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nairswapna15
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Stuck at 610 for 3 Months Please help

by nairswapna15 Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:58 am

Have the Gmat in about 3 weeks, My scores have been stagnant for like ever now. Q 40 and V 34.
MGMAT 1: 620
MGMAT 2: 590
MGMAT 3: 610
GMAT PREP: 610.
I took the GMAT Prep and had a huge issue with Time Management which lead to random guessing of about 8 Quant (which lead to 6 consecutive wrong answers) and 6 Verbal. On review I could have easily managed quant if handled better.
Verbal end SC is still a Pain, have gone through Manhattan SC but somehow my accuracy is around 70% and I do commit the same error CR and RC around 80%. Have finished off The OGs,kaplan 800,manhattan sc's surely something is wrong with my strat here,
Have planned for 10 days off from work and aim at 700.
Please help me out
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Re: Stuck at 610 for 3 Months Please help

by StaceyKoprince Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:34 pm

First things first. It's very unlikely that you are going to go from a 600 to a 700 in three weeks. I know that's not what you want to hear, but it's true, so I want you to know that right now rather than two weeks and 6 days from now when the test is the next day and your latest practice test isn't at 700. Or, worse, three weeks from now after you've taken the test and haven't gotten that 700.

(Yes, I saw that you're planning to take 10 days off. Doesn't matter - this isn't about just cramming a certain amount of practice in.)

So. Here's what we do. When you're still this far from your goal score, you shouldn't even be thinking about a deadline to take the test. You can have a vague idea in mind, sure, but your score has to be closer before you can think about setting a test date.

You mention major time management issues. You can fix that, but it's going to take some time and hard work. Most people who have major timing issues need at least 4 to 6 weeks to fix the problems. Read this article and start working on the techniques it describes:

http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... anagement/

Next, let's identify your specific weaknesses so that we can come up with a good plan. Read the below article and do the analysis described (on your most recent MGMAT CAT):

http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... ice-tests/

Then come back here and share your analysis (not just the raw data! your actual analysis of the data), and we'll talk about where to go from there.

Finally, you mentioned committing the same kinds of errors over and over sometimes. Read this article for help:

http://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/error-log.cfm
Stacey Koprince
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ManhattanPrep