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First practice test taken- Should I just ignore verbal? 04 Nov 2013, 11:09
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Just took my first practice GMAT test...and didn't do as well as I was hoping. I got a 570 and the schools I'm looking at I need at least a 675 for a competitive score.

Long story short, I withdrew from a highly ranked law school so the verbal section comes pretty naturally (especially after the tortuous LSAT studying). I scored a 45 and that was my first time through.

But my quant is a COMPLETELY different story- 27. Being in law school and accounting major in college I haven't even seen any type of math other than basic multiplication since high school.

Question is, should I completely ignoring studying for verbal and focus solely on my quant score? I know my verbal score isn't near perfect and can be improved, but I have only a month period to study and my quant obviously needs a lot of help.Or should I play to my strengths and get my verbal score as best as it can be and take time away from quant?

Would appreciate any advice :)
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Just took my first practice GMAT test...and didn't do as well as I was hoping. I got a 570 and the schools I'm looking at I need at least a 675 for a competitive score.

Long story short, I withdrew from a highly ranked law school so the verbal section comes pretty naturally (especially after the tortuous LSAT studying). I scored a 45 and that was my first time through.

But my quant is a COMPLETELY different story- 27. Being in law school and accounting major in college I haven't even seen any type of math other than basic multiplication since high school.

Question is, should I completely ignoring studying for verbal and focus solely on my quant score? I know my verbal score isn't near perfect and can be improved, but I have only a month period to study and my quant obviously needs a lot of help.Or should I play to my strengths and get my verbal score as best as it can be and take time away from quant?

Would appreciate any advice :)
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Just took my first practice GMAT test...and didn't do as well as I was hoping. I got a 570 and the schools I'm looking at I need at least a 675 for a competitive score.

Long story short, I withdrew from a highly ranked law school so the verbal section comes pretty naturally (especially after the tortuous LSAT studying). I scored a 45 and that was my first time through.

But my quant is a COMPLETELY different story- 27. Being in law school and accounting major in college I haven't even seen any type of math other than basic multiplication since high school.

Question is, should I completely ignoring studying for verbal and focus solely on my quant score? I know my verbal score isn't near perfect and can be improved, but I have only a month period to study and my quant obviously needs a lot of help.Or should I play to my strengths and get my verbal score as best as it can be and take time away from quant?

Would appreciate any advice :)
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We would advise that you first focus on your weakest sections - those quant sections. Then towards the middle time period (halfway between now and your test date) - you can start looking at SC/RC - then finish last with CR -- since that's your strongest.

For quant - dedicate at least 5 straight days towards PS - then at least 5 straight days for DS. Actually, since quant is your weakness, you might want to dedicate an entire day towards Algebra, then an entire day on Number Properties / Sequences, then an entire day on Rates / Mixtures, then an entire day on Combinatorics, etc.

You might even dedicate up to 8 straight days just on this before moving onto data sufficiency.

These recommendations are based off of our 1 month study plan: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... study-plan

For practice quant questions, consider taking a look at: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... -questions
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