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Hello fellow GMATers

I need your help/guidance. Losing hope and getting frustrated. I'm one of your 'working full-time' GMAT test taker who is trying to put in 6-10hrs over the weekend and around 2hrs on weekdays but not seeing the expected improvements. I'm taking my GMAT on May 4th.

Does anyone have any strategies or advice on my situation? What should I continue doing and what can I change/start doing?

Hi Rudasri, I'd say you're probably being too hard on yourself. Your scores seem to always be the same, but you're varying a little within the verbal and quant sections. If you could get your best verbal score and your best math score on the same exam, your score would be significantly higher. This means that you're able to do it, maybe you're just messing up certain questions or losing focus sometimes. I wouldn't change too much, but I think you're doing too many hours for a full timer. You need to take some time off to let the concepts sink in and come back stronger, just like going to the gym. The other thing is to keep positive. You can get a better score, your practice tests demonstrate this, but you have to be positive and believe that you can get these questions right.

If you're a Star Wars fan: Use the foce, and May the 4th be with you
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