250 practice problems later, CAT still 760 - test 1 month away

Question

Been taking the GMATPrep CATs.
Two weeks ago, I took a CAT and got a 760.
I took one today (and 250 practice problems later) - still 760

Emphasis is on quant - my verbal scores are consistently in the 99%.

I'm running out of the official practice problems to do. Any suggestions on how to improve? On each exam, it seems like I always end up making some stupid mistakes that are obvious when I go back and review the missed questions.

Thanks!

AjiteshArun · Answer

Which tests did you take (the GMATPrep tests are the best)? You need to continue taking tests and work on reducing the number of silly mistakes you're making. If your verbal is consistently 99 or 99+, then you're getting 45 or more on verbal. That means that your quant score is probably 49. It'll be easier (and it is more important) for you to work on your quant than to get into the very high 40s in verbal.

Also, how are you "running out" of official questions? Have you done more than the 250 you mentioned?

HanoiGMATtutor · Answer

If you consistently make careless mistakes, you are going too fast. Has time been an issue in your practice?

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HiLine · Answer

What is your target score and what is your current score breakdown?

Even if your Quant cannot rise above 49, you can still take home an 800 by scoring 51 on Verbal.

riceman89 · Answer

Thanks for all of the responses.

My target score is as high as possible - seeing as I made no improvement between the last test and this test (despite doing 250 practice problems), I'm thinking that the exercise wasn't very effective.

Quantitative has been a problem for me.

It does seem that timing on the quantitative section is a bit of an issue - I find myself running out of time often and rushing in the last few problems. However, if I go faster in the earlier problems, I might make some careless mistakes (ie. misreading problems, misreading answers, calculation errors, etc.)

What would be a proper balance for speed vs. precision on the quant section? In addition, how do you know when to cut your losses? I often find myself in situations where I say "just 30 more seconds and I can solve this!" and i'll end up spending 4 minutes on a particular problem.

Thanks again!

HiLine · Answer

Have you checked this out? https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-ultimate- ... l#p1696863 Posted from my mobile device

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