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Even I got a lot more tensed and did not sleep at all on the night before second attempt.
On the top of it I spent a lot of my energy on IR and quant thereby draining myself by the time I reach verbal.
I believe you did the same.
Even though I did not master it yet, I know it for sure that we need to save our brain energy till we complete verbal section.
You need to have a sound sleep and tension free.(not completely possible for me but must be done.)

Thank you for your response. Though i somehow felt a weird sense of freshness while giving the exam, I don't think i'd ever reached a stage where i was tired and wanted to sleep.
As a matter of fact, i was disappointed that the questions were very easy.

I'd like to ask someone whose managed a 700+ ," Given the study resources, which i have mentioned; how would you go about preparing. Which book would you finish first and how would you get the best study strategy in place."
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Hi shershahsuri,

Many Test Takers spend 3 months (or more) of consistent study time before they hit their 'peak' scores, so you should not feel too badly about how you performed on the GMAT after just 1 month of study. You've learned a valuable lesson from that process though - and you can use your knowledge of Test Day to better prepare for this next attempt. That having been said, raising a 530 to a 700+ will take some considerable effort - and you'll have to make some significant improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections. Under typical circumstances, I would suspect that you would need at least another 3 months of consistent, guided study to get to that level. Since you've quit your job to study 'full time' though, you could potentially hit that goal in the 74 days that you have. As a warning though, you have to be careful about not studying too much; you want to avoid 'burnout' (especially as you get closer to your Official Test Date).

The primary 'issue' that you'll likely face with your study plan is that it's 'book heavy.' Many Test Takers who use a 'book heavy' study approach end up getting 'stuck' at a particular score level, so you'll likely end up needing to invest in some non-book resources.

1) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
2) What Schools are you planning to apply to?

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Hi shershahsuri,


The primary 'issue' that you'll likely face with your study plan is that it's 'book heavy.' Many Test Takers who use a 'book heavy' study approach end up getting 'stuck' at a particular score level, so you'll likely end up needing to invest in some non-book resources.

1) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
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Could you please elaborate on the book heavy approach and how i could improve it..
i'm looking at INSEAD primarily.
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Hi shershahsuri,

From your prior posts, you've stated that you've used (or are currently using) the OG books and an assortment of the Manhattan books - so your studies have been (and appear to be) "book heavy." Unfortunately, even the best books are limited in what they can teach you; they also can't force you to approach questions in a certain way and their explanations are often one-sided. By extension, if all it took to score a 700+ was working through a series of books, then the average score on the Official GMAT would likely be a lot closer to 700 than it is now (the average tends to hover around 540-550 most years). Given your score goal, investing in some new non-book resources - and likely a Course (either Guided Self-Study or instructor-led) - would likely be advisable.

INSEAD is a highly competitive School, so beyond having a strong GMAT score, you will also need to have a strong OVERALL profile AND you'll have to 'market yourself' correctly. You should make sure that you give yourself plenty of time to work on your overall application.

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