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I want to retake in 3 weeks. I feel like I just need to buckle down, and I can get my quant score up. The foundation is there, I think I just make stupid mistakes?
Hi benbitz,

I don't have any answers for you, but I do want to wish you all the best. If you can get your quant score up, you're looking at a very, very good score.
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I really appreciate all the advice!!

Any ideas about what to practice? I work a full-time job, so I think if I try to do 20 questions a day, and 60 a day on weekends (plus learning), I should be able to get my quant score up?

Also, could you clarify what you mean about focusing on points?
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1. You have a fantastic base and solid ground and data insights and verbal. This is fantastic because it’s a lot simple to fight one battle with one section versus all three sections.

2. Don’t ignore these over the next three weeks as you prepare for retake and spend some time, at least 10% of your effort on each of these to keep them fresh because otherwise, you may lose ground in your strong areas.

3. I recommend taking your weakest section last. I wasn’t very smart but there was no section choice when I was taking my gym out but Verble happened to be my weakest so I took the usual order where verbal was the last and I honestly thought I failed it. It was hard and I kept guessing throughout the entire test and I thought my verbal was trash but it ended up being 96 percentile. The challenge with the GMAT is that it’s adaptive and it’s always challenging and you will never feel comfortable and you will feel flustered especially on a section that your weekend because it’ll keep throwing harder questions as you progress. I would make quant your last

4. All sections contribute to your score equally so getting an extra point on verbal or DI is just as helpful as quant.

5. Focus on points, not percentiles. The final score depends on the points not your percentiles. Every 3 points on the section contribute 20 points to your score. See if you’re looking for 695 for example, you need to get 80 more points on the total score and that’s about 12 sectional points.

6. Once you get your official report, try to figure out and understand what contributed to the lower score.

7. Make sure you take your test warmed up and confident. Never ever take the test without solving 5 to 10 questions first. Waiting for the proctor and being flustered can also put your mind into a different zone so try to minimize that component if you can. Perhaps going to the test center maybe be simpler since there’s no waiting around.
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I want to retake in 3 weeks. I feel like I just need to buckle down, and I can get my quant score up. The foundation is there, I think I just make stupid mistakes?

One thing that may help a bit is quickly going through your error-log to identify any repeated careless errors you may make. You could list them down and look at them now and again to help recall/remind yourself what to be careful of. Seeing which types of questions (e.g. work rate) you may be a bit weaker on could also be helpful.
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Hi benbitz,

I'm sorry to hear how things went with your GMAT, and I'm happy to help. To start, can you paste in a screenshot of your TTP analytics page?
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Starting to think about studying for the GMAT again, but have been told that the GRE is potentially easier for some like me. Quant isn't necessarily my strongsuit. Any perspectives on GRE vs. GMAT?
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GRE quant is indeed easier. The GRE is also a more forgiving test with AdCom if all you need is a pass/fail but if you are trying to cover up a low GPA, it is trickier.
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