shaurya012 wrote:I did take a Kaplan test on Friday and scores a 650, with 46 in quant and 33 in verbal. But worst was IR, I did not manage well with the time limit.
My aim is a 700 atleast, and I plan to take the GMAT Prep Software test #1 tomorrow. Any feedback on what I should focus on will be much appreciated. I have been practising IR vigorously.
You don't have to answer every IR question in order to get a decent score. Probably you should plan to answer 9 or 10 IR questions and shoot for accuracy.
Meanwhile, to get to 700+ go over your practice tests and figure out what has tripped you up.
In quant maybe there are three question types that you are not really comfortable with, with the result that you either take too long to answer the questions or you get them wrong. In the next few days you have time to become a TOTAL expert at answering questions of those three types. Getting better at handling three types of questions can radically change your quant score, as not only will you do better at handling those questions but also you will give yourself more time to find answers to other questions.
If you want some categorized quant questions for practice, you could sign up for a free practice account in the GMAT area here.
https://bellcurves.com.
Also, I think that you will find that had your accuracy been a little better you would have scored higher in quant. So as you go over your practice tests, consider how you could have been more accurate.
Similarly, in verbal, go over each question you didn't get, before you read the explanations, and figure out what you had to see in order to get each right.
GMAT verbal is a test of vision and use of logic, and you need solid processes in order to get right answers. So consider what you have to see, how you could have been more logical, and how your processes could be changed in order to get you to right answers rather than wrong answers.
Also, really, probably you can drive your verbal score up just by being more determined to see what you have to see and to finish the section with style. People miss verbal questions simply because they are too complacent and not as determined as they could be and because they slack off at the end of the verbal section. I bet that with a certain attitude you could score 38+ in verbal today.
Very roughly speaking you need only about five or six more right answers to break 700. So by improving accuracy and getting better at handling certain question types in quant and by seeing a few more key things in verbal, you could hit your goal when you take the test.
