Only quantitative part required - need advice

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Yishai: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 4; Joined: Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:58 am; Thanked: 1 times

by Yishai » Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:27 am

Hello everyone,

The MBA program I'm interested in requires only a good score in the quant part.
(they don't take into account the AWA, verbal or integrated reasoning)
Basically, I need to pass the 80th percentile in order to qualify.
Now the thing is that I took the test 3 weeks ago and scored 39 which ranked me in the 48th percentile.
I'm contemplating whether I should retake the test in the beginning of September and what would be the best way to prepare for it in the remaining two and a half weeks.
- Is there a study plan(s) just for the quant part?
- Is it realistic to "jump" from 48% to 80% (I actually scored ~ 66% on both GMATPrep software tests)

I'll be happy to hear your advice,
Thanks,
Yishai

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Kasia@EconomistGMAT: GMAT Instructor; Posts: 646; Joined: Mon May 21, 2012 7:08 amFollowed by: 143 members; Thanked: 322 times

by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:38 am

There are definitely some books devoted only to the Quant section but I don't think there are any ready-made study plans. What you could do is use a plan for both parts and simply ignore the verbal part. Still I think that 2 weeks is a rather short time and it might be difficult to firstly identify your weak subjects and then to work on them during such a short period.
How many hours a day are you planning to study?

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Yishai: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 4; Joined: Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:58 am; Thanked: 1 times

by Yishai » Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:34 pm

Hi Kasia,
Thanks for the quick reply

!
Basically, my plan is 2-3 hours on work days and ~ 8 hours on the weekend (Fri & Sat).

What do you think?

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by rijul007 » Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:06 pm

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by kenny_kar » Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:18 pm

I would highly recommend MGMAT strategic guides for certain topics in Quant. like Word Translation, Fractions etc. Nothing like the Official Guide though. I am not sure how much of it you were able to finish before giving the actual GMAT. Also, try to take some practice tests from MGMAT. Their Quant section is deliberately harder than Official GMAT. If you are able to touch "45" in Quant in MGMAT practice test, you can be sure to hit 47-48 on the actual exam. Hope that helps!

Yishai: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 4; Joined: Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:58 am; Thanked: 1 times

by Yishai » Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:18 am

Thanks!

Any thoughts about the time frame I have left (18 days) and the actual improvement i'm after (48% to 80%)?

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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:28 am

Go for 3 hours a day and be systematic - then you have a chance of succeeding provided you manage to identify precisely the types of problems that you need to improve. Track your mistakes carefully and then try to find solution to each question you have solved incorrectly.
You need to focus on accuracy during the first week and work on your timing during the last few days while doing simulation tests.

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