Hi
Congratulation to all you GMAT beaters! I read quite a few narrations of how some of you belled the GMAT CAT. Some really brave ones like 'phumbert' who rose from a miserable 580 to 710, or 'Swati.sug' who unpredictably but perseveringly lands herself into the 700+ club. It sure is inspiring to hear you all.
Given your performance and your perseverance i am very impressed and hence i thought to seek some advice from you on how to better my current gmat prep state.
I have scheduled to take GMAT in 3weeks from now. Recently I finished reviewing math concepts (IMS BRMs) and for verbal i only concentrated on SC from manhattan sentence correction guide. Post which i wrote my first practice test GMATPrepTest#1 yesterday and scored, a not so great, 640 (Q45, V34). I am able to determine following few weaknesses from the practice test but needed some advice from the gang on how to correct them:
1. After writing the practice test i realized that I need to do a lot of practice for PS and DS questions. Specially DS questions puzzled me a lot during the test.
2. I realized that i am not that bad at verbal but my speed in verbal is miserable (which may eventually mean that i am bad at verbal). In last 8mins of the test i was left with 12 verbal questions, all of which i just guessed (and got 2 correct in the final score).
So given my above weaknesses and the fact that i too want to join the 700+ club, can you give me some advice about the following:
1. Any good book(s) for PS and DS practice? Specifically anything for DS?
2. How can i increase my speed on the verbal section? Again if i think specific i realize i was very slow at CR questions in the GMATPrepTest. Though i would also say that at some points i was really bored of the long exam and hence had a relatively lower concentration. So anything that you can recommend me for CR practice? And also any tips on how to keep oneself motivated all along?
Lastly and most importantly, i would like to seek your opinion on one more thing:
Given where i am right now (640), which is just my GMATPrep Score (i hear on the forum that MGMAT & Kaplan are even tougher) how do you suggest i should plan my remaining time (of 3 weeks) to best enable myself to achieve the 700+ goal. Should i do more practice questions, should take a lot of practice test, or brush up my concepts much better or anything else you suggest?
I would like hear your feedback/suggestions so please contribute.
Thanks.
Congratulation to all you GMAT beaters! I read quite a few narrations of how some of you belled the GMAT CAT. Some really brave ones like 'phumbert' who rose from a miserable 580 to 710, or 'Swati.sug' who unpredictably but perseveringly lands herself into the 700+ club. It sure is inspiring to hear you all.
Given your performance and your perseverance i am very impressed and hence i thought to seek some advice from you on how to better my current gmat prep state.
I have scheduled to take GMAT in 3weeks from now. Recently I finished reviewing math concepts (IMS BRMs) and for verbal i only concentrated on SC from manhattan sentence correction guide. Post which i wrote my first practice test GMATPrepTest#1 yesterday and scored, a not so great, 640 (Q45, V34). I am able to determine following few weaknesses from the practice test but needed some advice from the gang on how to correct them:
1. After writing the practice test i realized that I need to do a lot of practice for PS and DS questions. Specially DS questions puzzled me a lot during the test.
2. I realized that i am not that bad at verbal but my speed in verbal is miserable (which may eventually mean that i am bad at verbal). In last 8mins of the test i was left with 12 verbal questions, all of which i just guessed (and got 2 correct in the final score).
So given my above weaknesses and the fact that i too want to join the 700+ club, can you give me some advice about the following:
1. Any good book(s) for PS and DS practice? Specifically anything for DS?
2. How can i increase my speed on the verbal section? Again if i think specific i realize i was very slow at CR questions in the GMATPrepTest. Though i would also say that at some points i was really bored of the long exam and hence had a relatively lower concentration. So anything that you can recommend me for CR practice? And also any tips on how to keep oneself motivated all along?
Lastly and most importantly, i would like to seek your opinion on one more thing:
Given where i am right now (640), which is just my GMATPrep Score (i hear on the forum that MGMAT & Kaplan are even tougher) how do you suggest i should plan my remaining time (of 3 weeks) to best enable myself to achieve the 700+ goal. Should i do more practice questions, should take a lot of practice test, or brush up my concepts much better or anything else you suggest?
I would like hear your feedback/suggestions so please contribute.
Thanks.
