Lacking in improvement - wrong methodology?

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Lacking in improvement - wrong methodology?

by MPF » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:05 am
Ciao a tutti,

I'm preparing for the GMAT: I'm an Italian engineer, 26, working in a telecomnunication company after three years as a consultant.

I've studied on the OG and on the Kaplan (GMAT Premier Program), and I have scheduled my exam on December, 18th.

I'm quite puzzled as, even if I practiced a lot (I've been devoting 1,5 hour every evening for almost two months), I'm actually lacking improvement: as I started, I was scoring, in complete practice tests, around 550 (but I was using the Kaplan); now, in Manhattan and GMATPrep I'm scoring aroung 660. My best score in the Verbal and Quantitative (but in different tests) have been 42.

Considering that I read that Kaplan scores are usually lower that others, I've got almost any improvement. I'm thinking that there is something wrong in my study methodology. :cry:

What are, in your opinion, the most common errors in practicing (not enogh time time devoted in reviewing, to strategy, to error analysis)?

My target would be a score in the 700s, as I would like to apply in schools like INSEAD or HEC...

Thank you all,
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Marco
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