How to increase to 700+ in 2 weeks? (Current Mock 680)

Hi Rich,

Yes i have taken the entire CAT each time and doing it at the same exact situation with my GMAT test schedule.
(9AM, sit down on my working desk at weekend)

I'm confused how to balance my verbal and quant study in the next 2 weeks. Because i see as my verbal score improved, my quant score is dropped.
And i have one more GMATprep, when is the best time to take it before my actual exam? A week before or a day before or 2-3 days before my actual exam?

Thanks


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Hi mesti,

If you've truly taken your CATs in a realistic fashion that 'matches up' with what you'll face on Test Day, then we have to take a much greater look at WHY you're getting questions wrong. While the type of review that I'm talking about can (and should be) really detail-oriented, you can think in these simple terms:

After reviewing each of the Quant and Verbal sections in each of your CATs, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just couldn't remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard?

The answers to those questions will help to define what you should be focused on in these last 2 weeks.

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

This post my come to you as an unpleasant view of an expert however I wish to be honest and mention that GMAT PREP these days are usually showing an escalated score because almost all students have been getting about 20 points less than their score in GMAT PREP.

Where GMAT Prep scores don't give me a positive notion about your readiness to get 700+ in GMAT 670 in Manhattan on contrary is a better performance than your performance in GMAT PREP

Looking at all your scores, I see that you have potential to improve your score in quant and GOOD NEWS is that scores in quant can be improved even in two weeks.

Your scores in Quant ranging around 45 can easily be improved to a level of 47-48 by just working on some basic principles where you are lacking and have not been able to give it a thrust to reach a score where every students irrespective of Maths background or not can reach only based on willingness and hardwork to get such score.

In last these days all you should focus on the good resources that you have not finished yet.
6. GMAT Prep Question Packs --> still not used yet --- MOST PREFERRED SOURCE TO BE USED AT THIS HOUR
7. GMAT Club Test --> still not used yet--- USE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE GOOD PRACTICE.

It's also important that you find out what is leading to this big fluctuation in your quant score because once you also have reached a score of 49 .

Consistency in scores comes when you have identified what is hindering growth in your score. You need to find a pattern in your mistakes. The mistakes could primarily be in
1) Either DS
2) OR Specific and Important topic like Number Properties, Ineuality, Geometry etc.

Find that out and a little work will bring the consistency in your score to reach to the level of 49 every time.

I hope this helps!!!

Hi Mesti,

Since you have not been able to hit a 700+ score on your practice exams,
there are probably some fundamental issues in your studying that are not allowing you to improve your GMAT knowledge. You may consider adjusting your study routine to include some more focused practice, so you can find and fix whatever weaknesses are weighing down your GMAT score.

Remember, what makes the GMAT such a challenging exam is that there are relatively few questions asked in a given exam, yet those questions come from a huge topic pool. Thus, the best way to get a great GMAT score is to have a thorough understanding of all the topics that may be tested on the exam. To develop such mastery, you want to strive for linear and targeted learning, and follow that with focused practice. In other words, you want to master one topic before you move to the next. Have you been able to study in this way?

For example, if you are reviewing Critical Reasoning, be sure to practice a large number of questions just from Critical Reasoning: strengthen and weaken the conclusion, resolve the paradox, find the conclusion, must be true, etc. The results of that practice will help you determine your weak areas within that topic. Once you find and fix your weak areas, move on to the next verbal topic.

You should follow the same routine for quant. If you are reviewing Number Properties, be sure that you can practice 50 or more questions just from Number Properties: LCM, GCF, units digit patterns, divisibility, remainders, etc. Based on the results, you can find and fix your weak areas. Only then should you move on to the next quant topic.

If your current resources do not allow for the focused practice I suggest, you may consider a more robust resource such as an online self-study course. As opposed to GMAT prep books, self-study courses typically provide detailed study plans and have granular analytics, so you can easily track your progress as you move through a course. By being able to track your progress, you will remain more engaged, and you’ll be able to more accurately forecast when you are ready to take your real GMAT.

If,you need quant help, I welcome you to try the Target Test Prep Quant course. It will be a game-changer for you.

Lastly, if you are unable to improve your GMAT skills in the next few weeks, do you have the option push your GMAT to a later date? If so, you may consider rescheduling your exam, so you can spend the necessary time to build up your quant and verbal GMAT skills.

If you have any further questions, feel free to reach out to me directly.

Hi Rich,

Thanks a lot for your reply. Some quant questions i got wrong in the first 15 questions are because of mistake in application, e.g., not read the question carefully that the rate / work problem is give information of half of work not the full of work. And also after reviewing again my error log and taking additional tests for the last 1 week, i mostly wrong in answering Coordinate Plane and Combinatorics problem.

The test is in the next 2 days. I hope i can put my best effort in this test. If not maybe i need to retake and defer the application to next year.