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530 -> 650 GMAT Debrief. Need Advice for 700+

anon123

24 Sep 2011, 08:46

3

3,015

25 Sep 2011, 13:26

jward44

16 Dec 2008, 13:01

0

2,764

16 Dec 2008, 13:01

530 ! How I bombed my GMAT

HowIbombedMyGMAT

28 May 2015, 22:24

2

2,489

by: HowIbombedMyGMAT

03 Jun 2015, 08:38

530 after 3 months of practice. WHAT NEXT?

yashp2995

07 Mar 2017, 22:59

3

1,681

08 Mar 2017, 18:10

njvenkatesh

02 Nov 2006, 14:49

6

2,482

by: njvenkatesh

02 Nov 2006, 16:57

530 on Official GMAT :(

slk00

08 Sep 2023, 06:25

3

6

1,329

by: EMPOWERgmatRichC

09 Sep 2023, 11:37

530 Q35 V27 on GMAT 1. Need advice on retake.

wit

21 Feb 2014, 07:10

3

2,577

25 Apr 2014, 23:40

530 to 650, keep going? or call it a day?

hazzlondon

29 May 2012, 07:40

1

3,280

29 May 2012, 08:20

ebonn101

28 Apr 2011, 17:44

2

4,509

29 Apr 2011, 02:42

530 to 670 - Story of a 9 month pregnant female

1, 2

drramya

31 May 2012, 04:30

23

24

10,388

19 Jul 2012, 12:46

530 to 690: You can be better than you've thought

mtson1505

06 Sep 2013, 01:23

2

1

2,411

by: manuelpalomares

06 Sep 2013, 01:33

530 to 720 Thanks to E-gmat, Magoosh and GmatWarrior Google Group

JamesLondon

16 Jul 2015, 22:51

8

3

4,134

20 Jul 2015, 12:13

530 to 730 (q50, v38) GMAT DONE! Anyone Can Do It!!!

Talanc

12 Apr 2017, 21:15

17

8

12,477

03 May 2017, 21:16

530 to 740 in one month, here's how

Bigtime

02 Jun 2005, 14:43

2

5

5,014

29 Jul 2005, 05:08

530 was not my plan

sadovskiya

22 Jun 2013, 12:02

2

5

2,193

24 Jun 2013, 17:56

530--> 640 in 88 days-->720 in 16 days

MAKEITHAPPENToday

23 Nov 2015, 18:52

8

6

4,673

by: FollowurDream

26 Nov 2015, 11:31

530->640 (Q47, V31), should I try again?

Frozenace

30 Aug 2011, 12:53

1

3,058

30 Aug 2011, 13:35

530-Point GMAT Improvement (250 to 780) With the Help of TTP

1, 2

bb

06 Jul 2021, 12:09

21

32

67,913

by: GMATDog2025

18 Sep 2025, 13:59

verter2k

24 Aug 2008, 10:17

9

3,315

16 Sep 2008, 01:31

530(q-->48 and v-->16) to 570 (q-->44 and v-->25)

Nihit

04 Oct 2008, 10:48

1

1,857

05 Oct 2008, 00:36

terp26

13 Mar 2008, 06:08

1

2,310

13 Mar 2008, 07:17

535 to 645 on GMAT Focus Thanks to e-GMAT

luigiiann11

29 May 2024, 11:23

1

2,353

29 May 2024, 17:40

540 - 1st GMAT attempt with 2 weeks of studying

mm229966

25 Feb 2020, 03:33

1

3

1,206

by: ScottTargetTestPrep

25 Feb 2020, 08:17

540 -> 580 -> 640 Need some help

caribcon

30 Nov 2004, 11:47

3

2,867

08 Dec 2004, 13:06

540 (32 Q, 32 V)--gunning for 600--acceptance probability??

