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Hi lorena08,

Raising a 480 to a 700+ will take some considerable time and effort. It's likely that you will need to spend another 3 months (or more) of consistent, guided study to get up to that level.

1) When you take your CATs, do you have to 'rush' to finish any of the sections? Do you ever leave questions unanswered?
2) What time of day do you take your CATs?

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Hi Lorena,

You mention using the Kaplan book and taking one of our courses. Which of our courses did you take, Self-Paced video-based or with a live instructor? Also, have you been using the full set of online resources that come with the course? This includes resources like Smart Reports to analyze your performance on the CATs in order to identify the areas that you most need to practice, workshops to learn content and strategies, and quizzes to get practice with what you are learning. For an improvement of over 200 points, I agree that this process is going to take you a significant amount of time. If you can share some more information with me regarding the resources you have been using, either in this thread or via private message, I'd be happy to give you some additional suggestions on where to go from here.

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