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610 cold to 710 mock 1 month on. What to do in last 10 days of prep? 19 Dec 2020, 19:30
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So I am pretty excited (just a mock, I know I know) because I decided to do the GMAT a month ago and got a 610 cold (Q39 V35) and then basically spent around 75 hours on TTP sections where I got questions wrong in the first mock and just the 4 GMAT Ninja videos on RC so far.

Fast forward to today and I got a 710 (Q43 V44) in my mock today and I am relieved because for the last few days I have been feeling a bit tired and less motivated because I didn't know which direction I was going in score-wise.

Given I've only really read through half of TTP and done only some chapter tests for those core sections, what would you do from here? I am guessing I should go harder on TTP to get Quant up further and target weak areas again + do the rest of the GMAT Ninja videos. Let me know what you guys think.

I was also logging the question numbers of every question that gave me some trouble and in Verbal it looks like I got 3/13 of those wrong and in Quant 5/9 were wrong.

Would you say this means I've just been lucky? I am quite surprised with the result because I have been feeling overwhelmed for a good few days now.
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610 cold to 710 mock 1 month on. What to do in last 10 days of prep? 19 Dec 2020, 21:46
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610 cold to 710 mock 1 month on. What to do in last 10 days of prep? 20 Dec 2020, 03:30
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So I am pretty excited (just a mock, I know I know) because I decided to do the GMAT a month ago and got a 610 cold (Q39 V35) and then basically spent around 75 hours on TTP sections where I got questions wrong in the first mock and just the 4 GMAT Ninja videos on RC so far.

Fast forward to today and I got a 710 (Q43 V44) in my mock today and I am relieved because for the last few days I have been feeling a bit tired and less motivated because I didn't know which direction I was going in score-wise.

Given I've only really read through half of TTP and done only some chapter tests for those core sections, what would you do from here? I am guessing I should go harder on TTP to get Quant up further and target weak areas again + do the rest of the GMAT Ninja videos. Let me know what you guys think.

I was also logging the question numbers of every question that gave me some trouble and in Verbal it looks like I got 3/13 of those wrong and in Quant 5/9 were wrong.

Would you say this means I've just been lucky? I am quite surprised with the result because I have been feeling overwhelmed for a good few days now.
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Hey - Quant appears to be a painpoint in your prep. You can use TTP for the conceptual part and then practice through the Gmatclub tests. I would suggest you to concentrate on these for the first 5 days, post which just stick to the error log (if you have one)
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Hello zzzzard8,

Welcome to the GMAT Club. It is one of the great platforms to get information about the GMAT official test, Study plan, Section wise instructions, etc.

A score of 710 in the GMAT mock test tells the entire story about how well prepared you are for the GMAT official test and how to change the gear now to meet the target score in reality.

With my GMAT tutoring, guidance, and counseling experience, we have to accept the fact with a pinch of salt that diagnostic/ mock test scores are above then what one should expect in a real test. There is often dropping in the score. Some students have even experienced a drop of 100 pointers. It is one of the realities, and your preparation should not sideline this fact.

You can schedule a Free counseling session for 20 mins with one of our experts:https://calendly.com/mathrevolution/1-on-1-session for detailed advice on your current study plans.

A couple of things that can be a noticeable barrier to your scores would be some or all of the below.

• Inefficiency by using time-consuming Conventional method to tackle DS and PS questions still
• No expert support (maybe) who can tutor, analyze, and guide you during your learning especially on hard level questions while stably hitting middle-level questions.
• Lack of many updated questions and practice in the recent exam trend
• Not well aligned with time to solve questions.

Since we are a math expert, we will recommend you go through our post on the GMAT club: Breakdown of GMAT math questions and types: https://gmatclub.com/forum/overview-of- ... l#p1641411

We recommend that you must learn the Variable Approach for solving DS questions and the IVY approach for solving PS questions in order to improve your accuracy and save time while solving the question types.

