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Need advice to get any score over 550 [#permalink] New post   16 Mar 2012, 03:39
hello guys

I am a GMAT noob and I started reading a lot about it lately and I have questions for all the experts out there. I am applying for a bschool that requires a 550 score for admissions and the deadline is on the 30th of May. I have almost 2 months to prepare for the score requiered and to tell you the truth I am panicking.

I already bought Cracking the GMAT 2012 from Princeton review as I heard it is a good start for beginners. I have an average analytical skills in both verbal and quantitative. English is not my first language but I completed American high school dipolma and I took the SAT's as I was studying in an american high school in my home country, so language is not a big issue i guess.

I only have a one shot try in the GMAT and I really do not want to blow my chances in getting in this school, they offer one time admissions in fall and I fail to get the score I should wait till next year.

I have a full time internship and I am having a quite crazy lifestyle at the moment. I am living in Germany with erasms students and its quite crazy out there, I am just not living in the best studying conditions at the moment, and thats about to change.

I do not have enough money to enroll in any courses, and I can only invest in some other prep books, I need to buy the GMAT official guide, and some other book based on your suggestions.

So please, any suggestion will be taken seriously, thank you for your support.
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Re: Need advice to get any score over 550 [#permalink] New post   16 Mar 2012, 06:11
Without any further delay, take a gmatprep right away and post the scores. You never know you could be already there at 550... :wink:
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Re: Need advice to get any score over 550 [#permalink] New post   16 Mar 2012, 06:44
I agree... 550 is not a hard score to get to with about a month of hard work (if you are not already there). I did not use the princeton book when I first started preparing. I got the Kaplan book and after a month and going through it and studying daily I scored 600. My baseline was 530. So it is totally doable :) good luck!
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Re: Need advice to get any score over 550 [#permalink] New post   19 Mar 2012, 09:12
My 2 cents is go with Manhattan GMAT books... You get access to their CAT's with purchase of any book... I find that their material and tests are much better than the Princeton review ones..
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Re: Need advice to get any score over 550 [#permalink] New post   21 Mar 2012, 05:39
I downloaded the prep and went through the questions and finally decided to stop. I cannot go through the questions as I honestly do not remember any math I did in the past. I know how to solve the questions if I just refresh my memory, it has been so long since I have seen such math questions.

I decided to read the princton review 2012 which is the only book I have for the moment and then do the test again, as many people are saying that the book is very basic, so I think it will be a great refreshing tool. I also bought Manhatten guide and the official guide from ebay, and I will start them when I correctly assess myself by completing the test I did not finish. Any ideas?
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Re: Need advice to get any score over 550 [#permalink] New post   21 Mar 2012, 06:23
I'd say complete the exam anyways... even if you get a bad score you know where you stand sans prep... then go through the princeton book and see if you can solve the questions you got wrong.
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Re: Need advice to get any score over 550 [#permalink] New post   22 Mar 2012, 08:13
Thanks! one last question, I have only one shot for my admission and the deadline is on the 30th of May. I was thinking about running twice for the exam on the end of April and on the end of May. Do you think it is a good idea ?
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