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Rubens.Nig
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Hey guys!
I took GMAT for the first time in May-31, and had a 670 (Q 47/76%; V 35/74%), not bad for verry little study I had before it. After that, I spent July and August with some solid study - mainly using mastergmat's platform, doing all Manhattan Gmat 6 simulations twice (score in the last ones was always between 700 and 720), and took the 2 GMAC's official simulations (scored 700 and 740).
Today I went for my second attempt, and by the end of the exam I had my surprise: 660 (Q 49/83%; V 31/59%)!!! Well, you can imagine my deception when looking at a smaller grade after so much time of hard work. I feel like I dominate well the content (as the simulations made me believe), but was really not in a good day.
Now comes the question: what is the best strategy to spend the next month preparing myself to retake the exam? I have verry little time (4 weeks, ~25 hours per week) so I really don't want to waste reviewing too much of the basic stuff I have seen already. Which could be good, advanced practice material to be studied? Any tips on how to structure a study plan from now on?
Thanks in advance
R
I took GMAT for the first time in May-31, and had a 670 (Q 47/76%; V 35/74%), not bad for verry little study I had before it. After that, I spent July and August with some solid study - mainly using mastergmat's platform, doing all Manhattan Gmat 6 simulations twice (score in the last ones was always between 700 and 720), and took the 2 GMAC's official simulations (scored 700 and 740).
Today I went for my second attempt, and by the end of the exam I had my surprise: 660 (Q 49/83%; V 31/59%)!!! Well, you can imagine my deception when looking at a smaller grade after so much time of hard work. I feel like I dominate well the content (as the simulations made me believe), but was really not in a good day.
Now comes the question: what is the best strategy to spend the next month preparing myself to retake the exam? I have verry little time (4 weeks, ~25 hours per week) so I really don't want to waste reviewing too much of the basic stuff I have seen already. Which could be good, advanced practice material to be studied? Any tips on how to structure a study plan from now on?
Thanks in advance
R
