Hi everyone, I just took my first GMAT diagnostic/practice test (Exam 1 on the GMATPrep software) and got a 690 (48Q/36V). How accurate is this score when trying to figure out where I stand? I'm signed up for my GMAT towards the end of next month, and given that I primarily focus on this for the next ~45 days, is a 750+ score achievable. Also, what resources have you all found to be most effective in improving your verbal score. I've seen a lot of recommendations across multiple forum posts but I am not able to figure out one clear winner and don't want to throw money at a bunch of test prep books either. Any advice will be appreciated!
Jun 05, 2018
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Those tests are extremely representative of how well you will do on the exam (I don't trust test companies like Manhattan exams as I feel they skew them to make you feel like you are improving etc. and adaptive test is very different).
Depending on how much time you have I definitely do think it's doable. I scored exactly the same as you the first time I took the diagnostic. Was working 80+ hrs a week and bumped it up to a 760 by studying every single day for an hr or two and devoting a full day on the wkd to it. It was a fucking miserable time in my life but got to a 760 after 6 weeks of that. Can give you more details on what exactly I did to prep if you're interested. For verbal the only thing I did was re-read the manhattan gmat guide 3x in its entirety. That book is money and you will uncover new things every time you re-read it. Make sure you are tracking what you are getting wrong with their navigator tool btw.
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