GMAT Strategy

Hi all,

I started studying for my GMAT about two months ago but only did some serious prep for the last months or so. I never studied verbal at all, did not even look at one book. I focused only on quant as I felt very weak.

Below are my CAT results:

MGMAT CAT 1: 690 (q43, v40) - before any studying
MGMAT CAT 2: 640 (q38, v39) - after 1 week
MGMAT CAT 3: 640 (q43, v35) - after 3 weeks
MGMAT CAT 4: 710 (q41, v45) - 1 day afer CAT 3 - please notice the weird verbal 10 pt jump
MGMAT CAT 5: 720 (q47, v42) - about 2 weeks ago
GMATPREP 1: 720 (q44, v45) - about a week ago
MGMAT CAT 6: 710 (q46, v41) - 5 days ago
GMATPREP 2: 720 (q47, v42) - 2 days ago

Actual GMAT: 680 (q44, v40)

Not sure what happened - During the exam I felt like I performed pretty similarly to how I did in my last 3 mocks, but the result is quite a bit worse.. It seems my quant range was 44-47 and verbal range 40-45, and on the actual day I hit the lower end for both. Really disappointed - but I want to try it again in August (I can't study over the next month).

My questions are:
- What do you think about my verbal? I did hit v45 on a couple of CATs and the rest were 41-42. Should I study this?
- How do I keep myself "in the loop" over the next month so I don't have to start all over in July?
- I exhausted the OG questions, CATs, and Question Pack for quant.. What shall I study now?

I would very much appreciate any advice, or any comments really.

Not being able to study will be rough. First piece of advice would be to not force your exam date. It is worth studying verbal because you can get a significant jump in your overall score. One thing you can do for quant material is Send a note to the team at GMAT Prepster. Their site is bare right now as they are building but they have let me use their material and it is top notch. Send them a note and you might be able to get a deal as they are pre launch. Good luck.

Thanks for the reply, but you seem to be using the thread to promote that website (guess you're involved). I would appreciate if someone else could suggest something less vague.

Cheers