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Hi Shikhar22.

Depending on what your situation is, you may be able to go from 660 to 700 on 15 days.

There are a few main moves you can make.

- You can work on some weaker areas of quant that are important for the GMAT such as Roots and Exponents, Properties of Numbers, and Geometry.

- You can learn some strategies for answering verbal questions.

- You can improve your execution in verbal by practicing. You'd start off practicing untimed to learn how to get the questions correct and then work on answering the questions faster.

- You can improve overall accuracy by using the ideas in this post.

Improving Your Accuracy on the GMAT

- You can take some (probably two) practice tests to get better at handling the test itself.

Thanks Marty. I think the last point is valid. I feel it’s harder for me to concentrate on the test day on things I find rather the easiest such as RCs and CR on a normal practice session.

I should take more mocks. I have been guilty of not talking many. And have had a stop start prep. But now I want to finish this once and for all. Maybe I need to take a few mocks and work on few areas. Complicated sequence questions and RC got me in the test. And I could only guess the last 3 questions in verbal as I I was too slow in the middle. I scored 34 in verbal with essentially taking wild guesses in the last 4 questions. If I’d have had managed my time better, I feel 40 on verbal was a real possibility. These things, if I improve, should get me over 700, I think.

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I should take more mocks.
Just getting more comfortable with taking the test could make a big difference.

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Maybe I need to take a few mocks and work on few areas. Complicated sequence questions and RC got me in the test. And I could only guess the last 3 questions in verbal as I I was too slow in the middle. I scored 34 in verbal with essentially taking wild guesses in the last 4 questions. If I’d have had managed my time better, I feel 40 on verbal was a real possibility. These things, if I improve, should get me over 700, I think.
I think they will.

Also, the ideas in this post could help you to complete the verbal section on time.

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can i go from 660 to 700+ in 15 days? and how? :(

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Hi Shikhar22,

To improve your quant skills, you may find it helpful to engage in topical quant practice.

For example, let’s say that you want to practice Number Properties. You can do so by answering 50 or more questions just from Number Properties: LCM, GCF, units digit patterns, divisibility, remainders, etc.

After each problem set, thoroughly analyze your incorrect questions. For example, 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 fix your weaknesses efficiently and, in turn, improve your GMAT quant skills. Number Properties is just one example; follow this process for all quant topics.
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Hey Shikhar22,

I understand that you are at a very crucial stage in your preparation. However, making an improvement from 660 to 700+ in 15 days is most certainly doable.
Here’s what you could do to make this score improvement:

Step 1

As an initial step I’d recommend you take a mock test to establish your current scores for every individual sub-section (SC, CR, RC, AR, ALG-GEO), which will further help us in creating specific plans for you for each individual subsection.

You can take the free SIGma-X mock test to get ESR like analysis of your current skill level.

Step 2

Once you have identified your strengths and weaknesses, you can then prepare a study plan accordingly.

For subsections where your score is below the 60th percentile, start your prep from Stage 1:

Stage 1 is the Learning Stage wherein you learn the different concepts and their application from scratch. Successful completion of this stage demonstrates that you have reached between 50-60th percentile ability.

For subsections where your score is between 60th to 80th percentile, spend a major proportion of your time and effort on Stage 2:

Stage 2, as we call the Cementing Stage, is where you cement your application skills for each sub-section in Verbal and each topic in Quant by solving medium and hard level questions in a timed manner and getting a good score consistently.

Here’s how you can create and attempt cementing quizzes:

  1. Each sub-sectional quiz should have a mixed bag of 10 questions solved first under relaxed timing (20 minutes) and then under standard timing (15 minutes).
  2. Start with medium difficulty. Proceed to hard once you have qualified 3 medium level cementing quizzes consistently.
  3. For each difficulty level- Medium or Hard, there is a clearly defined accuracy threshold.

  • For a Medium Cementing Quiz, the cut-off is 70% accuracy and,
  • For a Hard-Cementing Quiz, the cut-off is 50% accuracy.

For further understanding, click here to watch a video that explains the cementing process in detail.

Successful completion of this stage demonstrates that you have crossed the 70th percentile ability in each sub-section.

Step 3

Once you have successfully completed Stage 2 for all individual sub-sections, start with the Test Readiness Stage. Since this is the last stage, here the focus will be on maximizing your score at Sectional Quizzes under proper test conditions. In this stage you will solve multiple cross-sub-sectional quizzes to build your stamina for the actual GMAT exam. You can also take a few full-length mock tests to assess your overall test readiness and identify any lingering weaknesses.

Successful completion of this stage demonstrates that you have reached the 91st percentile ability.

Step 4

Before your test, make sure you spend enough time on revising your notes and error logs.

Make sure you review all your quizzes and mocks in detail to make sure that you got questions correct for the right reasons. For the incorrect questions or questions where you took excessive time, try to figure the gaps and bridge the gaps.

Some Motivation for You

I’m also sharing a few success stories of students who’ve had a similar journey as you:

  • Raunak improved his GMAT score from 630 to 720 in his second attempt by preparing in a structured manner! He improved from V30 to V42 in just 14 days with the help of e-GMAT Mentor Support and by learning the right strategies to approach GMAT level Verbal questions. Click here to watch his journey.
  • Rishabh's 4th attempt translated into a much-awaited success where he improved to a 720 on the GMAT with the help of a tailored strategy. Click here to watch how Rishabh improved from a V25 to V37 in just 3 weeks.

I sincerely hope that you find this insightful and motivational. Feel free to reach out to us on [email protected] once you’ve taken the mock if you need help with analysing the mock and creating an actionable study plan.

Wishing you luck and success with your GMAT!

Best Regards,
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