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sdotgarcia
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A little background. Political Science Major from UC Davis, below 3.0 GPA. 2+ years work experience in the Public Sector and some legal experience. I want to change careers and work in Marketing. Goal GMAT score is above 700 to be competitive and offset my low GPA; goal school is Anderson. I took my first CAT to determine my floor and scored a 480. Started studying around mid April with a test date of June 30. Around mid May I decided I needed more time and rescheduled the test to July 26th. A little over a month before the test, I scored a 570 and felt confident with my studying and progress. I took the GMATPrep test for the first time earlier this month and scored a 530. Since then, my test scores have ranged between 530-580 before retaking the GMATPrep and scoring a 610, finally breaking the 600 mark.
I've seen the improvements and while hopeful, I know two days is not enough to see a drastic improvement. I feared my lack of a math background would be my biggest obstacle, but through my GMAT prep journey I've been able to see improvements with scores in the mid to late 30s and scores in the 40s twice, a Q42 when I scored a 570 on a Kaplan test and a Q46 on my most recent retake of the GMATPrep. I know with more time I can improve improve my concepts and hopefully keep my Quant score in the mid 40s. What has really been my downfall is my bad Verbal scores. I have only cracked the 30s once and while I started really hot in RC, I've seen my abilities in that part of the test get worse as I paid more attention to the other aspects of the test. SC is another area I thought I didn't need to address since I figured it would come along while I took more test and "figure it out" and notice the errors just on practicing questions. That was a dumb way to go about things..
So it's far too late to reschedule and I don't want to see $250 go to waste, I've come to accept that this will be one very expensive practice test, but a the very least I'll gain experience. The next two days I am going to work on the areas I'm strong at and game plan on when to move on in the areas I am weak at. My goal is to score above 600 this weekend. With that in mind, I believe I will need a new study plan and have contemplated the 60 day study guide to keep me focused for the next crack at the GMAT. I know the areas I am weak at are Number Properties, Sentence Correction, and deciphering word problems. Would anyone have suggestions on which route to take?
I've seen the improvements and while hopeful, I know two days is not enough to see a drastic improvement. I feared my lack of a math background would be my biggest obstacle, but through my GMAT prep journey I've been able to see improvements with scores in the mid to late 30s and scores in the 40s twice, a Q42 when I scored a 570 on a Kaplan test and a Q46 on my most recent retake of the GMATPrep. I know with more time I can improve improve my concepts and hopefully keep my Quant score in the mid 40s. What has really been my downfall is my bad Verbal scores. I have only cracked the 30s once and while I started really hot in RC, I've seen my abilities in that part of the test get worse as I paid more attention to the other aspects of the test. SC is another area I thought I didn't need to address since I figured it would come along while I took more test and "figure it out" and notice the errors just on practicing questions. That was a dumb way to go about things..
So it's far too late to reschedule and I don't want to see $250 go to waste, I've come to accept that this will be one very expensive practice test, but a the very least I'll gain experience. The next two days I am going to work on the areas I'm strong at and game plan on when to move on in the areas I am weak at. My goal is to score above 600 this weekend. With that in mind, I believe I will need a new study plan and have contemplated the 60 day study guide to keep me focused for the next crack at the GMAT. I know the areas I am weak at are Number Properties, Sentence Correction, and deciphering word problems. Would anyone have suggestions on which route to take?
