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age · 2009 September 25th, 04:04 PM

As mentioned in my debrief(pl read the highlighted text below) below Test center condition is not good.I have contacted GMAC Csutomer Service for same.I have got reply today that it has reviewed the incident(may be by audio detector placed there) and is ready to schedule a new exam at no additional cost.

What to do now??por favor, El Señor guide me.. I am ready for the exam but main trouble is that in Oct Diwali (biggest Indian Festival like Christmas) is there and I am on leave for entire weak...going my hometown...and since I have just given II GMAT attempt , I have planned(already booked hotels) for Mahaleshwar(hill station in India) Trip coming long holiday (2nd Oct - 4 Oct) ..so in short I am out of touch to GMAT.....Do any of you know how many days maximum time limit I have to reschedule....I have received a mail from GMAC...and I have to contact it ASAP....what u suggest guys...

Hi,

My Debrief ( although not very interesting..just writing to make u guys, who has helped me enormously, aware of the new changes in pattern of GMAT) .....

Ist attempt : Preparation around 4 months..(mainly on Sat ..n Sun)

Scores : MGMAT1 : 620 ( Q : 46, V: 30)
GMATPREP1 : 650 ( Q : 48, V: 31)
GMATPREP1 : 690 ( Q : 49, V: 34)

Actual : 660 ( Q: 49, V:32)

IInd attempt : Preparation around 4 months(intense)....

Scores : GMATPREP1 : 710 ( Q : 48, V: 39)
GMATPREP2 : 690 ( Q : 50, V: 34)
GMATPREP3 : 750 ( Q : 50, V: 41)
GMATPREP4 : 700 ( Q : 50, V: 34)
GMATPREP5 : 730 ( Q : 50, V: 39)
GMATPREP6 : 740 ( Q : 51, V: 38)

Actual : 650 (Q : 47, V:33)
GMAT has changed
Exam Day : Appointment : 3:00 18 Sep

Reached there 30 min before.

Center Condition : Some construction work is going on the floor above Peasron's Office(Mumbai)....so noise is very heavy...defiintely enough to distract you..n that to for all 4:30 hrs...although they given us ear plugs ..it was of no use.....imagine someone is beating hammer ..how just a ear plug can prevent it... ....Even though I don't knw how much it affected my performance...I am not satifised with the facility...GMAT fees is 250$..so we definitely expect good test environment...

Read the GMAC rules and policy document.The guy there told us about what to do..and what not to....

Imp Instruction :Break Interval has changed...from 10 min to 8 min....
Also now u will have 2 min (from 10 min earlier to decide that u want to report or cancel thy scores..)

So those were the signals enough to understand that GMAT has changed..

AWA : As usual one argument and other issue...

Quanta : Now this section surprised me completely....I am good at quanta (though not excellent) but the question completely stumped me....

Number of DS question has increased(at least I think)...I statred off well...n upto 4 question there were not much difficulty..from there on...the real question start coming....in a row there were some 7-8 DS question..n it is here I got entangled....I thought whew...GMAT is now unpredictable...

The main problem with DS question was that they are lenghty...u have to read atleast three line of question....n that too with confusing statement ..n then there will be two option one line each.....so u knw it was killing lot of time to understand the question.......

Surely GMAT has raised Qunata standard...(I can say boz I have experince form my previous exam 6 month back).....there were not any simple question (except 1 or 2)......

Topics concentration also has changed little bit ..as far as I remeber it covered following topic mainly.....Weigthed average,3 set problem involving
maxium values, sequence , geometry with 3-d figure ...n all other

So as the time constraint is there...I was just guessing(smartly) the DS questions....I was expecting that I would land on 44..but somehow I managed 47....the most imp thing I want to share is I think I was ill prepeared for such question as I hoped GMAT math is easy....n I was sure that they will repeat the pattern....but that was not the case surely the difficulty is much beyond GMAT Prep...

Intermission : 8 min..now that too small even to eat choclate...I don't know why the hell they chanegd from 10 to 8 min...

VA : VA too has chanegd ...the most I can notice in critical reasoning question.....there were jsut 1 assumption...1 weaken,three discrepancy , n three question of type..which is best to know in order to evaluate the argument.....4 passage, n usual SC.....

Learnings : GMAT has changed ....so can't rely fully on GMAT Prep..especially repeaters like me....bcoz u r going to c somewhat changed pattern.....the question was also ordered in quite a different way as in GMAT Prep....

My verbal score could be little higher..but my mind had start thinking that I messed up with Quanta..so yup kind of 2 marks less for me in Verbal....

That's all from my side......

Well now some question from my side If any of you has knowledge por favor, El Señor share...
I am targeting European schools....but time and again I hear EU job market is not like that of US....so if any of u have any idea...or if any of thy friend is studying in European MBA schools..then por favor, El Señor share their experinces......

What's the avg GMAT for Nanyang Singapore? ..I am unable to find on its website....

Thanks Guys.. especial thank to Erin ....(for forming such great platform)

kodeprasad · 2009 September 25th, 05:14 PM

give another shot
Please read Href debrief. He got 740 .and his strategy is
DONT rush in example . take time to solve each example and in the end u can simply guess remaining 5 -6 examples.

Href describes his strategy best!

All the best!

