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Juniork. I recommend you re-take the GMAT. My first attempt yielded a 620 (Q36, V40) and I got a 720 (Q49, V40) on the retake. In my case, the focus was on the quant and from what I see from your section scores, you can defintely improve both quant and verbal. My tips on the Second time 1. Spend a lot of time diagnosing your weak areas. What are your weak spots in Qaunt? In Verbal. Its not enough to dianose and say "I am weak in Number Theory" or "I am weka at SC" . Dig deeper. Where do you get stumped most often in Number theory? Exponents? Fractions? What about SC (Is it primarily around Idioms, Subject-Verb Agreement) 2. Make some sort of a pernetage chart. For example, for Quant, list all the concepts tested (Fractions, Exponents and so on) and put a percentage figure next to each that in your assessment represents the percentage of questions you get right on that topic. 3. Plan your study/prep accodringly - Those with the lowest percentages should take up the highest proportion of your prep time. And for each quant or verbal concept - go back to the basics. Relearn everything about Integers if that is your weak area, re learn that grammar rule. 4. Till the time you feel you have the concepts on your fingertips, do not take any test or even attempt a question. Once you are confident you are through with all concepts, take a mock test (MGMAT or GMATprep). Trust me you will see an improvement - just take a date, keep working on your weak areas and I am sure you can cross the 700 barrier! All the best

Actual GMAT - 720(Q49, V40); AWA - 6 MGMAT practice test - 700 (Q43, V41) Powerprep2 - 680 (q45,v38) MGMAT test 3 - 680 Kaplan Cat 1 - 560 (q38, V30) - My advice is to avoid Kaplan. Saps your morale and some of the Verbal questions have bad/incorrect gramma Kaplan Paper Test - 670 (Q48, V41) 800 score verbal (1) - scaled score 44 (91st percentile) MGMAT test 1 - (some repeats) - 720 (Q 47, V42) GMAT Prep 1- 710 (Q47, V41) GMAT Prep 2 - 730 (Q48, V41)

Mitzi and Cofee Thanks! 4gmat has a number of Math books, but here is the one I used: GMAT Math Books, 4GMAT Quant study material, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Data Sufficiency At the end of the day, it all depends on what works best for you. I needed to get back to the basics and yet not waste precious time on prepping topics that would not be tested. Gmater-1 - am not sure whether your statement 'way beyond GMAT Quant' refers to the content or the level of the questions. In my experience, the content even beyond Number Theory is spot on. Yes, the difficulty level of questions is higher than the actual GMAT in most places - And that is precisely what I found to be useful. Given that my quant score went up from a 36 (46th percentile) to 49 (88th percentile), I can say with confidence that you need to prep yourself with difficult questions. For Quant besides these books, I would definitely reccomend the MGMAT Practice CATs. The questions are very tough and give you good practice to pace yourself. Compared to OG11, RC was similar. But then, I did not prep much for the verbal section (both times) given that English has always been a strength and in retrospect should have done so (could have maybe pushed my verbal up to 44-45!) --- and should have used the Manhattan SC guide (a lot of my friends who scored well in the verbal thought it to be excellent SC prep material). PS and DS I would think is tougher on the actual GMAT (my experience) than OG11

Mitzi and Cofee 4gmat has a number of Math books, but here is the one I used: GMAT Math Books, 4GMAT Quant study material, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Data Sufficiency At the end of the day, it all depends on what works best for you. I needed to get back to the basics and yet not waste precious time on prepping topics that would not be tested. Gmater-1 - am not sure whether your statement 'way beyond GMAT Quant' refers to the content or the level of the questions. In my experience, the content even beyond Number Theory is spot on. Yes, the difficulty level of questions is higher than the actual GMAT in most places - And that is precisely what I found to be useful. Given that my quant score went up from a 36 (46th percentile) to 49 (88th percentile), I can say with confidence that you need to prep yourself with difficult questions. For Quant besides these books, I would defintely reccomend the MGMAT Practice CATs. The questions are very tough and give you good practice to pace yourself. Compared to OG11, RC was similar. But then, I did not prep much for the verbal section (both times) given that English has always been a strength and in retrospect should have done so (could have maybe pushed my verbal up to 44-45!) --- and should have used the Manhattan SC guide (a lot of my friends who scored well in the verbal thought it to be excellent SC prep material). PS and DS I would think is tougher on the actual GMAT (my experience) than OG11

Hey everyone, This may prove helpful for those who have struggled with Quant. Untypical of other Indians I have seen blog here and on other sites, I have traditionally been very strong at English and weak in Math/Quant. Sure enough, in my first attempt in August 2007 I scored a 620 (q36, v40). As you can see from the split, my quant score was pathetic. I knew that if I continued to harbor my MBA dreams, my math skills and specifically GMAT quant skills needed to improve substantially. That said, I did no prep work whasoever upto Januray 2009. For my quant prep, I knew that the standard quant material - OG, Kaplan and Princeton would not suffice. I needed to get back to the basics. Yet, I did not want to waste precious time revising basic concepts that would not be tested on the GMAT. That is where I found this Quant series (a set of 4 books) on a site called 4GMATin January this year. I am not here to advertise on their behalf. All I will say is that the material in those 4 books - 2 topic wise books that cover the basics, I book containing DS speed tests and I containing PS tests - made me feel extremely confident leading up to the test. I did not pay any attention to my verbal the second time around and that explains the static scaled score of 40! That said, with a total of 720 I am extremely pleased and the perfect 6 in the AWA was an icing on the cake. My profile in brief. 27 year old India male (married). 5 years of management consulting experience ; pathetic undergraduate scores (Eco, Delhi University). Am hoping my GMAT score and work experience help make up for my hopeless undergrad scores! Any non IT/Engineering background Indian (or other National) struggling with Quant, I recommend checking the 4GMAT material on their site. Cheers