Instantly ! your score for the overall test and the math/verbal breakdown shows up at the end of the test. You will have to wait for 2 to 14 days before you can find out how you did in the AWA [analytical writting assesment] by getting the final official report of your score.
Here is what I think you should do , according to many posts in this forum, in order to improve your both math and verbal scores:
Math
- Start with the basics, regardless of question type, using the PR [princeton review] or Kaplan books
- Move on to different question types involved in the math section [ DS and PS] using Kaplan and Princeton review books for Math.
- Once feeling fairly confident on most of the math concepts, practice all problems in the OG and OG quant books.
- By then, you should be reaching the 44-46 level.
- To jump above 46, start using Kaplan 800 book and upper bin of OG and OG quant --> that'll get you up to the 48-49
- Buy the challenges from Gmat Club or practice alot with
Manhattan GMAT CATs [ once done with all these steps, I can assure you a minimum score of 50 ]
Verbal
I read alot about SC and figured out that most high-verbal scorers tend to master the SC part of the verbal and leave some room for RC or CR mistakes and still end up with 44+ score on the verbal section of the GMAT. Furthermore, it turns out that SC is in fact the easiest part of the GMAT to improve on. I couldn't agree more, as most GMATTERS kept emphasizing over and over about how easy and important to master the SC with little effort and short time compared to CR and RC.
Materials I used to start working on my SC skills:
- Spidey Notes
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Manhattan GMAT SC book [I know you've read alot about how good it is; well, it really is great.]
- OG 11 and OG verbal review books