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Study Plan after 710 on first mba.com CAT [#permalink] New post   22 Dec 2015, 12:35
Yay, amirite?! But now I'm aiming for a 780 or so...that's doable, isn't it?

-Q43 V44
-Took the whole thing, including AWA and IR
-Timed with timed breaks
-As close to testing environment as I could manage (so locked in the basement while randomly hearing cries for "mommy" upstairs)

I'm doing the Empower 3-month study plan (which I LOVE), but is there any other material out there I should be looking at? Specifically anything designed to boost your score on the higher end? It seems from perusing the forum that people improve their score by over 100 points all the time-but I know it gets harder the higher up you go. Any suggestions?
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Re: Study Plan after 710 on first mba.com CAT [#permalink] New post   22 Dec 2015, 12:49
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mate, that is an incredible score.
your Q can be improved to 49-50. My suggestion is - look for how many questions on Q you missed because of the silly mistakes. Your fundamentals are ok, but it looks like you missed some of the questions that are more "tricky" than usual.
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Re: Study Plan after 710 on first mba.com CAT [#permalink] New post   22 Dec 2015, 12:57
mvictor wrote:
mate, that is an incredible score.
your Q can be improved to 49-50. My suggestion is - look for how many questions on Q you missed because of the silly mistakes. Your fundamentals are ok, but it looks like you missed some of the questions that are more "tricky" than usual.


I'm an accountant. We don't like tricky math. :-D

Evaluating my misses is definitely on my to do list.
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Re: Study Plan after 710 on first mba.com CAT [#permalink] New post   22 Dec 2015, 13:10
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Hi Kelzie01,

A 710 is a fantastic first CAT score. It's important to continue making each CAT that you take as realistic as possible.

With a Q43/V44, you have a greater opportunity to pick up points in the Quant section (and Business Schools tend to prefer a higher Quant Scaled Score anyway, so you will benefit in multiple ways by raising THAT score). The Q43 means that you were really good at most of the 'math' questions that you faced, but you missed out on a lot of 'strategy-based' points (likely in DS, but in some PS questions too). Take a good look at the Quant questions that you got wrong and think about WHY you got them wrong. How many were due to silly/little mistakes? How many could have been solved by TESTing VALUES or TESTing THE ANSWERS? If you're looking for additional advice/insights into individual questions, then you should post them in the appropriate forums here. You can also feel free to contact me directly.

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Re: Study Plan after 710 on first mba.com CAT [#permalink] New post   22 Dec 2015, 13:20
EMPOWERgmatRichC wrote:
Hi Kelzie01,

A 710 is a fantastic first CAT score. It's important to continue making each CAT that you take as realistic as possible.

With a Q43/V44, you have a greater opportunity to pick up points in the Quant section (and Business Schools tend to prefer a higher Quant Scaled Score anyway, so you will benefit in multiple ways by raising THAT score). The Q43 means that you were really good at most of the 'math' questions that you faced, but you missed out on a lot of 'strategy-based' points (likely in DS, but in some PS questions too). Take a good look at the Quant questions that you got wrong and think about WHY you got them wrong. How many were due to silly/little mistakes? How many could have been solved by TESTing VALUES or TESTing THE ANSWERS? If you're looking for additional advice/insights into individual questions, then you should post them in the appropriate forums here. You can also feel free to contact me directly.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich


Thanks Rich! I spoke (well, emailed) with Brian on your team on a similar question and he was beyond helpful. I will happily recommend Empower to anyone that is looking for a study guide!
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