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venkyraman
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Hey guys,
My name is Venky. Had taken the GMAT yesterday and performed miserably. 500 (q-35 , v-24). I had studied for about 1.5 months and the books i used were KAPLAN 2010, OG 11, OG 12, Manhattan SC guide, Powerscore CR guide (read about a 100 pages and gave up because i wasn't sure how to implement the principles). I also practiced a couple of questions from the OG Verbal & Quant review.
My mock scores were:
GMAT prep 1 - 560
GMAT prep 2 - 590
GMAT prep 3 - 620 (q 35, v 37)
GMAT prep 4 - 640 (q 35, v 39) [score went up slightly maybe owing to repetition in questions]
I do not attribute my reasons for a low score in the actual test to lack of concentration, health or external circumstances. My timing was an issue in Quant and I was rushing through the last 10 questions. I was not starved for time in the verbal section and finished it quite comfortably. I thought my quant section had gone bad but I most definitely was able to focus in the verbal section.
In quant I am not very good with problems related to time, work & distance, solids, counting methods, probability & coordinate geometry. I am comparatively better in the verbal section which is why the actual test results were surprising. I am good at SC & RC but i used to always get a lot of CR questions wrong consistently. I tried reading through powerscore guide and a couple of strategies suggested by people but nothing would ever work for me. Not sure if it is a mental block.
I never made a note of the kind of questions i was getting wrong, the topics they fell under, the principles adopted to solve the problem (especially in the topics mentioned above). Would make a note of the # of questions i was getting wrong after a mock but never really did anything about that. So never had an error log as such.
I will retaking the test on the 20th of Oct. Have no other option since the median score for all colleges that I am applying for is 670+. Could you guys please help me out with preparation techniques? I do not have any solid plan as of now and I am sure I need one if I am to up my score by 200 points.
Thanks.
My name is Venky. Had taken the GMAT yesterday and performed miserably. 500 (q-35 , v-24). I had studied for about 1.5 months and the books i used were KAPLAN 2010, OG 11, OG 12, Manhattan SC guide, Powerscore CR guide (read about a 100 pages and gave up because i wasn't sure how to implement the principles). I also practiced a couple of questions from the OG Verbal & Quant review.
My mock scores were:
GMAT prep 1 - 560
GMAT prep 2 - 590
GMAT prep 3 - 620 (q 35, v 37)
GMAT prep 4 - 640 (q 35, v 39) [score went up slightly maybe owing to repetition in questions]
I do not attribute my reasons for a low score in the actual test to lack of concentration, health or external circumstances. My timing was an issue in Quant and I was rushing through the last 10 questions. I was not starved for time in the verbal section and finished it quite comfortably. I thought my quant section had gone bad but I most definitely was able to focus in the verbal section.
In quant I am not very good with problems related to time, work & distance, solids, counting methods, probability & coordinate geometry. I am comparatively better in the verbal section which is why the actual test results were surprising. I am good at SC & RC but i used to always get a lot of CR questions wrong consistently. I tried reading through powerscore guide and a couple of strategies suggested by people but nothing would ever work for me. Not sure if it is a mental block.
I never made a note of the kind of questions i was getting wrong, the topics they fell under, the principles adopted to solve the problem (especially in the topics mentioned above). Would make a note of the # of questions i was getting wrong after a mock but never really did anything about that. So never had an error log as such.
I will retaking the test on the 20th of Oct. Have no other option since the median score for all colleges that I am applying for is 670+. Could you guys please help me out with preparation techniques? I do not have any solid plan as of now and I am sure I need one if I am to up my score by 200 points.
Thanks.
