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One month to improve Quant before my first retake - Any advice?

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One month to improve Quant before my first retake - Any advice? [#permalink] New post   22 Nov 2015, 20:12
Hey all,

I took the GMAT for the first time this Saturday and scored a 680 (42Q 41V 7IR), which is lower than my target score of 700+. While disappointing to me, it fell right in line with what I was scoring on my practice tests so I plan on retaking the GMAT again on December 30th with a little more prep. This gives me one more month of studying.

My score breakdown was a 42Q 41V 7IR. Clearly I need to focus this last month on improving my quant score. I’d like to get it into the 70-75th percentile if possible.

For some background, my practice test breakdown (All GMATPrep) was as follows (in order):
610, 670, 700, 690

I’m looking for some tips on increasing my quantitive performance. The highest I’ve scored on Quantitive in a GMATPrep exam was 45. I’m hoping to get my score up to the 46-47 range. This combined with a 41 in verbal (which I’ve been scoring consistently) will put me where I want to be.

I’ve used all of the Manhattan Prep guides during my preparation and am considering buying the Magoosh quantitive package to work through this next month. Seeing as my score is consistently in the 40-45 range, and from reading the Gmatclub post "How to get improve your quant from q44 to q50", it seems that I still struggle with some of the core concepts and need to become more comfortable with those. Is the Magoosh course a good idea? Any recommendations on how to get that quant score up a bit? I feel like I’m so close to where I want to be overall. Just a bit more work…

Cheers all!
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Re: One month to improve Quant before my first retake - Any advice? [#permalink] New post   23 Nov 2015, 14:21
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Hi cmonty,

With a Q42, you were likely pretty good on the straight-forward "math" questions that you saw on Test Day, but you missed out on lots of 'strategy'-based points (likely a bunch of DS questions) and you probably made a few little mistakes throughout the section.

Based on everything that you've described, and your timeline, I think that you would find the EMPOWERgmat Quant Score Booster to be quite helpful. Most of our clients complete that Study Plan in under a month, so the time commitment wouldn't be too intense. We have a variety of free resources on our site (www.empowergmat.com), so you can 'test out' the Course before setting up an account.

If you have any additional questions, then you can feel free to contact me directly.

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Re: One month to improve Quant before my first retake - Any advice? [#permalink] New post   23 Nov 2015, 16:32
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Hi cmonty,

With a Q42, you were likely pretty good on the straight-forward "math" questions that you saw on Test Day, but you missed out on lots of 'strategy'-based points (likely a bunch of DS questions) and you probably made a few little mistakes throughout the section.

Based on everything that you've described, and your timeline, I think that you would find the EMPOWERgmat Quant Score Booster to be quite helpful. Most of our clients complete that Study Plan in under a month, so the time commitment wouldn't be too intense. We have a variety of free resources on our site , so you can 'test out' the Course before setting up an account.

If you have any additional questions, then you can feel free to contact me directly.

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Thank you for the advice. Your description of how you believed I did on the quant section matches very closely with how I feel. I'll take a look at this recommendation!
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Re: One month to improve Quant before my first retake - Any advice? [#permalink] New post   24 Nov 2015, 02:41
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cmonty wrote:
Your description of how you believed I did on the quant section matches very closely with how I feel.
I'd still advise you to work hard on your concepts. A Q42 should not happen if your concepts are in place.
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Re: One month to improve Quant before my first retake - Any advice? [#permalink] New post   25 Nov 2015, 11:20
cmonty wrote:
Hey all,

I took the GMAT for the first time this Saturday and scored a 680 (42Q 41V 7IR), which is lower than my target score of 700+. While disappointing to me, it fell right in line with what I was scoring on my practice tests so I plan on retaking the GMAT again on December 30th with a little more prep. This gives me one more month of studying.

My score breakdown was a 42Q 41V 7IR. Clearly I need to focus this last month on improving my quant score. I’d like to get it into the 70-75th percentile if possible.

For some background, my practice test breakdown (All GMATPrep) was as follows (in order):
610, 670, 700, 690

I’m looking for some tips on increasing my quantitive performance. The highest I’ve scored on Quantitive in a GMATPrep exam was 45. I’m hoping to get my score up to the 46-47 range. This combined with a 41 in verbal (which I’ve been scoring consistently) will put me where I want to be.

I’ve used all of the Manhattan Prep guides during my preparation and am considering buying the Magoosh quantitive package to work through this next month. Seeing as my score is consistently in the 40-45 range, and from reading the Gmatclub post "How to get improve your quant from q44 to q50", it seems that I still struggle with some of the core concepts and need to become more comfortable with those. Is the Magoosh course a good idea? Any recommendations on how to get that quant score up a bit? I feel like I’m so close to where I want to be overall. Just a bit more work…

Cheers all!


Hey cmonty,

You can definitely improve quant in a month. We recommend examining multiple variations off of the same core question type so you are prepared when the same kind of question is asked in a slightly different way.

Here is a list of practice problems you can try out: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... -questions

If you are looking for more diversity in practice tests, we recommend that you try the GMAT Pill Practice Test here: www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-test/practice-test/
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