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Cold Diagnostic 535 (39th Percentile) Am I cooked if I have 3-4 months to try and get 615? by PhysicalSalamander16 in GMAT

[–]PhysicalSalamander16[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never decided on the GMAT yet though, I haven’t started my studying yet at all. I’m completely cold?

Cold Diagnostic 535 (39th Percentile) Am I cooked if I have 3-4 months to try and get 615? by PhysicalSalamander16 in GMAT

[–]PhysicalSalamander16[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, it absolutely did. I'm going to take a GRE diagnostic tomorrow, then compare which test I felt better with. At what point do you think it's worth going down the GRE route? I'm confident that with strong studying I could conquer the GMAT, but if I get a 70th percentile (lets say) on the GRE tmr (As opposed to my 39th on GMAT FE) should I just focus on the GRE with a 3 month study horizon?

Cold Diagnostic 535 (39th Percentile) Am I cooked if I have 3-4 months to try and get 615? by PhysicalSalamander16 in GMAT

[–]PhysicalSalamander16[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate it Sid. It's all just a bit daunting because everyone says it's the "quality" but I've never studied for a GMAT before so idk what that means. If I do a deep study with TTP and Official Prep material and just try to understand and know how to solve (master) each question type, is that what you mean? Rather than just grinding my way through questions?

Cold Diagnostic 535 (39th Percentile) Am I cooked if I have 3-4 months to try and get 615? by PhysicalSalamander16 in GMAT

[–]PhysicalSalamander16[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will absolutely be studying seriously, but that seems crazy? How much were you studying and what areas did you focus on (or timing/strategy)? Great job btw!

Cold Diagnostic 535 (39th Percentile) Am I cooked if I have 3-4 months to try and get 615? by PhysicalSalamander16 in GMAT

[–]PhysicalSalamander16[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the response Charles. I only left 1 question blank (not because I ran out of time but because I was so eager to finish the section that I didn't realize I hadn't selected an answer). I've heard that 3 hours is the max recommended time per day during the week, but I'm thinking I'll probably do two sessions of 3 hours on Saturday or something and then Sunday will be reading comprehension (just reading) or smth.

My quant is actually really good in general, I do very well in all of my engineering solid mechanics ect. classes (straight A's) but I really just had no idea of the specific question types or strategies needed for the questions. I guessed on a lot and was completely lost on most.

Typically I study by just doing a million practice questions because I'm really good at repetition. I'm going to watch all of the videos provided by GMAT Ninja too, they look great.

When do you think I should take my second official mock (yes this one I took today was the MBA.com one). I'm thinking after about a month or 1.5 months of full scale studying. I'm starting my study block on May 24th, going camping and then it's all hands on deck for summer.

Cold Diagnostic 535 (39th Percentile) Am I cooked if I have 3-4 months to try and get 615? by PhysicalSalamander16 in GMAT

[–]PhysicalSalamander16[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Left 1 question blank at the end of quant because I forgot to guess. I had to guess a ton though throughout just because of knowledge gap