Dear all,
I started studying for the GMAT on 15th February 2013 until now. I completed all the strategy guides (5th Edition Manhattan) except Integrated Reasoning, Reading, AWA. The basis for my plan was the "60-day GMAT study guide" by "beatthegmat.com" including theory and practise with the Original Guide 13th Edition.
I studied 4-5 days/week for ca. 3 hours after a full-time working day and at the weekends for 5-8 hours.
Actually, I do not know, why I did not improve more and I am kind of disappointed.
There is no possibility to reschedule the exam, because of the deadline of the university.
Scores:
- 1st GMAT attempt: 300 (7.01.2013)
- 1 CAT: 510 (31.03.2013)
- 2 CAT: 450 (21.04.2013)
- 3 CAT: 490 (28.04.2013: quant 30 - verbal 26)
- Should I concentrate on strategy, content and core topics this week or do the 4 CATs left?
- Which are the most frequent quant topics which can appear?
- Does timing influence the GMAT score? Does my score get lower, if I spend on some tasks more than 2 minutes and on some task less than 2 minutes?
- Which strategy whould you advice to handle the reading comprehension questions? (my greatest weakness)
I would be very grateful for some advice, what would be the best strategy for my last week that I took off work.
Thank you in advance!
I started studying for the GMAT on 15th February 2013 until now. I completed all the strategy guides (5th Edition Manhattan) except Integrated Reasoning, Reading, AWA. The basis for my plan was the "60-day GMAT study guide" by "beatthegmat.com" including theory and practise with the Original Guide 13th Edition.
I studied 4-5 days/week for ca. 3 hours after a full-time working day and at the weekends for 5-8 hours.
Actually, I do not know, why I did not improve more and I am kind of disappointed.
There is no possibility to reschedule the exam, because of the deadline of the university.
Scores:
- 1st GMAT attempt: 300 (7.01.2013)
- 1 CAT: 510 (31.03.2013)
- 2 CAT: 450 (21.04.2013)
- 3 CAT: 490 (28.04.2013: quant 30 - verbal 26)
- Should I concentrate on strategy, content and core topics this week or do the 4 CATs left?
- Which are the most frequent quant topics which can appear?
- Does timing influence the GMAT score? Does my score get lower, if I spend on some tasks more than 2 minutes and on some task less than 2 minutes?
- Which strategy whould you advice to handle the reading comprehension questions? (my greatest weakness)
I would be very grateful for some advice, what would be the best strategy for my last week that I took off work.
Thank you in advance!
