strategy and tips for increasing score from 480 to 650

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jsarp91: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 6; Joined: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:16 pm

by jsarp91 » Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:00 pm

hi!guys i gave my gmat yestarlday and bombed it,i scored 480 down 60 points from my pervious score.

my scale score is 27 in maths and 28 in english.please guide me as to what material i should refer and tips for essentially improving my maths,as i am weak in maths understanding wise and concept wise.

follwing is the material i refer to:og.10 and 11,gre/gmat math workbook.

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by beatthegmat » Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:48 am

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by mayonnai5e » Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:49 pm

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suchit.verma: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 11; Joined: Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:14 am

by suchit.verma » Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:21 am

I also scored 480 in my 1st attempt,my major problrm is I use to solve correctly when there is no time constraint but when I use to follow the timings as per real GMAT then blunder starts and lot of wrong ans is the result (only with verbal ,math is Ok for me).Kindly suggest.....

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