I took the exam last week with results that would probably please most, but were quite disappointing to me. I wanted the score both to apply to schools for the fall and to look for work in the test-prep teaching industry, so I was aiming for 99th percentile. For applying to schools, 740 is obviously ok, but I just missed the mark for teaching. I had scored 770 on both GMAT prep tests and thought I was ready.
So, I've scheduled another exam for March 16th and have exactly 4 weeks to improve my quant a little. Prior to this test I hadn't done much prep... I just read through three of the MGMAT books and did the problems in the chapters I found challenging (combinatorics, probabilty, statistics... of course I had like 1 question in total from these categories lol), did the last 100 problems in the OG PS and DS, and worked through the math sections of MGMAT's practice tests. My Quant score on the real test was consistant with the 47-49 I got on MGMAT and GMAT Prep tests... was expecting my Verbal to be better to balance it out.
My plan now is to more seriously go through all 5 MGMAT books for total content mastery rather than just looking for holes in my knowledge, and through the OG more carefully, this time looking not at whether I can understand each problem I get wrong, but thinking carefully about each and every place that I start to get stuck or confused. After that, do the same with the MGMAT and GMAT prep tests.
Any other suggestions for improving Quant from 47-49 to 49-51?
I'm not worried about verbal and actually consider my 44 to be a fluke because both GMAT prep tests I scored 49 taking the test late at night, while partially falling asleep, and generally I have no problems in Verbal. I suppose test day stress/stamina may have factored in a bit, as well as some personal stress I've been under due to a tumultuous relationship and the long term sleep deprivation that has resulted from this (I haven't slept properly since New Years). Probably a bit of bad luck too.
My AWA went smoothly and I fully expect 6's.
Anyway, that's my test day experience and plans for the next round. Thanks for reading!
So, I've scheduled another exam for March 16th and have exactly 4 weeks to improve my quant a little. Prior to this test I hadn't done much prep... I just read through three of the MGMAT books and did the problems in the chapters I found challenging (combinatorics, probabilty, statistics... of course I had like 1 question in total from these categories lol), did the last 100 problems in the OG PS and DS, and worked through the math sections of MGMAT's practice tests. My Quant score on the real test was consistant with the 47-49 I got on MGMAT and GMAT Prep tests... was expecting my Verbal to be better to balance it out.
My plan now is to more seriously go through all 5 MGMAT books for total content mastery rather than just looking for holes in my knowledge, and through the OG more carefully, this time looking not at whether I can understand each problem I get wrong, but thinking carefully about each and every place that I start to get stuck or confused. After that, do the same with the MGMAT and GMAT prep tests.
Any other suggestions for improving Quant from 47-49 to 49-51?
I'm not worried about verbal and actually consider my 44 to be a fluke because both GMAT prep tests I scored 49 taking the test late at night, while partially falling asleep, and generally I have no problems in Verbal. I suppose test day stress/stamina may have factored in a bit, as well as some personal stress I've been under due to a tumultuous relationship and the long term sleep deprivation that has resulted from this (I haven't slept properly since New Years). Probably a bit of bad luck too.
My AWA went smoothly and I fully expect 6's.
Anyway, that's my test day experience and plans for the next round. Thanks for reading!
Last edited by DGblkbelt on Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.
