New to GMAT. Need some guidance.
I took my first mock test today using a free practice test on GMAT Club and scored 475, which honestly feels quite bad (since before the test I revised a few quant formulas and solved some sample GMAT questions from each section to understand how questions are asked)
Honestly, the Quant section felt quite easy overall (except probability, almost every question seemed doable), but I wasn’t able to solve them in time. I had to guess many questions and also couldn’t attempt the last 3 questions. Did those 3 unanswered questions significantly drop my score?
I also ran out of time in Verbal and had to guess several questions. I was able to understand the passages, but maybe I was spending too much time reading them?
In DI, I spent too much time trying to understand the graphs and ended up guessing a few questions near the end.
Is it expected to solve all the questions within the 45 minutes for each section, or do most people also end up guessing a few questions on the actual exam?
I need a 655–700 GMAT score for my target colleges. How long do you think it might take me to reach that score?
FYI, I’m an engineer and work full-time. Is it realistically possible for me to reach that score?
