Scored 400, rushed into exam. need some advice

by **AaronJ715** Fri Dec 29, 2017 6:58 am

Hi guys

Can someone help me come up with an action plan?
I tried to cram for the gmat in 2 weeks and realised that I struggled to remember alot of theory/fundamentals. I attribute my poor score to perhaps lack of sleep and rushing through then attempting questions leaving no time for review.

I have all the Manhattan Prep books including foundation books.

I completely ignored integrated reasoning, I was guessing at one point 5 questions in a row as I wanted to focus more on CR/SC which is where I feel I am stronger.

I think where I struggled in the Quant was the underlying concepts retaining that knowledge and application of the knowledge. Word problems are one of my biggest hurdles as in translating from English to actual algebra.

It took me around approximately 3-4 months to complete Manhattan Foundation Maths, The verbal I couldn't grasp so I trusted my native instinct. Generally I do well on CR and SC but my IR is usually very poor (hence why I skipped all questions and guessed so I could focus on the others).

I crammed FDP, Algebra, Word Problems, Geometry and Number Properties in around one and a half week.

So here I am trying to figure out a solution.

Is 3 months a reasonable timescale to get to 720? What should my next steps be? My sleep has been poor too, so perhaps that was part of the problem?

I think I tried to chew more than I could eat. I'm not sure where to begin at this stage. I should have perhaps completed the math proficiency test providing on my account (I completely ignored that to) so a lot of shortsightedness on my part.