710---q49---v36...

[gcvbt7t]

Took GMAT yesterday... got 710(Q 49, V 36). Before i begin i must thank 12rk34, e.cartman, shooter and genius in the gene for their excellent explanations... if it wasnt for them i would not have even scaled past 40. If you guys ever plan to come to New Delhi, India..send me a mail on gcvbt7t@gmail.com... lunch is on me.

• Quant was pretty much the same as in G Preps... infact was easier in the real one... my prep scores were 680,710,720,750.... got two or three questions from cordinate geometry.... thankfully had none from probablity. I used TESTMAGIC extensively for quant practise...and please do solve OG11 maths - the PS and DS questions... the last 100 ones are good and help to build on basics.. if you are weak in inequality as i was... pls work on it.. expect 3-4 questions in GMAT on inequalities.. there are a couple of other documents floating on the net like manhattan archive, which is of 90pages... i used these as well to practice quant.i didnot refer to 1000 PS and DS... i think one can use it in the first 20 days of GMAT prep... after that its not reqd... also regarding those 31 sets... i just did first 14-15 of them...
• well the score 36 says it all... i didnot practise verbal as much as i should have... infact i just took 3 days off from work before the exam and i was just working on quant... would have spent some 2 hours in SC, 30 minutes on critical reasoning and none on reading comprehension.... so guys please practise before u go for the real one... if not anything else...please practise reading comprehension.. i think OG 10 (its not a typo)... is an excellent resource for SC...i went over it again and again and it did help me a lot... critical reasoning as you all know is about power bible and practise... my first question in GMAT was a SC bouncer.... it was a huge sentence with almost everything underlined..i bovine mastication make out that i was in for tough times ahead.... reading comprehension was tough.... critical reasoning was easier than expected.... try to solve first 250-400 questions of 1000 SC and 1000 critical reasoning.... i does help to some extent.
• the first practise essay i wrote was 15 hours before the exam... guys please dont take it lightly.. please read a lot of essays and practise atleast 5-10 before you go for the real one...
• in the end its all about holding your nerves.... thankfully i wasnt nervous at all....i kept pumping my spirits up and i prayed a lot..it really helped me... last piece of advice... please ensure that you take the full length practice tests atleast 2-3 before the real one... imean (essays+quant+verbal)... i never took one and had a hard time concentrating in the last hour of the exam....the pretty girl sitting next to me didnt help my cause either... .

not a great score.... aiming for ISB in hyderabad, NUS, Rotman, INSEAD... guys please guide if this score is decent to get a call....

[12rk34]

Dear gcvbt7t
Congratulations ! That's a great score! I hope it will inspire people like me and also our friends who are making preparations for GMAT. Although I don't deserve the compliment, I thank you for your nice gesture.
I accept you invitation to come to Delhi. Thanks.

[genius_in_the_gene]

Way to go buddy!! Thanks for the inspiring post.
I accept your invitation too

[cheeseburst]

Many Congrats gcvbt7t.....Nice score it is...
And thanx for the insightful post....
My exam is 1 month away.......And I want to improve my quant score which is around 40-43 now.....Can I take to 49 in 30 days time??Is it manageable??R u from a maths background??How much were thy quant scores initially and during the prep??
Pls suggest me wht all things shud be done for tht??And also suggest me how to use test magic for quant,as u have mentioned in thy post??Pls give a deatiled reply becuase I m really clueless as to how to go abt the quant section....Will be highly grateful...M from a non-maths background...
thanx...Wish u good luck for applications...

[Roland]

Congrats!! All the best with your apps..

[gcvbt7t]

Originally Posted by cheeseburst

Many Congrats gcvbt7t.....Nice score it is...
And thanx for the insightful post....
My exam is 1 month away.......And I want to improve my quant score which is around 40-43 now.....Can I take to 49 in 30 days time??Is it manageable??R u from a maths background??How much were thy quant scores initially and during the prep??
Pls suggest me wht all things shud be done for tht??And also suggest me how to use test magic for quant,as u have mentioned in thy post??Pls give a deatiled reply becuase I m really clueless as to how to go abt the quant section....Will be highly grateful...M from a non-maths background...
thanx...Wish u good luck for applications...

i am not from a maths background.... well quant is all about practise and getting your basics right.. too to be honest i am not that kind of a guy who has excellent basics...but i practised a hell lot of quant...send me your email address... i can send you some practice material.... at times when i wanted to practise quant.. i used to pick any random question from ps/ds section of testmagic and solve it....in the end i had a collection of good problems which i accumulated from testmagic and which helped me get my basics right..... iwas really bad in inequalities and cord....but i improved due to testmagic... u can definitely go from 40-43 to 49.... u have to know what kind of questions you can expect in gmat.... many users post a lot of questions from gmat prep...make sure u solve each one of them....i am attaching the document i made for myself for quant....

[supersuj]

congratulations! 710 is a very competitive score for the top schools. Good Luck!

[micky2100]

hi gc,
i cant download the test magic questions.doc from this site..can you attach it on esnsips. or post it on my emial id..singh_mrinal2100@yahoo.com..post

[sinchronize]

Hi ..

congrats!!! could you please mail me the file to prahlunicorn@gmail.com ? the attachment seems to be broken..

thanks..

[linhnk]

Dear gcvbt7t,
Tks for sharing. Could you por favor, El Señor send a soft copy of this file to linhnk219@yahoo.com?
Tks again,