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Hi kartikm2496,

Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

1) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for each)?
2) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
3) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
4) Going forward, how many hours do you think you can consistently study each week?

Since there's some potential for you to pick up some points in BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections, I'd also like to see your FULL ESR. You can feel free to PM or email it to me.

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Thank you for the thorough analysis of the above. What would you recommend be my plan of action. My initial aim was to score 700 but seeing this i have to be realistic. I want to aim for 670-680. I had Q48 V25 and score of 610. Seeing my ability in the above sections what would you recommend i do.
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Hi kartikm2496

I believe that lower score is the result of bad planning, not studying regularly, not revising the learnings and not taking care of mental health.
Discipline and confidence are key to success. I would like you to read my following post. If you still have any query, please post. Happy to help :)

https://gmatclub.com/forum/need-guidanc ... l#p1972369
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Thank you for the thorough analysis of the above. What would you recommend be my plan of action. My initial aim was to score 700 but seeing this i have to be realistic. I want to aim for 670-680. I had Q48 V25 and score of 610. Seeing my ability in the above sections what would you recommend i do.
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Were your GMATPrep scores different?

Generally, you shouldn't take a decision on whether you need to be "realistic" on the basis of your first GMAT/ESR. The ESR provides a rough snapshot of your performance on test day. As such, the ESR may or may not indicate with precision your "ability in the above sections".
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