Looking for motivation !! Help!!!

[ubus]

Hello Everyone,

I ve been studying for about 3 months now and got from a 550 to a 620. On every test I ve given my Q scores have been consistent at 40 and verbal improved from a 22 to 31.
However I gave a test yesterday and fell flat on my face with a 510 Q 30 and V 31.Super disheartened
I have 4 weeks and 12 Hrs every day to study/practice until my test date
My math concepts are quite clear but on evry test review I realize that I ve made calculation errors or read the q's wrong.I am aiming for a 720. On Verbal my weakness is sentence correction.

Please help....

Regards

Subu

[Brent@GMATPrepNow]

Looks like your quant score dropped significantly on test day. A 40 quant score (what you scored earlier) would have given you a total score of 590/600.

If the quant errors were, in fact, a result of careless mistakes, you may want to read this article with tips to help avoid these: https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2012/09/ ... n-the-gmat

One of the most important tips in that article is to identify and categorize silly mistakes during your prep so that you can spot situations in which you're prone to making careless errors.

Cheers,
Brent

[ubus]

Thank you Brent....It was not my actual test but a Princeton Review Test...I have 4 weeks to fix my quant skills....Hoping for the best...

Regards

Subu

[Brent@GMATPrepNow]

Sorry, I totally missed that.

All the best,
Brent

[David@VeritasPrep]

So that is a 3rd party test and you might want to take/ retake the GMATPrep to confirm that score.

It is interesting that this is the 3rd posting in a short period of time that has asked virtually the same thing in regards to quant.

Here is part of what I wrote in response to a similar question.

"You see, the test only knows if you got a question right or not. There is a fair chance of guessing correctly but the test takes care of that by not overvaluing one or two right answers at a given level. Likewise the test does not penalize you much for making a couple of avoidable errors or silly mistakes once in a while. But once you make several of these types of mistakes the computer begins to think that you cannot do questions correctly at that level.

Remember that the computer only knows that you missed the question, not that it was one that you knew how to do. So a small error appears to the computer the same way that a question you had no idea how to do would appear."

Here are three articles that can help you!

First, a two-part article from the Veritas Prep Blog on Good and Bad Errors.
https://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2013/01 ... -the-gmat/

https://www.veritasprep.com/blog/2013/01 ... -the-gmat/


Second, here is an article on the importance of "easy" questions.
https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2012/12/ ... n-the-gmat


And finally on article on the types of procedures that will help you avoid the avoidable (silly) errors.
https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2012/10/ ... -handrails

[David@VeritasPrep]

Since the title of your posting is "Looking for motivation" I thought I might share this article with you...

https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2013/01/ ... n-the-gmat

[ubus]

Thank you David.....

Subu

[melguy]

Hey ubus

There are several 3rd party tests out there and some are very good. Although if you go through this forum you will notice that experts suggest that you should only truly rely on the Official GMAT Prep tests. Give it at least twice to get an idea of your score.

Don't loose heart just because you scored low in a single test. May be you were not having a good day!

[ubus]

Thank you Melguy.....