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maus
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Hi Everyone,
It's now about 1.5 months to the big day and I'm trying reassess my study strategy. I've hit a roadblock...
My achilles heel is definitely Quant. I'm scoring low - around 48-50 percentile (average 30-35 questions right). My verbal is much better, averaging around 78-80 percentile (average 36-39 right).
I completed the MGMAT series around March, and have been studying on my own for about 1.5 months. Because of the nature of my timing, I was only able to complete 3 of the MGMAT Cats with dismal scores (580, 490, 500)before my access ran out. I realized in assessing my scores that my pacing was COMPLETELY off - I was using 3-5 minutes for some of the questions. I've since worked on moving on and I think it paid off...somewhat.
I recently bought the full set of MGMAT CATs (so i could take the last couple) and got a 610 on CAT1. Granted i did see some of the same problems over, but I really didn't remember any of them. I was also very puzzled by the EIV question bank - they looked like they were written in alien language and seemed so much harder than what I saw on the CATs.
I know I really need to attack quant - I've been studying the flashcards provided by BTG and just signed up for the practice problems here on the site and am planning on completing the question banks at Manhattan. However, I feel like when I take the CATs that it takes me an unnecessarily long time to actually even comprehend what the question is asking me. It's not uncommon that by the time i really have read and felt like i know what they are asking on the question, it's already 2 mins and time is up -- this creates total panic for me...
Do you guys recommend just going through the MGMAT quant books again and really try to nail down the concepts? Should i just do a ton of practice problems? I've even considered private tutoring, which from what I hear is pretty expensive and may not be the most practical (financially) for me...but...i've spent all this time and effort preparing for this test - if it's what i need, then i'll do it...
do you guys have any suggestions? thank you all and thank god this site is here!
It's now about 1.5 months to the big day and I'm trying reassess my study strategy. I've hit a roadblock...
My achilles heel is definitely Quant. I'm scoring low - around 48-50 percentile (average 30-35 questions right). My verbal is much better, averaging around 78-80 percentile (average 36-39 right).
I completed the MGMAT series around March, and have been studying on my own for about 1.5 months. Because of the nature of my timing, I was only able to complete 3 of the MGMAT Cats with dismal scores (580, 490, 500)before my access ran out. I realized in assessing my scores that my pacing was COMPLETELY off - I was using 3-5 minutes for some of the questions. I've since worked on moving on and I think it paid off...somewhat.
I recently bought the full set of MGMAT CATs (so i could take the last couple) and got a 610 on CAT1. Granted i did see some of the same problems over, but I really didn't remember any of them. I was also very puzzled by the EIV question bank - they looked like they were written in alien language and seemed so much harder than what I saw on the CATs.
I know I really need to attack quant - I've been studying the flashcards provided by BTG and just signed up for the practice problems here on the site and am planning on completing the question banks at Manhattan. However, I feel like when I take the CATs that it takes me an unnecessarily long time to actually even comprehend what the question is asking me. It's not uncommon that by the time i really have read and felt like i know what they are asking on the question, it's already 2 mins and time is up -- this creates total panic for me...
Do you guys recommend just going through the MGMAT quant books again and really try to nail down the concepts? Should i just do a ton of practice problems? I've even considered private tutoring, which from what I hear is pretty expensive and may not be the most practical (financially) for me...but...i've spent all this time and effort preparing for this test - if it's what i need, then i'll do it...
do you guys have any suggestions? thank you all and thank god this site is here!
Maus
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