I tried as hard as I could but I could not do more than about 145 questions from the OG yesterday. Knocked out Days 13-14 (Word Problems), 15-16 (Geometry), 17 (Statistics) and 35 (Critical Reasoning). Got to sleep at about 5am and woke up at 10am and then again at 12pm. Since my test is at 9am, I have to wake up at about 6.30am on test day, so I've got to shift my sleeping patterns. About 5.5 hours of productive work.
That leaves me about 170 questions to go on the OG (mostly verbal).
Sixth practice CAT - using GMAT Prep
Earlier today, I decided to go back to the 'real' GMAT Prep software because this might be my last practice CAT. The quant section seemed pretty challenging but I got through with about 4 minutes to spare. The verbal section was also challenging but I finished with about 20 minutes to spare (note to self: eat more during the second break).
I was expecting low 700s but was pretty ecstatic when I saw 760 (99th percentile) pop up on the screen. The reason: I absolutely killed the verbal section, scoring a 47 with 6 incorrect (anything from 46-51 is in the 99th percentile). I didn't actually do that well on the quant section, scoring a 48 with 12 incorrect (82nd percentile) - so there's still room for improvement there.
This is the best that I thought I would end up when I started my preparations - kill verbal, and score OK on quant - finally I've done it.
If only this were the real exam! With this practice score, I'm going to aim for 730 (ie, anything over 730 and I'll be extremely happy with; anything around mid 700s will depend on luck and the stars aligning for me).
Now the challenge is to keep it all together in the last 4 days, and stick with my plan:
Today
3 days to go - Monday
2 days to go - Tuesday
1 day to go - Wednesday
Running tally to date:
That leaves me about 170 questions to go on the OG (mostly verbal).
Sixth practice CAT - using GMAT Prep
Earlier today, I decided to go back to the 'real' GMAT Prep software because this might be my last practice CAT. The quant section seemed pretty challenging but I got through with about 4 minutes to spare. The verbal section was also challenging but I finished with about 20 minutes to spare (note to self: eat more during the second break).
I was expecting low 700s but was pretty ecstatic when I saw 760 (99th percentile) pop up on the screen. The reason: I absolutely killed the verbal section, scoring a 47 with 6 incorrect (anything from 46-51 is in the 99th percentile). I didn't actually do that well on the quant section, scoring a 48 with 12 incorrect (82nd percentile) - so there's still room for improvement there.
This is the best that I thought I would end up when I started my preparations - kill verbal, and score OK on quant - finally I've done it.
If only this were the real exam! With this practice score, I'm going to aim for 730 (ie, anything over 730 and I'll be extremely happy with; anything around mid 700s will depend on luck and the stars aligning for me).
Now the challenge is to keep it all together in the last 4 days, and stick with my plan:
Today
- Finish off the last 170 or so questions in the OG.
3 days to go - Monday
- Go to the Veritas Prep class on AWA (possibly - might skip this).
- Using MGMAT Archer, go through a few questions targeting weak areas only. Do about 100 questions max. Spend some time on the really tough ones.
2 days to go - Tuesday
- Visit Pearson Vue centre.
- Go to the Veritas Prep class on Advanced Word Problems and Quant Review (possibly - might skip this).
- Using MGMAT Archer, go through a few questions targeting weak areas only. Do about 100 questions max. Spend some time on the really tough ones.
1 day to go - Wednesday
- Pack for holiday. Otherwise take it easy. Get sleep etc.
Running tally to date:
- 182 hours of prep work (including going through materials, doing practice questions, attending class, and checking answers and mistakes; does NOT include taking practice CAT exams) since 3 January 2011.
- 7 CAT exams.
- 620 (40Q/35V), 05.01.11 [GMATSim1]
- 610 (33Q/41V), 12.01.11 [800Score1]
- 660 (42Q/40V), 29.01.11 [GMATPrep1]
- 700 (51Q/37V), 26.02.11 [GMATLife1]
- 650 (36Q/44V), 20.03.11 [800Score2]
- 670 (46Q/35V), 03.04.11 [MGMAT1]
- 760 (48Q/47V), 17.04.11 [GMATPrep2].
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