GMAT Strategy

Hi

I gave my gmat in jan and scored a 710 (Q49 V39). I am planning to retake it in 3 weeks time. I would like to find out what new books/resources will be helpful in improving my score? Aiming for a 50/51 in quant and 40/41 in verbal. Someone told me that getting a 49 in quant is easy but moving beyond 49 is exponentially more difficult. Is this true?

Earlier I've used both OG12 &13, MGMAT books (mainly for quant), GMAT 800, Kaplan gmat premier 2013 (for tests) and MGMAT (Tests)

Thanks

rahulmathur9818 wrote:Hi

I gave my gmat in jan and scored a 710 (Q49 V39). I am planning to retake it in 3 weeks time. I would like to find out what new books/resources will be helpful in improving my score? Aiming for a 50/51 in quant and 40/41 in verbal. Someone told me that getting a 49 in quant is easy but moving beyond 49 is exponentially more difficult. Is this true?

Earlier I've used both OG12 &13, MGMAT books (mainly for quant), GMAT 800, Kaplan gmat premier 2013 (for tests) and MGMAT (Tests)

Thanks

Yo! First off that score is already great. Unless you bring it up to 750, it won't make that much more of a difference to the schools. If I was budgeting time and money, I'd devote myself now to my essays and recs and my resume, and to getting some sim time for my interviews. These are the differentiators, at your score level.

If you decide to shoot for 750, then the efficient thing to do would be to improve your verbal, not quant. The simple truth is, math is underweighted in your overall score, because so many people are better at it, and because it's easier to improve it! Therefore your returns are better, IF you find a way to punch up your verbal score. This is the point where you reach for a tutor. I would schedule one-hour consultations with several different tutors active in these pages, and get them to assess your skill set. Then you can extend your work with those you feel can assist you.

Kind Regards,

Misterholmes

[email protected] wrote:Hi rahulmathur9818,

Your 710/Q49 is a score combo that would make every US Business School happy, so I have to ask WHY you're thinking about retesting? Barring a special set of circumstances, there's nothing to be gained by doing so.

What schools are you planning to apply to (and when?)?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

Hey thanks for the reply. So I come from the overly congested applicant pool of Indian males. although I dont have a traditional Indian male background (software engineer, IITian, etc)I still think that for me its important to have a gmat score thats 20-30 points above the avg score at the school I'm applying to. Hence aiming for something closer to 740-750.

Planning to apply to INSEAD, kellogg, tuck, iese,fuqua, lbs, cornell, emory