2009 September 25th, 04:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
age Within my grasp! Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 117	Please reply ...urgent(GMAC is giving me another chance..at no additional cost)) As mentioned in my debrief(pl read the highlighted text below) below Test center condition is not good.I have contacted GMAC Csutomer Service for same.I have got reply today that it has reviewed the incident(may be by audio detector placed there) and is ready to schedule a new exam at no additional cost. What to do now??por favor, El Señor guide me.. I am ready for the exam but main trouble is that in Oct Diwali (biggest Indian Festival like Christmas) is there and I am on leave for entire weak...going my hometown...and since I have just given II GMAT attempt , I have planned(already booked hotels) for Mahaleshwar(hill station in India) Trip coming long holiday (2nd Oct - 4 Oct) ..so in short I am out of touch to GMAT.....Do any of you know how many days maximum time limit I have to reschedule....I have received a mail from GMAC...and I have to contact it ASAP....what u suggest guys... Hi, My Debrief ( although not very interesting..just writing to make u guys, who has helped me enormously, aware of the new changes in pattern of GMAT) ..... Ist attempt : Preparation around 4 months..(mainly on Sat ..n Sun) Scores : MGMAT1 : 620 ( Q : 46, V: 30) GMATPREP1 : 650 ( Q : 48, V: 31) GMATPREP1 : 690 ( Q : 49, V: 34) Actual : 660 ( Q: 49, V:32) IInd attempt : Preparation around 4 months(intense).... Scores : GMATPREP1 : 710 ( Q : 48, V: 39) GMATPREP2 : 690 ( Q : 50, V: 34) GMATPREP3 : 750 ( Q : 50, V: 41) GMATPREP4 : 700 ( Q : 50, V: 34) GMATPREP5 : 730 ( Q : 50, V: 39) GMATPREP6 : 740 ( Q : 51, V: 38) Actual : 650 (Q : 47, V:33) GMAT has changed Exam Day : Appointment : 3:00 18 Sep Reached there 30 min before. Center Condition : Some construction work is going on the floor above Peasron's Office(Mumbai)....so noise is very heavy...defiintely enough to distract you..n that to for all 4:30 hrs...although they given us ear plugs ..it was of no use.....imagine someone is beating hammer ..how just a ear plug can prevent it... ....Even though I don't knw how much it affected my performance...I am not satifised with the facility...GMAT fees is 250$..so we definitely expect good test environment... Read the GMAC rules and policy document.The guy there told us about what to do..and what not to.... Imp Instruction :Break Interval has changed...from 10 min to 8 min.... Also now u will have 2 min (from 10 min earlier to decide that u want to report or cancel thy scores..) So those were the signals enough to understand that GMAT has changed.. AWA : As usual one argument and other issue... Quanta : Now this section surprised me completely....I am good at quanta (though not excellent) but the question completely stumped me.... Number of DS question has increased(at least I think)...I statred off well...n upto 4 question there were not much difficulty..from there on...the real question start coming....in a row there were some 7-8 DS question..n it is here I got entangled....I thought whew...GMAT is now unpredictable... The main problem with DS question was that they are lenghty...u have to read atleast three line of question....n that too with confusing statement ..n then there will be two option one line each.....so u knw it was killing lot of time to understand the question....... Surely GMAT has raised Qunata standard...(I can say boz I have experince form my previous exam 6 month back).....there were not any simple question (except 1 or 2)...... Topics concentration also has changed little bit ..as far as I remeber it covered following topic mainly.....Weigthed average,3 set problem involving maxium values, sequence , geometry with 3-d figure ...n all other So as the time constraint is there...I was just guessing(smartly) the DS questions....I was expecting that I would land on 44..but somehow I managed 47....the most imp thing I want to share is I think I was ill prepeared for such question as I hoped GMAT math is easy....n I was sure that they will repeat the pattern....but that was not the case surely the difficulty is much beyond GMAT Prep... Intermission : 8 min..now that too small even to eat choclate...I don't know why the hell they chanegd from 10 to 8 min... VA : VA too has chanegd ...the most I can notice in critical reasoning question.....there were jsut 1 assumption...1 weaken,three discrepancy , n three question of type..which is best to know in order to evaluate the argument.....4 passage, n usual SC..... Learnings : GMAT has changed ....so can't rely fully on GMAT Prep..especially repeaters like me....bcoz u r going to c somewhat changed pattern.....the question was also ordered in quite a different way as in GMAT Prep.... My verbal score could be little higher..but my mind had start thinking that I messed up with Quanta..so yup kind of 2 marks less for me in Verbal.... That's all from my side...... Well now some question from my side If any of you has knowledge por favor, El Señor share... I am targeting European schools....but time and again I hear EU job market is not like that of US....so if any of u have any idea...or if any of thy friend is studying in European MBA schools..then por favor, El Señor share their experinces...... What's the avg GMAT for Nanyang Singapore? ..I am unable to find on its website.... Thanks Guys.. especial thank to Erin ....(for forming such great platform) _ _ _ _ SIG _ _ _ _ All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us

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2009 September 25th, 05:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
kodeprasad This user's posts are moderated. Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 335	give another shot Please read Href debrief. He got 740 .and his strategy is DONT rush in example . take time to solve each example and in the end u can simply guess remaining 5 -6 examples. Href describes his strategy best! All the best!

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