ugafan

10 Mar 2012, 14:49

2

2,936

10 Mar 2012, 15:55

540 (Q:49; V:17) - I don't understand anything

JohnLewis1980

27 Nov 2008, 00:16

7

17

20,872

by: PrashantPonde

03 Jul 2012, 14:53

540 GMAT (36Q 27V)- NEED HELP. I WANT TO IMPROVE MY SCORE!!!

jkadry

16 Sep 2010, 11:14

1

16

4,185

by: prateekbhatt

21 Sep 2011, 14:26

540 on GMAT – Need a bit of love and some help!

phoebe23ST

04 Feb 2018, 00:07

1

5

1,532

by: mcelroytutoring

06 Feb 2018, 21:01

540 to 590, need to reach 650

viv171087

24 Apr 2012, 07:09

3

2,492

24 Apr 2012, 22:37

540 to 660 in ~month (but not really)

Pash91

09 Apr 2010, 06:55

1

1,779

09 Apr 2010, 09:52

540 to 690 in 2 months - the journey finally ends here!

ichbintekno

27 May 2013, 02:02

0

1,477

by: ichbintekno

27 May 2013, 02:02

Davidt8

02 Feb 2011, 20:44

4

3,610

03 Feb 2011, 14:04

540 to 700 - Hope Someone Can Learn from my Experience!

ian101

13 Dec 2012, 15:30

3

4

5,233

by: Valentino99

16 Dec 2012, 06:51

540 to 700, Q 47 (65%), V 40 (91%)

bllb

23 Sep 2016, 17:48

1

1

3,402

by: GMATPILLBILL

23 Sep 2016, 19:51

540 to 710 (Q47 V40 AWA 6.0)

minjeeh

17 Feb 2010, 12:51

1

5

4,869

14 Aug 2010, 04:13

540 to 710 in 2 months! :)

agajoji

01 Aug 2011, 08:19

1

6

3,093

by: beatTheVerbal

02 Aug 2011, 08:25

540 to 720 to 770, long debrief

dustwun

12 Apr 2021, 12:48

3

4

6,446

13 Jun 2013, 07:55

540- 660 -690. Have bull dog like persistence

maheshsrini

01 Jun 2012, 07:04

2

2,274

by: maheshsrini

01 Jun 2012, 07:47

540->680->730- Have patience and confidence, it shall pay!

yogesh1984

27 Apr 2012, 09:02

22

12

17,446

30 Apr 2012, 05:27

wiseguy

12 Aug 2005, 18:08

3

2,974

15 Aug 2005, 14:45

540...No idea what went wrong.

sunshineavenue

22 Nov 2012, 21:46

2

4

3,286

by: sunshineavenue

23 Nov 2012, 22:32

540(Q41 V23) to 660(Q48 V33) I can make it because of Magoosh

Aves

08 Jun 2016, 20:13

4

2

3,575

28 Jun 2016, 20:10

540>730 (Q49, V41) over multiple years, never give up

gstarr2010

14 Mar 2018, 06:12

4

7

4,313

14 Mar 2018, 06:22

545 to 655: My 110 point improvement with e-Gmat

arekool

16 Sep 2025, 08:43

1

293

16 Sep 2025, 18:57

545 to 685 as a 35 y.o. non-native - took me 9 months with TTP

JaneKubryak

26 Jan 2026, 07:19

3

5

248

by: ScottTargetTestPrep

29 Jan 2026, 09:05

550 - Argentine, Admitted to Thunderbird

castroram

08 Dec 2004, 20:12

3

3,569

by: kayser1soze

15 Dec 2004, 21:27

550 - Dejected but still determined!

sameersanjeev

11 Aug 2015, 22:50

7

2,443

by: sameersanjeev

14 Aug 2015, 23:30

macsurf

19 May 2007, 10:56

3

3,103

19 May 2007, 18:25

550 -> 650 -> 680

alexeiro

27 Nov 2011, 03:44

0

3,933

27 Nov 2011, 03:44

550 -> 730. Non-native with no Quant background.

ya94

03 May 2018, 01:14

13

16

7,683

by: HanoiGMATtutor

06 May 2018, 16:55

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