My Countdown BEGUN -- 14th MARCH

**tamGmat** · 01-26-2006, 03:02 PM

Hi Guys
Took a GMAT prep right now.
630 and am pissed off. 49 and 28.

Verbal was a shocker. 1 SC till the 14th Question !!
Lots of RC's, my weak area.
Am dumbfounded, Maths 9 Mistakes !! its was unbelievable for me.

Am sure with some practice I can rule out the silly mistakes.
But RC's are a big big problem for me. Seem never ending and am
all over.

Didn't do the review, but the answer to one of the ques was wrong.

Here it is :

Q) What is the preimeter of a triangle with sides 2 and 5

i) 9
ii) 15
iii) 19

a) None b) i only c) i and ii only d) iii only e) i and iii only

Answer ??

**chix475ntu** · 01-26-2006, 03:13 PM

a) None as with the given perimeter and sides none of them will form a traingle. (2,5,2/8/12)

**dileepsh** · 01-26-2006, 04:52 PM

None.

my reasoning inorder to know the perimeter we need to know the 3'rd side and it cant be find out if neither the type of triangle(i.e isoscles or rght angled ) nor there 3'rd side is given.

**tamGmat** · 01-26-2006, 05:36 PM

yeah, the answer is none.

Don't know what happened to me.
Seems like I'm having a real bad day. I had answers to as many
as 6 questions which I marked incorrectly out of the 9 wrong !

In this question also I wrote it down 3<x<7
Dunno why, I thought 2 is a possible value, hehe Crazy.

(Dileepsh, I didn't phrase the ques correctly. Possible value
of perimeter)

Another question x^4 + y^4 = 100, max value of x ?

I marked 0<x<3 when the answer sqrt(10) clearly lies b/w 3 and 6.

Just had a bad day with Quant, but RC is a real prob for me.
Didn't work on it at all and am realising it now. I guess, I still have time.

No SC's wrong.

GMAT Prep hit me hard with the RC questions. I had 4 RC's in the first 24
questions ! Just two SC's in them. Does this happen on the
real exam too ? Not that it cannot but does it frequently ?

I'll take a break for a week. Am going through some RC book and startegies and will also work on loads of problems.

**CTG1983** · 01-27-2006, 04:06 AM

Originally Posted by tamGmat

Any time

"What are jj's ? and the sets are the retired GMAT tests only, right, no book or stuff !" You didn't answer this though.

JJs are actual test Qs that u may find in the exam. But the JJs in the link I have given in my debriefing are not formatted well. Some r unintelligible. Sets r okay. Sets are not retired tests, Some are retired and some still u may find in the exam. In total u will get nearly 400 Qs in maths and 400 in Verbal in the Sets.

Originally Posted by madinhell24

And where can you get these JJs from?

www.gmatjj.blogspot.com

**tamGmat** · 01-27-2006, 12:17 PM

Its better to practice from the sets or jj's.
Why are they named jj's ? crazy name.

Are there any sets on actual fromat also, I mean, 37 and 41 questions ?

And also can you list all the official material that is available in order of
importance ? Like Official Guide jj's Sets etc....

Can u also tell me the set numbers which should be practiced ?

Can someone please attach the document

Filename: RC QUESTIONS GMAT(1995-2000).pdf

from http://www.gmatjj.blogspot.com/2005/...-download.html

as I am having some problems with megaupload.com

Thanx.

**letusdream** · 01-28-2006, 07:27 PM

Hi -

I am thinking of taking my GMAT around March 14th. I am actually going to schedule an appointment this weekend.

I just took the Gmat Prep Test1 and scored 660 ( quant 44, verbal 36). I am currently reviewing each sections to figure out what I need to work on.
Is this an "OK" score? Would I get something similar during the real GMAT?
My goal is to score high 600 - low 700. Is that feasible?

Thanks for your help guys!

Letusdream.

**tamGmat** · 01-29-2006, 05:21 AM

Dun keep any score in mind. Just practice and improve
on the sections as much as you can.

The result would be rewarding.

660 is a good score to start with. (no prep)

A little more practice and you can easily score in 700's.

But as I said earlier, improve on the sections and go through each
and every mistake of urs.(review the correct ones too)

**maverick1983** · 01-29-2006, 02:22 PM

if u are starting about now march 14th might be a little too soon to give the exam - give your self about 10 weeks to prep for the exam for optimum results