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How to get from Q47 to Q49/50?
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10 Nov 2018, 05:20
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Hey everyone,
I made my first GMAT attempt on October 4th of this year, and scored a 750 overall (Q47, V47). However I am quite disappointed with my Quant score as it is in the 61st percentile. I was scoring approximately the same in my practice tests before then but I was not too concerned with it as I didn't know how much a 47 score amounted to in percentile. After my first attempt, I went crazy studying all the Quant concepts GMAT club has to offer (remainders etc - things that I hadn't looked deeply into my first time) but I suppose I was very stupid in not attempting any more practice tests so on my second attempt my Quant score actually dropped from 47 to 46. I cancelled the score right away. I am now making one last attempt in 2 weeks time. Any suggestions on how to improve my Quant score? (for instance suggestions about practice tests - I've heard Manhattan Prep is good) I don't really understand what's going wrong as I can answer most of the 700 level questions on GMAT club although admittedly I have not always timed myself while answering them. To pre-empt questions in this vein, I will add that the reason I need a higher Quant score is because I did a non-quant undergrad (Law in the UK) so I need to demonstrate that I can handle the math at B-school, and there are certain top Indian universities that I can apply to using my GMAT score if only I reach Q49 at the very least, but preferably Q50. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I made my first GMAT attempt on October 4th of this year, and scored a 750 overall (Q47, V47). However I am quite disappointed with my Quant score as it is in the 61st percentile. I was scoring approximately the same in my practice tests before then but I was not too concerned with it as I didn't know how much a 47 score amounted to in percentile. After my first attempt, I went crazy studying all the Quant concepts GMAT club has to offer (remainders etc - things that I hadn't looked deeply into my first time) but I suppose I was very stupid in not attempting any more practice tests so on my second attempt my Quant score actually dropped from 47 to 46. I cancelled the score right away. I am now making one last attempt in 2 weeks time. Any suggestions on how to improve my Quant score? (for instance suggestions about practice tests - I've heard Manhattan Prep is good) I don't really understand what's going wrong as I can answer most of the 700 level questions on GMAT club although admittedly I have not always timed myself while answering them. To pre-empt questions in this vein, I will add that the reason I need a higher Quant score is because I did a non-quant undergrad (Law in the UK) so I need to demonstrate that I can handle the math at B-school, and there are certain top Indian universities that I can apply to using my GMAT score if only I reach Q49 at the very least, but preferably Q50. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Re: How to get from Q47 to Q49/50?
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10 Nov 2018, 10:54
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Hey sidjay
First off, congrats on the wonderful score. I have good news for you - GMAT Quant is the
easiest to improve and am sure you will reach a score in excess of Q49.
I'm going to try and give you my understanding of Quant and how you could improve your
score. The Maths in Manhattan is very difficult and you are not going to a lot of questions
like that on the GMAT. IMO, GMAT Quant is based on the application of the concepts - it's
not about hefty calculations or speed math. IMO, you could sign up for GMATClub Quant
tests and solve these questions.
Whenever you practice questions and aren't able to solve them, you should go through the
thread(where the question has been discussed). Go through the various methods that have
been used to solve the problems. In my experience, you will come across a few methods
that will help you save some time. Try and adapt these methods while you solve questions
during practice. On repeating this process, you will be able to use these new methods to
solve similar questions on GMAT quicker than you usually did.
Work on maintaining an error log and go through the mistakes you make from time to time.
This retrospection will definitely help you improve your scores. Last but not least, these are
a few links that you might find handy while preparing for the GMAT.
1. GMATClub Quantitative Mega-Thread
2. ALL YOU NEED FOR QUANT ! ! !
3. PS Directory by Topic and Difficulty
4. DS Directory by Topic and Difficulty
5. Q44 -> Q50
6. Timing strategies
The first two links help you with basic concepts. For topics that you have problems in, you
could work on the concepts from the first thread. The third and fourth links are for practice
only and the sixth link will give you an idea of some of the timing strategies that might be
helpful. Please feel free to tag the experts/mods for questions you need some extra help.
Hope this helps you!
First off, congrats on the wonderful score. I have good news for you - GMAT Quant is the
easiest to improve and am sure you will reach a score in excess of Q49.
I'm going to try and give you my understanding of Quant and how you could improve your
score. The Maths in Manhattan is very difficult and you are not going to a lot of questions
like that on the GMAT. IMO, GMAT Quant is based on the application of the concepts - it's
not about hefty calculations or speed math. IMO, you could sign up for GMATClub Quant
tests and solve these questions.
Whenever you practice questions and aren't able to solve them, you should go through the
thread(where the question has been discussed). Go through the various methods that have
been used to solve the problems. In my experience, you will come across a few methods
that will help you save some time. Try and adapt these methods while you solve questions
during practice. On repeating this process, you will be able to use these new methods to
solve similar questions on GMAT quicker than you usually did.
Work on maintaining an error log and go through the mistakes you make from time to time.
This retrospection will definitely help you improve your scores. Last but not least, these are
a few links that you might find handy while preparing for the GMAT.
1. GMATClub Quantitative Mega-Thread
2. ALL YOU NEED FOR QUANT ! ! !
3. PS Directory by Topic and Difficulty
4. DS Directory by Topic and Difficulty
5. Q44 -> Q50
6. Timing strategies
The first two links help you with basic concepts. For topics that you have problems in, you
could work on the concepts from the first thread. The third and fourth links are for practice
only and the sixth link will give you an idea of some of the timing strategies that might be
helpful. Please feel free to tag the experts/mods for questions you need some extra help.
Hope this helps you!
General Discussion
Re: How to get from Q47 to Q49/50?
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10 Nov 2018, 11:45
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Thanks so much for your quick response! pushpitkc
I've noticed that my main problem isn't not knowing the necessary concepts - at this point I think I have trawled through enough of Bunuel's and Karishma's posts to know most of the concepts I need. And in fact, if each question had 40 seconds to 1 minute more I can solve all of them. My main issue is that it takes time for me to wrap my head around the question. Especially if there's a lot of text (A travels from City 1 to City 2, and on the way he meets B, and then they travel together to City 3, etc) I've noticed it often takes me a whole minute or more to digest everything let alone start on the question. Isn't the best way to deal with this to do as many practice tests as possible, especially the overly tough Manhattan Prep tests?
I've noticed that my main problem isn't not knowing the necessary concepts - at this point I think I have trawled through enough of Bunuel's and Karishma's posts to know most of the concepts I need. And in fact, if each question had 40 seconds to 1 minute more I can solve all of them. My main issue is that it takes time for me to wrap my head around the question. Especially if there's a lot of text (A travels from City 1 to City 2, and on the way he meets B, and then they travel together to City 3, etc) I've noticed it often takes me a whole minute or more to digest everything let alone start on the question. Isn't the best way to deal with this to do as many practice tests as possible, especially the overly tough Manhattan Prep tests?