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I am really demotivated from such kind of results

by farooq » Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:15 pm
Hi All:

I am preparing for GMAT from last one and half month. From last 3-4 days I am continuously taking practice test. My hit rate is between 65-70% only. This is for all sections i.e SC, PS, DS etc.

I don't know how should I improve my accuracy in every section. Despite completing Kaplan Math's, I am unable to score beyond 70% in DS or PS.

I completed DS section of OG also. Today I tool a practice test of DS from GMATPrep and score 9 out of 15. I don't know what I should do to survive in this battle.

I always take 25 questions from OG and try to solve them in the given time frame. But when I compare my answers with answers Key of OG, I thought I am doing nothing...I am scoring max 70% only :(

Please help. I am really demotivated from such kind of results.

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by rahulg83 » Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:23 am
hey farooq,
Do u really try to re-read the questions you solved and get a feel of the logic behind the answer? If not, i'd strongly suggest that just don't count the number of right or wrong ones and be ecstatic or sad abut your score, rather try to read the reasoning behind each and every answer choice. No matter you are doing a question right or wrong, you should always look for the explanations.
it seems that your test date is still far away. So the best option is to practice and more practice..just don't go by the quantity, but the quality.
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Understand the basics and practice

by subhasis8877 » Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:30 am
Understand the basics will work.I suggest go through manahattan guides.They covers almost every kind of of GMAT problem..that likely to occur in actual GMAT
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by VP_Jim » Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:46 pm
rahulg83 wrote:hey farooq,
Do u really try to re-read the questions you solved and get a feel of the logic behind the answer? If not, i'd strongly suggest that just don't count the number of right or wrong ones and be ecstatic or sad abut your score, rather try to read the reasoning behind each and every answer choice. No matter you are doing a question right or wrong, you should always look for the explanations.
it seems that your test date is still far away. So the best option is to practice and more practice..just don't go by the quantity, but the quality.
I totally agree with this, and I'll also add:

It's not how many questions you get right. Your score depends on the difficulty of those questions - not the raw percentange. So, if you're getting 70% of the most difficult problems right, you're in a much different place than if you're getting 70% of the easiest problems right. The OG sections go in order of difficulty, so that might give you some idea where you are. But, to really get a feel for how you're doing, you need to take a practice CAT. There are lots available online. Here's a link to the free Veritas test.

https://www.veritasprep.com/gmat-prepara ... tice-GMAT/

Good luck!
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by 4score20 » Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:28 pm
Kaplan is great for students aiming for 500-650. Students trying to score higher should try a different source of prep - perhaps Manhattan GMAT. Also, read well-written newspapers and journals to improve your reading comprehension.
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by farooq » Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:07 pm
Thanks to all.

Definitely, I'll follow the above mentioned approaches.

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