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How long did it take to improve your test score? 23 Apr 2020, 20:50
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So with everything that has been going on, I've taken a significant pay cut and my work-load has been significantly reduced. I've always thought about going back to school so I figured this self-isolation would be a good time to study. My problem is the timeline.

The prospective school I was looking to apply to has applications closing july 6th and with the lead time of the online test this means I would need to take the online exam in the week of june 15th. I just took the test today and scored Q29 and V25. I've been out of school for 3+ years and had no studying before taking this practice test. I would need to score ~660 to have a competitive score with my GPA.

I guess what I'm looking for is some insight if this is possible/worth attempting and if anyone would have suggestions.
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You have roughly 50 days available and if you can study 4 hrs a day, thats almost 200 hours. That is enough time to devote 50 hrs each to Quant and Verbal, 50 hrs to your weak topics and another 50 hrs for mocks and analysis. If you can follow this or some other plan, scoring 660 would not be very difficult. Worth giving a shot in my opinion.

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Hey kinduniversity

Below points may help to improve :-)

Step 1: Chart out a study plan
https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-study-p ... ml?fl=menu

Step 2: What offline resources to buy?

https://gmatclub.com/forum/best-gmat-bo ... ml?fl=menu

OG - https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmac-officia ... 40610.html
Free resources-- GMAT club. PERIOD. This should be enough

Step 3: Finish one topic at a time , solve OG questions immediately after reading theory, Do not move to next topic until you feel confident.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/search.php?view=search_tags

Step 4: Give mocks every fortnight to track progress.
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You have roughly 50 days available and if you can study 4 hrs a day, thats almost 200 hours. That is enough time to devote 50 hrs each to Quant and Verbal, 50 hrs to your weak topics and another 50 hrs for mocks and analysis. If you can follow this or some other plan, scoring 660 would not be very difficult. Worth giving a shot in my opinion.

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Thanks for the feedback.. I've been getting mixed reviews on different forums. From what I've heard I think I'll take the approach of studying hard for two weeks and retaking a practice test. This way I know if it'll be worth my while.
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Hi kinduniversity,

I know that I've asked you this before, but I'll ask here as well. If you take the test in June and do not hit your score goal, would you keep studying, take the GMAT at a later date, and then apply at a later round?
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Hi kinduniversity,

To start, many Test Takers spend 3 months (or more) of consistent study time before they hit their 'peak' scores. With the timeframe that you have described, you would have just 1.5 - 2 months of potential study time though. By extension, there will likely be a limit to how much you can improve.

In addition, you have to be careful about confusing "quantity" of study with "quality" of study. I've never asked anyone to study 40+ hours a week - and while it's great that you might have the available time to study that much, with that number of study hours, you would run the risk of 'burning out' before Test Day (and that is something that we want to avoid). If you are going to try to study that much, then I suggest that you take one hour "off" for every two hours of study. For example, you could study for 2 hours, then stop for an hour, then study for another 2 hours, then take an hour off, etc.

Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

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1) What study materials do you currently have access to?
2) Are you planning to apply to just one School or are you considering any others?
3) What is the next application deadline after July 6th for this School?

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