Re-Take Strategy

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Re-Take Strategy

by braggpd » Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:44 pm
I scored a 670 (40Q, 41V) last Saturday. I am thinking of re-taking to improve my low quant score. I had a few questions:

-Do schools want you to take the essay portion every time you take the exam if you have already done well?
-Since I am doing well on verbal (generally 90% during practices as well), should I concentrate only on quant?

Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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by arun@crackverbal » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:53 am
-Do schools want you to take the essay portion every time you take the exam if you have already done well?

>> No you would need to take it each time. The trick is to spend as little energy as possible getting into the quant section. Any score above 4 shouldn't matter so don't spend too much time/energy.

-Since I am doing well on verbal (generally 90% during practices as well), should I concentrate only on quant?

>> Yes and no. Yes because that is your main problem area. No because you should not drop your ball in verbal. Its pretty easy to slip from a 41 to say, a 38. Guess what a Q44 and V38 will give you - 670! So be careful.

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