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I took the GMAT today and I need some HELP!!!!

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I took the GMAT today and I need some HELP!!!! [#permalink] New post   10 Nov 2006, 15:20
Hello Everyone,

I have been lurking on this site for some time now trying to pick up tips for my upcoming battle with the GMAT. Well, I took the beast today and just got rocked in the quantitative section. My score breakdown is as follows:

Q31 - 33%
V38 - 85%

...for a 570.

I am beyond frustrated. I plan to take it again in a month. My scores from PowerPrep were:

640
650
670

.... and Kaplan:

500
540
580
650
700

My problems in the Verbal are solely SC. I don't usually miss any from the reading comprehesion or critical reasoning. I think that I can make great strides in SC by just focusing on the rules a little more.

The real issue is math. I just plain suck. I am not sure how to study for it and what to do to increase my score. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.

Materials used to prepare:

Kaplan GMAT 2006 Edition
Manhattan GMAT series (all 7 books)
OG 10th Edition
OG 11th Edition
PowerPrep Software

If there is anything that I am missing in terms of "essential" study aids please let me know.

Thank you in advance.
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[#permalink] New post   10 Nov 2006, 18:36
I used the Cracking the GMAT by PR during my prep in 2005. It was an old edition (2003, if I remember correctly).

How long did you prepare for the test?
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[#permalink] New post   11 Nov 2006, 10:00
Hi tkkoh,

Thanks for replying. To answer your question I studied for approximately 2 months. However, I'm in law school so I'm not sure what sort of effect my schooling has had in my prep.

I suck in certain areas of math specifically percents, inequalities and word problems, i.e., translating them into algebraic expressions. I haven't taken a math course since 1998.

I plan to retake the GMAT in a month in order to meet the 2nd round deadlines. Any advice for a course of study would be greatly appreciated.

- Haggy
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[#permalink] New post   11 Nov 2006, 18:20
Haggy,

you have most of the material you need for a significative improve in Maths. I think that in order to get a 650 you must feel confident with your knowledge of Algebra. What I recommend you is to do in detail the maths Manhattan GMAT books. You have in them almost everything you need (except Permutations, Comb.s and Prob.). In my case, I summarized them and then I did all the exercises (not only those in the end, but the ones in the book). It's BORING, but it's worth it.

And while you do that, don't forget to go on with verbal. If you have ended with SC in the OG, you can always do the ones of Kaplan, Princeton and SC1000 (you can get them in this forum).

Good luck.
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