Study Plan Q&A Chat

Hi all, I am appearing for the Focus Edition on Feb 2nd (day after). I can say I have given close to 3 months of full-fledged prep and used a couple of sources (in addition to OG and the GMAT Club forums). My target score is 655 and above (90th percentile and beyond). However, I am struggling to make sense of my mock scores.

For anyone who’s kind enough to take out the time - would you mind looking at the score breakdown below and help speculate as to why my verbal and quant scores (and hence, the overall) keep stagnating around 555-575? As for DI, I know DS is a weak area for me, but besides that I’m clueless.

PS - the odd 535 and 545 in Magoosh was a bad, below-average attempt on my part due to stress and lack of sleep. So discounting that a little for now.

Any advice/recommendations would be highly appreciated. Thank you so much in advance!

To get a 655+, you need a total of 248 / 270. These 248 can come from any of these 3 subjects. (Ex: Q88, V82, DI78 or Q86, V82, V80)Going by the scores you shared in the image, it looks like you have decent scores in verbal

I would suggest you spend as much time as possible on your Quant. Improving on verbal beyond 82 is really tough, but improving on quant from 79 to 86 is easier : till Q84 it might be easy and then you need to push yourself on certain hard questions to reach 86.

This might improve your ability on DI as well. Try to get all the easy questions right on DI for now. That might take you till 78 consistently. Paralelly start working on DS, you can’t reach your target score without a solid DS.

Cheers!

SN_09, it seems too late to improve now. For now - don’t worry about putting in last minute effort to improve score. Once the test is done, then you need to focus on improving your ability, one section at a time. There are about 40 different ways to get to 655 - the optimal path could be 88, 82, 78 or 86, 84, 80 or another path.

Prasadhd1996, - about 70 hours of effort to improve by 40 points.

Hi All, I am (re) starting my prep for GMAT FE (planning April end) and would like to have a study group
I heard one of my friends used to sit on a virtual muted call with 4 people with cams on and study for 2 hours and later discuss on the material (they were all from different academia too)

I find that idea good, it keeps you on track and also the peers here can lean on each other’s strengths

Please ping me if you would like to join, i’ll create a group on https://gmatclub.com/chat or smth

I m also re starting my prep and for same time.. would like to join I n such group if you are creating

Me too also like to join the group as I am very confuse about how to start my preparation. If anyone like to help me

guys, let me be memeber of the group, it’s exactly what I need, definitely down to motivate you guys

here I am

"I scored 575 in my GMAT Focus exam with breakdowns of Q81, V77, and DI78 on January 23rd. However, as my target score is 645 or higher, I am planning to retake the exam. I am currently feeling confused about how to restart my preparation. Any guidance on how to approach my study plan would be greatly appreciated."

Considering my weaknesses in verbal skills and the non-math related aspects of the data insight section, I am contemplating whether to enroll in preparatory courses. Would taking such courses help me enhance these specific areas of my preparation, especially given my current proficiency level?

how many weeks of study have you done ??

Guys, can anyone guide me regarding which test series should I join for verbal section. It would be of great help if anyone could help me

Hy everyone, can someone suggest sources for DI specifically ? It would be of great help!
Thanks in advance

Hey fellow aspirants. I am planning to start my FE prep and would like to team up with other peers in the preparation. Feel free to drop in a personal message and maybe we could connect. Happy learning!

Hey everyone anyone can help me regarding how to start the gmat preparation?

I’m in for this as well

I’m going to give GFE by april 1st week or second week

count me in too please

I am planning to give around the same time

Let’s make a group then...