750 Gmat (99%), Q-50(95%), V-41(93%)

[Stargaz3r]

Thanks Piyush! This is of great great help!

Hey, can anyone d/l the Kaplan Tests CD and open the Kaplan workshop properly? Is so, help me out please!

[tictaktoe]

File1: OG AWA Topics,
File2: All sample essays for Analysis of Issues.
File 3: All sample essays for Analysis of Arguments.

Putting revision notes again with the list of links
Last day revision notes for verbal
last day revision notes for quant
AWA templates for issue n argument

My

[SubZero]

Hi Piyush,

Thanks for the 1000CR material. I practised few GMAT/LSAT tests and feel comfortable now. I was able to get a decent hit rate in timed conditions.

Moving to reading comprehension now and need your help. Any strategy that you think would be helpful ?

[catmat]

The list of links is great! Thanks a lot.

[tictaktoe]

Originally Posted by SubZero

Hi Piyush,

Thanks for the 1000CR material. I practised few GMAT/LSAT tests and feel comfortable now. I was able to get a decent hit rate in timed conditions.

Moving to reading comprehension now and need your help. Any strategy that you think would be helpful ?

Ah.. reading comprehension .. the easiest and then the most difficult. What i observed during my prep was that because of critical reasoning practise and some really hard critical reasoning , the same thing went over for reading comprehension also and I started analyzing reading comprehension more than what was required. This affected my hit rate substantially , so i left reading comprehension on its own and didnt it other than while giving "quality" tests, GMAT Prep and PP. Things improved after that.

You need to find the strategy that works best for you. Just make sure you dont OVERanalyze !

[Jigar]

amazing score mannnnnnnnnnn.....Stanford here comes this guy!!!

[SubZero]

Thanks Piyush.
Which strategy do you recommend ?
Kaplan's or Princeton's ?

[christoph]

Originally Posted by rpms

What is your strategy for the divisibility problems ? Are there any specifc posts that deals with tough questions on divisibility

Lets say the question you posed.

A number when divided by a divisor leaves a remainder of 24. When twice the original number is divided by the same divisor, the remainder is 11. What is the value of the divisor?

My approach will be

y = x*q + 24

2*y = x*(2q) + 48 = x*2q + 37 + 11 => (11 is remainder as per problem)
=> 2*y = [x*2q + 37] + 11
Since 37 is a prime no. There are no common factors between 2q and 37
=> x must be 37 for
2*y = 37 (2q+1) + 11

I have to admit, I took long time to solve this. I won't have that luxury in test.

What is the quick approach.

here is the quick approach. you know 3 remainders. r1=r2=24 and r3=11. the formula is r1+r2-d=r3. 24+24-d=11 is d=37

[tictaktoe]

Originally Posted by SubZero

Thanks Piyush.
Which strategy do you recommend ?
Kaplan's or Princeton's ?

Nothing particular amongst them. After getting into the GMAT groove for a while you will realize that you need to put up your own strategy. Everything is unique with a person . For eg though lot many Earthlings recommmended takign medicine, juice, chocolate etc during test time to maintain the stamina, I decided against it as i never used them in any of my practice test as these things would have made GMAT appear larger than wht it is!

Never had any KAPLAN book, though i went through KAPLAN CD and workshop. KAPLAN workshop is pretty good for maths. Tells you in detail how to pick numbers, back solving, etc You will find the links to workshop on page 8 of this thread. Princeton is good to grasp the basic of verbal especially SC.

However, practice does make a difference. I must have given more than 30 tests.. learnt that though I was imprving in everything else, my reading comprehension hit rate dropped. SO decided to work on it and my way on working on it was NOT TO WORK on it.

and not to forget - play GMAT to your strength.

[christoph]

tictaktoe, i have question. i downloaded the kaplan workshop through your link but the quizzes doesnt work. did you encounter the same problem ? thx for your response and good luck :-)