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fo0lzo: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 29; Joined: Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:04 am

by fo0lzo » Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:27 pm

Okay i'm depressed now......i was studying on and off for about 5 months because of college. I never took the practice test( gmat prep) until today and scored a 270.......so all the studying for the past 5 months didn't pay off.

Q-9
V-16
total 270

Man.....i'm so embarrassed............please help me anyone?

i have been using the OG 11 book and thats it with some other resources.
When i took the practice test the Q section seen alot harder than the OG 11 book......i had plenty of time left over

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by parore26 » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:52 am

Sorry to hear about your score. Don't worry about it though. Since you've been studying on-off it surely contributed to your scoring lower on the practice test.

You should try and set a schedule so you practice regularly and not lose touch with the test. If your school schedule cannot permit about 10 hours of study per week then I'd suggest that you browse this forum once every day for 30-45 minutes look at questions discussed. You will need to prepare and be confident before you take it.

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by mayonnai5e » Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:19 am

Parore has the right idea. You need to set up a consistent study schedule. Studying on and off, while a good introduction to the GMAT, is not sufficient for a good score. Ideas are forgotten, strategies become vague, lessons become unlearned.

Have you gone over the introductory materials for the GMAT or only the OG11 book alone?

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by fo0lzo » Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:56 pm

Yes thats all i have studying just the OG 11 book and and SC and CR notes from this website! Now i'm gonna make sure i do a grid and do the 2 other books that came with the OG 11 book

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by fo0lzo » Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:07 am

I need a study plan......can anybody help me out.......should i tackle each section at a time.....first the PS then DS ? any suggestions??

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by luvaduva » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:34 am

Hey Foolzo,

This is a good place to start:

https://beatthegmat.blocked/2005/08 ... ience.html

It sounds like you are missing the points that are being tested on the questions. Are you checking your answers? You mentioned that you have time left over, which is something that RARELY occurs.

Read through the post in the above link and the subsequent links and posts noted in it. If you are still having issues then I will be willing to provide more guidance.[/url]

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by beatthegmat » Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:18 pm

fo0lzo wrote:I need a study plan......can anybody help me out.......should i tackle each section at a time.....first the PS then DS ? any suggestions??

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by mayonnai5e » Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:18 pm

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by fo0lzo » Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:42 pm

Does it matter if i start the OG 11 supplements (green book) or should i start the OG 11 book all over again??

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by aim-wsc » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:10 am

When are you planning to take the test?

If you have sufficient time, surely you should check green and purple books

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by mayonnai5e » Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:29 am

Personally, I would redo OG11. I say this because your recent cat score is rather low. This indicates that there are some areas that you need to work on, and I think you should try to tackle those general problems first before moving into the supplement books. You may also want to consider going back through the Cracking the GMAT book and the Kaplan 2007 book to relearn the strategies for each type of question.

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by fo0lzo » Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:55 pm

okay i'm redoing the OG 11 ( main book)......and the PS problems seem so much easier than the Gmat Prep. When i did the Gmat Prep hardly any of the question from the MAIN BOOK even showed up for the PS problems. But i'm redoing it and timing myself for each problem and putting my mistakes into an excel file

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by aim-wsc » Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:20 am

I would study suppliment books as I feel they're bit easier than OG11.

It'll also help me build some confidence & pace

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by fo0lzo » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:23 pm

I'm redoing the OG 11 book. I'm doing PS right now.....i'm making alot of CARELESS mistakes. How can i prevent this? I'm just taking my time right now with the GMAT i probably going to take a semester off just to focus on the it

Thanks

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by beatthegmat » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:37 pm

fo0lzo wrote:I'm redoing the OG 11 book. I'm doing PS right now.....i'm making alot of CARELESS mistakes. How can i prevent this? I'm just taking my time right now with the GMAT i probably going to take a semester off just to focus on the it

Thanks

JP

Careless mistakes are usually due to pacing yourself too fast. Try slowing down, and see whether your performance improves.

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