Hello everyone,
I'm shooting for 700+ and I'm following the 60 day plan from BeatTheGMAT. I'm using the Official Guide 12th Edition, 2009 Kaplan Premier, along with the Manhattan GMAT Quant books (Number Properties, Word Translations, Equations, and Geometry). I've also got a Pearson's Objective Arithmetic book and some KTS test prep books.
I've taken two practice tests so far and each time I have not finished the Quant section. Out of the 37 questions, I've only managed to finish about half of them in the allotted time. I've read in the forums and in Expert Articles that the unfinished questions are doubly penalized.
The first test was a Kaplan CAT (which came along with the book). I finished about 20 questions in Quant and scored 19, finished almost all of the Verbal and scored a 31, and got an overall score of 480.
The second test was from the freely downloadable GMAT prep program (#1). I finished maybe 21 questions in Quant and scored a 25, finished all of the Verbal (with 17 minutes to spare) and scored a 33, and got an overall score of 490.
I'm used to finishing each question and moving on to the next, and I'm learning that in this test that this habit has to be kicked and time management is of utmost importance. Hopefully, this will improve with the strategies I'm learning about in the books. And also, hopefully, I'll successfully apply these strategies on the test to finish on time!
But I'm curious, is there any way to tell what these scores would have been if I had finished all of the questions? Has anyone else had this experience of finishing only half of the Quant? In the best case, what is the best possible score available from a test like that?
(I'm sorry if this post is in the wrong section of the forums!)
Thank you, BeatTheGMAT, Experts, and GMAT-beaters for all the help thus far!
--Rishi
I'm shooting for 700+ and I'm following the 60 day plan from BeatTheGMAT. I'm using the Official Guide 12th Edition, 2009 Kaplan Premier, along with the Manhattan GMAT Quant books (Number Properties, Word Translations, Equations, and Geometry). I've also got a Pearson's Objective Arithmetic book and some KTS test prep books.
I've taken two practice tests so far and each time I have not finished the Quant section. Out of the 37 questions, I've only managed to finish about half of them in the allotted time. I've read in the forums and in Expert Articles that the unfinished questions are doubly penalized.
The first test was a Kaplan CAT (which came along with the book). I finished about 20 questions in Quant and scored 19, finished almost all of the Verbal and scored a 31, and got an overall score of 480.
The second test was from the freely downloadable GMAT prep program (#1). I finished maybe 21 questions in Quant and scored a 25, finished all of the Verbal (with 17 minutes to spare) and scored a 33, and got an overall score of 490.
I'm used to finishing each question and moving on to the next, and I'm learning that in this test that this habit has to be kicked and time management is of utmost importance. Hopefully, this will improve with the strategies I'm learning about in the books. And also, hopefully, I'll successfully apply these strategies on the test to finish on time!
But I'm curious, is there any way to tell what these scores would have been if I had finished all of the questions? Has anyone else had this experience of finishing only half of the Quant? In the best case, what is the best possible score available from a test like that?
(I'm sorry if this post is in the wrong section of the forums!)
Thank you, BeatTheGMAT, Experts, and GMAT-beaters for all the help thus far!
--Rishi
