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KateG1302
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Hi all,
firstly I am so grateful to have found this page, it's incredible and the amount of information found here is amazing.
I have started studying for the GMAT one month ago but have put a quite lot of hours into it by now, around 6 hours each day on average I would say. I did a practice test at the beginning of my studies and had an estimated score of around 600 (quants 32 / verbal 40) and since then have gone through all the maths questions in the official review (13th edition) and also the accompanying quants study guide. I understand the questions that I get wrong but still struggle to perform the calculations on my own sometimes. I always used to be good at maths so I am not sure why this test is such a big problem, probably because I didn't do much maths since my A Levels so I am a bit rusty. However, I did another test today on GMAT Prep and scored 700 (quants 45 / verbal 41 / IR 8). I was very happy, 700 would be a fantastic result but now I need to make sure that I actually get that score. I am a bit worried especially after having read stories here where people had 700 in the practice test and then scored 580 in the real GMAT!
I know the maths sections where I make most mistakes and I thought about buying the accompanying video courses on GMAT Prep Now, as even after reviewing the instructions in the book I am not 100% clear on how to perform certain calculations (e.g. probabilities, powers, roots especially!). My verbal score is OK and considering English isn't my first language, I'm pretty happy with it. I'm not sure if I could improve this section so I think I should focus on the maths.
I'd just really appreciate some advice on how I should best use my last 14 days (my test is today in 2 weeks' time) to maximise my results. I am devoting all my time to this test and am currently studying for it around 8-10 hours each day, so I feel like I need to make the most of this time. Please could you just give me some advice, maybe further study material, or other strategies that I should use?
Thank you so much in advance.
Kate
firstly I am so grateful to have found this page, it's incredible and the amount of information found here is amazing.
I have started studying for the GMAT one month ago but have put a quite lot of hours into it by now, around 6 hours each day on average I would say. I did a practice test at the beginning of my studies and had an estimated score of around 600 (quants 32 / verbal 40) and since then have gone through all the maths questions in the official review (13th edition) and also the accompanying quants study guide. I understand the questions that I get wrong but still struggle to perform the calculations on my own sometimes. I always used to be good at maths so I am not sure why this test is such a big problem, probably because I didn't do much maths since my A Levels so I am a bit rusty. However, I did another test today on GMAT Prep and scored 700 (quants 45 / verbal 41 / IR 8). I was very happy, 700 would be a fantastic result but now I need to make sure that I actually get that score. I am a bit worried especially after having read stories here where people had 700 in the practice test and then scored 580 in the real GMAT!
I know the maths sections where I make most mistakes and I thought about buying the accompanying video courses on GMAT Prep Now, as even after reviewing the instructions in the book I am not 100% clear on how to perform certain calculations (e.g. probabilities, powers, roots especially!). My verbal score is OK and considering English isn't my first language, I'm pretty happy with it. I'm not sure if I could improve this section so I think I should focus on the maths.
I'd just really appreciate some advice on how I should best use my last 14 days (my test is today in 2 weeks' time) to maximise my results. I am devoting all my time to this test and am currently studying for it around 8-10 hours each day, so I feel like I need to make the most of this time. Please could you just give me some advice, maybe further study material, or other strategies that I should use?
Thank you so much in advance.
Kate
Some maths questions I am so unsure about still so it's a little bit of a miracle to me anyway how I got 49 today. 
After over 3 months of studying, I finally want this test out of my life! 
