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1) How long did you study before taking the GMAT? How much studying have you done since you took the GMAT?
I studied about 4 months prior to taking the test in March. Since then I've been busy wrapping up college so I haven't studied for the GMAT.

2) What study materials have you used?
I have a Kaplan book, the GMATPrep free tests, and a few books from the Princeton Review.

Goals:
3) Why do you think you 'need' a 560 specifically?
It's the cutoff point for a specific school.

4) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
I already applied and received an email asking if I could get my score to a 560.

5) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
Applied to U of A, IU, and a few others.

Hi jtylka,

Your score goal is absolutely achievable, but since you haven't studied for some time, you will likely need to (re)learn certain concepts as well as learn/practice some new ones. With the proper materials, you could potentially hit your goal score in a month, but the more likely situation will require 2 months of consistent, guided study.

1) What is the deadline by which you have to submit a new GMAT Score? And what happens if you can't make that deadline (would the School's "offer" still be available even at a later date?)?

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

Hi jtylka,

A June 10th deadline would give you about 6 weeks of potential study time. That could potentially be enough time, but you'll have to be really efficient about this next round of studies. I suggest that you take a new, FULL-LENGTH CAT (with the Essay and IR sections) sometime soon. That score will give us a better sense of your current skills, so that we can plan out what you need to focus on to hit your score goal.

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

Take a practice CAT and review the results. Identify strengths and weaknesses. Work on your weaknesses and then take a different CAT.

Repeat as necessary

You have plenty of time. You could even take a different CAT every week and still make your deadline!

I took one of the free GMAT Prep CATs and received a 490 today. Q 34 and V 24. I'm definitely weak in DS questions as well as questions dealing with rates and inequalities. On the verbal side I don't know what happens but I've done great in English classes in college, but just not on the GMAT in general.

Hi jtylka,

This recent CAT score is almost identical to the Official Score that you earned back in March, which means that whatever work you've done in the last month (or so) has not led to any type of meaningful improvement. By extension, you probably cannot afford to continue studying in the same ways (and with the same materials). Thankfully, there are a variety of different 'score combinations' that will get you to a 560+, so you could pick up all of the missing points that you're looking for in just the Quant, just the Verbal, or a 'mix' of the two.

Based on everything that you’ve described - including the limited timeframe that you have - I think that you would find the EMPOWERgmat Total Score Booster to be quite helpful. Most of our clients complete that Study Plan in well under 2 months, but it's possible that you would not be able to compete the full Study Plan. Thankfully, you won't have to to hit your score goal. There's a good chance that learn and practicing the Stage 1 Tactics would be enough to help you pick up the missing points that you're looking for. 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.

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

Well !! First things first. Increasing your point from 480 will take some dedicated efforts but it is possible to increase this score to a 560. But it can be achieved.


1) If you have a solid base and your basics are clear, it becomes very easy to increase the score from a 480 to 560. For basics, you can go through the GMAT Club (as you have less time). Check out the following:

a) All you need for quant (it has some valuable information)
b) Bunuel's posts
c) GMAT study plan for verbal by souvik101990

There are many other useful posts by GMAT club users that would help you.

2) After understanding the basics for example you studied numbers today, solve official guide (number properties questions and ANALYZE every single step given in the official guide). In addition, search for that question on this forum and see the different ways in which GMAT club users have answered the same question. FIND YOUR WAY AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL THIS.

3) Very important: No matter you get a question right or wrong, see explanations for every question.
Benefits of doing so:
a) For the questions you got correct, you can see and analyze if your way was the quickest way or not as you have on an average 2 minutes to solve a question.
b) For the questions you got wrong, you have to understand that what is it that you missed. For example, was it a basics problem or you did not understand the question as to what it was trying to ask.

See the basics are same (2+2=4) but in a 500 level question, the question asked would be direct and in a tougher question the language would be indirect.

4) You can make an error log or use google doc to maintain your performance and practice the questions you got wrong every weekend.

5) Don't rush to solving 50 or 100 questions. Even if you solve just 10 or 20, you should be confident on what you just solved (the basics, the language, etc.).

6) You can watch some webinars conducted by e-gmat (e-gmat because I loved their webinars). IMPORTANT: They are free!!

7) Just know your strengths and weaknesses. Keep practicing and revising.

8) Also take practice tests (as mentioned above by members) and review your mistakes and plan accordingly.

In the end, NO ONE KNOWS YOU BETTER THAN YOU AND THUS NO ONE CAN DEVISE A STRATEGY FOR YOU BUT YOU. So Good luck.

(You can also go through some debriefs on this forum)

Hope this helps.