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uwhusky
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I'll set my emotions aside, because I know this is a decent score for a lot of people. Only thing I'll say is that this is below my goal, and that I will give GMAT a third and final shot at end of September.
My background relating to GMAT only:
10+ years since last math class, I was a liberal art major. Never actually learned grammar, was taught mainly on how to write stylistically, but never on the rules of writing (and sadly, no one has ever suggested me to read a grammar book).
I wasn't sure if I am ready to share my story yet, so I'll just share a little bit and maybe answer some questions.
I only took 1 GMAT prep between my first and second take, and it was taken roughly a week before the test with the exact split, except that GMAT prep gave me 700. So yes, GMAT prep is pretty darn accurate, or at least for me.
I was able to successfully raise my score in quant from 44 to 48, but unfortunately I only raised one point in verbal from 34 to 35.
What I did for quant was investing a lot of time in Word Problems and data sufficiency questions, and these two areas and number properties are what I believe to be the bulk of what GMAT quant is all about. I was actually quite surprised to see two problem solving combinatorics questions on my way to a 48, but both of them were rather straight forward if you know the concepts.
Verbal is something I continue to struggle, and although I think I have pretty much peaked in CR and maybe even RC, I really don't think SC is something that someone can simply "get" within short amount of time. Prior to my GMAT, I didn't really know the difference between an adjective and an adverb, and I certainly didn't know what a fragment was =). So to all of sudden be bombarded with all these new concepts, and at the same time, to be able to spot these errors, is a pretty darn difficult situation.
That's all folks. I might have a better debrief after my third attempt.
My background relating to GMAT only:
10+ years since last math class, I was a liberal art major. Never actually learned grammar, was taught mainly on how to write stylistically, but never on the rules of writing (and sadly, no one has ever suggested me to read a grammar book).
I wasn't sure if I am ready to share my story yet, so I'll just share a little bit and maybe answer some questions.
I only took 1 GMAT prep between my first and second take, and it was taken roughly a week before the test with the exact split, except that GMAT prep gave me 700. So yes, GMAT prep is pretty darn accurate, or at least for me.
I was able to successfully raise my score in quant from 44 to 48, but unfortunately I only raised one point in verbal from 34 to 35.
What I did for quant was investing a lot of time in Word Problems and data sufficiency questions, and these two areas and number properties are what I believe to be the bulk of what GMAT quant is all about. I was actually quite surprised to see two problem solving combinatorics questions on my way to a 48, but both of them were rather straight forward if you know the concepts.
Verbal is something I continue to struggle, and although I think I have pretty much peaked in CR and maybe even RC, I really don't think SC is something that someone can simply "get" within short amount of time. Prior to my GMAT, I didn't really know the difference between an adjective and an adverb, and I certainly didn't know what a fragment was =). So to all of sudden be bombarded with all these new concepts, and at the same time, to be able to spot these errors, is a pretty darn difficult situation.
That's all folks. I might have a better debrief after my third attempt.
Yep.
