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Advice after Practice Tests [#permalink] New post   30 Apr 2015, 13:04
Hi,

I took GMAT in July'2014 and my score was 640 (V28,Q49)

I have taken a few practice tests now and I am so confused with the results and where I stand. I am listing below my scores in the test (In the order I took the tests)
1) Manhattan CAT 1: 640 (Q43,V34)
2) Kaplan CAT 1: 680
3) GMATPrep CAT 1: 700 (Q49, V34)
4) Manhattan CAT 2: 650 (Q45, V34)

These results are varied! I can't understand my level right now at all.

Please help.

I want to go above 700, any advice for that is also welcome.

Thank you.
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Re: Advice after Practice Tests [#permalink] New post   30 Apr 2015, 20:16
You are in the mid to high 600 level. Don't worry about exactly where you might stand. Focus on actually improving in every aspect of the test with the goal of doing as well as you can. So any mistakes you do make, try to learn from them. Why did you get that question wrong? What could you have done differently. Come in with that mindset and the numbers will optimize to reflect that.
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Re: Advice after Practice Tests [#permalink] New post   01 May 2015, 14:49
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Hi aditya432,

GMAC has publicly stated that a Test Taker's Official Score on Test Day is within +-30 points of actual ability. Assuming a similar "swing" in the accuracy of CAT scores, all of your scores are within +-30 of a 670. In that way, your scores don't vary THAT much, even if that's how you're interpreting the numbers.

The good news is that you're fairly close to a 700+ score right now, but at this scoring level, the GMAT becomes really "sensitive" to little mistakes, so you have to find (and "fix") those mistakes to improve your scores.

To that end, on your last CAT, how many questions COULD you have gotten correct, but did NOT (for whatever reason)? THOSE questions represent most (if not all) of your missing points. You might be able to self-train to "fix" all of those issues, but if you can't do it on your own then you'll need to invest in some new GMAT resources to help you learn some new tactics.

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Re: Advice after Practice Tests [#permalink] New post   05 May 2015, 17:09
it seems like you need a bit of refresher on the math section, is it alot of silly mistake you are making? If you can avoid those you can get it back to 48-49 range. Put more work into the verbal for sure, I would say for every math practice question do 3 verbal try to understand where your weakness lies, and focus on that. Good luck
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