Suggestions for Quant level 700 Material.

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Hi,

I am currently scoring 45-47 in Quants and would like to touch 51 in the coming month. Till now I have done, OGs and all manhattan guides including MGMAT question banks.

In the coming few weeks, I am planning on doing below three things:

1-Manhattan Advanced
2-Gmat Club 700-800 Quant collection
3- Bunuel Signature Quant Collection

I am focusing on GMAT score of 750+ and really want to make it 51 in Quant since my verbal is quite weak. I will be taking GMAT in 30-40 days but will be focusing mostly on verbal in last 20 days.

Please suggest if my current list is healthy enough. Or should I exclude/include anything else.

Many Thanks.

GMATPill · Answer

You can look at some of the questions here that were answered correctly by less than 50% of users: www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-test/gma ... -questions

You can also focus in on the more difficult topics such as combinatorics and mixtures here.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi goelvani,

You've arranged your priorities in an 'odd' way. I'll be happy to help you properly prioritize everything, but I'm hoping that you can answer a few questions first:

1) How have you been scoring on your practice CATs (Including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
2) Have you been taking the ENTIRE CAT every time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
3) You say your goal is 750+, but that your Verbal is 'quite weak.' It's not possible to score 750+ with a 'decent' Verbal score (much less a 'weak' one). Why are you waiting until the last 20 days to focus on Verbal?
4) What materials have you been using so far during your studies?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

goelvani · Answer

Hi Rich, Please refer to our prior conversation here- need-advise-regarding-tough-question-sources-193920.html. Really looking forward to your suggestions.Please advise on the verbal material too. Thanks.

alexau · Answer

I think Rich brings up an excellent point here. While you have been scoring around 47 for quant, getting up to 51 is then scoring at an elite level for quant, so there really may not be that much upside on this end. While I do think you will have to boost quant to around 49 or 50 to hit your target 750 there is going to be much more room for improvement on the verbal end and thus this should attract much more of your attention.

I like to think of this scenario in the same way that one should think about approaching a tough question on the GMAT. You can spend a ton of time on this one question and you MAY get it correct, only to then see harder questions in front of you that may be above your ability, be behind on time, and hurt yourself in the long run. Or you can "punt" a question that may be too hard and then give yourself enough time to focus and get the following questions correct.

In your case, you can spend the next month only on quant with limited upside and then hope for the best with verbal, or you can balance your time across both sections and improve them together. Your quant may not hit 51 (maybe it will!), but your verbal is more likely to increase if you study the concepts OVER TIME and let them marinate in your mind.

Since you have not hit 35 in verbal, I would highly suggest that is your focal point for the next few weeks (and obviously supplement that with quant review and practice). Even if you were to get a 51 on quant and a 35 on verbal, that may not be enough for a 700 (certainly not enough for 750). You need to have balanced success to score at the 98-99 percentile level.

It's hard to recommend a particular set of problems for higher difficulty questions, but I would definitely use GMATPrep Exam and Question Pack Bundle, the resources here on GMAT Club, maybe even signing up for a 30 day verbal crash course (Magoosh and e-GMAT have stuff that focuses only on verbal and aren't crazy expensive). Your quant score can definitely improve over the next month without intense focus on that, but your verbal score is the key that will unlock the 750 score.

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