Hey, I totally get you. First off, 650 is not a 'meagre' score. That said, you are in perfect shape to re-take the GMAT in 31 days. Take a call whether you can actually do it.
You are on target as far as quant is concerned. For the next 1 month, I would suggest you divide your time 70:30, with 70% of your time towards polishing your verbal skills and the remaining 30% for keeping in touch with your quant material and tests.
As pointed out in a previous post, you are off by around 7-8 points in Verbal to get that 700.
That means you need around 7-10 more correct answers in your GMAT exam. (It would help if some expert can confirm this
) That's it! Now, the good news is that you know your weaknesses...Work specifically on them. SC is pretty much mathematical in its approach. I'd recommend Aristotle SC Grail over MGMAT SC at this stage. There are sufficient strategies for CR and RC on this very forum to help you get those crucial 7-10 questions correct.
Once that's done, you are all set along the path towards your dream colleges!
Cheers!
gaurav081 wrote:Hi,
Wrote my GMAT yesterday and scored a meagre 650(Q42, V37). I need a score above 700 to be shortlisted by my dream colleges. Pls help.
I am IT male, prepared for GMAt for about 2 months. What bumped me after seeing my score was how dismally I perfomred in Quant. I gave just(no other CATs) two GMAT prep tests and scored 660(q47, v34) and 640(q48, v31) respectively. The last one I took was about 10 days before the actual test. So I thought if I caould score a few more in verbal I should be able to reach the magic figure of 700. So concentrated more on verbal in the last few days but did not leave quant entirely.
The materials I used was -
- Cracking the GMAT
Mangatten study guides for SC, RC and Quant
Powerscore for CR.
OG 12th Ed
OG Verbal Review
Kaplan 800 for quant only.
Pls suggest me if I should retake and what could I do differently then. I realised I was a liitle short of time on Quant in the actual test, had to do last 3 q's in 3 mins.
Pls help
Thanks
Gaurav