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The day regular mock tests show the consistent score of Q48+ with V37+, then it will reflect the positive change in the score, and hence, your confidence will boost up. Gradually, with the help of mock tests, you will be able to compete with time and therefore, will be able to learn time-management.

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610 cold to 710 mock 1 month on. What to do in last 10 days of prep? 20 Dec 2020, 13:23
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Yep! I haven't been doing any other mocks at all with the relatively limited time I have.
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610 cold to 710 mock 1 month on. What to do in last 10 days of prep? 20 Dec 2020, 13:25
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Hey - Quant appears to be a painpoint in your prep. You can use TTP for the conceptual part and then practice through the Gmatclub tests. I would suggest you to concentrate on these for the first 5 days, post which just stick to the error log (if you have one)
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I've found of the 9 questions I got wrong in quant, 3 were algebra-related, 2 word problems, 2 exponents, 1 geometry (careless) and 1 coordinate geometry.
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Hi zzzzard8,

710 after completing just half of TTP is great! Out of curiosity, is there a particular reason why you must take the GMAT in 10 days? Also, since this post have you continued to work through TTP?
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610 cold to 710 mock 1 month on. What to do in last 10 days of prep? 22 Dec 2020, 20:15
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Hi zzzzard8,

710 after completing just half of TTP is great! Out of curiosity, is there a particular reason why you must take the GMAT in 10 days? Also, since this post have you continued to work through TTP?
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Hi Scott - just trying to get apps in before R2 deadlines. After the mock I checked the wrong answers and 3 of the questions I got wrong were Exponents-related. Not a shock since I took the mock before I could even touch Number Properties and Exponents so now going through those chapters (mountain of a task) while hoping to somehow still carve out time for algebra + word problem practice and GMAT Ninja videos.

I was initially thinking of taking 2 more mocks but considering how I'm struggling with Number Properties and Exponents, I think I might just make that 1 more mock.

Let me know your thoughts.
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So I am pretty excited (just a mock, I know I know) because I decided to do the GMAT a month ago and got a 610 cold (Q39 V35) and then basically spent around 75 hours on TTP sections where I got questions wrong in the first mock and just the 4 GMAT Ninja videos on RC so far.

Fast forward to today and I got a 710 (Q43 V44) in my mock today and I am relieved because for the last few days I have been feeling a bit tired and less motivated because I didn't know which direction I was going in score-wise.

Given I've only really read through half of TTP and done only some chapter tests for those core sections, what would you do from here? I am guessing I should go harder on TTP to get Quant up further and target weak areas again + do the rest of the GMAT Ninja videos. Let me know what you guys think.

I was also logging the question numbers of every question that gave me some trouble and in Verbal it looks like I got 3/13 of those wrong and in Quant 5/9 were wrong.

Would you say this means I've just been lucky? I am quite surprised with the result because I have been feeling overwhelmed for a good few days now.
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Hi zzzzard8,

V44 is a great score. I think if you can can just focus on quant, you can score really well on GMAT. Having said that, I would suggest you to take another official mock in a few days to confirm that 710 is your actual reflection. I hope you get the similar score in your next mock as well. Make sure you identify what went wrong in this mock, work on them and make sure you don't repeat those in the next mock.
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Hi zzzzard8,

710 after completing just half of TTP is great! Out of curiosity, is there a particular reason why you must take the GMAT in 10 days? Also, since this post have you continued to work through TTP?

Hi Scott - just trying to get apps in before R2 deadlines. After the mock I checked the wrong answers and 3 of the questions I got wrong were Exponents-related. Not a shock since I took the mock before I could even touch Number Properties and Exponents so now going through those chapters (mountain of a task) while hoping to somehow still carve out time for algebra + word problem practice and GMAT Ninja videos.

I was initially thinking of taking 2 more mocks but considering how I'm struggling with Number Properties and Exponents, I think I might just make that 1 more mock.

Let me know your thoughts.
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