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2 more months - Seeking experts advice to improve score 410 to +650

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2 more months - Seeking experts advice to improve score 410 to +650 [#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2016, 04:23
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My diagnostic score was 410 (Q 31, V16)
My aim is to score +650 to 700.

Then I studied Manhattan books (all books) and e-gmat course (Verbal) and currently doing Official Guide questions.
My OG accuracy is 70% in SC and RC.
CR is good +90%.

I take longer time to solve a question as I was trying to understand the concept - now I need to improve my pace and accuracy.

Also I am not very comfortable with advance quant topics like probability.
I would appreciate experts should provide the best advice. What is the best strategy for the next 2 months? I am planning to take GMAT exam at the beginning of Nov.
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Re: 2 more months - Seeking experts advice to improve score 410 to +650 [#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2016, 11:19
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Hi optmistic2016,

Based on your prior posts, there was some issue about how and when you wanted to take practice CATs. When did you take this particular CAT (the 410)? Have you taken any other CATs since then (and if you have, then how did you score)?

Raising a 410 to a 650+ is going to take some serious work. You'll have to make some serious improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections. An early November Test Date would give you just 2 months of additional study though, but a 240+ point gain in that time is likely not realistic. This is all meant to say that you'll likely need to invest in some new practice materials AND you'll likely have to push back your planned Test Date.

1) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
2) What Schools are you planning to apply to?

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Re: 2 more months - Seeking experts advice to improve score 410 to +650 [#permalink] New post   10 Sep 2016, 18:28
Hi optmistic2016,

It looks like you need a study plan that you can stick to. Here is a customized 2-3 month study plan that can help boost your score: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... study-plan

Use this as a guideline. You don’t have to follow it exactly but the structure of the study plan should be the same structure that you take in your approach. This helps to optimize your retention and learning.

As you study, we recommend that you focus on one particular subsection for multiple consecutive days before moving onto the next. You can see this in our study plan where we recommend 5 days on nothing but SC -- before moving onto CR and then RC.

Here is a sample SC video to help you start your journey: https://www.gmatpill.com/sentencecorrect ... ythons.mp4

Best of luck - we are here to help.
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Re: 2 more months - Seeking experts advice to improve score 410 to +650 [#permalink] New post   10 Sep 2016, 21:58
You need to know where you are standing. Why don't you take a GMATPrep test and come back to us with the results?

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Re: 2 more months - Seeking experts advice to improve score 410 to +650 [#permalink] New post   13 Sep 2016, 22:28
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Hi,

Based on your diagnostic test, it seems like your basic math skills are weak.
Hence, we highly recommend for you to follow the instructions below first:
study 30 pages of Math Review of Official Guide
under Free Video Lesson on our website, you can also watch "Must-Know Basics of Math" and "Must-Know Math Formulas" to build the basic knowledge of math. If you want to refresh your memory or if you think you have not been exposed to math for many years, please study them first before beginning our paid courses.
Then, please study GMAT Prep Free Software on www.MBA.com.
After studying basics, you would feel more confident in dealing with math study. In addition, we would like to recommend for you to try our online course, which is for especially non-engineers. You try Trial Pack (4 hour lesson) that reveal our secret approaches of DS+PS core theory that you have never seen. You can test whether you like them.

Additionally, below are two useful articles featured in GMAT Club for your reference. This will be helpful for you. You can see what sort of questions you might encounter on actual GMAT.

· Ultimate Q51 Guide : the-ultimate-q51-guide-209801.html
· Most Updated Math Trend : overview-of-gmat-math-question-types-and-patterns-on-the-gmat-211809.html

If you're interested, please come visit our website, www.mathrevolution.com.
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