Hi,

I appeared for my GMAT on 29th and scored 580 which was shocking and has demotivated me. I was not nervous and all went good as while appearing the MGMAT CAT exams with below scores.
680
640
660

I plan to retake the exam and need your guidance as to how to proceed with studying. The verbal score in real exam was low. I started with OG today and am answering all questions correctly 18/20 correct as it was below gng for real.

Can you guide which are the 700-800 levels of questions in OG
and accordingly can prepare.

Waiting for your guidance.

Regards,

Hi,

The best resource I can point you in order to analyze your score drop is this article: http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... ent-wrong/

In addition, I would suggest that you look at this article on strategic time management, which is also particularly helpful: http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... anagement/

Finally, I would make sure that when you are going through the OG problems, you are taking them under test-like conditions. Do not allow yourself to spend more than 2 minutes per problem, and make sure to spend twice as long analyzing your answer (whether it was correct or incorrect) as you did answering the question. There are some great tips for how to study like this here: http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... tudy-list/ . A useful tool to help yourself track your timing and scoring, is the OG Archer, which you can find here: http://www.manhattangmat.com/ogc-plus.cfm

If, after reading these articles and following the advice there, you still have questions, I would suggest posting in the General GMAT Strategy Questions folder here: general-gmat-strategy-questions-f9.html

Best Wishes,
Caitlin Clay
Student Services Associate
Manhattan GMAT