I have my GMAT on the 30th of September and scored 680 and 720 on the GMAT Prep software (without attempting the AWA Essays) ...In both the mocks , I got 48 in Quant and 34 and 38 in Verbal respectively...Going forward , what should be my strategy for the remaining 30 days ???

Am through with Manhattan SC Guide, OG 11, Kaplan 800 and 500 of the 1000 SC Questions...have a copy of OG 12 ..what else to do ? should I spend a lot of time reading the forums ??

2 other queries

a) Its been 3 years since I have been working after clearing my Chartered Accountancy exams and so was totally out of touch with academics....now I really face a lot of difficulty in reading ...and my GMAT study sessions are at best 15 minutes long ...because sometimes I start feeling all this logic and rules are just an intellectual exercise with no real life implications !!

b) Since the specific purpose for my taking the GMAT would be only the score (700+) and not the AWA , how much time should I spend and whats the smartest strategy for quickly going through it !!

Pls Advise

Take the AWA on practice tests in the future. I know you don't care about the score, but you do have to write the essays on the test, and they come first. This makes the test an hour longer than you have been practicing, and that can affect your multiple choice score negatively.

FYI: Your current scores may be somewhat inflated because you skipped the essays - it doesn't happen to everyone, but it's more common than not to discover that skipping the essays helps your multiple choice score. I know that's not great news to hear, but better to find out now than on test day!

Re: essays, try this article:
http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2009/12/ ... -no-thanks

Re: what to do going forward, use this article to analyze your most recent MGMAT practice test:

http://www.beatthegmat.com/a/2009/09/23 ... tice-tests

Use that to identify your biggest weaknesses across content AND timing. Then go start working on those things! If you have questions about that, or want advice about some specific weakness, let us know.

Use these articles for the last two weeks:
http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/08/ ... -game-plan
http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/08/ ... -to-review

Re: your "difficulty in reading" - do you mean that you are having trouble with reading comprehension? Or do you mean that you find it difficult to concentrate (on anything GMAT-related) for long periods of time? I have different advice, depending on the situation, so let me know.

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