from 500 to 470

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from 500 to 470

by boy141 » Sat Dec 12, 2009 11:36 am
Yup. I went backwards. This time I died I verbal. I did well on quant (31). Here's my problem. I've been through these practice books twice and I know every question inside and out. I'm remembering the answer to the questions but not the reasoning to them. Here's what I have:

Manhattan SC, Manhattan CR
OG 10, 11, 12
Kaplan's Gmat Verbal Workbook
Kaplan Premiere 2008
Princeton Review 2007

When I take the Kaplan's non CAT, i score 500 and never above. for the Manhattan - 470. I am running out of material to study and take.

Seriously, I am not a good standardized test taker. I do well in school. At this rate, I am switching over to the GRE cause the GMAT is too damn expensive and I've spen 1K on this (4 tests). Does anyone know how to take the GMAT on paper form? I don't care if I get my score a year later.

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by kartik1979 » Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:42 am
there is no paper format for GMAT , only the online version

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by maj » Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:41 pm
From your post it seems that you are stressing quite a bit. How was the test situation? When are you planning on applying? Maybe you should take a break for a while. Good luck!

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by DestroyTheGMAT » Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:55 pm
You said you are running out of material. Go over it 3 times!
1. Do the questions 3 times each.
2. Keep and error log and see where you have problems and focus on that more
3. Get all the practice tests you can and do them a few times each

You just gotta practice a lot and see where the problems are and work harder on those.
How many times did you go over Manhattan SC? I've heard people going over it 3-4 times.

Goodluck