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Hi. I have been taking 7 GMAT exams in the last two years. But I have also been stuck between 700-750.To clarify, I am not some sorts of franatic or crazy guys. I just find this exam interesting and try to get a 780+ or so as an non-native speaker. Following is my several attempts on the exam, can experts give me some advice to break this bottleneck and achieve a higher score? Thanks in advance.

Attached is my test performace.Thanks in advance!!!!
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any experts here to help? :shock:
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Hi 1131570003,

I have to ask what your REAL goal is. For almost all people who take the GMAT, the real goal is to go on to Business School (or some other Grad School) - in that way, the GMAT is a 'means to an end.' With a 750, you can comfortably apply to any Business Schools you like, so instead of continuing to retake the Test, you should be looking at your broader goals and working towards those.

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Hi 1131570003,

I have to ask what your REAL goal is. For almost all people who take the GMAT, the real goal is to go on to Business School (or some other Grad School) - in that way, the GMAT is a 'means to an end.' With a 750, you can comfortably apply to any Business Schools you like, so instead of continuing to retake the Test, you should be looking at your broader goals and working towards those.

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I have already graduated from a business school. I just find this test really interesting, and wonder whether is it possible for an non-native speaker to achieve a V45+ score in the real exam.

It is like some sorts of my personal interest, and a challenege that I set to pursue.
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I have already graduated from a business school. I just find this test really interesting, and wonder whether is it possible for an non-native speaker to achieve a V45+ score in the real exam.

It is like some sorts of my personal interest, and a challenege that I set to pursue.

This is interesting :)

If you are stuck at a particular score range, it is more because of certain sub sections troubling you. If you were to take the GMAT again, I would recommend you to dig down deep and understand your pain areas.

SC: The questions test various concepts such as S-V agreement, modifiers, parallelism etc. Find out what troubles you.
CR: There might be certain types of questions that are troubling you. May be Assumption, may be conclusion, inference etc.
You need to find that out and then practice them
RC: This again can be drilled down into different types of questions and also different topics. See what questions and topics trouble you the most and then practice accordingly.
Quants: Again try to break the questions in topics such as Algebra, Number system (very important), Geometry, PnC etc.

As an addition, start preparing an error log (I would be surprised if you do not already have take care of this) and keep a note of all the mistakes you made and the lessons you learnt from the problems. This will ensure you do not make the same mistake again.
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I have already graduated from a business school. I just find this test really interesting, and wonder whether is it possible for an non-native speaker to achieve a V45+ score in the real exam.

It is like some sorts of my personal interest, and a challenege that I set to pursue.

This is interesting :)

If you are stuck at a particular score range, it is more because of certain sub sections troubling you. If you were to take the GMAT again, I would recommend you to dig down deep and understand your pain areas.

SC: The questions test various concepts such as S-V agreement, modifiers, parallelism etc. Find out what troubles you.
CR: There might be certain types of questions that are troubling you. May be Assumption, may be conclusion, inference etc.
You need to find that out and then practice them
RC: This again can be drilled down into different types of questions and also different topics. See what questions and topics trouble you the most and then practice accordingly.
Quants: Again try to break the questions in topics such as Algebra, Number system (very important), Geometry, PnC etc.

As an addition, start preparing an error log (I would be surprised if you do not already have take care of this) and keep a note of all the mistakes you made and the lessons you learnt from the problems. This will ensure you do not make the same mistake again.

Thanks！
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any more insights？
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anyone?
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any one here still to help? Thanks~
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Hi again,

I do not think you need much help after scoring a 750. You are good not he concepts, the only thing you need to do is to practice. Make sure that you have solved all the official problems. There are some pdfs that are a collection of ALL the official problems. You can start solving them.
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Hi! In the excel that you've attached, can you explain columns D, G and I? For example, what does 42/51 mean?

What was also intriguing, is the rather wild fluctuation in your verbal performance (from a 51/51 to 6/51 on CR). Any reason you can think of, for this?