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I am retaking the GMAT in about 2 weeks. I first took the test about a month and a half ago and scored 730 (49Q, 41V), but scored 740 (49Q, 41V), 740 (48Q, 42V), and 760 (48Q, 47V) on three official GMAT practice tests in the two weeks before the test, so I decided to retake the test.

I only just got back into more intense studying and, today, took another official GMAT practice test to see what has been retained. I scored a 770 (49Q, 46V).

I have never studied verbal, so that could explain the variability, although maybe leisure reading more frequently helped the most recent score.

My goal is a 750 or higher, so should I focus more on bringing quant past that tough 49 point threshold, or making sure my verbal is more consistent and at or above a 44?

For focusing on quant, I would use the Manhattan Prep Advanced Quant book. For verbal, I would use their All-the-Verbal book. As for the amount of time I can allocate to studying, I could do 4 hours a day at the max, so approximately 60 more hours of study.
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Getting that Quant to a Q49 would be helpful in terms of combo-ing your score to a 750+ level. For Verbal, it might be worth seeing which sub-section you slip up on if you do.

How to get a V40 or higher on the GMAT? What about a V51?
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I am retaking the GMAT in about 2 weeks. I first took the test about a month and a half ago and scored 730 (49Q, 41V), but scored 740 (49Q, 41V), 740 (48Q, 42V), and 760 (48Q, 47V) on three official GMAT practice tests in the two weeks before the test, so I decided to retake the test.

I only just got back into more intense studying and, today, took another official GMAT practice test to see what has been retained. I scored a 770 (49Q, 46V).

I have never studied verbal, so that could explain the variability, although maybe leisure reading more frequently helped the most recent score.

My goal is a 750 or higher, so should I focus more on bringing quant past that tough 49 point threshold, or making sure my verbal is more consistent and at or above a 44?

For focusing on quant, I would use the Manhattan Prep Advanced Quant book. For verbal, I would use their All-the-Verbal book. As for the amount of time I can allocate to studying, I could do 4 hours a day at the max, so approximately 60 more hours of study.
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Man, you're already crushing, so there's a chance you just get the score already.

But, it's my experience (other experts, chime in if you disagree) that the very high quant score (49-51) is easier to maintain than the very high Verbal scores (43+).

This does NOT mean don't study verbal, but if you can get your quant to a consistent 50, that's a bit easier than a high verbal score. (The last time I took an official GMAT I scored a Verbal 47, I was really, really surprised--and I think I'm very strong at verbal. I basically never expect to do that again).

Also, definitely make sure you're using the Advanced Official Guide. You're looking for high consistency with the hardest things the test can throw at you.

My advice, practice both, focus on quant consistency, plan on taking the official test a few times just to get that 'lucky' day when you get the 44+ verbal score.
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Hi extrakangaroo22,

First off, a 730/Q49 is an outstanding Score, so you can comfortably apply to any Business Schools that interest you. As such, a retest is probably not necessary. Assuming that you are interested in some highly-competitive Schools, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile and plans. Those Experts should be able to answer your Admissions questions and help define the specific areas of your profile that could use some improvement. There's a Forum full of those Experts here:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/ask-admissio ... tants-124/

Obviously, there's no harm in continuing to study and retesting - and since you've scored 740 on a couple of your prior CATs/mocks, you might consider reviewing the questions that you got wrong on those Exams (with a focus on defining WHY you got those questions wrong). At your level, it's unlikely that the issues are content-related, so making some adjustments to how you work (including how you read, take notes, organize your work, etc.) might be all that's needed to pick up the additional points that you're looking for.

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There really isn't any Verbal study material that's meant for test takers in your scoring range. If you'll spend time on Verbal, I'd think your best approach would be just to work through official questions (with only two weeks, don't look at anything unofficial for Verbal) to see if you can pick up on any, say, SC patterns that you're not familiar enough with that the GMAT likes to use. But that might not make any difference. A lot of GMAT Verbal experts have been doing GMAT Verbal for years and still don't get perfect scores, so when you're already very strong at Verbal, it's really not a question of study time or study materials. There are just some very subtle distinctions between answer choices in the hardest questions, and you have to see those distinctions in a test setting. That's a hard thing to study for.

So I agree with Reed above, when he says Quant is probably a better area to prioritize. There's a big difference between a Q50 and a Q51, and a Q51 isn't a realistic target in your time frame, but you might be able to get to a Q50. And I'd again agree with Reed that you'll do best focusing on official questions -- the official Advanced book is a good choice if you know you want to work on hard questions (since your scores are consistent, you probably don't have any meaningful weak areas, so that seems like a good plan, and it's what you'll need to get better at to get to a Q49-Q50). I don't find any major prep companies really do a good job of emulating higher level GMAT math questions -- prep company questions are often hard for the wrong reasons, and aren't similar enough to authentic questions -- but if you were committed to using big prep company products, Manhattan and Veritas are going to be better choices than any others.

You're at a very good level already, so as long as you perform normally on test day (the test will probably seem hard, which is usually a good sign on an adaptive test, so don't let that affect you, and don't worry if you can't answer everything) you should do extremely well. Good luck!
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