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Gmat in 2 days,Avg test score 650,Q:45 V:33.

by anantsch » Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:47 am
Hi people,
This is an SOS call.I have to take the gmat in almost 60 hours and have been getting an average ive stated in the subject.This is on princeton review tests.

I got 660 and 670 on GMat Prep.ter.

I need to do better(duh!!!! ) but i had 3 weeks to prepare.
Now i need a miracle to get 700+ but i would appreciate if any of u could give me pointers.

Thanks a gazillion!!!
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by tpr-becky » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:31 am
Calm Down, deep breath! At this point you can only do what you can do, use this time to review your basic steps and work on problems for concept and technique. Is your issue time? then you might want to give yourself permission to skip a couple problems - then identify which problems you have the most trouble with and decide to simply guess on those to give yourself time for other questions.

If your problem is "silly mistakes" then try to approach the test more methodically.

Those that go into the real test with calm confidence can certainly improve on their previous test scores. When you are taking the test don't focus on the score you want, instead focus on giving each question the focused attention it deserves and being methodical.

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by anantsch » Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:57 am
Thanks a lot Becky.I have been trying to improve my score in verbal by reducing the number of wrong answers and increasing the gap betweenwrong answers.But i keep getting 11-12 wrong no matter what approach i take.
So im concentrating on SC/CR Drills to improve my average.I plan to relax after sunday afternoon and just do some light review as my exam is on monday morning.

Keeping my fingers crossed.Will let u know my score for sure.

Thanks again
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by jaguar123 » Sat Oct 01, 2011 4:39 am
How many questions wrong in the verbal - split. Is it because of lack time - crashing at the end?
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by anantsch » Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:34 am
Though i have a time crunch in maths where im generally left with 5 questions and less than 5 mins,in verbal i always finish with more than 10 mins in hand.And no matter how hard i try to pay attention in verbal and increase time spet on questions , i always have those 7-10 mins.
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by MarkPaul » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:53 am
Anantsch, hope the exam went well.

I am running into similar problems and am averaging a similar score (Q44 V34). I have only 3 days until my exam and my goal has been to achieve a score of 700+ so I'm not where I would like to be but I have improved my score by 100pts thus far so I'm pleased with my progress.
Timing has always been a serious issue for me when taking my CAT's. I am regularly left with several questions at the end of each section, more so with verbal. For example, on the verbal section of my last CAT I got 6 out of the last 8 questions incorrect because of time issues. There are other, more fundamental issues that I could improve upon if I had another month to prepare but let's throw those out for now out and focus on what I can do these next few days. I know I can improve my test strategy and maybe improve on a few small topics but I have limited time left to prepare.
I guess my question is how should I handle these next few days? Its Monday now... I have tonight, tomorrow night, and Wednesday night to get my last work in before my exam on Thursday. I will say I feel better about the test than I have in the past and I am still very happy with my improvement thus far.

Best,

Mark
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