From 440 to 650 asking for help

Hi nils91,

Your overall timeframe is a bit 'tight', but you could potentially hit your Goal Score if you're really efficient with your studies going forward.

You would likely benefit from investing in a GMAT Course of some type (either Guided Self-Study or instructor-led) - and it sounds as if you're investigating your options - which is a good start. When it comes to studying for the GMAT, there are a variety of different Courses to choose from. Most GMAT Companies offer some type of free materials (practice problems, Trial Accounts, videos, etc.) that you can use to 'test out' a product before you buy it. We have a variety of those resources at our website (www.empowergmat.com). I suggest that you take advantage of all of them then choose the one that best matches your personality, timeline and budget.

1) Going forward, how many hours do you think you can consistently study each week?

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

I would say 2-3 hours per day in the week and 6 hours per day on the weekend

Hi nils91,

I’m glad you reached out, and I’m happy to help. Regarding prep reousources, in addition to seeking advice in this thread, take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant and verbal courses, and also read through some GMAT success stories to see what materials have worked well for other test-takers.

Additionally, you may find it helpful to read this article about
how to score a 700+ on the GMAT.

Good luck!

Hi nils91,

Welcome to GMATCLUB. 3 months is good enough to improve your score. It’s a good thing you have taken a GMAT Mock once. You now know your weaknesses and work on them. If you are willing to study dedicatedly for that period, you are sure to achieve your goal. I think you need to solidify you base and adopt a proper technique to answer the questions. I believe you may benefit from taking a GMATPREP course. If you are willing, there are some great GMAT prep companies that can help you with your preparation.

Your choice of Math revolution is great. It's a great course and will certainly help you with your preparations.

Also for verbal, I would highly encourage you to consider e-gmat verbal online or the e-gmat verbal live course. They are both amazing courses especially designed for non-natives. They offer almost 25% of their courses for free so you can try out their free trial to decide which one you want to go for. Plus the e-gmat Scholaranium which is included in both the courses is one of the best verbal practice tools in the market. You can easily track your progress in that you can identify your strengths and analyze and improve on your weak areas.

You can also try out the MGMAT guides they are phenomenal and cover the entire syllabus really well. Just by going through these guides and solving the OG will help you reach 600+.I must add that if you are particularly looking to discover and improve on your weak areas in Quant; a subscription to GMATCLUB tests is the best way to do that. They are indeed phenomenal and will not only pinpoint your weak areas but also help you improve on them.

Further taking multiple mocks might help. Apart from the GMATPREP, Manhattan GMAT tests and Veritas Prep Tests in my experience have good verbal and Quant section and will certainly help you point out and improve your weak areas.

Further another advantage of taking many mocks is to build up your stamina. Apart from the GMATPREP tests, taking practise tests of any major GMATPREP company ought to do that.

I would also encourage you to purchase GMATPREP QP 1 for some great additional practice. Here is a link that will help you with your decision.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/best-gmat-ve ... ml?fl=menu

Lastly, you can check out a very interesting article by Mike McGarry from Magoosh detailing a 3 month study plan

https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/3-month-g ... -students/. You will find it very helpful as it gives out a study plan as per your needs.

Hope this helps. All the best.

You can try egmat course for verbal. That can really help you with the preparation.

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First of all thanks for the answers.

E-GMAT also has an online course which does both verbal and quant for 299$.

So for me, I have the option to do Math Revolution for Quant + E-GMAT for Verbal (199$ each)

Or to do the E-GMAT complete online course for 299$

Atm I already bought the Math Revolution Course, but to be honest, I don´t really like the way the videos are made. The videos seem old and the instructor is only reading out the slides. He´s not really explaining the basic concepts as well (or at least not good for me, but who am I to judge). I will try Math Revolution out more till I have a clearer opinion about it (7day refund).