Hey Guys,
I've been studying for the past 2 1/2 months and have steadily been pushing my score up. For the schools I am targeting, I really need to be above 700 to have a real chance at admission. Preferably 720/730-ish. Here's my score history
Test 1 - MGMAT - February 4th
Score: 600 Quant: 42 Verbal: 32
Test 2 - MGMAT - March 5th
Score: 620 Quant: 42 Verbal: 33
Test 3 - MGMAT - March 17th
Score: 660 Quant: 42 Verbal: 38
Test 4 - MGMAT - April 13th
Score: 670 Quant: 43 Verbal: 38
Some additional information:
The first exam i took was without much studying. a few days of looking over the princeton guide. After that first exam I started studying with the Manhattan guides and improved my score steadily. You'll notice that my quant score hasn't moved much. I had a whole month of studying between the third and the fourth exam. I expected to much better on the fourth exam. Here's what happened.
Exam 4 - What Happened
Two Things.
1. I was doing ok on time but as I got close to the end (last 10 questions) of the quant section, I freaked out and got super nervous. My score was at 84th percentile at the end of the 27th question but I missed 9 of the last 10 questions and my score steadily declined to 70th percentile
2. I found that of the super difficult problems in the Official Guide and Quant Review, I am getting about 85% of them right and within the time alloted (2 minutes per question). However, the difficult problems (700-800 level) on the manhattan gmat exams are more difficult than these. I can still solve them (given enough time). Time is unfortunately a luxury and the more time i spend on one problem the more i take away from others.
I need advice on two things.
1. How to stay calm during and towards the end of the exam.
2. Practice on the more difficult GMAT problems.
What else can i do to boost my score above 700?
Thanks much,
-Rajat