Hi.
I am on the last stages of my prep for the gmat, which is exactly two weeks away from today i.e on the 24th of March, '14. This will be my second and final attempt. I got a disappointing 640(Q-48,V-31) in my first attempt, dated Dec 22,2013.
This post is regarding the MGMAT CAT scores that I have been getting.
I just gave my third MGMAT CAT, and scored 680(Q-44, V-38) . I find that the quant in the MGMAT CAT is extremely tough, and this is adversely affecting my score and my confidence . Being a non-native English speaker and generally pretty good at quant, this is becoming worrisome for me.
In my first attempt, I had taken the first GMAT prep Official test a week before the exam, and the second GMAT prep Official test 3 days before my exam. In both these tests, I managed to score exactly 700 without giving myself any unfair advantage. However, in the free MGMAT CAT that i had given in my first attempt, about 4-5days before my exam, I scored 640, which was a nightmare figure for me, and I scored the same in the actual GMAT. That is why these MGMAT test results are unnerving me. They seem to predict a gloomy future for me yet again.
The following is a description of the CATs I have taken in the last 30 days.
- I took the princeton- free GMAT CAT about 3 weeks ago, and scored a 710.
- In the retake of the free MGMAT that I had taken 2 weeks ago (about 70 days after I had originally taken the test and scored a 640), I scored 670. My verbal had improved (38 i think) but quant was again poor.
- In the 2nd MGMAT test, that i took about 10 days ago, I scored a 690(V-38,Q-44). In this test, I recognized at least 5 questions and therefore pretty much remembered the answers and the solutions. However, the quant in this CAT literally had all 700-800 level questions except 1 600-700 level question.
- In the Veritas free GMAT diagnostic that I had taken between MGMAT CAT 1(retake) and MGMAT CAT 2, I scored a 720.
- In the Kaplan- free diagnostic GMAT CAT, i scored a 720.
- In the GMAC Official test 1 (retake) that i had taken about about 5 days back, I scored 750(Q-50, V-41). I recognized several questions(from the first time around, about 3 months ago), and remembered how to solve them correctly.
- And finally today, in MGMAT CAT-3, I scored 680 (Q-44, V-38) as mentioned previously.
For me, the MGMAT seems to be a recurring nightmare. Every time I give the MGMAT, the words "MGMAT quant will knock your socks off" which I had read in one of the posts on this forum, ring in my head. I feel that the lowest I score in any mock test I give, is my true reality and level of prep.
After every exam, I spend 2 hours or more, analyzing my mistakes and reviewing the questions in which I got my educated guesses right. Yet, despite the improvement in Verbal, which always seemed more of a daunting task than getting a 50 or 50+ in quant, MGMAT quant just keeps kicking my ass.
I have 14 days from today to my actual CAT. Please provide suggestions as to how I can improve my quant, and not let it negatively compensate for the improvements I have made in Verbal.
I have been doing the Kaplan 800 math book, and I find it rather easy. I have gone through all the MGMAT math books, which don't really have a lot of questions to practice, and solved the OG-13, and official quant and verbal review and created an error log for all three. I plan to review these and solve the incorrect questions again in the following days. Yet, as I mentioned already, the MGMAT is my nightmare, and the fact that it was the only exam that correctly predicted my score in the actual GMAT exam makes me shiver when I find that I cant even touch 700 on the MGMATs.
Sorry for the long post.
Any and all suggestions are desperately welcomed.
Regards,
Pawan
I am on the last stages of my prep for the gmat, which is exactly two weeks away from today i.e on the 24th of March, '14. This will be my second and final attempt. I got a disappointing 640(Q-48,V-31) in my first attempt, dated Dec 22,2013.
This post is regarding the MGMAT CAT scores that I have been getting.
I just gave my third MGMAT CAT, and scored 680(Q-44, V-38) . I find that the quant in the MGMAT CAT is extremely tough, and this is adversely affecting my score and my confidence . Being a non-native English speaker and generally pretty good at quant, this is becoming worrisome for me.
In my first attempt, I had taken the first GMAT prep Official test a week before the exam, and the second GMAT prep Official test 3 days before my exam. In both these tests, I managed to score exactly 700 without giving myself any unfair advantage. However, in the free MGMAT CAT that i had given in my first attempt, about 4-5days before my exam, I scored 640, which was a nightmare figure for me, and I scored the same in the actual GMAT. That is why these MGMAT test results are unnerving me. They seem to predict a gloomy future for me yet again.
The following is a description of the CATs I have taken in the last 30 days.
- I took the princeton- free GMAT CAT about 3 weeks ago, and scored a 710.
- In the retake of the free MGMAT that I had taken 2 weeks ago (about 70 days after I had originally taken the test and scored a 640), I scored 670. My verbal had improved (38 i think) but quant was again poor.
- In the 2nd MGMAT test, that i took about 10 days ago, I scored a 690(V-38,Q-44). In this test, I recognized at least 5 questions and therefore pretty much remembered the answers and the solutions. However, the quant in this CAT literally had all 700-800 level questions except 1 600-700 level question.
- In the Veritas free GMAT diagnostic that I had taken between MGMAT CAT 1(retake) and MGMAT CAT 2, I scored a 720.
- In the Kaplan- free diagnostic GMAT CAT, i scored a 720.
- In the GMAC Official test 1 (retake) that i had taken about about 5 days back, I scored 750(Q-50, V-41). I recognized several questions(from the first time around, about 3 months ago), and remembered how to solve them correctly.
- And finally today, in MGMAT CAT-3, I scored 680 (Q-44, V-38) as mentioned previously.
For me, the MGMAT seems to be a recurring nightmare. Every time I give the MGMAT, the words "MGMAT quant will knock your socks off" which I had read in one of the posts on this forum, ring in my head. I feel that the lowest I score in any mock test I give, is my true reality and level of prep.
After every exam, I spend 2 hours or more, analyzing my mistakes and reviewing the questions in which I got my educated guesses right. Yet, despite the improvement in Verbal, which always seemed more of a daunting task than getting a 50 or 50+ in quant, MGMAT quant just keeps kicking my ass.
I have 14 days from today to my actual CAT. Please provide suggestions as to how I can improve my quant, and not let it negatively compensate for the improvements I have made in Verbal.
I have been doing the Kaplan 800 math book, and I find it rather easy. I have gone through all the MGMAT math books, which don't really have a lot of questions to practice, and solved the OG-13, and official quant and verbal review and created an error log for all three. I plan to review these and solve the incorrect questions again in the following days. Yet, as I mentioned already, the MGMAT is my nightmare, and the fact that it was the only exam that correctly predicted my score in the actual GMAT exam makes me shiver when I find that I cant even touch 700 on the MGMATs.
Sorry for the long post.
Any and all suggestions are desperately welcomed.
Regards,
Pawan
(V-43,Q-44) . Only 1 repeat question, complete exam conditions and no pauses. Phew! Feels like I crossed a psychological barrier with this(crossing 700 on MGMAT), despite the fact that quant has been stuck at exactly 44 since the last three Mgmat CATs ! Feels good all the same. 
