Hi,

I recently started on my quest to beating the GMAT and it has not been kind to me thus far. I went out and purchased the Kaplan GMAT premier edition 2014 and followed their strategies to a T but my score dropped from a 530(32 Q/ 29 V) on the diagnostic to a 490 (33 Q/ 21 V) on the second test. I worked through the entire book and reviewed their basic online workshops and was very stunned that my test score dropped. Does anyone have any advice on to do develop a better studying plan? I put it roughly 2 hours of studying a day and try to fit it around my work schedule, which is usually from 3:45 PM-12:15 AM.

I know that math, geometry in particular, is not my strong suit so I tried to focus most of my studying around that. Verbal/RC is usually my strong suit so I was very shocked that went down.

I plan to take the real GMAT on Nov. 1 and get my business school applications out shortly thereafter. I am interested in Washington D.C. area schools for my part-time MBA (Georgetown is my dream) and I know these scores won't get me in the door. The rest of my profile isn't the strongest(about to turn 23, only 4 years work experience managing in the retail sector) so I need to Beat the GMAT.

Any and all advice is welcome.

Thanks,
Adam