GMAT Score Improvement strategy for 700+(from 710 to higher)

Question

Have scored a 710 in GMAT in my first attempt(Q49, V38) . Planning to retake GMAT and aiming for 750. Any suggestions on what would be a good preparation strategy and how I can target improvement in 700+ Level questions. Wanting to retake within a month so Kind of short on time.

Hoping to get some suggestions from the GMAT Club family

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TheUltimateWinner · Answer

congrats for the nice score. 
you can get admitted in top-notch school with this score. it is better to check your expected b-school's GMAT requirement. if you still need to have 750 you should write your weakness in GMAT and study materials. you could also share your plan for study so that folks can help you.

MathRevolution · Answer

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gmatgames · Answer

1. Take couple of the CATs from MGMAT, Veritas, GMATClub or whichever you have the access of
2. Review them thoroughly
3. Practice on the weak areas
4. Take GMAT Prep CAT
5. Repeat

In the entire duration Keep reading everyday. Reading should help you in verbal immensely. The most important and most effective is to Practice verbal from OFFICIAL Material Only. MGMAT is also good.

For Quant GMAT Club CATs are gold.

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi aelhence,

710 is a great start! To improve your GMAT score to a higher level, you need to go through GMAT quant and verbal carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills. The overall process will be to learn all about how to answer question types with which you currently aren't very comfortable, and do dozens of practice questions category by category, basically driving up your score point by point. For example, if you find that you are not strong in answering Number Properties questions, then carefully review the conceptual underpinnings of how to answer Number Properties questions and practice by answering 50 or more questions just from Number Properties: LCM, GCF, units digit patterns, divisibility, remainders, etc. When you are working on learning to answer questions of a particular type, start off taking your time, and then seek to speed up as you get more comfortable answering questions of that type. As you do such practice, do a thorough analysis of each question that you don't get right. If you got a remainder question wrong, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not properly apply the remainder formula? Was there a concept you did not understand in the question? By carefully analyzing your mistakes, you will be able to efficiently fix your weaknesses and in turn improve your GMAT quant skills. Number Properties is just one example; follow this process for all quant topics.

Each time you strengthen your understanding of a topic and your skill in answering questions of a particular type, you increase your odds of hitting your score goal. You know that there are types of questions that you are happy to see, types that you would rather not see, and types that you take a long time to answer correctly. Learn to more effectively answer the types of questions that you would rather not see, and make them into your favorite types. Learn to correctly answer in two minutes or less questions that you currently take five minutes to answer. By finding, say, a dozen weaker quant areas and turning them into strong areas, you will make great progress toward hitting your quant score goal. If a dozen areas turn out not to be enough, strengthen some more areas.

You can work on verbal in a similar manner. Let’s say you are reviewing Critical Reasoning. Be sure that you practice a large number of Critical Reasoning questions: Strengthen and Weaken the Argument, Resolve the Paradox, find the Conclusion, Must be True, etc. As you go through the questions, do a thorough analysis of each question that you don't get correct. If you missed a Weaken question, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not recognize what the question was asking? Did you skip over a key detail in an answer choice? Getting GMAT verbal questions right is a matter of what you know, what you see, and what you do. So, any time that you don't get one right, you can seek to identify what you had to know to get the right answer, what you had to see that you didn't see, and what you could have done differently to arrive at the correct answer.

So, work on accuracy and generally finding correct answers, work on specific weaker areas one by one to make them strong areas, and when you take a practice GMAT or the real thing, take all the time per question available to do your absolute best to get right answers consistently. The GMAT is essentially a game of seeing how many right answers you can get in the time allotted. Approach the test with that conception in mind, and focus intently on the question in front of you with one goal in mind: getting a CORRECT answer.

In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant and verbal materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the  best quant  and  verbal courses . You also may find it helpful to read the following article about  The Phases of Preparing for the GMAT .

Feel free to reach out with any further questions. Good luck!

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi aelhence,

First off, a 710/Q49 is an outstanding Score, so you can comfortably apply to any Business Schools that interest you. As such, a retest is probably not necessary. Depending on the Schools that you plan to apply to, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile and plans. Those Experts should be able to answer your Admissions questions and help define the specific areas of your profile that could use some improvement. There's a Forum full of those Experts here:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/ask-admissio ... tants-124/

There's no harm in continuing to study though, but 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:

Studies:
1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) On what dates (or approximate dates) did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?

Goals:
4) For your next attempt, are you planning to take the At-home GMAT or are you planning to take your GMAT at a Test Facility?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?

You might also choose to purchase the Enhanced Score Report. While the ESR doesn’t provide a lot of information, there are usually a few data points that we can use to define what you should work on to score higher. If you purchase the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

GMATWhizTeam · Answer

Hi aelhence,

First of all, congrats on getting a 710. I'm sure you did most of the things right. It's just that there are few areas in which you have to tweak your approach a little. So, the first step is to identify those areas. Once you identify them, learn the right methods to solve those question types under the time constraint. I say methods because I'm sure you must be having a good conceptual knowledge by now. So, the areas to work on would be mostly the application part.

Quant: 
I think there are certain topics which you are not comfortable. So, I suggest you to work on them. Additionally, take timed quizzes so that you get used to the time constraint. You can start by taking a quiz of 15 questions with 30 minutes time limit. Then you can increase the number of questions to 31 with 62 minutes time limit. This way, even if you don't take a mock, you will get a feeling of the test environment and your timing will improve.

Verbal: 
A score of 38 indicates that you are good with the two modules but struggling with the third one. the third one can be SC, CR or RC. I'm sure you have an idea of the module you struggle with the most. So, I suggest you to focus more on that but at the same time make sure that you don't neglect the other two. Learn the right methods to solve the questions of the topics of your weak areas. And follow the same process mentioned for quant that is taking timed quizzes.

I hope it helped. If you wish to know a specific study strategy to follow, you can get in touch with me and we can have a detailed discussion about your weak areas and how to improve them. You can use the below link to get in touch with me.

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