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pathaniaus
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My name is Udai. I am a college student in good academic standing at a liberal arts college in Ohio and I am preparing for the GMAT.
I began my preparation for the test on the 19th of May. I have been working and taking summer classes so the time I have devoted to the gmat has been off and on, but I try to keep consistent and do atleast a couple hours a day.
I have been using all of MGMATs materials (the 8 book package) and I have taken 5 cat exams.
CAT 5: Q35 V36 - 600
CAT 4: Q40 V32 - 590
CAT 3: Q42 V35 - 640
CAT 2: Q40 V26 - 550
CAT 1: Q30: V28 - 490
I have 21 days till my test. I really do not understand why my quantitative score is decreasing. My timing, for quant, is okay, i generally practice with a stopwatch and set to one hour, do as many questions as possible and try to set a goal of 35 questions per hour (so that way I do questions under 2min). My verbal increased by almost 10 points and that's a solid improvement, so I must be doing something right, but how do I tackle the math?
Generally, I tackle one section a day, with 60 questions. I give myself 2 hours (except for SC) to do the 60 questions and after, I review. Reviewing and reading answer explanations is most important to me. Also, in those 2 hours, every question that I thought was difficult, I circle, and do them again during my review so I know how to tackle it. I think I have the right idea, but I do not understand why my scores have been decreasing.
My summer classes are over and so is my internship. I have 21 FREE days to prepare for this test. I am willing to do whatever it takes to get my target score of 720. Given that I have all the time in the world, I have understood from my scores that I MUST have a solid strategy to approach the last 3 weeks of my preparation.
How should I approach this? I have gone through and exhausted all the math guides and have only the OG 11 and 12 and OG 12's supplementary guides to complete. Also, I haven't yet touched the official software offered by mba.com
Your advice will be invaluable to me. I have been told by a couple graduate schools that I will receive a fellowship if I get 690+.
Thank you!!
Udai Pathania
I began my preparation for the test on the 19th of May. I have been working and taking summer classes so the time I have devoted to the gmat has been off and on, but I try to keep consistent and do atleast a couple hours a day.
I have been using all of MGMATs materials (the 8 book package) and I have taken 5 cat exams.
CAT 5: Q35 V36 - 600
CAT 4: Q40 V32 - 590
CAT 3: Q42 V35 - 640
CAT 2: Q40 V26 - 550
CAT 1: Q30: V28 - 490
I have 21 days till my test. I really do not understand why my quantitative score is decreasing. My timing, for quant, is okay, i generally practice with a stopwatch and set to one hour, do as many questions as possible and try to set a goal of 35 questions per hour (so that way I do questions under 2min). My verbal increased by almost 10 points and that's a solid improvement, so I must be doing something right, but how do I tackle the math?
Generally, I tackle one section a day, with 60 questions. I give myself 2 hours (except for SC) to do the 60 questions and after, I review. Reviewing and reading answer explanations is most important to me. Also, in those 2 hours, every question that I thought was difficult, I circle, and do them again during my review so I know how to tackle it. I think I have the right idea, but I do not understand why my scores have been decreasing.
My summer classes are over and so is my internship. I have 21 FREE days to prepare for this test. I am willing to do whatever it takes to get my target score of 720. Given that I have all the time in the world, I have understood from my scores that I MUST have a solid strategy to approach the last 3 weeks of my preparation.
How should I approach this? I have gone through and exhausted all the math guides and have only the OG 11 and 12 and OG 12's supplementary guides to complete. Also, I haven't yet touched the official software offered by mba.com
Your advice will be invaluable to me. I have been told by a couple graduate schools that I will receive a fellowship if I get 690+.
Thank you!!
Udai Pathania
