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Going from 580 - 750+ Any strategy/Study plan suggestions? 22 Jul 2011, 02:02
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I just wrote the GMAT and i got the shock of my life when i saw my score of 580 (Q41 V30). I admit that my preparation was well below par and I made the grave mistake of keeping no error log.
I just registered with Gmatclub and would want to use this opportunity to gain from member's experience.

I intend to retake in about 9-12 weeks but I need suggestions on strategies, advice, recommendations and study plans to reach my target of 750+.

Kindly advise.
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Going from 580 - 750+ Any strategy/Study plan suggestions? 22 Jul 2011, 06:35
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Seems like you need to improve both your Quant and Verbal skills. You would need to score in the high 80 percentile on boh sections if you want a 750+. With that said, I would suggest you to purchase mgmat quant guide, powerscore cr bible and mgmat sc guide. And yes you definitey need an error log. I have one on my website but there are far better ones out here in the forum somewhere!
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Going from 580 - 750+ Any strategy/Study plan suggestions? 25 Jul 2011, 01:55
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Hey Mahtab,

Thanks for your advice.

I really appreciate. I am very confident that i could easily raise my quant to 50+. I would get the books for the Verbal and also get more from the resources i have now.
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Going from 580 - 750+ Any strategy/Study plan suggestions? 25 Jul 2011, 03:20
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I think that you can follow this link for the building a study plan..

https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-study-plan-start-your-gmat-journey-80727.html
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Going from 580 - 750+ Any strategy/Study plan suggestions? 25 Jul 2011, 03:49
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Thanks for the Link Varun.
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Going from 580 - 750+ Any strategy/Study plan suggestions? 25 Jul 2011, 04:11
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Get your basics right , I would suggest for Verbal use the Manhattan series (especially the SC and CR parts) , het you basics right and then use OG 12 and OG11 for practice , You can also use Verbal review OG for practice , once done with this you can move to tests specific to verbal.

For quant cant suggest much , since I dont have any idea about the level of quants in different courses , but heard Manahttan can be good to review all the concepts.
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Get your basics right , I would suggest for Verbal use the Manhattan series (especially the SC and CR parts) , het you basics right and then use OG 12 and OG11 for practice , You can also use Verbal review OG for practice , once done with this you can move to tests specific to verbal.

For quant cant suggest much , since I dont have any idea about the level of quants in different courses , but heard Manahttan can be good to review all the concepts.
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Thanks for the post.
From various reviews, i have opted to focus on Powerscore CR and MGMAT SC and RC. I have the OG12 and I know that MGMAT Quant guides are also very good.
I think my greatest undoing was jumping to OG12 without 'getting my basics right'.
Lesson Learnt.

Thanks.
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Can Someone Provide a good Study plan fr the same..
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Going from 580 - 750+ Any strategy/Study plan suggestions? 21 Jun 2012, 02:27
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Read lots of newspapers to improve your proficiency with Verbal. Start with MGMAT for Quant then progress to GMAT Club tests. Surefire way to hit Q45+ on that end.