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I've noticed a funny thing: test anxiety is worst when the test is hard. Someone who suffers from test anxiety (or claims to have problems taking tests on a computer) is just fine filling out a personality quiz online. That's a glib comparison, sure, but if the problem is the test or the computer, ...
- by Bara
Sun Jul 14, 2019 9:34 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Test Day Disappointment, Need Advice for Moving Forward
- Replies: 4
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Go you! Create and initiate an individual plan and stick to it. Honor the whole self taking the test (mindset/zen meditation and eating right). And finding the support you need. For verbal: I concur -- it's biased again non-native American English speakers and there are a few ways to deal with this....
- by Bara
Thu Jul 11, 2019 4:25 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Discouraged kid gets 760 - 20% accuracy on diagnostic exams
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6834
HI Mike, I'm sorry you had this experience and I'm curious since it's a month pat your test, where you stand now. Your story is not unique. I recently wrote a blog article about this very thing, Score Disparity Between Diagnostic and Official GMATs ...here: https://citytestprep.com/score-disparity-b...
- by Bara
Thu Jul 11, 2019 4:14 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Test Day Disappointment, Need Advice for Moving Forward
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1691
The Disparity between Diagnostic & Official GMAT Test Sc
Hi all. With test prep season in starting up ( does it ever really stop? ) we continually hear about the disparities between diagnostic and official test scores. Below I posit how this can be best understood and overcome. This is a perennial issue for students who are shocked and dismayed that their...
- by Bara
Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:05 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: The Disparity between Diagnostic & Official GMAT Test Sc
- Replies: 0
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Tests don't only measure what you know, they measure how well you take tests. Anxiety, lack of focus, and compromised time management can negatively impact your performance and score. On GMAT/GRE Reading portions people believe top performance is based on memorizing details or 'mapping out' the essa...
- by Bara
Fri Jun 21, 2019 1:51 pm- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Master List of Reading Comprehension Resources
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4186
Speed Reading to Improve your GMAT and GRE Scores?
Hi all! Bara Sapir from City Test Prep (Test Prep New York/Test Prep San Francisco). We've been supporting students' reading performance on the GMAT and GRE, quite differently in the test prep landscape...so wanted to pop on here to let y'all know that if your time management is an issue or your RC ...
- by Bara
Wed Feb 27, 2019 6:05 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Speed Reading to Improve your GMAT and GRE Scores?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 945
- by Bara
Wed Feb 27, 2019 4:54 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: My 14-month process is finally over! 640 --> 740 GMAT
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4471
Hi varunsingh26 -- I'm late to the party - - but if you felt nervous during your exam, it might rear it's head other times - - so the following resources might come in handy. The feelings you had and needed to over come (aka get out of their own way when it counts the most) might appear again - - an...
- by Bara
Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:57 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Taking the GMAT in four days. Need advice calming my nerves
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2409
Best Resource to move from a 700 to a 750+
Hi JPM, Numbers and percentages are one thing - - identifying what you get wrong (like you do so with geometry) and HOW you get questions wrong are another. This practice will deepen your knowledge of the material and will help identify the best materials to work with. I recommend you take inventory...
- by Bara
Thu Apr 05, 2018 1:26 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Best Resource to move from 700 to 750
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4525
Hi Coolio, Happy to discuss options with our GMAT experts. Typically, our clients improve up to 150 points, even after studying with other modes and programs. To begin, I'm curious knowing: How you've been prepping to date, The number of hours (and general time of day of study), Materials including ...
- by Bara
Fri Feb 02, 2018 1:40 pm- Forum: Let's Meet Up
- Topic: LOOKING FOR GMAT PRIVATE TUTORING IN BERGEN COUNTY NJ
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2715
We have a two-step solution: STEP 1. I agree that the key to increasing speed on CR- - without sacrificing accuracy - - is getting to the point where you see the logic parts in the given paragraph/material (conclusion, inferences, assumptions, and supporting data (answering the why), and find patter...
- by Bara
Mon Jan 08, 2018 10:20 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Any pointer/tips for CR speed
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2405
2017 Reconciliations...and 2018 goals...
Hi BTG-ers! As a holistic test prep company, we promote ways for students to rock out on the GMAT and GRE, while we champion methods for students to feel more confident, focused and engaged with their test. We believe and have seen when students don't have test anxiety, or other emotional impediment...
- by Bara
Fri Jan 05, 2018 5:01 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: 2017 Reconciliations...and 2018 goals...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1146
Free Mindset Strategy Session with TPNY/TPSF
GMAT and GRE tests do not only measure what you know, these tests measure how well you take tests. Challenges with timing, anxiety, focus or a lack of confidence can seriously compromise a student’s performance. Sound familiar? Well, there is help. serious help. Test Prep New York and San Francisc...
- by Bara
Thu Dec 14, 2017 1:45 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Free Mindset Strategy Session with TPNY/TPSF
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1132
Just wanted to provide a little reflection and insight into your sitch. There are a lot of great materials out there, and support, and you've certainly tapped into some highly respected materials. The issue isn't that youv'e studied for 5+ months, it's HOW you study, what you're taking and way and w...
- by Bara
Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:32 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: At the brink of despair after 5 months prep
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1381
Hi Sam, Improving 150 points is doable in that amount of time, but it's dependent on why you're getting things incorrect n the first place. When you say you do well with RC and CR, what does that mean exactly? And with regards to SC, how are you NOT doing well? What materials are you using? Are you ...
- by Bara
Sun Oct 15, 2017 9:21 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: From 500 to 650 in one month
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1179