410 on the GMAT ahhhhhhhhh!!!

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410 on the GMAT ahhhhhhhhh!!!

by juanqui19 » Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:21 am
I don't think that I can complain since I didn't study at all, I bought the OG but looked at it maybe twice before the exam. I am an accounting major and all I need is 500 on the GMAT to get into the 3/2 program at the University of Florida. English is not my native language, but I've been here for more than 10 years so I don't think I can use that excuse. My strongest subject in standardize test has always been math, but I bomb it. I took the test Oct. 31 and score a miserable 410 (and I think it was 19M and 27V). I was surprise I did better in the verbal than math. I book the Kaplan book, and the Manhattan Sentence correction. I only have a week and a half but I'm done with all my finals so I'm basically free to study until the 30th. Do you guys think a 90 point increase is possible? I will study really hard and learn most of the concept in order to get over the 500 range. What do you guys suggest? Sorry for the lengthy message

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by augusto » Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:50 am
Hi juanqui,

I don't think it should be a problem for you... try to focus as much as you can con quant and, if you can, try to improve a bit your verbal score.

To improve your quant score I suggest you to do:
- The OG, as you're doing
- the gmat prep tests (probably doing this you'll improve your score quite a bit)
- MGMAT online tests. Get one of the manhattan GMAT books (I suggest you the sentence correction one) and do their online tests, which are quite tough.


Cheers,
Augusto