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Hi all,

I've been studying for the  GMAT  for over a month know, including a course, and I have my exam planned somewhere mid-November. My score needs to be  550-600 .
During the course of studying, I have been practicing questions both from the OG and GMAT-club. I am wondering whether it is better to practice sub-600 questions, or 600-700 level questions?
Thank you in advance!

logro · Answer

Hey Dortinator - First thing first give a mock to see where you stand. To score between 550-600. OG alone will be sufficient make sure you are having 70%+ accuracy in the low and medium level questions

Having a base line score will help you devote more time towards your weak areas

Hope it helps

Having a base line score will help you devote more time towards your weak areas

Hope it helps

aviddd · Answer

I suggest you attempt 600-700 also which will prepare you to crack difficult questions, which should improve your speed and accuracy in solving medium difficulty questions also. No harm in aiming for higher score!

Hovkial · Answer

You should always start at the lower end of your abilities and then scale up. There is no point in doing very dificult questions if (a) your understanding of fundamental concepts is weak and (b) you are getting most of the difficult questions wrong.

You will learn much more if you refine your abilities with questions at the lower end. This will help you to refine your learning. Then, once you have developed better understanding, you can scale up to the more dificult questions. Every testtaker will have a different mix of what is difficult or easy for them. You have to work to develop understanding of yourself through study.

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi dortinator1234923,

First off, I agree that you should take a practice exam, so you can get a baseline score and see how far off you are from your score goal. Once I have that data, I'd be happy to provide some advice regarding your study plan.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi dortinator1234923,

Many GMATers become too fixated on the 'implied level' of the questions that they're working on - instead of what really matters: defining WHY they're getting questions wrong and becoming more efficient at approaching the overall Exam. It's also worth noting that just because a 3rd party describes a question as a particular "level" does not necessarily make it so.

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:

1) How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What specific study materials have you used so far?
3) On what dates did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
4) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?

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Rich

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