750 - (Q-50,V-41)

[razdamn]

hello,

i have read this forum a few times and thought that I should do my part for the society :-)

got done with the GMAT a week or so back. got score of 750 - (Q-50,V-41).
General feedback and strategy:

test was ok. the quants were a little more difficult than the powerprep tests. somewhere between PP and Kaplan. verbal was about the same. I really took my time with the first few (10 in Quants and 15 in verbal) questions. its VERY essential to not make any mistakes in this part. it helped me to put the sound-mufflers/headphones on. its also very important to start well with the AWA. as the list of topics is already disclosed, it makes sense to atleast go thru a few before the exam. in my case, during the preparations, I used to look at a few topics each day and think of a few points for each case. it was awesome to see an AWA topic that I had already attempted during practice to pop during the test. I had enough time to write and review it. after that I was generally feeling good about life and decided to not take any break and go to Quants. it started out with easy two or three questions and then went tougher. please keep in mind that the harder questions you get (atleast in the start) the better it reflects on your performance. after 10-15 questions, it reaches a plateau. I finished the quants 5 mins before time. I used to finish the practice tests 15-20 mins early. this does not mean that the exam was tough, just that I went much more cautiously. after the quants, I took a small break. had a little juice and back to verbal. it started out with two CRs and then I got couple of SC's and then reading comprehension-1 and reading comprehension-2 in succession. I took my time to make sure that I eliminated all possible answers and then double-checked to see if what was on paper was what I put on the screen. I got 5 reading comprehension's. I guess 1-2 were experimental. I finished verbal with two mins left.


this is what I scored on practice tests(using ursula's post):

Kaplan Diag. 630
PowerPrep CAT1 690
Kaplan CAT1 650
Kaplan CAT2 670
Kaplan CAT3 640
PowerPrep CAT2 770
Arco's 710-750(Range is all that it reports)
Real GMAT 750

i would highly recommend simulating the exam a day ( at the same time) before the real test.

thanks
razdamn

[zorrillo]

Congratulations razdamn!

I'm sure your feedback will be of great help to a lot of people.

Good luck with your application

[luve]

Awesome score, Congratulation !

[thaiva]

Awesome!! Congradt'z razdamn

Best of Luck with your applications... Any ideas in mind of where you're planning to apply?


Congradt'z once again,


Best Wishes / Regards..

[razdamn]

Thanks for the wishes. I still haven't decided where I would apply. I may put in 1/2 apps this year as I dont have a lot of experience right now.[2 years].

btw, I do realize that I have not posted in as much detail as ursula did. if you guys have any questions, please let me know. will try my best to get to them.

thanks
razdamn

Originally posted by thaiva

Any ideas in mind of where you're planning to apply?

[ursula]

Congratulations, razdamn - nice job!!!

Your practice scores once again confirm PowerPrep as being the best indicator of your actual exam score (nice improvement from PP1 to PP2 - looks like you put in some serious effort there!).

I was surprised to see you got 5 reading comprehension passages - that's got to be some kind of record You must have really been flying to still finish verbal with 2 minutes left after all that!

Congrats again, and best of luck with your applications!

[venkatadri]

I have been a passive reader of this forum. Could anyone tell me what you mean by saying that the AWA essays are already published ? Are you referring to the essays forum where there are a whole bunch of topics listed ? Thanks for your help

Originally posted by razdamn

hello,

i have read this forum a few times and thought that I should do my part for the society :-)

got done with the GMAT a week or so back. got score of 750 - (Q-50,V-41).
General feedback and strategy:

test was ok. the quants were a little more difficult than the powerprep tests. somewhere between PP and Kaplan. verbal was about the same. I really took my time with the first few (10 in Quants and 15 in verbal) questions. its VERY essential to not make any mistakes in this part. it helped me to put the sound-mufflers/headphones on. its also very important to start well with the AWA. as the list of topics is already disclosed, it makes sense to atleast go thru a few before the exam. in my case, during the preparations, I used to look at a few topics each day and think of a few points for each case. it was awesome to see an AWA topic that I had already attempted during practice to pop during the test. I had enough time to write and review it. after that I was generally feeling good about life and decided to not take any break and go to Quants. it started out with easy two or three questions and then went tougher. please keep in mind that the harder questions you get (atleast in the start) the better it reflects on your performance. after 10-15 questions, it reaches a plateau. I finished the quants 5 mins before time. I used to finish the practice tests 15-20 mins early. this does not mean that the exam was tough, just that I went much more cautiously. after the quants, I took a small break. had a little juice and back to verbal. it started out with two CRs and then I got couple of SC's and then reading comprehension-1 and reading comprehension-2 in succession. I took my time to make sure that I eliminated all possible answers and then double-checked to see if what was on paper was what I put on the screen. I got 5 reading comprehension's. I guess 1-2 were experimental. I finished verbal with two mins left.


this is what I scored on practice tests(using ursula's post):

Kaplan Diag. 630
PowerPrep CAT1 690
Kaplan CAT1 650
Kaplan CAT2 670
Kaplan CAT3 640
PowerPrep CAT2 770
Arco's 710-750(Range is all that it reports)
Real GMAT 750

i would highly recommend simulating the exam a day ( at the same time) before the real test.

thanks
razdamn

[metal_rulz]

No its the list of essays you can find in the AWA secction of the Official Guide.

Alternately here is the link for all the topics..

http://www.mba.com/mba/TaketheGMAT/Tools/AWATopics.htm

Metal.

[venkatadri]

Thanks a lot metal...
did not know that the topics were published. Will definitely look at the topics before my test.[


quote]Originally posted by metal_rulz

No its the list of essays you can find in the AWA secction of the Official Guide.

Alternately here is the link for all the topics..

http://www.mba.com/mba/TaketheGMAT/Tools/AWATopics.htm

Metal.
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