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by suraiya » Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:48 am

Last 2 months I have prepared for gmat and took 2 MGMA cat exams, got score first one 530 (verbal 29 and quant 35), 2nd one 520 (verbal 24 and quant 37), today I appear GMATPrep and got 350 (verbal 14 and quant 26), I need gmat score 500+ that's all for me.
My exam is on 17 December, what to do? Should I appear or should i take more time?
I'm feeling very upset and frustrated. Please give me advice.

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by Bara » Sat Dec 03, 2011 7:59 pm

How did you prepare? Did you only take 2 diagnostics in this entire time? What are your strengths and weaknesses? The essence of effective studying is 'smart' studying, NOT notching up hours...were you studying harder or smarter?

You'll really have to hunker down to see what is not working, then either come back to the forum to see what resources are here - - or how much you can learn on your own, or hire a tutor - - it seems English is not your native language which makes the test more difficult.

The test is coachable - - but you need to know where you stand with it beyond the numbers/score.

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by tpr-becky » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:00 am

The gap you are looking to conquer is quite large - a 350 to a 500 in 2 weeks is a difficult task, but depending on where your problems are you may be able to do it. The key is to study why you were making mistakes, is it becuase you didn't know some of the material? Did you run out of time? Did you make small calculation mistakes? Did you guess when appropriate? there are lots of things that can contribute and all of them can be fixed but you have to determine what the problem is before you fix anything. I would definately suggest you take at least 2 more practice exams before the 17th and that you reall look and see if you know all of the material on the exam very well.

Becky
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