680. (q-49,v-34).

[india_chintan]

Without any delay i thank erin for this platform and all you wonderful guys for your inputs and feedback.

When i started my preparation for gmat, my target was 550-575. am not sure why, may b because everybody around me never crossed 550. anyways, wandering on the internet, which i do very often, got me to testmagic. and believe me, few days of visiting testmagic changed it all in terms of my attitude and approach towards gmat and that is why i want to thank u all, bcoz if it was not for u guys i would have never been aware of my ability.

From my experience, i can say is tht if u want to score above 700, verbal is very critical, which does not mean quant be taken lightl, but it seems every1 is scoring 48's n 50's in quant, so doing tht is not tht difficult with practice, but for atleast me, improvement in verbal was never quite there. i scored 34 in my 2nd gmat prep which i gave about a month ago n ditto was actual verbal score. if i were to score 37-38 i would have crossed 720 may b. in short, 40 on verbal is equal to 50 on quants. so go for tht 40.

I prepared for about 4 months but had to take a couple of long breaks of 20 days to month in between due to immigration to canada n further settling here during the same time.

The books which i recommend are :
1. official guide - 12th edition. very critical if u want to score above 650.
2. official quant review.
3. manhattan gmat sentence correction.
4. lots and lots of practice from virtually any material.

thts not a long list but then its the very important without which it will be very difficult to score high. the only thing tht i did apart from doing these books over and over again(i did manhattan gmat about 7-8 times) was visiting testmagic regularly and doing the challenging problems postd
here and looking on the net for quant problems. other thing tht i want to share is tht i was told by people tht prob and permutation are coming up very frequently these days esp if u score high. thts rubbish. i scored 49 on quants and faced 1 prob, 0 pnc ques and tht too ques no. 34 if i am not wrong. In quants Data suff. very important which i knew before tht test. after my 1st 3 ques which were PS i faced about 20 straight DS ques. which gave me a feeling tht i was doing well.

This is my 1st attempt at gmat. i hope i dont have to give it again, but i have this feeling if i were to give it again, i would definitely cross 700. may b i was nervous or may b not tht confident of myself which reduced me to 680. Lastly, trust me guys, GMAT is not a demon or some beast which many Earthlings think it is, it is a highly structured and standardaized test and fooling GMAt is very dificult, but if u work hard and practice like crazy there r every chances tht u will score above 700.

If anybody is from canada n looking to apply for b-schools in canada, por favor, El Señor get in touch.

The unlimited potential that lies within you, let it slumber no more. Best of luck guys. Testmagic rocks.

[SnowinGreen]

Let me the first to wish you..Congrats dude...great that u shifted your target and have done itt.wish u good luck for the next steps

[tg_Maverick]

Congrats Chintan. Your story is an inspiration to me.

I gave GMAT a month ago and got a pathetic 540 (45/20), planning for a retake within a month. Still fighting with my self confidence whether I will be able to crack it. I want to get at least 650 and my low self confidence is putting me in dilemna.

I am also planning to apply to Canada and then migrate there. Hope to get some piece of advise from you.

[age]

Congrats buddy !!

[tkt]

congrats india_chintan ... well done ... good score ....
Can I ask if you found the test difficult compared to what is the generally held belief of GMAT ..... I ask this question as I have seen many posts from people who have taken the GMAT in the last few days and many of them mention that the GMAT is tougher than before, say even a month back .. specially in quant and in verbal as well ....
Any views .. ?

[india_chintan]

Originally Posted by tkt

congrats india_chintan ... well done ... good score ....
Can I ask if you found the test difficult compared to what is the generally held belief of GMAT ..... I ask this question as I have seen many posts from people who have taken the GMAT in the last few days and many of them mention that the GMAT is tougher than before, say even a month back .. specially in quant and in verbal as well ....
Any views .. ?

No. not at all. Atleast not for me. I gave gmat prep the day before my test and socred 710, 48-q and 37-v. What i can say for sure is, assuming all other things normal and u dont get really unlucky tht day, u should score around + - 40 to thy gmat prep score. I never socred 49 on quant in any of gmatprep's but still scored it on the actual test - wht bout the gmat getting difficult.

Please dont get bogged down by all tht rubbish tht gmat is getting difficult. The bottom line is, its a standardised and an adaptive test and if u want to score good, be prepared to face difficult question. Best of luck buddy.

[india_chintan]

Originally Posted by tg_Maverick

Congrats Chintan. Your story is an inspiration to me.

I gave GMAT a month ago and got a pathetic 540 (45/20), planning for a retake within a month. Still fighting with my self confidence whether I will be able to crack it. I want to get at least 650 and my low self confidence is putting me in dilemna.

I am also planning to apply to Canada and then migrate there. Hope to get some piece of advise from you.

I am not sure for how long have been preparing for it and wht area u find difficult.. but its obvious your quants is good.. your verbal bombed thy score.. a la my score. Learn basic concepts of SC(manhattan gmat did it for me) as well as what type of ques they ask on critical reasoning. I suggest critical reasoning bible. And then practice..practice..practice. Like crazy. And most importantly, be confident of urself man. thy quant score is really good.. feel proud of getting tht. Look around here.. every chabroni on testmagic is crossing 700 daily. Why cant you??

[grad.mad]

great score buddy ...