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Re: 560 on the GMAT!Lower than even my practice scores! [#permalink]
My study material was :
The OG11
The OG verbal and quant reviews
CR: powerscore bible
SC: MGMAT
RC: MGMAT
I also went through the MGMAT geometry and number properties book, only to look for shortcuts and tricks.I somehow felt that the MGMAT RC book was helpful but not enough.Its strategy is decent but i felt something was going wrong.

And I thouroughly reviewed all my tests,including reviews of correct questions.

And strange enough, I dont even think i was nervous while taking the exam.When i got a 640 in my Gmatprep , i was expecting around 720+ . While reviewing, I saw that 80% questions i could answer even without looking at the answers.I thought i was rushing through the problems. So i thought ill take it a tad slower and cautiously. I think this caused me to run out of time on my GMAT.
What do you think?
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Re: 560 on the GMAT!Lower than even my practice scores! [#permalink]
For quant you need to do more questions and identifying your weaknesses and work on those. I have completed all mgmat books except two advanced chapters in VIC book and Probability section in word translations book. I started with foundations book and worked through all of them.

I have identified the following as my weaknesses
1. Careless mistakes on easy problems either due to not looking at what is being asked or simple quant errrors.
2. Word problems - I don't have the confidence to solve when I see one.
3. Permutation, Combination and Probability - most of the mgmat questions are from this so i am not able to improve my score. I haven't spend time preparing for this topic yet.

For verbal
1. CR - after powerscore bible I feel confident about solving all the CR questions under timed condition. I am seeing improvements while doing questions
2. SC - started going to some of the notes from other test takers as I don't feel like reading that big mgmat book again
3. RC - just started working on this section by using mgmat guide
If you can take some practice questions and identifying your weaknesses and work on your weaknesses, you will surely improve your score.

All the best.
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