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I am non-native speaker, and studied in Telugu medium (1-10th standard).
I have been , qualitatively, studying for GMAT religiously for 6months.

Gmat mock prep written when i started my prepration that was in Early january this year.
Jan 2010 - gmatprep - 640(M49,V27)

All my mock tests are taken in real exam conditions.
Here are my Manhattan round1 scores -
July 4th mgmat1 - 600(M47,V27)
July 11th mgmat2 - 660(M47,V33)
Aug 1st mgmat3 - 660(M47,V33)
Aug 8th mgmat4 - 680(M46,V37)
Aug 15th mgmat5 - 650(M49,V31)
Sept 12th mgmat6 - 650(M51,V31)

Here are my Manhattan round2 scores -
Sept 15th mgmat1 - 730(M50,V39)
Sept 19th mgmat2 - 660(M50,V32)
Sept 25th mgmat3 - 720(M49,V39)
Oct 3rd mgmat4 - 680(M51,V33)
Oct 5th mgmat5 - 750(M51,V41)
Oct 10th mgmat6 - 700(M50,V35)
GMAT prep scores -
Oct 8th gmatprep1 - 600(M49,V22)
Oct 11th gmat prep2 - 700(M50,V35)

Oct 13th Real GMAT - 580(M49,V20)

I am not sure what happened in exam. I was not nervous. I thought, i was answering fine :(
I am having 5 years of working exp. in IT. I would like to do MBA in finance from one of top 30 institutes.
I would like to get minimum score of 720.
any suggestions what should i do? if some one suggests me of training institute, which institute?

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GMAT Story - what happened ? any suggestions 13 Oct 2010, 16:14
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did you remember some of the questions when you reran the manhattan gmat possibility?
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Yes, possibly one or two per exam(only in verbal). Sometimes, I got even those wrong.
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First things first. From reading your paragraph I can tell that your English is not the standard American english needed for the GMAT. I would recommend that you start reading CNN.COM, The economist and publications of the sort. Also start reading as much as you can FOR FUN...in English. This should help you immensively in the SC section. Other than that MGMAT should be your guide they have the best verbal books all over the place.
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Yes, possibly one or two per exam(only in verbal). Sometimes, I got even those wrong.
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lemme tell you my good friend, your mind will play tricks on you. I go over my old GMAT tests and sometimes I'll just click an answer because it seems "right" and when I check later it is because I already answered it some weeks or months ago and has simply slipped my mind. Don't fall into that trap of believing you are doing better just because you've seen a question previously and thinking that it "looks" right. Trust me, it's happened to me, and probably a lot of the folks on here. Get new CAT's, and study awhile before you tackle it again.

Granted that yes, I've heard that the actual GMAT is gonna be a little harder but it should not vary that much from what you've been getting on your mock tests at home. For someone that is very well prepared, a variation of about 20 points is common from your mean scores.
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