Hi please see below my practice scores and real scores. I started with 660 and then worked my way up. I'm not a native english speaker and didn't really practice verbel as much as i did quant. But i worked really hard on quant and this forum was a blessing. I wanna thank the whole community.
11-05-14 GMAT #1 - 660 - 44Q 36V
30-07-14 Kaplan CAT1 - 670 - 48Q 39V
01-08-14 Kaplan CAT2 - 670 - 49Q 35V
08-08-14 Kaplan CAT3 - 750 - 51Q 39V
14-08-14
MGMAT CAT1 - 670 - 45Q 36V
17-08-14
MGMAT CAT2 (4A) - 600 - 41Q 32V
23-08-14 Kaplan CAT4 - 430 - 49Q 7V
29-08-14
MGMAT CAT3 - 650 - 45Q 34V
31-08-14 GMAT Prep Exam 1 - 750 - 50Q 42V
02-09-14 GMAT Prep Exam 2 - 720 - 49Q 39V
03-09-14 Kaplan CAT5 - 730 - 51Q 40V
06-09-14 GMAT Prep Exam 3 - 730 - 50Q 40V
06-09-14 Economist CAT - 430 - 50Q 0V
08-09-14 GMAT #2 - 740 - 50Q 39V
Learnings:
1. Keep practicing and its ok to take breaks in between for a couple of days to feel motivated again. I took a month in between and couple of weeks here and there (not recommended). But became consistent August onwards.
2. Practice hard and very hard questions for quant... because then GMAT feels really easy. You learn the typical traps and can guess better.
3. Don't be too hard on yourself... its not about how smart or intelligent you are... instead its about how well you know the GMAT.
Text Sources:
1. Manhattan Quant books.
2. OG12,13 and QR1,2