I am hoping that someone out there can share some words of encouragement. I have been struggling with the GMAT since 2008 and my highest score has been a 400. I have enrolled in prep courses and spent a lot of $$ on preparation for this exam. On my exam in May 2012 I got a 370 but was scoring a mid 500 on my practice exams. I'm slightly stressed as I need to retake my GMAT exam by middle August to be accepted for Fall admission. I really want this so badly & need a high 500 but a 600 woukd be even better. Any advice out there would greatly be appreciated!
For some people, self-study, or prep courses simply do not work well.
With hard work and a good private tutor, your quant score can inprove by 100 points for a month. I had a student with whom I worked for a month - she came to me after a Veritas course with a total score of 430 on the test. When she re-took the test one week ago, her total score jumped from 430 to 560, her verbal didn't improve, was even lower than her first time, which means the quant increased drastically.
She did not work on the verbal because she could not find a good verbal tutor.
If you double the work, best is to take off work, and work HARD both on verbal and quant, it is very probable that you get a similar, even higher score. Working hard means meeting regularly with the tutor(s) and complete the homework they give you. Solving the homework by yourself is the time when you learn what the tutors teach you during the sessions. Without solving problems by yourself, you are not learning anything.
