Priceton Test # 1 and 2
Princeton Test 1:
Total score 620 V 32 Q 42
Pros :
Did not get a single incorrect on the first 9 questions on each section ( a must )
Cons :
Poor pacing , left 2 unapptempted on Quant and 4 on verbal
Silly calculation mistakes on Quant and adopted longer methods to reach answers ( time waste)
Poor concentration
Raw statisctics
# incorrect on Quant 10, # unattempted 2
# incorrect on Verbal 12, # unattempted 4
Princeton Test 2: ( appeared in parts )
Total score ~cant guess but should be in the range of 660-670 V 34 Q 40
Pros :
Improved pace : could attempt all questions on both sections
Better focus ( didnt get bored while i wrote the tests)
Cons :
One silly mistake on #2 on quant ( clicked the wrong answer) and a goof up on #3
Poor performance on RC in Verbal ( #2, # 5) affected the score badly
still suffering from focus on RC and CR. ( Get bored reading it at times)
Raw statisctics
# incorrect on Quant 6
# incorrect on Verbal 10
What's changed in between the 2 tests
- Tried to pace myself better and maintain the interest, which also resulted in messing up some key question in the 1-15 slot.
- Accuracy hasn't improved a lot, but the number of silly errors on Quant reduced
@MBABlogger and Forrest
Thanks for the coments. I am going to be careful on the test # 3 and # 4 with the 1-20 slot. No messing up the initial questions
Before i take the next tests
The progress so far :Princeton 2006 : done ,Kaplan 2006 : Verbal completed ,1000 SC : 150 down Strike rate ,0% ( still learning the rules) ,1000CR : 100 down Strike rate 55% ( Bad)
- Review all errors on the 150 SC and 100 CRs before proceeding to new practice questions. Make notes on these
- Take more CR practice tests from 1000 CR and OG11.
- Start Kaplan 800 on SC and CR.
- Take more RC practice Questions
Take 2 practice tests on the coming weekend ( Princeton test # 3 and Kaplan Test #1 )
All the best to me
Labels: GMAT
Wow ur keeping track of ur progress really well and also analyzing it nicely.. good luck..
Posted by
MBABlogger |
7:07 PM
Hey - dont do this "taking tests in parts" thingy. It is not gonna be a good reflection of ur skill coz GMAT is as much a "stress" tester as a ability tester. It is important to bear the pain of a 3 hr long test and STILL do well. When u take the test in parts, u have a break and hence arent pained enough ;)
Also - as the real test progresses, coz of this pain, u'll start losing concentration. But when u take the break - that loss of concentration is absent as well. You have commented that u had focussed better in test 2 - while it might not really be so (I'm sorry). So on all accounts - not a real indicator, not a good practice.
If this is a way to finish tests - dont sweat. There is no necessity to finish the tests. If u r familiar with the test, u r doing fine. The only important tests are GMATPrep and perhaps PowerPrep tests. The others arent worth it.
BTW - i believe that Princeton has a screwed up scoring formula. You can easily add atleast 5 to the Math scores, atleast 3 to the Verbal scores and atleast 40 to the total score.
Posted by
Iday |
12:04 AM
Yeah Iday ! i knew this was a bad !
You wont belive what happened ! I was just musing over in the 5 min break and the verbal section auto started and auto finished. I had no choice to take it isn't I am not doign this again ! I am planning a GMAT prep test sometime next week.
Posted by
Inblue |
9:11 AM
Best of luck with GMAT! One thing I learned from my GMAT exam, is time management. In the real exam, I ran out of time on the last few questions. The reason was a panic on seeing some questions at the start. Try to wrap your practice tests with some time left in the end, so that you can manage such shocks in the real one.
Posted by
UniQpath |
11:57 PM