tlockee
Been lurking in the forum for a while... first time poster.
Profile: African American/Asian, Military Officer, Male, Age - 30
2010 - Graduated from US Coast Guard Academy (B.S. Operations Research and Computer Analysis)
June 2014 - 1st GMAT attempt. Studied using Knewton on-demand course for 2-3 months. Scored a
530 (Q34/V29/IR7/AWA5) . I didn't end up getting selected for advanced education so I chose another job to enhance my military career.
February 2017 - I continued to dream about getting selected for fully sponsored advanced education and attending a top 20 business school, so I purchased prep materials and began my GMAT journey again.
Prep Materials:
MGMAT Study Guides, OG17, and
Magoosh Online Course
Tests:
MGMAT CAT 1 - 2/18/17:
530 (Q33/V31/AWA)MGMAT CAT 2 - 4/2/17:
600 (Q39/V34/AWA/IR3)MGMAT CAT 3 - 4/5/17:
560 (Q36/V31)MGMAT CAT 4 - 4/22/17:
590 (Q39/V32/AWA/IR4)MGMAT CAT 5 - 5/6/17:
620 (Q40/V35/AWA/IR3)MGMAT CAT 6 - 5/13/17:
590 (Q39/V33/AWA/IR3)GMAT Attempt #2 - 5/25/17:
610(Q43/V31/IR3) I'm interested in achieving a 700+ GMAT score by the end of July to be selected for fully sponsored advanced education. If selected by the military, I want to be competitive when applying top 20 US business schools.
Hi tlockee,
Raising your score from 610 to 700+ in 6 weeks is not easy.
- Analyze your performance in the verbal sub-sections and dedicate time accordingly.
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OG and Verbal review - Don't just solve questions but think like the test maker and analyze the details.
- For Quant - Manhattan or Veritas prep guides are good
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GMAT Club tests are fantastic for quant practice.
-Also , solve the questions in Bunuel's signature.
-To improve in Quant - you should refresh your basics on Geometry, Statistics, word problems, overlapping sets and Coordinate geometry.
-Number theory, Permutations, and Combinations, Probability are relatively difficult to improve
SC -
e-GMAT and Manhattan SC - It can be improved in the least amount of time. This is the best
e-GMAT module.
- CR - Powerscore ,
e-GMAT ,
MGMAT Ron's videos
-RC -
MGMAT or Veritas reading strategy
- GMAT Prep exam pack 1 and 2 - you should stick to GMAT Prep practice tests
- GMAT question pack 1
e-GMAT Scholaranium - Good tool for verbal practice.