730 (Q42 V45)...slightly unconventional :)

[Freedom007]

Thank you so much everyone. I am so happy that i wont have to re-do it. I plan to spend the next few years beefing up my work experience before applying to mba programs.

Originally Posted by samarpan_bschool

great score. congratulations.

Freedom007 - Can you compare the difficulty level of verbal (SC + critical reasoning + reading comprehension)OG11 questions with that of the actual test questions?

Thanks a ton

I used OG 12, and I think the critical reasoning and SC sections on the gmat are comparable to the actual test. Unfortunately, I didn't study for the reading comprehension section so i wont be of much help in that area.

My weakest area in verbal was SC and practicing from OG12 and reviewing my mistakes in my Manhattan GMAT practice tests whipped me into shape in no time.

i hope that helps

[samarpan_bschool]

Thanks Freedom007.

[Crack_it!!]

Hey freedom007,

"CONGRATULATIONS". Great score!!

[Freedom007]

Originally Posted by Crack_it!!

Hey freedom007,

"CONGRATULATIONS". Great score!!

thank you very much. Reading debriefs on here was very encouraging for me as i was preparing. It reminded me that crossing the 700 mark is entirely possible.

I actually started visualizing myself writing my debrief about a week before my test date...lol

[star1787]

Freedom007 Congrats!

I'm very weak at quant, can you tell me if the quant was much tougher than OG 12? I'm only practicing from the OG 12th edition so I want to make sure whether the quant is representative of the actual exam.

Also did you end up guessing on the last 5 questions in the actual exam for quant and verbal or did you only guess on practice exams? I'm trying to see if your theory that the last 5 questions don't really impact the score is true for the REAL exam or was it only true for GPREP? I've seen a lot of posts that this is true for GPREP but no one has posted whether this is true for the REAL exam. Thanks!!!

[sepandsalimi]

good job

[Freedom007]

Originally Posted by star1787

Also did you end up guessing on the last 5 questions in the actual exam for quant and verbal or did you only guess on practice exams? I'm trying to see if your theory that the last 5 questions don't really impact the score is true for the REAL exam or was it only true for GPREP? I've seen a lot of posts that this is true for GPREP but no one has posted whether this is true for the REAL exam. Thanks!!!

Thank you, star. On the real test, if i remember correctly, I guessed on four out of the last five quant questions. For some reason, I had more time at the end of the test than I usually had on the gmatprep or Manhattan GMAT so i was able to solve one of the last five. Verbal was always my stronger section, so I never needed to randomly guess on the actual test or on practice tests

I don't really see why something that is true for the gmatprep will not be true for the actual test. My suggestion is that you should try the "guess on the last few" strategy as well as the "try to finish" strategy (yes, i made those names up). This should help you to see which approach works for you.

for what it's worth, i accidentally posted the wrong breakdown in this thread. I later confirmed that my actual breakdown is Q45, V46. If i could do it, trust me--you can do it too

Originally Posted by sepandsalimi

good job

Thank you sepandsalimi

[Tush]

Great score Freedom007... My situation is exactly like yours. I wanted to read some basic maths material to get fundamental clarity on the 10-12 concepts tested in GMAT. Can you recommend some reading material and where I can get it.. Thanks

[rockin4life]

Originally Posted by Freedom007

Thank you so much everyone. I am so happy that i wont have to re-do it. I plan to spend the next few years beefing up my work experience before applying to mba programs.



I used OG 12, and I think the critical reasoning and SC sections on the gmat are comparable to the actual test. Unfortunately, I didn't study for the reading comprehension section so i wont be of much help in that area.

My weakest area in verbal was SC and practicing from OG12 and reviewing my mistakes in my Manhattan GMAT practice tests whipped me into shape in no time.

i hope that helps

How many SC problems did you work in OG12? Did you repeat them a lot? How similar did you feel the OG12 problems were with the Manhattan GMAT tests?

[Freedom007]

Originally Posted by Tush

Great score Freedom007... My situation is exactly like yours. I wanted to read some basic maths material to get fundamental clarity on the 10-12 concepts tested in GMAT. Can you recommend some reading material and where I can get it.. Thanks

Thanks Tush
The two books that i wholeheartedly recommend for math problems are OG12 and Manhattan GMAT Number properties (if you have difficulty with number properties like i did). I also found the math review in Barrons GMAT 2007-2008 to be quite helpful (good for reviewing basic geometric relationships, work problems, word problems etc). I recommend this book with reservation because the verbal section is not so great and the practice tests are not the best. All these books can be purchased online or at bookstores such as borders and barnes and noble.

Of course, google was my bestfriend throughout prep. If i did not understand the solution to a problem from the OG or if i felt there must be a quicker way, i googled it and always wound up on beatthegmat.com or some other forum that provided excellent answers. That's how i learned that 6 is a perfect number

Originally Posted by rockin4life

How many SC problems did you work in OG12? Did you repeat them a lot? How similar did you feel the OG12 problems were with the Manhattan GMAT tests?

hmmmm....I basically started working on OG12 SC problems from problem number 70, which falls roughly in the middle and worked my way pretty much to the end of the SC problems. I actually never considered repeating the questions since i either wrote down or made a mental note of the types of SC problems that i had a penchant for missing.

Compared with the mgamt sc problems, the OG sc problems and those on the actual test are definitely less difficult. Nevertheless, I love Manhattan GMAT's sc problems because they really toughened me up for the 800 level questions i got on my real test.

Good Luck!