Well I took my GMAT today and got a score of 540. Needless to say, I am very disappointed.
Materials used:
Manhattan Sentence Correction Guide
Official Guide 11
Quantitative Guide
Here are my test scores:
Manhattan GMAT
Cat 1 540
Cat 2 590
Cat 3 620
Cat 4 650
Cat 5 640
GMAT Prep
570 (31q, 37v) 1st
600 (35q, 37v) 1st RETAKE
600 (40q, 32v) 2nd
640 (44q, 32v) 2nd RETAKE
Actual GMAT
540 (31q, 35v)
For one thing, I did not time myself with the Manhattan GMAT cats. I attempted to do so but the questions for math seemed very long and hard to understand. So I just did them for practice.
I believe the GMATPrep gave me a false sense of confidence, mostly because some questions were repeated from the OG and I already knew them.
Anyways, I set myself for my next test on March 30. I ordered the rest of the Manhattan GMAT books for math and I do have my sentence correction guide. I have done the questions for all the math 2x over in the OG. I do feel that I am putting quantity over quality. But I also feel that I have exhausted all my resources and I do not know how to improve my studies.
How should I do my prep differently? I must be honest with myself and do a better job at understanding the concepts involved, but don't know how to do it when I already exhausted the OG. Will I trick myself into a false sense of security going over answers when I already know the answer simply due to the fact that I have looked at it many times before?
Please help!
Materials used:
Manhattan Sentence Correction Guide
Official Guide 11
Quantitative Guide
Here are my test scores:
Manhattan GMAT
Cat 1 540
Cat 2 590
Cat 3 620
Cat 4 650
Cat 5 640
GMAT Prep
570 (31q, 37v) 1st
600 (35q, 37v) 1st RETAKE
600 (40q, 32v) 2nd
640 (44q, 32v) 2nd RETAKE
Actual GMAT
540 (31q, 35v)
For one thing, I did not time myself with the Manhattan GMAT cats. I attempted to do so but the questions for math seemed very long and hard to understand. So I just did them for practice.
I believe the GMATPrep gave me a false sense of confidence, mostly because some questions were repeated from the OG and I already knew them.
Anyways, I set myself for my next test on March 30. I ordered the rest of the Manhattan GMAT books for math and I do have my sentence correction guide. I have done the questions for all the math 2x over in the OG. I do feel that I am putting quantity over quality. But I also feel that I have exhausted all my resources and I do not know how to improve my studies.
How should I do my prep differently? I must be honest with myself and do a better job at understanding the concepts involved, but don't know how to do it when I already exhausted the OG. Will I trick myself into a false sense of security going over answers when I already know the answer simply due to the fact that I have looked at it many times before?
Please help!
