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Hi KDR83,

To start, a 560 is a solid performance for an initial CAT (the average score on the Official GMAT hovers around 540-550 most years). You've also given yourself plenty of time to study - which is good. That having been said, if your Score Goal is in the high-600s or 700s, then you will have to make significant improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections.

After taking each CAT, it's important to do a full review of your performance (with the goal of defining WHY you got questions wrong). While a full Mistake Tracker would provide more detail, there are some basic questions that you should look to answer after you take each CAT (and the more specific you can be with your answers, the better).

After reviewing each section of this CAT, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just could not remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard?
4) Because you were low on time and had to guess?
5) In the Verbal section, how many questions did you "narrow down to 2 choices" but still get wrong?

Based on your timeframe, is it safe to assume that you would like to apply to Business School later this year?

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Hi everyone, I am planning on starting my studies for a GMAT. I graduated from college 12 years ago so am a little late to the party but feel I need to shake things up career wise so am thinking of going back for an MBA. I purchased the 2018 OG and all the MGMAT study guides. I plan on taking the test in mid to late August so have about 13-14 weeks to study. I was always stronger at math than verbal back in school. Wondering what my best course of action is. I was thinking of using one of the 2 free official practice tests on Monday to gauge where I am at, but what should I do from there? Do I focus on the section I am better at or worse at first? Between the 2 free practice tests and the 6 I receive with my purchase of the MGMAT guides, I have 8 tests, was thinking of taking a practice test about once every 2 weeks up until the time of my actual GMAT.

I was looking at BB study plan, 2016 edition, but was wondering if anyone has any more input on how I should approach these next 3 months?

Any help would be appreciated

Best Books

For Concept Learning

Manhattan Quant Guides
Manhattan Verbal Guides
For CR: The Powerscore GMAT Critical Reasoning Bible
For RC: Aristotle RC Grail

For Pratice

The Official Guide for GMAT 2015-18
The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review 2015-18
The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review 2015-18

Strategies

You can start with Quant or Verbal which suits you. If you have started with Quant then Start with the Arithmetic but if started with verbal then start first with Sentence correction. One month for learning Quant concepts and one month for practicing question and same practice for Verbal. During you Practicing question don't forget to make an error log to track your weak areas after practice. Once you know your weak areas revise your Concepts related to those areas and do some more Practice. 6-8 CATs are enough for practice the real tests. Make your Stamina for sitting 3 hours in the test and don't study more than 2 hours in one sit and 4 hours per day

Top CATs for Practice

1. Official GMAC CATs
2. Manhattan CATs
3. Kaplan CATs
4. GMAT Club Quant CATs

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Just took my first practice test, took a full length MGMAT CAT....scored a 560

Q33
V34

I feel I have a ton left to improve, especially on Quantitative, MGMAT says I scored 25th percentile. I have all the MGMAT study guides and also have the Foundations of Math book.
Verbal it says 71%, I did finish the verbal section 20 minutes early so I bet I could do better if I took more time

Also did terrible on IR, only got 2 right

I am giving myself at least 3 months

Hi,

The best thing happened to you is V34, a tremendous score in Verbal and that also 20 minutes earlier. I would suggest you give a GMAT prep test from https://www.mba.com. Also improvement in Quant is easier than Verbal. So, reaching from Q33 to Q48 , 49 would not be difficult for you. As you already have MGMAT guides, I suggest you to work on GMAT club Quant and Verbal forums. Then after a month, join a good test prep course to reach higher levels. e-gmat, Magoosh, EmpowerGMAT are good and reasonably priced courses.

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