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You should never lose your nerves over scores from third party tests. Use the diagnostic test only to gauge your basic knowledge levels. Third party tests are a mixed bag. Use the OGs as your foundation.

Your priority should be to spend as much time as needed on building strong fundamentals. Do untimed practice exercises and focus on each subtopic as outlined in the official guide.

Doing a ton of third party tests is a bad idea. You don't want to waste time and energy in this way. If you build your foundations, you will naturally excel at testing as long as you manage other aspects, such as timing and anxiety.

Since you are moving from place to place, you may benefit from giving yourself several months instead of the two you have planned. Focused study with sufficient time will be helpful to your preparation.

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Hi fashih96,

Regarding your plan, I do think it would be a good idea to use an online course. That said, to see what is available, 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.

Also, would you like some general advice on how to improve your verbal and quant skills?

You also may find my it helpful to read this article about
how to score a 700+ on the GMAT.

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Hi fasih96,

To start, you're not facing any immediate application deadlines - which is good. Focusing on the GMAT now - far in advance of when you'll actually 'need' your Score - is a smart choice. That having been said, raising a 560 to the point that you can consistently score 730+ will likely require at least another 3 months of consistent, guided study - and you'll have to make significant improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections. Thankfully, the GMAT is a consistent, predictable Exam, so you CAN train to score at a higher level. Based on your current timeline, you would likely need more study time than you have currently allotted.

Before I can offer you any additional advice for your studies, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on your timeline and your goals:

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1) How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) When is your current Official Test Date?
3) Going forward, how many hours do you think you can consistently study each week?

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Hi fasih96,

To start, you're not facing any immediate application deadlines - which is good. Focusing on the GMAT now - far in advance of when you'll actually 'need' your Score - is a smart choice. That having been said, raising a 560 to the point that you can consistently score 730+ will likely require at least another 3 months of consistent, guided study - and you'll have to make significant improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections. Thankfully, the GMAT is a consistent, predictable Exam, so you CAN train to score at a higher level. Based on your current timeline, you would likely need more study time than you have currently allotted.

Before I can offer you any additional advice for your studies, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on your timeline and your goals:

Studies:
1) How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) When is your current Official Test Date?
3) Going forward, how many hours do you think you can consistently study each week?

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Thank you for replying.

1) I'm not entirely sure how many hours I've been putting in for the last 3 weeks since I was studying in a very haphazard manner. Whatever free time I'd get I'd study so I didn't keep a count as such. That approach was in itself problematic so I've decided to keep a proper count of how many hours I can do and monitor accordingly as well.
2) 9th November
3) I can do a minimum of 2 hours on weekdays (there will always be a day of the week when I can do a lot more then that but this is a good average) and 4-5 on Weekends. This is based on the way my job is until the test date.
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Hi fasih96,

Many Test Takers spend 3 months (or more) of consistent study time before they hit their 'peak' scores. From what you describe, it is not clear how long OR how consistently you have studied - so that might be factor in why you have not scored higher yet.

Your plan to gauge your 'readiness' in just 45 days could be problematic; that would give you just 1.5 months to try to learn, practice and master a lot of different subjects and Tactics - and you will likely need twice that amount of time to get that comfort level. By extension, if you try to 'rush' through a Study Plan to fit that timeframe, then you might end up wasting all of that time (and those practice resources) and not actually gain much - especially if you're just quickly moving through lots of practice questions without properly developing the necessary skills. Since your Goal Score is one that approximately 95% of Test Takers will never achieve (regardless of how long they study or the number of times that they take the GMAT), then you really have to give yourself the necessary time - and commit to the proper Study Plan - to get that level.

"Review" is an exceptionally important part of the GMAT training process; your ability to define WHY you're getting questions wrong is essential to defining the areas that you need to work on (and the specific things that you need to 'fix'). As such, I'd like to know a bit more about your recent CAT. While a full Mistake Tracker would provide a lot more information, there are some basic questions that you should be able to answer (and the more EXACT you can be with your answers, the better):

After reviewing each section of this recent CAT, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just could not remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard?
4) Because you were low on time and had to guess?
5) How many Verbal questions did you 'narrow down to 2 choices' but still get wrong?

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