Help: 5 weeks to take GMAT to secure Scholarship

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I have been offered admission to Owen Graduate SOM but have been asked to improve my GMAT score from 680 to 700 and above to secure a scholarship. The amount would depend on my score. A 700 will knock off $10000 and 730 will knock off $30000 from my tuition.

Current Score - 680(Q47, V35). I can score a Q48 to Q50 but need to pump up my verbal score to V38 and above to reach the target. RC is a challenge along with lengthy CR stimulus. I know there is no magic potion to improve but any suggestion would be helpful. I am maintaining an error log unlike last time which will help me work on specific question types.

Challenge: Time as I am a working professional and will have only 5 weekends for extended study. Rest has to be accommodated during weekdays. IR is new for me as I took GMAT in the old format.
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by digvijayk » Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:31 pm
There is a magic potion for RC and CR. RC is about prolonged practice using a technique that suits you. 680 to 700+ is just about tweaking a few things.

For RC:

Get your timing right- have a timing strategy that boosts your score! Don't believe me? Just try any timing strategy you find here which is easy to apply and take any test that you can benchmark your past performance against. Then look at your score, it would have jumped.
Then, specifically for RC, get used to reading RC passages under 5 minutes first and then improve your score by choosing the right answers using elimination.

For CR:
There are tonnes of resources, but one book stands out. You know which one. It is kind of biblical ;) use that and improve.

The point is no matter what techniques or tactics or strategies you use, stick to them in the real test. BTW, score improvement has nothing to do with time. Practice means 12-15 Qs at a time or may be even less.

Besides, someone great said, if you are working from 9-5 what are you doing from 7-1 ? That's 6 or 5 or 4 or 3 hours. And you just need 1 hour per day for improving within the time frame you gave.

But lastly, please look at my past posts to know how i did it and well just do the same if you want ;)
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