Started with 590, Got 720, aiming for 750

Hi WittyBartlet,

First off, 720 is a very nice GMAT score! Regarding how to improve, feel free to check out the following article:

How to Improve Your GMAT Score

Feel free to reach out with any questions.

I understand that some others have gotten a 730 with my sectional breakdowns too. But I want to increase my score to 750. What would be the best strategy to move forward?

If your fundamentals are solid, consider working on your solving approach. May help boost your score. Had a 6-hour student, for example, who went from a V41 to a V45 in about 10 days. Perhaps find a study buddy with ace verbal skills whom you can teach Quant in return. For a 750+, you're probably going to want a V42+ score to combo with your Quant.

Hi WittyBartlet

You have come a long way. Congratulations! 720 is a great score. However, if you feel you have the potential to push your score to 750, you might consider a retake. Let me share my insights here.

Looking at your score breakup, you are almost there in quant but you can take your score to 42-43 in verbal. For that, you have to analyze even the minute things and make sure to work on them.

Let me tell you that the improvement to V40+ is all about identifying the core pain points not only from a conceptual standpoint but also from a methodical standpoint. Let me elaborate.

You're probably doing decently well on the easy and medium questions but when it comes to hard questions the issues start surfacing. What it means is that the methods that you might be using are not fully efficient. There is a need to improve the methodology and focus on logic. Using the right methodologies and strategies to approach the Verbal questions should ideally help you to avoid the traps set by the test makers. If you do so, it is possible to improve your score to V40+ and push your overall score as well.

The right methods for SC is meaning based approach (not splits), CR is framework driven pre-thinking and RC is involving yourself in understand why the various parts of the passage is written and not just what is written.

In short, if you work slowly on your approach and focus on learning from each question you should see a significant improvement in your score.

If you are struggling with some specific topics, you may share the same for better understanding and I can help you out with your worries.

Having said this, I would like to know what is the approach you followed during the test along with a few other things (including your exact pain points) so that I can suggest you a more structured plan and help you with advanced strategies as you would not have much time to spare now. It would be great if we have your ESR available at the time of discussion. If you wish to discuss this over a call, you can schedule a free consultation call using the below link. Considering the effort, you have put, I would really like to know the concerns and help you improve your score.