760.

[mpalki]

Took the GMAT yesterday.
Didnt do as well in Verbal as I had expected to. SC was straightforward, must have screwed up reading comprehension and critical reasoning .
But I'm going to collect my chips and scoot. Bye Bye ETS and good riddance .



Other scores

PP1 PP2(both after going through OG) - 790
Kaplan - 690, 740
Princeton - 740.

First, Erin Billy - I cannot thank you enough for setting up TM and SC.com. If you are ever in Bangalore, India you can stay at my place for as long as you want to. If I am in SF, food and drinks on me.
These websites not only made the SC section a breeze but also improved my English.

Second, for the rest of the test takers - I have an M.S in Electrical engineering, a field that requires significant proficiency in Math. So believe me when I say that the questions on Math section in the GMAT are not more difficult but rather more time consuming than the ones in the Official Guide. More 3 step problems than in the PowerPrep. Please plan accordingly.

Finally, for DS questions, I used a simple technique which brought down the number of errors (esp from carrying over information from data A to data B) significantly. If you guys are still a couple of weeks away from the exam and want to try it out let me know and I'll put it up here.

So long folks and best of luck.
Ciao.

[manusmile144]

Congrats Mpalki.....760 is an awesome Score!!!! You must be expecting it cause you were getting high scores in your practise PP and Kaplan.

How you prepared for your SC? please do Post the stratergies for DS which you used.

Good Luck in your applications.......

[ursula]

Congrats, Mpalki - excellent job!

And I'm even more impressed that you were able to get 740 on one of those bloody Kaplan tests

When you have a few minutes, you should definitely post your technique for DS - lots of people find DS tricky, and there are always new folks joining this board who will still be reading your tips many months from now.

Best of luck with you applications!

[kpadma]

[Finally, for DS questions, I used a simple technique which brought down the number of errors (esp from carrying over information from data A to data B) significantly. If you guys are still a couple of weeks away from the exam and want to try it out let me know and I'll put it up here.

Congrats! it is really good score!!

I make a few silly mistakes in DS [B)]
Could you please advice me, how I can reduce the errors.

Thanks
Kpadma

[rkny02]

Congrats Mpalki, 760 is a cracker.
Guess your performance on practise tests was a indication of it. Bow wow wow yippee yo yippee yay!!!!11 job.
Do post your experience and various startegies you used to minimize those errors.

Regards
Raj

[thaiva]

Congradt'z on your score awesome!!!

Best of luck with the app proccess....



Regards....

[mpalki]

Hi all,
Thanks for the wishes and I wish you all godspeed and plenty of luck.
Thanks Ursula for the fantastic post and congratulations to you too for a great score.

Erin, I have prepared a small word doc with some strategies for solving DS and SC questions. But this forum does'nt seem to allow uploading of files. Please advise.

Regards
Manoj

[luve]

In the Sentensecorrection.com's forum, you can Upload files with maximum of 500K in new posting. Hope that help

Congratulation for your awesome score!

[stmifx]

mpalki, congrats on your awesome score. Surely we would want to use some of your tips, esp. for DS .