Hi guys!

Everybody here wants a high GMAT score, but have you ever asked yourself: ” What is the smartest way to obtain it? ”
In my view smartest means efficient, so how can I improve my score efficiently?

Smart=>Efficient=>Less work

But first: how GMAT ranks your performance? Your score is based on percentiles, the percentage of test takers you have outperformed.
ie: 50 Q means that in this section you’ve done better than 93% of the test takers.

In the GMAT “improve you score efficiently” translates into “lesser percentile to climb”.

And here’s where this software helps you: it shows every possible combination (Q,V) to achieve your target score, and the percentile climb required to achieve it.
You can choose the strategy that more fits you in terms of skills and efficiency and plan your study accordingly.


Which strategy would you adopt? They are in reverse order of efficiency.






OVERALL ANALYSIS

The GMAT loves VERBAL
All the scores from 47 to 51 are contained in the last 99 percentile, so just one question right could make a +1 point difference.
If you have little time, just focus on this section, even a small improvement is highly rewarded by the GMAT algorithm.
To make this clear, I wanna use an example: from 40,30 to 750. In this scenario there is a 30 point gap between the V-Strategy and the Q-Strategy!
Overall the Verbal Strategy is likely to be the most efficient one, and this is the reason why.

Balance and strenght points
The balanced strategies are in most cases a good compromise. Unless you plan to get a V51 (pretty rare) my advise to you is to
split your study almost evenly ( the appropriare ratio can be determined case by case). On the other hand if there is a huge gap
between your Q and V percentiles, my advise becomes: focus on your strenght points (doesn't matter if quant or verbal!)
Example: from 48, 31 to 700. In this scenario there is almost no difference between tha all Q-Strategy and the all V one.
It's up to you to choose.


Finally, don't expect any shortcut! There is no special combination that will give your dream score without any work!
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Hope you guys find it useful, and I would love to have a feedback. Does it work? Any idea to make it better?
Leave a reply down here or send me a PM.

Regards and thank you!

Thank you VERY much for your reply, I corrected the code and uploaded an updated version.

Yes, it requires Java to run:

5)This software requires Java, if you don’t have it, hereit is.

It does not work with that data because Q40 V40 is MORE than 600. The taget score must be greater than the current one.

Hope it's clear

Mmmm... this is weird
It seems that your WinRAR version has something wrong, because from what I've seen it doesn't even open the archive

This is a .ZIP version, try it and tell me if it works.

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Added the exe version to the main post:
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