Hi All,
I have been following BTG from quite a while now and it helped me a lot in my prep but unfortunately I did very bad on the GMAT exam. After preparing from past 3.5 months, I gave the exam this month- Sept'11 and scored only 490 (Q 39, V 20). During my preps, I scored 650 on Gmat Prep 1 and 610 on GMAT Prep 2.
The biggest mistake which I have made is that I never wrote AWA essays in the Prep tests along with Quant and Verbal. At the day of exam, I was confident that I would be able to pull it up but as soon as the timer for AWA started, a pressure started building up at the back of my mind but still I managed to complete both on time. While doing Quant, I felt that I am doing good but then wasted my time on solving few questions and to finish test on time, I paced myself and ended the exam 5 minutes before.
While doing Verbal also, same thing happened. When 35 minutes were remaining, I still had 22 questions to cover and again in order finish on time, I paced myself and finished 8 minutes before the exam end time. When I saw my final score, I could not believe that I did so bad. I was so shattered that still I am not able to come out of this shock.
From past 1 week, I have been thinking if I should retake the exam or not. How should I increase my score? I know that I have practiced a lot by following the below material.
- OG 12
- Kaplan Online Tests
- GMAT paper tests
- GMAT Prep 1 & 2
After 1 week of introspection, I concluded my weak areas
- Data Sufficiency
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Reasoning
I am seeking help from the experts as how to reorganize my study plan as my target score is 720. Please assist what all things I should keep in mind when I retake the test!!
Thanks,
HK
I have been following BTG from quite a while now and it helped me a lot in my prep but unfortunately I did very bad on the GMAT exam. After preparing from past 3.5 months, I gave the exam this month- Sept'11 and scored only 490 (Q 39, V 20). During my preps, I scored 650 on Gmat Prep 1 and 610 on GMAT Prep 2.
The biggest mistake which I have made is that I never wrote AWA essays in the Prep tests along with Quant and Verbal. At the day of exam, I was confident that I would be able to pull it up but as soon as the timer for AWA started, a pressure started building up at the back of my mind but still I managed to complete both on time. While doing Quant, I felt that I am doing good but then wasted my time on solving few questions and to finish test on time, I paced myself and ended the exam 5 minutes before.
While doing Verbal also, same thing happened. When 35 minutes were remaining, I still had 22 questions to cover and again in order finish on time, I paced myself and finished 8 minutes before the exam end time. When I saw my final score, I could not believe that I did so bad. I was so shattered that still I am not able to come out of this shock.
From past 1 week, I have been thinking if I should retake the exam or not. How should I increase my score? I know that I have practiced a lot by following the below material.
- OG 12
- Kaplan Online Tests
- GMAT paper tests
- GMAT Prep 1 & 2
After 1 week of introspection, I concluded my weak areas
- Data Sufficiency
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Reasoning
I am seeking help from the experts as how to reorganize my study plan as my target score is 720. Please assist what all things I should keep in mind when I retake the test!!
Thanks,
HK
