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Dear GMAT Experts

I am a re-taker with my last attempt yielding a disappointing 660 (Q46 V35) early last year.

I put off my plans for a year, but have decided to have another go at the test in the last week Sept'13.

I took some practice tests with scores as follows:
1. GMATPrep CAT1 - 680 (Q48 V35) (No AWA, Only IR) (Apr'13)
2. Veritas PREP test- 670 (Q44 V38) (No AWA, Only IR) (Jul'13)
3. KAPLAN CAT 1 free test- 690 Q85% V83% (No AWA, Only IR) (Aug'13)
4. GMATPrep CAT2 - 710 (Q49 V38) (With AWA and IR) (Sept'13)

My concern is that I have been unable to improve my score significantly and would like to make the most of the available time to maximize my score.

Can someone guide me regarding focused preparation and tips for the last 2-3 weeks to squeeze out some extra points?

Looking forward to your valuable inputs.

Thanks!

Thanks for sharing your wonderful posts, Mike. They will definitely help me in my prep.

Mike@Magoosh wrote:

rah_07 wrote:Dear GMAT Experts

I am a re-taker with my last attempt yielding a disappointing 660 (Q46 V35) early last year.

I put off my plans for a year, but have decided to have another go at the test in the last week Sept'13.

I took some practice tests with scores as follows:
1. GMATPrep CAT1 - 680 (Q48 V35) (No AWA, Only IR) (Apr'13)
2. Veritas PREP test- 670 (Q44 V38) (No AWA, Only IR) (Jul'13)
3. KAPLAN CAT 1 free test- 690 Q85% V83% (No AWA, Only IR) (Aug'13)
4. GMATPrep CAT2 - 710 (Q49 V38) (With AWA and IR) (Sept'13)

My concern is that I have been unable to improve my score significantly and would like to make the most of the available time to maximize my score.

Can someone guide me regarding focused preparation and tips for the last 2-3 weeks to squeeze out some extra points?

Looking forward to your valuable inputs.

Thanks!

Dear rah_07,
I'm happy to help.

Here's a highly organized and detailed one-month study plan:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/1-month-gm ... -schedule/

Here's a more off-beat post about things you can do to increase your focus, attention, and memory:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/zen-boot-c ... -the-gmat/

I hope all this helps.
Mike

I wanted to chime in to let you know that if you only have a couple weeks before your exam, you may want to register for a free trial of the Economist GMAT Tutor's program. It's completely adaptive so it focuses on the areas in which you need the most improvement, and the trial allows you to gain full access to the program for the week. If you have a particular area of concern, you'll also be able to schedule a Skype session with one of our tutors. Register here: https://econgm.at/btg. As always, if you have any questions, just let me know!

-Elizabeth

Based on your scores, I recommend you concentrate almost exclusively on Verbal. You should get the Question Pack 1 for GMATPrep and methodically work your way through the easy, medium, and hard questions for Sentence Correction and Critical Reasoning. Reading comprehension is hard to improve is such a short time.