Need advice!

Hi all,

I have been a member for a few months now but never really posted/commented on anything. I want to say thank you to all in advance for reading the post and offering your 2 cents.

I started studying for gmat in November and was hoping for a 650+.

Also, I took the kaplan course in September, IMO was waste of money. Took the Diagnostic test in October before i stared studying and scored a 360 and thought wow am i really this bad??? Im my defense id say i had not taken a single math course in the last 4 years so i was very rusty and didnt finish all the quant q's, missed last 12 or so (same with verbal). Though, I knew verbal would be the one that would take alot of effort. and oh btw im not a native.

Moving onto the preparation part , I used kaplan course book, though math was alright not that challenging atleast int he book, learned a few tricks, online material was helpful in terms of new concepts and alot of practice q's. Id have to say i struggled with CR from the beginning, i guess same thing happened on the real exam. Also had Manhattan Sc, and OG. took a few tests before the exam,
Kaplan diagnostic - 360 (dont remember the breakdown)
kaplan 1 - 490
kaplan 2 - 480
kaplan 3 - 530
Mnht 1 - 550 (41 q, 26 v)
mnht 2 - 600 (44 q, 30 v) i kinda stopped the time on a few quant q's, coz i had not seen em before so took a while to figure it out.

Gmat prep 1 460 (33 q and 21 v) quite a few math q's were something i had not seen before and also verbal was jus killing me. Honestly, It scared the crap out of me. I thought abt rescheduling my gmat. But then i thought If i go and give it a shot, atleast ill kno where i stand.


So I took the gmat 2 days ago and scored a dismal 560 (39 q and 28 v). which is 100 points better than what i scored on gmat prep 1 (460). so i was kinda happy/disappointed. I know i can do a better job, way better.

This is where i need your help guys, how do I improve my score to 700 like everyone else, I know i have a big mountain to climb but im ready to work for it. how do I get my quant to 48 and above, and verbal to atleast a 35?. what kind of books do i need for quant, and CR?

Thanks guys,

MS