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GMATPrep 420 - 640. Test October 29th, need strategy [#permalink] New post   24 Oct 2011, 16:22
Hi guys,

I am new to the forum and I am preparing to write this coming Saturday.

My first attempt at the GMATPrep exams without ANY prep, yielded a 420.

My seond attempt this weekend was a 640 ( 36Q 40V).

I don't have much time left, but I need a strategy for the remaining 4 days I have left to study.

Question 1) Do I work solely on Quant? If so, what should I do

Question 2) If I should work on both quant and verbal, what should I be looking to do.

Thanks so much for all your help.

Cheers,
T
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Re: GMATPrep 420 - 640. Test October 29th, need strategy [#permalink] New post   24 Oct 2011, 23:00
The Quant score is certainly on the lower end.
Focus on specific areas within quant that you might be weak in.
Its not possible to do it in its entirety in such a short time span..
go back to your mock tests to see, what kind of questions were you getting wrong. Was this happening repeatedly?
Identify the weak areas and then work on them
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Re: GMATPrep 420 - 640. Test October 29th, need strategy [#permalink] New post   25 Oct 2011, 10:33
I would suggest studying ONLY the quant section. Your verbal score (90th percentile) is already high enough to be competitive at any business school, but a 43rd percentile quant score would be seen as a major weakness in applications.
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Re: GMATPrep 420 - 640. Test October 29th, need strategy [#permalink] New post   25 Oct 2011, 19:37
but a 43rd percentile quant score would be seen as a major weakness in applications

...I am a CFA Level 3 candidate (passed level 1 and 2), do you think this would help offset any concerns about a low quant score?
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Re: GMATPrep 420 - 640. Test October 29th, need strategy [#permalink] New post   25 Oct 2011, 19:40
TDIGZ wrote:
but a 43rd percentile quant score would be seen as a major weakness in applications

...I am a CFA Level 3 candidate (passed level 1 and 2), do you think this would help offset any concerns about a low quant score?

It should help offset it to some degree, but the point here is that you'll get much more out of studying quant than studying verbal with your final few days.

So focus your studies exclusively on quant and good luck!
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