Raise from 600 to 700+ - GMAT tutors in London (online)?

Hi adkor95,

For this next phase of your studies, you have to be careful about confusing "quantity" of study with "quality" of study. Solving 2500+ questions seems a bit excessive - and during your prior studies, it's possible that you were re-inforcing some 'bad habits' that actually kept you from scoring higher. You might not actually need a tutor either, but either a Score Goal of 700+, you will almost certainly need to commit to at least another 2 months of consistent, guided study.

It may be worth mentioning, that by nature of the TTP course, I was exposed to 2000+ TTP questions to drill concepts, rather than taking a quantity-based approach to the OG. Also, I am fully committed to another 2 months of consistent study, however, given the timeline I would prefer a tutor to avoid cementing any bad habits or missing any blind spots.


1) Are you still planning to apply to M7 Schools in Round 2? What are the exact application deadlines that you are facing?

I'm planning to apply to M7 schools in R2, so I've booked my test for 23rd November. The deadline I set myself is for mid-December, so I have time to complete the rest of my applications.

2) On what dates did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?

Below is my CAT tracker (all IR 1's are because I clicked through by guessing)

Number Date Platform Quant/Verbal/IR/AWA/Score
1 26/01/2020 GMATPrep 22 37 5 n/a 490
2 11/02/2020 MGMAT 31 31 4.5 n/a 520
3 01/04/2020 MGMAT 35 31 5.2 n/a 550
4 05/09/2020 GMATPrep 36 41 3 n/a 640
5 07/09/2020 GMATPrep 41 34 1 n/a 610
6 09/09/2020 GMATPrep 44 34 1 n/a 640
7 12/09/2020 MGMAT 38 35 3.8 n/a 610
8 14/09/2020 MGMAT 40 35 4.5 n/a 620

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

I can commit roughly 4hrs of study time a day/7 days a week quite easily, spread over the day. However, I may begin taking one day off a week to rest, given burnout as I've read more about the benefits (open to your thoughts?)

While the ESR doesn’t provide a lot of information, there are usually a few data points that we can use to define what went wrong on Test Day (and what you should work on to score higher). Since you purchased the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you. If you would rather not post it publicly, then you can feel free to PM it directly to me.

Perfect - I'll do that now. Thanks Rich!

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