GMAT Strategy

Hi!

I have been reading this forum for a few months and I finally decided to register this morning.

Does anyone here know if a new version of the GMATPrep Test-Preparation Software will be released next year?

I have always wondered for how long the current version has been the one available for download on mba.com. Has anyone here ever used a different version from the current one?

I took the GMAT yesterday and got 680 (Q:48/V:35). I was neither happy nor disappointed, but it was obviously not satisfying. Not because of the score, but because I feel that I have not mastered the GMAT at all. I want to feel the excitement of doing really well and of reaching the hardest questions (especially in the quantitative section!). I also think I can score a lot higher because I went through a few funny problems during the test (the employee of the test center took too much time to let me in after the first break, so I lost 1 minute for the quantitative section ; and I really had to go to the bathroom during the verbal section, that made me lost 2 minutes ). However I remained calm and collected but these problems obviously cost me a few points. (Here is a piece of advice for everyone: do not drink at all before or during the test!)

Thus, I am planning to retake the test next year, and it would be nice to be able to train with a new version of the GMATPrep Test-Preparation Software, because it is obviously one of the best tool to get prepared. I could not find any information on this anywhere.

Any advice from any non-native English speakers (I am french) to improve my verbal score would also be appreciated. The sentence correction questions are the hardest of the test in my opinion, especially for a non-native English speaker, because I am not able to "feel" what answer could be right.

Thanks in advance

Do you really want to do the GMAT again? My thinking is you have more to lose if you give it again. 680-700 score are pretty tough to improve on.

I mean if you had scored like 620 or 580 you should have definitely go on and write. To me 680 is a decent score, definitely not as classy as a 700+ score would sound...but its up there as a top notch score.

Why not apply for a B-school straightaway?

Do you really want to do the GMAT again? My thinking is you have more to lose if you give it again. 680-700 score are pretty tough to improve on.

I mean if you had scored like 620 or 580 you should have definitely go on and write. To me 680 is a decent score, definitely not as classy as a 700+ score would sound...but its up there as a top notch score.

Why not apply for a B-school straightaway?

Because I am not planning to apply this year anyway. I am just preparing my application, I am not ready yet. I am planning to apply in 2013 or 2014. (GMAT scores are valid for five years) I have a long term project and the MBA is just one the many steps.

And yes, I really want to do the GMAT again! I scored 760 and 710 on the GMAT Prep pratice tests, so I know I can do better than 680.

Besides, GMAT is a lot of fun!