Advice for limited time to study gmat

[sabxu1]

Hi everyone,

I hope everyone is doing well. I'm sorry to bother you with this question.
I just want to ask you guys for your opinion. I have applied for this masters school and they originally told me I could submit my gmat score by April so I was going to take it in early march.
Now they suddenly told me they need me to take it on 10th FEburary. So I booked it however, I am very worried all my hard work to apply and get all my documents is a waste.

They told me I need a minimal score of 650, obviously ideal score of 700+. But their average student is 680 apparently.

I have to say I am definitely not a bright student at all. However, I am a very hardworker.
The problem is that i am currently doing my internship at JP Morgan so I do not have as much time to study.
Do you think reaching a minimum of 650 by 10 February is reasonable if i spare all my spare time after work and weekends studying?

I like to point out after work at 6-7pm, I tend to be so tired and hard to concentrate.

I have currently doing the online prep material i downloaded from GMAT website and I have found all the questions very hard especially the English ones. the maths one are bit more doable for me, however the english "Easy" ones I am still struggling.

I have read the gmat really tests how smart you are rather than how hard working you are. Therefore, I believe i am a very hardworking student but definitely not that intelligent.

I have never taken the gmat before. However I have bought verita prep course and taken it once in Janurary- feb this year in NYC with ROb. I found it useful but at the time I wasnt 100% committed as i was working and traveling on weekend and thought I had some more time to study.

I do have one more free retake course which I could do from 5th Jan - 11th Feb but I'm not too sure if it is a good idea due to the lack of energy and concentration i have after work. However this school is my dream and I really want to get in.

What is your advice? Do you think my goals are unreasonable provided my intelligence? Or do you believe that anyone could obtain a 650-680?

Kindest regards,

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Hi sabxu1,

From what you describe, it might be challenging to accomplish this goal in the time that you have. However, until we get a bit more information, we won't know for sure what you're truly capable of.

1) When you took your original Course earlier this year, did you ever take any FULL-LENGTH CATs (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) How did you score (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?

To get a better sense of your current skills, you should plan to take a new FULL-LENGTH CAT (with all sections) sometime soon. That score result will help to define your current strengths and weaknesses. With those scores, we can then talk about the various study options

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

[GMATinsight]

Hi everyone,

I hope everyone is doing well. I'm sorry to bother you with this question.
I just want to ask you guys for your opinion. I have applied for this masters school and they originally told me I could submit my gmat score by April so I was going to take it in early march.
Now they suddenly told me they need me to take it on 10th FEburary. So I booked it however, I am very worried all my hard work to apply and get all my documents is a waste.

They told me I need a minimal score of 650, obviously ideal score of 700+. But their average student is 680 apparently.

I have to say I am definitely not a bright student at all. However, I am a very hardworker.
The problem is that i am currently doing my internship at JP Morgan so I do not have as much time to study.
Do you think reaching a minimum of 650 by 10 February is reasonable if i spare all my spare time after work and weekends studying?

I like to point out after work at 6-7pm, I tend to be so tired and hard to concentrate.

I have currently doing the online prep material i downloaded from GMAT website and I have found all the questions very hard especially the English ones. the maths one are bit more doable for me, however the english "Easy" ones I am still struggling.

I have read the gmat really tests how smart you are rather than how hard working you are. Therefore, I believe i am a very hardworking student but definitely not that intelligent.

I have never taken the gmat before. However I have bought verita prep course and taken it once in Janurary- feb this year in NYC with ROb. I found it useful but at the time I wasnt 100% committed as i was working and traveling on weekend and thought I had some more time to study.

I do have one more free retake course which I could do from 5th Jan - 11th Feb but I'm not too sure if it is a good idea due to the lack of energy and concentration i have after work. However this school is my dream and I really want to get in.

What is your advice? Do you think my goals are unreasonable provided my intelligence? Or do you believe that anyone could obtain a 650-680?

Kindest regards,

Hi Sabxu1,

Where I don't say that it's possible for anyone to crack 650-680 score in GMAT, I won't rather say that it is high enough to be unapproachable.

Factually, a score of 650 in GMAT is 76%ile which means 24% test taker (across the globe) get score equal to or greater than 650. This fact should be good enough to motivate you because being part of top 24% population should not be that difficult afterall.

A 2-3 months long disciplined preparation in both Quant and Verbal can definitely get you the score that you desire. But preparing with right set of mind, Material and in right direction are prerequisite.

I would suggest that you should engage yourself with some sort of preparation/coaching so that you have enough motivation and right direction to do a nice preparation. In case you consider taking professional help then I would invite you for taking two FREE One-on-One private tutoring class with us (one for Quant and one for Verbal) so that you understand your level at the moment and the right way of preparation.

I hope this helps!!!