After months and I really mean months of preparation, I took the GMAT today. I was aiming for at least a 600 but unfortunately scored 510. I have studied from various sources but mainly focused on the gmatprepnow videos and all the problems in the og 13 edition and the official guide for GMAT quantitative review. I want to retake the test but I feel that I gave it my best and that it is impossible to improve. Any advice on how to improve or what to focus on will be appreciated.
Details of the score: Q:31 V:30 Total 510
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Hi LucilleHelwani,
During your studies, how many practice CATs did you take? What were your Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores? You're clearly unhappy with your score result, but the good news is that Business Schools don't care if you retake the GMAT and since it's a predictable, standardized test, you can train to beat it.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
During your studies, how many practice CATs did you take? What were your Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores? You're clearly unhappy with your score result, but the good news is that Business Schools don't care if you retake the GMAT and since it's a predictable, standardized test, you can train to beat it.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
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Hi Lucille,
I suggest that you take some practice tests and carefully analyze them to identify your area(s) of weakness. While analyzing your practice tests, there are four main types of weakness you should watch out for:
1. specific Quant skills/concepts (e.g., algebra, standard deviation, etc.)
2. specific Verbal skills/concepts (e.g., verb tenses, assumption CR questions, etc.)
3. test-taking skills (time management, endurance, anxiety etc.)
4. silly mistakes
For the first two weaknesses, the fix is pretty straightforward. Learn the concept/skill and find some practice questions to strengthen that weakness. To focus on one topic at a time, you can use BTG's tagging feature to isolate one concept. For example, here are all of the questions tagged as statistics questions: https://www.beatthegmat.com/forums/tags/ ... statistics
See the left side of that linked page for more tag options.
If your test-taking skills are holding you back, then you need to work on these. For example, we have a free GMAT time management video at https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gener ... es?id=1244. Then you should hone your test-taking skills by taking more practice tests.
Finally, if silly mistakes are hurting your score, then it's important that you identify and categorize these mistakes during your prep so that, during tests, you can easily spot situations in which you're prone to making errors. I write about this and other strategies in the following article for BTG: https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2012/09/ ... n-the-gmat
Cheers,
Brent
I suggest that you take some practice tests and carefully analyze them to identify your area(s) of weakness. While analyzing your practice tests, there are four main types of weakness you should watch out for:
1. specific Quant skills/concepts (e.g., algebra, standard deviation, etc.)
2. specific Verbal skills/concepts (e.g., verb tenses, assumption CR questions, etc.)
3. test-taking skills (time management, endurance, anxiety etc.)
4. silly mistakes
For the first two weaknesses, the fix is pretty straightforward. Learn the concept/skill and find some practice questions to strengthen that weakness. To focus on one topic at a time, you can use BTG's tagging feature to isolate one concept. For example, here are all of the questions tagged as statistics questions: https://www.beatthegmat.com/forums/tags/ ... statistics
See the left side of that linked page for more tag options.
If your test-taking skills are holding you back, then you need to work on these. For example, we have a free GMAT time management video at https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gener ... es?id=1244. Then you should hone your test-taking skills by taking more practice tests.
Finally, if silly mistakes are hurting your score, then it's important that you identify and categorize these mistakes during your prep so that, during tests, you can easily spot situations in which you're prone to making errors. I write about this and other strategies in the following article for BTG: https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2012/09/ ... n-the-gmat
Cheers,
Brent
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