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Kaplan CAT1: 640, should I give the GMAT in a month?

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by swarnav999 » Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:48 am
Jan 27th, GMAT Prep1: 460
3rd March, Kaplan CAT1: 640 Q-49, V-31,
In sentence correction, I got 2 questions wrong and in CR and RC, screwed totally.
When should I schedule my GMAT appointment? I am a bit confused.
I still don't know whether I am fit and prepared.
My target score is 700+.
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:57 am
That's pretty impressive progress for a little over a month.

Have you gone through the questions you missed and figured out if there are consistent issues to address?
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by [email protected] » Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:52 pm
Hi swarnav999,

CR and RC questions are built around standard logic and patterns (just like everything else on the GMAT), so if you're not great in those 2 areas just yet, it just means that you've got some work to do. To that end, you'll need to be taking lots of notes, understand the various question types that can occur (and how to approach each) and the common types of wrong answers.

Predicting the correct answer, before you actually look at the 5 choices, is also rather important. How often are you "narrowing it down to 2 choices and then guessing?"

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by swarnav999 » Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:24 pm
@Rich,
I am already reading CR and RC, but I still have the ''time'' problem. RC takes too long, and even after giving so much time for the 3 questions, I am not sure as to whether they are correct. RC is quite challenging for me. And yes, you still haven't answered my question about selecting GMAT appointments.
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by swarnav999 » Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:26 pm
@Bill,
I have looked into my weak points and am already working on them.
What do I have to do for further improvement? Please suggest.
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by [email protected] » Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:33 am
Hi swarnav999,

I don't think that you need me to point out that you're not yet at the level to score 700+, so asking when to schedule your GMAT is completely open to interpretation. Maybe you can be ready in a few weeks, maybe it will take longer. I asked about how often you "narrow it down to 2 choices and then guess" on Verbal questions because I think that THAT is your primary problem. Until you define it, then learn to fix it, you'll likely continue to score in the mid 600s.

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