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From 540 to 700

by monaquites » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:05 pm
Hi everyone,

I would like you guys opinions to see what should be the next step to achieve my goal . I took the GMAT last week and scored 540. My goal was to get something above 600 (since I was scoring 590-610 in the practice tests). I don't know what went wrong. Anyway...I won't be able to start school this year since my score is too low. So I decided to take the test again in 2/3 months from now but I don't know from where to restart. My goal is a 700+ score.

GMAT score:
Quantitative (36/46)
Verbal (28/48)
Total (540/48)

I have been through the OG 11 and Princeton Review. Should I do this books again? Should I buy new books?

Thank you guys,
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by Shivani Varma » Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:22 am
THis is like my exact story

WHat Im planning to do is

Target ginving it in July since i have a full time job and a million other things to look after

1. GO through OG(10th and 11th edition) again. I mean each and every question. I want everything to be on my tips.
2. Take one test every weekend.
3. Put in 2-3 hours everyday, regardless
4. Learn all the grammer notes, sentence correction , flashcards etc

I plan to target this in the next month.

I will then do another book the same way and maybe increase my tests. I still havent touched the second gmat prep.

I might just be able to give my test a little ahead of the time mentioned here. I will not book a date till i get consistent scores of above 700+ for a fixed period of time. And then just take it forward from there.

Please do let me know what resources i shd undertake after i finish the 2 OG books.

Thank u.... :wink:
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You are on the right track

by daveserv » Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:05 am
I would also get the book "Cracking the GMAT" by Princeton. If you follow the Verbal tips and stay calm while taking the exam, it is a breeze. Also I found while taking the GMAT verbal, that repeating the answer in my head as though I were talking to someone, helped me to get a higher score. Don't ask me about the quantitative portion. I am still working on that.
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by monaquites » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:52 pm
I think I am going to do the OG 11 and the Princeton Review again. And... Buy the SC Manhattan...I heard a lot of good things about it. I might go through the quantitative part of Kaplan. I felt like the Princeton Review doesn't go very in-depth in that section. Any more ideas on how to improve my quantitative score?

Thanks guys
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by crazy4gmat » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:12 am
Guys plz do count OG 12 which will be released on March 30th for your preparation. It has a 400 questions which were unseen before as per the review. Also the latest edition of Manhattan SC seems to be very comprehensive than the earlier edition.
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