Is it possible to reach 720 from 650 in 6 weeks?Advise

[JJFF]

Hi dudes!!
I have dilemma over when to take my first gmat, my first attempt is scheduled on january 14th, my scores on prep test are so far:
-Manhattan CAT 1 Q45 V34 --> 650
-GMATPrep 1, Quantitative 49
-GMATPrep 2, Quantitative 50
-Manhattan CAT 2 Q45
(I did not take the verbal sections because I didnt have enough time in the gap I had for GMAT preparation).
Before taking the prep test above, I reviewed:
-Manhattan full guide, I only reviewed the quant part and 3/4 of the SC book.
-Kaplan Premier and Kaplan +800
-Veritas Geometry Book
-Magoosh, I did all the quant questions and all the SC questions.
-3 Official Guides (Quant + Verbal + the big book)

From now onwards,I have 6 weeks in total, for the first 3 weeks I have 4hours per weekday and 6hours per weekend day to study and for the last 3 weeks I can study full time (8-10 hours a day).

The deadline of the B-School I am willing to get in is on April 15th, so here it comes the 2 options I have:
-Taking on the 14th of January, if I fail, I will retake at the end of feb and if I fail again, I ll retake at the end of march. => 3 attemtps in total
-Postponing my first GMAT test to the end of January or beginning of Feb in order to get 2 more weeks of study time, and then If I fail, I will retake in mid march. => 2 Attempts in total.

My Goal is 720, which means direct admission, but if I got 700 I wouldnt take it again as I think my academic transcript could offset a 700 score.

My questions:
-Do you think it is possible to get 720 from 650 in 6 weeks time?
-Putting off the test date 2 weeks later and gaining 2 weeks of full gmat study would make a big difference?
-Any recommendations??? A study plan for 6 weeks of hard study??

Thanks a lot,

[dominhtri1995]

Hi JJFF,

First, you are doing well on the Gmat. However, waste 2 GMAT Prep, doing only Quantitative is a very bad idea (IMO).

Based on your score, I think you have a fair chance to reach 720. Now you'd better spend most of your time boosting for verbal score. When your verbal is consistently around 39-40 then BINGO! But it's very very hard though. You need to read read read and read a lot to get there. I don't know whether you are a native speaker, but if you are not then your next step is going to be very harsh.

Good luck!

Regard,

[JJFF]

Thanks a lot, unfortunately I am not a native speaker so I presume it will be long way to go!!

What I have seen is a huge difference in my quant scores between MGMAT CAT 45 and GMATPrep (49 and 50), and that is making me focused still a lot on quant. Should I ignore the MGMAT CATs and take GMATPrep Quant score as an accurate indicator? Should I lean towards verbal rather than quant?

Honestly, now I am spending 80% of my time on Quant and 20% on verbal (specially on SC), because psychologically I need to get good scores on Quant to calm down a bit.

Thank you

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Hi JJFF,

It's tough to evaluate your situation because you have just one complete CAT score for reference. From what you've described, you need to be focusing more on Verbal than on Quant. Since you have some time to prepare before your planned January 14th Test Date, I'd suggest that you study Verbal for the next week, then take an ENTIRE CAT (including Essay and IR) so we can see how you perform on the overall exam. We can then evaluate from there.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

[JJFF]

Thanks a lot for your advices, I ll post a CAT score soon and then you may evaluate my chances!