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Need help on GMAT

by akhileshtiwari » Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:47 am
Hi,

I prepared for GMAT for last two months, using following books.
1. OG 12
2. VR 2
3. QR
4. Manhattan SC
5. Manhattan RC( Bought it 15 days before the exam but did not use much)

I took the 6 MGMAT tests and 2 GMAT prep tests.
Scores were as below.
Manhattan - 600,590,660,580,650 and 680.
GMAT Prep - 670 and 660(720 repeat of first test).

In the actual GMAT I scored 620 (48Q/27V). I had put in a lot of effort and was looking for 700+ score. I am not ready to accept this score and would be taking the test once again.
However, I don't know what to do. During the test I felt very confortable and did not feel like would score this low.
Trying to recall and seems like I goofed up in RC. Please suggest what to do.

Planning to buy RC 99 to practice as much of RC as I can.

Have started with PowerScore critical reasoning Bible.

Thanks.
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by lunarpower » Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:22 pm
hi --
i received a private message regarding this post.

first, there isn't much here to which i can reply -- in fact, there are no specifics at all about your preparation. you've just listed some resources, but you haven't given any indication about what is actually important -- in other words, what did you actually do with those resources?
how did you study?
how did you review the problems?
did you solve math problems in more than one way?
did you do anything with the verbal problems, other than solve them and check the answers?
etc.

in order to give any meaningful feedback, i'm going to need some specifics about how you actually studied -- the names of books, by themselves, aren't going to be of much help.
akhileshtiwari wrote:I took the 6 MGMAT tests and 2 GMAT prep tests.
Scores were as below.
Manhattan - 600,590,660,580,650 and 680.
GMAT Prep - 670 and 660(720 repeat of first test).

In the actual GMAT I scored 620 (48Q/27V). I had put in a lot of effort and was looking for 700+ score.
the first thing i would suggest here is that you should calibrate your expectations/aspirations to be in line with your actual performance level. you took eight practice tests, none of which were 700+, so you should have had slightly more modest expectations on test day.
if you were "looking for 700+" with practice-test scores like that, then, essentially, you were gambling -- meaning that you probably weren't as responsible about things like time management, when to quit/guess, etc., as you should have been.

However, I don't know what to do. During the test I felt very confortable and did not feel like would score this low.
generally, your subjective impression during the test is not reliable. this is the nature of an adaptive test -- you won't know how well (or how poorly) you are performing.
in fact, the one reliable indicator that you are probably not doing very well is that the test "feels easy". if that is the case, then you are probably in trouble -- you are probably falling into traps, etc.
Planning to buy RC 99 to practice as much of RC as I can.
RC99 is not a good resource. the passages don't work at all like GMAT passages. after you finish that book, you will probably be much worse at understanding things like main ideas, etc.

RC99 is a collection of stolen passages, mostly from Kaplan's MCAT materials -- but note that the stolen passages aren't from GMAT books. not only are they stolen intellectual property, but they aren't even meant as practice material for the test you're actually studying for.
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by thunderdan » Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:53 pm
One Suggestion I have: Looking at your verbal score on the actual test(if that aligns with how you were scoring in the prep tests) you may want to spend more of your next round of preparation on this section.

You should not loose track of quant, but may be put more efforts into reading passages more actively before jumping into the actual questions on the Passages might help. I would suggest to continue reading suggested readings like Economist, Wall Street Journal and business sections of New York Times might help on the RC and CR as well.

Go in to the test with an open mind and with energy spared for Verbal section.
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