Need help to score 650

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i just gave my exam pack 1 and scored 600 (Q43 v30) A LOT of silly mistakes in this test in math which got my score to 43 from 47.

my real gmat is on may 13th..i have around 23 days left...

how do i improve to score above 650..

latest mocks

650 (Q47 v34) gmat prep 1 - there were some questions which i saw before

580 mgmat 6 (Q43 V28)
600 mgmat 5 (Q43 V31)
590 mgmat 4 (Q44 V28)
610 mgmAT 3 (Q36 v37)

by April end i will be finishing 6 months of my prep. i am already getting exhausted so i booked the test for May 13 th

Please tell me how i can achieve my target score (650+)

GMATPill · Answer

As you pointed out - half the battle is being super careful and not making those silly mistakes. Part of this is mental: https://www.gmatpill.com/about/studying- ... trategies/

With 23 days left - I would budget the last 7 or so days on practice tests and reviewing mistakes from those areas. All days leading up to that practice test should be focused on individual subsections in pieces -- not all together.

For example, see if this CR video helps for visualizing complex questions: https://www.gmatpill.com/criticalreasoni ... Estate.mp4

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi viper1991,

You've defined a big issue in your Test Taking - silly mistakes; now you have to define WHY those silly mistakes are happening and FIX those problems. For most Test Takers, the cause is not taking enough notes, not labeling your work, doing math in your head, etc. You mentioned the silly mistakes in the QUANT section, but what's going on in the Verbal section? Why are you getting questions wrong in that section?

I have a few questions about these CATs:

1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Did you take these CATs at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?

For these last few weeks, I suggest that you invest in some NEW CATs (re-using old CATs is NOT realistic) and focus on the precision of your work. Little mistakes KILL Test Takers. If you're making too many little mistakes, then a 650+ score is just not going to happen.

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

RichEconomistGMAT · Answer

Hi viper1991,

You have a good handful of practice CAT scores to comb through. As everyone here has already said, review your practice exams and look for patterns in your mistakes. You have enough time to really understand where you need to improve (sounds like you're off to a good start), but based on your previous CATs, you should be able to find those patterns and get the score up to where you want it to be.

For a few new practice exams, here's a link to sign up for a free trial of GMAT Tutor (if you haven't already): https://bit.ly/1BMoyvJ

Best of luck,
Rich

OptimusPrep · Answer

You should focus on verbal concepts and properly understand all underlying GMAT verbal concepts.

Once you have studied the concepts you should practice as many verbal questions as possible.

Optimus Prep did a study and came to the conclusion that there is a strong correlation between student's test day success and the amount of full practice tests taken before test day. Students who did eight or more practice tests had a much higher chance to score 650+ and 700+

We will publish the full results soon but this should give you an understanding of what is obvious...the more questions you practice the higher the odds for your success! However, first you need to REALLY MASTER the basics and then you can start answering questions

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