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670 to 760 in one month debrief [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2022, 22:10
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I went from 670 Q48/V34 to a 760 V48/Q48 in one month.

I ended up spending way too much $$ on test prep. The most effective materials for me were Magoosh for the math, Manhattan for SC, and reading the news for CR/RC. GMATNinja has the best free videos on SC as well as some of the free veritas prep videos for advanced SC. I never tried TTP. Magoosh has some great free videos on math too, the matrix methods were awesome for me. I ended up paying for a magoosh course which was a waste of time and money, if you're shooting for a 700+ (you all should be, you can do it) the course won't cover the really hard questions. Don't worry about timing when you are learning, the speed will come.

The biggest mistake I made was using the practice questions before I studied. It was a waste of time and questions to practice. If I were to do it all over again I would take a full-length timed diagnostic test first, focus on your weak areas then take practice questions in those area when you feel confident. If you're taking the GMAT you are probably ok at quant and all it takes is relearning some formulas and problem solving strategies. SC were completely new concepts to me and I'm a native english speaker.

I started studying with Magoosh and the official practice problems for a month then I got a 670. Honestly, I could have gotten a higher score except my schedule is insane and I had to be out of town the night before the first test. I rescheduled the next one a month later and buckled down on verbal. The next test I cleared my schedule outside of work for a week and was able to prepare mentally the week leading up to it. I strongly believe prioritizing my physical wellbeing that week had the biggest factor in being able to earn a high score. Also if you absolutely rock at quant then take verbal first, the mental fatigue is real and makes it harder to comprehend what you're reading especially if it's those nasty 700+ SC questions.

Outside of test prep material, sleep is your best friend. Have the right attitude! Before I took the GMAT I set myself the goal of getting a 720, I came from a not elite undergraduate university and I thought I would be happy with just above 90%. That goal doomed me to failure, shoot for the stars. Seriously it doesn't matter who you are a 760 is possible if you set your mind to it.

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Re: 670 to 760 in one month debrief [#permalink] New post   21 Sep 2022, 07:03
Hi! I took my first try yesterday and scored a 660. My main areas of weakness are time management in verbal and some targeted topics in quant.
I want to understand what should be my way forward and if there are any particular resources or courses which I can use to achieve a 730+ score in a month or so.

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670 to 760 in one month debrief [#permalink] New post   21 Sep 2022, 21:16
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Wow! Congratulations California22 - that's amazing job cramming and getting it done.
What materials did you use during your final week?

P.S. Also, do you mind sharing, what score did you start with at the beginning?
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Re: 670 to 760 in one month debrief [#permalink] New post   23 Sep 2022, 15:05
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Wow! Congratulations - that's amazing job cramming and getting it done.
What materials did you use during your final week?

P.S. Also, do you mind sharing, what score did you start with at the beginning?




My first practice test was 690! I took it untimed though which is why I didn't improve much from there.....
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Re: 670 to 760 in one month debrief [#permalink] New post   23 Sep 2022, 15:10
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Hi! I took my first try yesterday and scored a 660. My main areas of weakness are time management in verbal and some targeted topics in quant.
I want to understand what should be my way forward and if there are any particular resources or courses which I can use to achieve a 730+ score in a month or so.

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A 660 is a great start!!! Time management comes with practice. If you have less than a month I'd recommend doing self-study and getting the manhattan books for verbal, for targeted topics in quant just use youtube. Spend two-three days just to get through those then go back to OG questions. As your doing OG verbal questions try to identify all the mistakes in each possible answer, you'll get a lot more out of each question that way. The hardest mistakes to catch will be the ones you see on the real GMAT!
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Re: 670 to 760 in one month debrief [#permalink] New post   23 Sep 2022, 15:17
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Wow! Congratulations [- that's amazing job cramming and getting it done.
What materials did you use during your final week?

P.S. Also, do you mind sharing, what score did you start with at the beginning?



It's only cramming if you believe it is! Studying doesn't have to be stressful if you keep a positive attitude. My final week I used a ~5 question OQ quant set every day to keep fresh on the quant. For the verbal I focused on doing every single easy through hard question I could and identifying all of the mistakes in the answer choices. I would do them in sets of three (unless if it was RC) then check my answers and I would get through like 20 a day. I honestly would fall asleep to GMAT ninja's SC series for gmatclub.
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Sorry, I did not mean cramming as a negative or to downplay your success. First of all, if you can cram to 760, as opposed to methodically studying, my hats off to you though seems that’s not the case here.

In my experience doing more intensive prep is always better (but it is very hard to pull off studying more than 3 hrs/day). Great job not doing hundreds of questions in a day. You said sets of 3. Why 3? Also, 20 sets or 20 questions? Same topic? I am very interested in your method!

PS. I take your “falling asleep to GMAT Ninja” nothing but a compliment 😂


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bb wrote:
Wow! Congratulations [- that's amazing job cramming and getting it done.
What materials did you use during your final week?

P.S. Also, do you mind sharing, what score did you start with at the beginning?



It's only cramming if you believe it is! Studying doesn't have to be stressful if you keep a positive attitude. My final week I used a ~5 question OQ quant set every day to keep fresh on the quant. For the verbal I focused on doing every single easy through hard question I could and identifying all of the mistakes in the answer choices. I would do them in sets of three (unless if it was RC) then check my answers and I would get through like 20 a day. I honestly would fall asleep to GMAT ninja's SC series for gmatclub.


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Re: 670 to 760 in one month debrief [#permalink] New post   23 Sep 2022, 15:45
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Sorry, I did not mean cramming as a negative or to downplay your success. First of all, if you can cram to 760, as opposed to methodically studying, my hats off to you though seems that’s not the case here.

In my experience doing more intensive prep is always better (but it is very hard to pull off studying more than 3 hrs/day). Great job not doing hundreds of questions in a day. You said sets of 3. Why 3? Also, 20 sets or 20 questions? Same topic? I am very interested in your method!

PS. I take your “falling asleep to GMAT Ninja” nothing but a compliment 😂


California22 wrote:
bb wrote:
Wow! Congratulations [- that's amazing job cramming and getting it done.
What materials did you use during your final week?

P.S. Also, do you mind sharing, what score did you start with at the beginning?


I did sets of 3 because I can't keep focused for longer than that! Also the questions would be fresher in my head and I could remember my reasoning for choosing an answer when I was looking at the explanations on gmatclub. If I got my reasoning right for 3/5 answers but got the overall question wrong I'd consider it a win and just make a note on the specific thing I got wrong (SVA, prepositions, etc.) then double down on questions with that thing I got wrong for my next sets of 3. 3 questions/set just worked for me, if someone can keep motivated doing longer sets then power to them!

I meant 20 questions a day! I could not convince myself to do 60 questions a day if it wasn't a practice test. Make GMAT fun for yourself and not a chore! There's a lot to learn in one verbal question that you can apply to other questions.
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