I am on a learning Plateau! Need help to recover!
I took a diagnostic with Manhattan GMAT and Kaplan, the scores were very close to each other; around 540, 560! (Very consistent across sections as well 34 Verbal, 34 Quant) ;
But I decided that I will benefit from a training program, and enrolled in a 9 session course. I began seeing the benefit from the course, I truly did. The strategies were interesting and the plan was concise and well structured. I should admit I did not follow it to the 'T' but did a lot of work over the course of the 9 weeks (at least 80 - 100 Hours).
I took a test after 2 weeks and my score dipped to 500, I was told that was common and I ignored it, dint loose sleep over it. Through the prep session my focus was always on Quant as I strongly believed that is my core weak area.
I took a Vertitas Diagnostic after two more weeks got a 500, I was worried now!
I decided consistency is key and took a Kaplan test and got a 440;
I took a Manhattan test (Couldn't manage time at all) did very poorly and stood at 440 again. Seems consistent across multiple algorithms.
I am extremely dejected and see my prep schedule slipping I am no longer confident I can meet the April 11th test date. I am traveling internationally from May and wanted to get this done before then. But with this standard I don't think I am even close.
I don't know how to recover! I work individual sections pretty well, my sentence correction and critical reasoning in my learning attempts are much better than on a mock test. I am loosing focus and need to hear from the experts.
I am scared to take an other test and maybe get a 200! I haven't changed my style of taking the test, no unwanted breaks, no phone calls, quiet room, same scrap book, but its like a different person taking the test!
My target score is between 680 and 720 I was 120 point away from the lower end of the goal when I started and now I am 240 points away! More than a 100% decline in performance, I am confused and on the verge of dropping the idea; Please suggest any recovery tips to turn things around!
I took a diagnostic with Manhattan GMAT and Kaplan, the scores were very close to each other; around 540, 560! (Very consistent across sections as well 34 Verbal, 34 Quant) ;
But I decided that I will benefit from a training program, and enrolled in a 9 session course. I began seeing the benefit from the course, I truly did. The strategies were interesting and the plan was concise and well structured. I should admit I did not follow it to the 'T' but did a lot of work over the course of the 9 weeks (at least 80 - 100 Hours).
I took a test after 2 weeks and my score dipped to 500, I was told that was common and I ignored it, dint loose sleep over it. Through the prep session my focus was always on Quant as I strongly believed that is my core weak area.
I took a Vertitas Diagnostic after two more weeks got a 500, I was worried now!
I decided consistency is key and took a Kaplan test and got a 440;
I took a Manhattan test (Couldn't manage time at all) did very poorly and stood at 440 again. Seems consistent across multiple algorithms.
I am extremely dejected and see my prep schedule slipping I am no longer confident I can meet the April 11th test date. I am traveling internationally from May and wanted to get this done before then. But with this standard I don't think I am even close.
I don't know how to recover! I work individual sections pretty well, my sentence correction and critical reasoning in my learning attempts are much better than on a mock test. I am loosing focus and need to hear from the experts.
I am scared to take an other test and maybe get a 200! I haven't changed my style of taking the test, no unwanted breaks, no phone calls, quiet room, same scrap book, but its like a different person taking the test!
My target score is between 680 and 720 I was 120 point away from the lower end of the goal when I started and now I am 240 points away! More than a 100% decline in performance, I am confused and on the verge of dropping the idea; Please suggest any recovery tips to turn things around!
