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Hey Brett and company,

Thank you all so much for your help over the past two months with your all's GMAT help. I took the GMAT two months ago and got a 600. I have used your 60-day course (with videos) the past two months, and I got a 640 one week ago. I am happy my score improved, but I want to get to a 700.

I think one of the reasons I didn't get above a 650 was the fact my girlfriend broke up with me a week before the test- I was a little distracted during my last week of studies! Right now I would love your all's advice: where do I go from here? I would like to get a 700 (improve 60 pts), and I am thinking of retaking the test early to mid-August.

Here is my thought for a study plan: Do you all think it would be effective to retake the 60 day study program (maybe shave a few of the orientation days off)? I have the complete list of emails. Instead of using the 13th edition OG for homework problems, I could use the 12th edition, and use the problems I haven't tackled from the official verbal and quant guides. I could also buy some practice tests since I won't be able to use all of the free ones you all recommend.

What are your thoughts on this plan? Do you all have any recommendations on improving my score 60 points?

I appreciate any help!

Thanks!!

-nbauer
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:05 am
Yes, a breakup can easily disrupt your studies and cause you to lose focus.
Your plan to redo the 60 Day Study Guide seems solid, especially if you're going to get some additional resources for practice questions.

Also, if you want to focus on one topic at a time (as per each day in the Study Guide), you can use BTG's tagging feature to isolate one concept. For example, here are all of the questions tagged as statistics questions: https://www.beatthegmat.com/forums/tags/ ... statistics
See the left side of that linked page for more tag options.

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by nbauer99 » Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:49 am
Thanks Brett- is the 12th edition still relevant to study? Will it still be effective in preparing me for the quant and verbal sections of the test?

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:10 am
The OG12 is okay, but it doesn't have any Integrated Reasoning (IR) question (IR questions are a recent addition to the GMAT)

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by nidhi612 » Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:51 am
Hi ,

Congratulations for your score. And All the best for the next attempt if you are planning for it.

Just wanted to request you if you could share your emails for Verbal Section. (22nd / 23rd day onwards)
I am currently on the 10th day of the plan.My Maths is pretty decent. So I want to start ofwith Verbal .

But as the Study Guide drops one mail daily , I am unable o initiate My Verbal Preparation.

My email id is [email protected]
Sorry to bother you but please help if it is convenient for you,


Thanks
Nidhi