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MonicaKhan
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My exam is on Tuesday, but I don't think I'm ready to take it, as I don't think that I can score over 700 (my target range).
After 2 months of studying (really only one month of intensive practice), which included taking the Kaplan prep course, as well as practicing problems from the PR book, OG11, and the Manhattan GMAT Prep SC guide, I just scored 640 (42Q, 38V) on the GMATPrep exam. I've taken about 7 Kaplan exams on which I generally scored between 600 and 650. I didn't fret too much about my Kaplan scores because everyone said that they were underinflated by 50-100 points. However, after scoring a 640 on the GMATPrep exam, I'm not so sure I should take the plunge this Tuesday.
This scoring range makes me nervous. I think that I still have a lot of room to improve in the Quant section, as I am still making a ton of careless errors. I'm much more confident about the Quant section now, and 90% of the time, I know how to solve the problem, but I'm still making careless errors, which are significantly hurting my score. Moreover, I think I can do a better of job of employing backsolving/strategic guessing techniques in order to save time and not feel rushed at the end of the section. For these two reasons, I really think I need to spend some more time practicing Quant problems to square away these careless errors and pick up my pace. Generally on the quant, I score well on the 1st half, and then get almost every other question wrong in the 2nd half because I start rushing.
There is so much material that I didn't cover thoroughly, including the OG books. I completed 80% of the main OG book, but I think I need to complete the entire book and complete the additional Quant and Verbal practice guides to really ensure that I've covered the information. Moreover, I think I could've ventured into the Manhattan GMAT guides, which I've heard are really helpful.
I could be overanalyzing this, but I really think I should reconsider taking the exam on Tuesday. WHAT SHOULD I DO? I have no problem rescheduling the exam to 1 month from now, so if you think that's what I should do, please feel be open and let me know.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! I really need an objective second opinon.
After 2 months of studying (really only one month of intensive practice), which included taking the Kaplan prep course, as well as practicing problems from the PR book, OG11, and the Manhattan GMAT Prep SC guide, I just scored 640 (42Q, 38V) on the GMATPrep exam. I've taken about 7 Kaplan exams on which I generally scored between 600 and 650. I didn't fret too much about my Kaplan scores because everyone said that they were underinflated by 50-100 points. However, after scoring a 640 on the GMATPrep exam, I'm not so sure I should take the plunge this Tuesday.
This scoring range makes me nervous. I think that I still have a lot of room to improve in the Quant section, as I am still making a ton of careless errors. I'm much more confident about the Quant section now, and 90% of the time, I know how to solve the problem, but I'm still making careless errors, which are significantly hurting my score. Moreover, I think I can do a better of job of employing backsolving/strategic guessing techniques in order to save time and not feel rushed at the end of the section. For these two reasons, I really think I need to spend some more time practicing Quant problems to square away these careless errors and pick up my pace. Generally on the quant, I score well on the 1st half, and then get almost every other question wrong in the 2nd half because I start rushing.
There is so much material that I didn't cover thoroughly, including the OG books. I completed 80% of the main OG book, but I think I need to complete the entire book and complete the additional Quant and Verbal practice guides to really ensure that I've covered the information. Moreover, I think I could've ventured into the Manhattan GMAT guides, which I've heard are really helpful.
I could be overanalyzing this, but I really think I should reconsider taking the exam on Tuesday. WHAT SHOULD I DO? I have no problem rescheduling the exam to 1 month from now, so if you think that's what I should do, please feel be open and let me know.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! I really need an objective second opinon.
