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­Hi,

I am a undergrad business administration student and currently learning for the GMAT. I am learning since a few weeks but had a break in between. I'm just struggling to get my score up, the last was 500 and I definitely need a 650.
I was going through all of the GMAT Ninja Verb youtube videos and made notes, as well as answering more than 300 OG questions. For Quant I did the magoosh app and I am half way through atm.

I don't know if I am learning right or if I am on the right track. I felt really comfortable but after the **** 500 I'm pretty down. I have not more than 3 weeks left to do the actual GMAT.
What should I do?
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Hi. These are the classic scores. Do you have a Focus Score?
Also, I wouls suggest splitting your GMAT prep into segments and focusing on each - even by section, so that you can have goals for each section, rather than the overall score as likely it is easier to improve some than others.
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I don't know if I am learning right or if I am on the right track. I felt really comfortable but after the **** 500 I'm pretty down. I have not more than 3 weeks left to do the actual GMAT.
What should I do?
Including/mentioning your section scores and where you feel your issues are could be helpful. If time management is an issue, for example, using question/time markers may help a bit. Keeping track of the questions you found tough/spent a lot of time on could also be useful.­

How to score high on the GMAT. Why solving approach is important.­
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Firstly try to find your weak areas and work on them.
Some other small tips to improve your overall score.
In verbal, go for chunking instead of reading the whole long passage. You can also find some GMAT Ninja videos on YT on this topic.
For improving quant, you need to see why was the answer wrong, was it a calculation error, careless mistake, conceptual gap, or whatever reason. Write the reasons why you have done a question wrong on a piece of a piece of paper and try to avoid making that mistake again. Keep revising all wrong points every 6-7 days.
For DI strategies, you can also find some videos on YT.
In DI, you should quickly see through the information given. And then according to the question go to that information only that is used to answer the question, this can save a lot of time especially on MSR.

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­Hi Humuch,

You have a good shot of improving your GMAT score in a month if you work hard and study smart. Thus, engaging in topical practice for GMAT quant, verbal, and DI is a great way to move forward.

Let's use quant as an example. Let’s say that you want to practice Number Properties. You can do so by answering 50 or more questions just from Number Properties: LCM, GCF, units digit patterns, divisibility, remainders, etc.

After each problem set, thoroughly analyze your incorrect questions. For example, if you got a remainder question wrong, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not properly apply the remainder formula? Was there a concept you did not understand in the question?

By carefully analyzing your mistakes, you will be able to fix your weaknesses efficiently and, in turn, improve your quant skills. Number Properties is just one example; follow this process for all quant, verbal, and DI topics.

Feel free to reach out with any questions.

Good luck!
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