Quant Help!

[vinay1983]

I consistently score 39-41 in Quant in various mock/practice tests. I miss the correct answer by a whisker on most questions. I have done whatever i could, I don't think I can put more into my head. I don't know what to do. I have practiced almost all possible type of questions i could, MGMAT, my tutorial questions, forum questions etc etc.

Any insight or/and suggestion to improve this, is heartily welcome. Or if someone can tell me any "to do" lists such as What to ignore, what not to do. etc etc. I have to improve my quant else i am sure i cannot reach my target score of 650+. I know scoring less in quant is a "no-no".

[sahilchaudhary]

I consistently score 39-41 in Quant in various mock/practice tests. I miss the correct answer by a whisker on most questions. I have done whatever i could, I don't think I can put more into my head. I don't know what to do. I have practiced almost all possible type of questions i could, MGMAT, my tutorial questions, forum questions etc etc.

Any insight or/and suggestion to improve this, is heartily welcome. Or if someone can tell me any "to do" lists such as What to ignore, what not to do. etc etc. I have to improve my quant else i am sure i cannot reach my target score of 650+. I know scoring less in quant is a "no-no".

Hi Vinay,

I would suggest you to do OG 13 and GMAT Verbal Review 2nd Edition again and analyze each question as explained by Stacey (links provided below).
As you have mentioned that you miss it by a whisker, try to analyze what sort of silly mistakes, if any, you make. Find the topic in which you make maximum mistakes and try to do extra practice of that topic.

Quant is all about PRACTICE, PRACTICE & PRACTICE!!!

For your reference

https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/01/ ... g-question
https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/03/ ... y-question

P.S. - Scored 50 in actual GMAT exam and consistently scoring 49-50 in Quant in mocks.
But need to improve verbal as verbal score is around 25 only.

[rakeshd347]

I consistently score 39-41 in Quant in various mock/practice tests. I miss the correct answer by a whisker on most questions. I have done whatever i could, I don't think I can put more into my head. I don't know what to do. I have practiced almost all possible type of questions i could, MGMAT, my tutorial questions, forum questions etc etc.

Any insight or/and suggestion to improve this, is heartily welcome. Or if someone can tell me any "to do" lists such as What to ignore, what not to do. etc etc. I have to improve my quant else i am sure i cannot reach my target score of 650+. I know scoring less in quant is a "no-no".

Hi Vinay,

I have scored Q49 in Real gmat and Q50 consistently on Veritas, kaplan and 800 score tests. From my experience I can tell you that quant is all about take aways and practise practise and practise. Have you tried the Bunuel Special from gmatclub. I was stuck at Q45 and i wasn't going above Q45. I scored once or twice Q47 but not consistently but when I did Bunuel special questions dude it makes the difference. If you want I can send you those questions with explanations try them and see the difference. You will see the difference in about 2-3 weeks. They are hard but conceptual.

Thanks,
Rakesh

[vinay1983]

I consistently score 39-41 in Quant in various mock/practice tests. I miss the correct answer by a whisker on most questions. I have done whatever i could, I don't think I can put more into my head. I don't know what to do. I have practiced almost all possible type of questions i could, MGMAT, my tutorial questions, forum questions etc etc.

Any insight or/and suggestion to improve this, is heartily welcome. Or if someone can tell me any "to do" lists such as What to ignore, what not to do. etc etc. I have to improve my quant else i am sure i cannot reach my target score of 650+. I know scoring less in quant is a "no-no".

Hi Vinay,

I have scored Q49 in Real gmat and Q50 consistently on Veritas, kaplan and 800 score tests. From my experience I can tell you that quant is all about take aways and practise practise and practise. Have you tried the Bunuel Special from gmatclub. I was stuck at Q45 and i wasn't going above Q45. I scored once or twice Q47 but not consistently but when I did Bunuel special questions dude it makes the difference. If you want I can send you those questions with explanations try them and see the difference. You will see the difference in about 2-3 weeks. They are hard but conceptual.

Thanks,
Rakesh

I have those questions, but i don't have 2-3 weeks to spare Rakesh. Thanks for the help. But anything other than this would help. Meanwhile i will check out those questions.It is not that i have not practiced, it is just that i miss them by a margin.That is what bothers me.

Sahil, thanks, I will check those links

[rakeshd347]

I consistently score 39-41 in Quant in various mock/practice tests. I miss the correct answer by a whisker on most questions. I have done whatever i could, I don't think I can put more into my head. I don't know what to do. I have practiced almost all possible type of questions i could, MGMAT, my tutorial questions, forum questions etc etc.

Any insight or/and suggestion to improve this, is heartily welcome. Or if someone can tell me any "to do" lists such as What to ignore, what not to do. etc etc. I have to improve my quant else i am sure i cannot reach my target score of 650+. I know scoring less in quant is a "no-no".

Hi Vinay,

I have scored Q49 in Real gmat and Q50 consistently on Veritas, kaplan and 800 score tests. From my experience I can tell you that quant is all about take aways and practise practise and practise. Have you tried the Bunuel Special from gmatclub. I was stuck at Q45 and i wasn't going above Q45. I scored once or twice Q47 but not consistently but when I did Bunuel special questions dude it makes the difference. If you want I can send you those questions with explanations try them and see the difference. You will see the difference in about 2-3 weeks. They are hard but conceptual.

Thanks,
Rakesh

I have those questions, but i don't have 2-3 weeks to spare Rakesh. Thanks for the help. But anything other than this would help. Meanwhile i will check out those questions.It is not that i have not practiced, it is just that i miss them by a margin.That is what bothers me.

Sahil, thanks, I will check those links

This is what happens if you go over say Q42-43 level they will start throwing you questions that are outside your comfortable zone. Now In my last real GMAT, I had probability, mixture and combinations questions. Mixture was hard but other two were moderate level or you can say that I practised those two a lot so it seems easy to me. But my point to say is you need to have the deep knowledge of these topics because not many people are comfortable with mixture,probability, coordinate geometry, combinations,inequality and absolute value. If you missed these 5 altogether chances are that you will at least see 3-4 question from these topics if you are on higher level.
Rest I can say is analyse your mistake and see your weak areas and practise about 10 questions in each of your weak areas.
What are you currently scoring on mocks if you have taken one.
Thanks
Rakesh

[vinay1983]

Rakesh it is around 40. Almost 2-3 questions are wrong only due to a margin. I don't know. The more I think about it, the more tensed i become. anyways let me see.

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Hi vinay1983,

Can you post your last few CAT scores (with both Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)? Since you're asking about 2 things (raising your Quant Score AND scoring 650+), there might be another solution (or a hybrid solution that you haven't considered) to your problem.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

[vinay1983]

Hi vinay1983,

Can you post your last few CAT scores (with both Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)? Since you're asking about 2 things (raising your Quant Score AND scoring 650+), there might be another solution (or a hybrid solution that you haven't considered) to your problem.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

Quant 40 Verbal 35
Quant 39 Verbal 37
Quant 38 Verbal 37