off my mind cuase i attempted the test without any revisions.

my target score: 550
test date: 1st oct

this leaves me with exact 2 months. can you please guide on how to move about ahead? what strategies to consider?
i intend to study SC MGMAT, RC 99, CR BIBLE for verbal. iam maintaining the error log provided with 60 day gmat prep guide. do you guys see hope of a 200 points improvement in two months? if so how?
your comments are more than welcome. thanks.

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akhilsuhag: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 351; Joined: Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:25 pmFollowed by: 4 members; Thanked: 57 times

by akhilsuhag » Tue Aug 02, 2011 3:12 am

Hi,

This is just an opinion. If self study is not working for you, since after 3 months you stand almost where you started. Why don't you try a different approach. Try online classes or smthin, there are some companies out there that gurantee a 50 point increase!!

Also I am not sure if you are maintainin an error log and going back to the problems you got wrong, and y you got them wrong. This is the most important part of the prep, if you read through the forums you will realise how important this is. Their are some very good error logs available on the forum itself. Check them out.

Also, why don't you post in detail what your score break up is so that experts can suggest a closer and appropriate solution. What was the breakdown of the incorrect answers and the sub breakdown. This will again let you know what to work on.

The most important thing is not to loose heart. With some determined effort and quality preparation you can easily get above your desired score. I can only guess that you need very strong basics and the rest will follow. It is for this that I suggested a different approach other than self prep.

I hope you find it useful.

Akhil

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FutureWorks: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 311; Joined: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:42 amFollowed by: 18 members; Thanked: 45 times

by FutureWorks » Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:34 pm

sehrish_dogar wrote:i started my prep some three months ago. tried taking the gmatprep to see my baseline score but the questions made no sense to me and i was merely guessing. i thought to first learn the concepts of quant from MGMAT quant guides and then try GMATprep 1. after three months or so i have taken the GMATprep yesterday and scored as low as 340. points to be kept in mind:
1) i havnt touched the verbal section as yet
2) since i have been doing quants for some three months, most of the concepts had rubbed off my mind cuase i attempted the test without any revisions.

my target score: 550
test date: 1st oct

this leaves me with exact 2 months. can you please guide on how to move about ahead? what strategies to consider?
i intend to study SC MGMAT, RC 99, CR BIBLE for verbal. iam maintaining the error log provided with 60 day gmat prep guide. do you guys see hope of a 200 points improvement in two months? if so how?
your comments are more than welcome. thanks.

Hello Sehrish

Juggling between work and studies is tough so you need to define a significant time for your GMAT preparation. Sometimes taking few days off work for preparing for the GMAT can help a person tremendously. If you have time this may not be a bad idea. Take practise GMAT tests to see how you are doing. If you cannot do that don't worry. What might work instead is to set aside 1-2 hours at night on weekdays and major part of your weekend to study and prepare for GMAT- in this case we will suggest a good 2-3 months preparation. However we recommend you to keep taking practise tests to gauge your performance. It will help you in identifying your weak areas and you can focus on them accordingly.

There are various ways you can use to practise for your GMAT. You might need to change your practise style and try this combination to provide you flexibility and different styles to practise so it doesn't get monotonous.

It could be combination of-

1-Books- Books like- The Official Guide for GMAT Review, The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review, The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review etc could be used.

2-Online Study Guide: Websites like Knewton, Grockit etc provide you with practise questions online.

3-Smart phone applications- Kaplan, Veritas etc offer applications to prepare for GMAT on your smart phones.

Find out where you stand with our Free Assessment Test or drop your resume at [email protected]

Thanks!
Kavita Singh
FutureWorks Consulting

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