GMAT from 590 to 630 in 2 weeks

[dimil]

I took the GMAT exam yesterday with a score of 590 Q47V25 and I want 630(maybe 620 is also acceptable) in 2 weeks. Any suggestions? Should I give up?

[diegocml]

I'm not an expert, but it seems to me you have a huge opportunity for improvement on your verbal score.

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Hi dimil,

GMAC has publicly stated that the Official Score that you earn on Test Day is within +-30 points of actual ability. This means that your 590 could have very easily been a 620 (with a few more correct answers in the proper 'spots'). So the immediate answer to your question is YES - you could certainly score at that level in 2 weeks.

1) How does this Official Score compare with your practice CAT scores?
2) Did you have to rush through any questions at the end of the Quant and/or Verbal sections?

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

[dimil]

Thanks a lot for your time. Regarding my simulation tests , I have done mainly those from Grockit and my grades were 630, 650, 690, 670, and 660. At the end I also tried The Economist's, where my grade was 620. In one hand I know students with lower simulation tests, who finally got a 630-640. On the other hand, the only thing that discourages me is that I had no sense that my Verbal was going to be that bad at the end (I think it is better to anticipate a bad score with, knowing your mistakes, than expecting something higher)

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Hi dimil,

Did you ever take any of the Official GMAC CATs (the ones that you can download from www.mba.com). They're the most realistic CATs available. Given the general timeframe you're describing, you could take 1 a week before you retest.

1) Other than the CATs that you described, what other practice materials did you use?

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

[dimil]

I have seen about 1500 questions from Grockit, all the questions from the official guide for the GMAT (13th), I had one of the old versions of kaplan (something hacked) and have done all 4 CAT s and the VERBAL and QUANT subtests, I have also done 5 full tests that my teacher gave me, and a series of books that my teacher had collected related to every possible GMAT unit. I do not know what else to do, I found this a site called e-gmat, which seems to be really good but the purchase is probably meaningless, due to the limited time period, so I am studying the free webinars. Regarding the official CATs, I haven t done them yet, so they are one of my first priorities, along with other CATs

[sukhman]

I would rather suggest you practice official questions for verbal to increase your score, at Verbal 25 you have huge scope for improvement ; For MockTests I would rather suggest sticking to GMATprep and Exam Pack 1 and 2 .There is also a document called GMATprep official questions on gmatclub which contains about 1000 Verbal Official questions .Egmat is a good website but you need atleast a month to cover all the material from Egmat .