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A month ago, I had posted on this sub about getting 595 on my past 2 official attempts while scoring in the 650-705 range in official mocks. I ended up giving a 3rd attempt and scored EXACTLY 595. I am honestly very lost, I have tried everything, time management, making sure that all the concepts are concrete, taking up one-on-one mentoring however nothing seems to help. I don't even know where I can improve as in my mocks I always get 95 percentile+ so it always feels like I am improving.

I need some solid advice on whether I should go ahead and use this score in my application as I feel at this point I am just wasting my money. Or is there any alternative route that I should be taking?

My profile currently stands at 9/9.5/8.5, graduated from a Tier 1 college, with 2+ years work ex in Brand Marketing in an international magazine and around 1 year internship experience across agencies and government.

If anyone here has taken either/both of the courses. Could you please let me know what has your experience been like so far?

Has the dedicated mentor part been particularly helpful? As I am done with my conceptual building I need help from an experienced tutor to help me reach my goal in a month, so that is my one main expectations from the classes.

Additionally, are there any other classes that you would recommend having a dedicated one-on-one mentor component included?

I have been studying for GMAT for the past one year now while working as well. I have had a lot of breaks in the middle of the prep however that hasn't affected my studies. Since July, I have been giving mocks and I have been scoring in the range of 655-705. I have given about 15 mocks on both their official mocks and GMAT Club tests.

However, here is where the problem is happening. I have given the exam officially twice now and have scored 595 both the times. The first time I gave the exam I believe test day anxiety + insufficient time management might've been the culprit and I decided to go for a 2nd attempt. My 2nd attempt went extremely smooth and I was able to go through the exams like a pro but to my surprise, yet again, I scored a 595. What is more surprising is that in the two official mocks that I gave a day prior to the actual exam I scored a 675.

Now I am planning to give a second attempt in October, but I am confused about how should I approach it now since I feel like I have done it all. In addition to this, I have two more doubts.

1. Would a one-on-one mentor benefit me in this process?

2. Why is the score going down on the official exam instead of either staying at my previous score / increasing?