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by faraday88 » Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:20 am
After 3 month-preparation, 2 days ago I took the GMAT and scored 660. My Quant was 83% and Verbal only 56%.In 2 last practice tests I scored 720 and 740, respectively. I think I can score 700+ in real exam. Do I need to retake the GMAT or not? Which sources fo GMAT Verbal do you recommend?
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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:37 am
Which sources did you use to prepare?
You need to decide whether you want to retake the exam. It depends what score you need.
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by faraday88 » Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:58 am
Kasia@MasterGMAT wrote:Which sources did you use to prepare?
You need to decide whether you want to retake the exam. It depends what score you need.
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:00 am
faraday88 wrote:After 3 month-preparation, 2 days ago I took the GMAT and scored 660. My Quant was 83% and Verbal only 56%.In 2 last practice tests I scored 720 and 740, respectively. I think I can score 700+ in real exam. Do I need to retake the GMAT or not? Which sources fo GMAT Verbal do you recommend?
Your practice tests suggest that you should be able to break 700 without any extra resources. How was your time management? Any test anxiety that may have hurt your score?

You may just need to work on your test-taking skills.

If you're interested, we have a free video on the topic of time management: https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gener ... es?id=1244
It explains how to use a Milestone Chart to help you manage your time on the GMAT.

Here's an article/video on anxiety: https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2012/03/ ... n-test-day. As I mention in this video, there's no one anxiety-reducing strategy that will work for every since person. Your job is to find the one (or ones) that work best for you.

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by faraday88 » Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:09 am
Kasia and Brent, thank you for your responses!
I think I have to improve my time management and do more practice tests as possible.