I took a Kaplan course, then got a 320, got a Kaplan tutor, got a 350, now in another Kaplan class, took it 1 month after I took the second test, got another 350. I don't know what to do. I have tried every option. I have studied right after coming home from work for 4 months, I take 2 practice tests every weekend and would get in the 500's. Then took a more relaxed approach and still got the same score. Don't know how to go on from here, obviously Kaplan doesn't work for me, and I obviously can't quit my job to eat, sleep, drink, and breathe the GMAT. I'm not looking to get a perfect score, I'm not even looking to get an average score, I just want a 480-500. Any suggestions? Looking for some type of help or direction.
The fact that you've gotten around 350 on three different administrations clearly indicates that you are lacking either on conceptual clarity or application skills or time management skills or the exam temperamemnt or most likely on all the four afore-mentioned areas. I think at this point, your performance has a lot less to do with Kaplan but with your ability to perform on this exam . Since you've consistently been getting bad scores, what you need to do is -unlearn whatever you've learn till now because if you don't do that, your past learning may become a stumbling block if you try to implement new approaches of going about this exam. Secondly , focus on conceptual clarity first. How good were your concepts ? For example, could you spot the errors in the underline portion of Sentence correction questions without reading the options? Did you have strategies about how to tackle the various types of Critical Reasoning questions ? Did you practise enough of RCs and could you find any pattern about the errors you made.
Did you take any GMATPREP tests before the actual GMAT and if yes, how much did you get on that ?
