720 GMAT - From 500 to 720 (Q48,V41 :: 95%)

[TBAY]

Great stuff harry! Keep the info flowing.

[Prawler]

This wasn't in place when I stumbled onto TM. I guess Erin grew weary of people lurking on the site, taking all of the valuable information and never contributing. I guess TM has standards now!

Yeah, I think he is right. People should contribute to site somehow.
Leeching only will violate forums.
I agree with you.

[750+]

Hey TBAY congrats on yr performance ... from wot i read ... u definitely deserved it ... im close in yr shadows ... 1st attempt 520 2nd attempt 650 ... messed up at the end of the verbal last 9 quest q47 v33... thanks to yr debrief im really motivated to do it again ... cos i know i lost out on time management ... nevertheless i need to focus on certain areas ... like probability and rc ... could u also tell me how to use the bellcurves site ??? thanks

[TBAY]

Hey TBAY congrats on yr performance ... from wot i read ... u definitely deserved it ... im close in yr shadows ... 1st attempt 520 2nd attempt 650 ... messed up at the end of the verbal last 9 quest q47 v33... thanks to yr debrief im really motivated to do it again ... cos i know i lost out on time management ... nevertheless i need to focus on certain areas ... like probability and rc ... could u also tell me how to use the bellcurves site ??? thanks

We're in lockstep. I would give you the same advice that I gave ShakeVT: do every problem, if possible. You have a handle on quant right now, but bellcurves would solidify it (It solidified my understanding).

For verbal, use Manhattan SC, SETS, CR Bible (if you are weak here), Clintonn's notes (especially the first 2 documents) and GPREP. With GPREP, you will see many new SCs, CRs and, occasionally, a few new RCs. The SETS are wonderful for RCs and CRs (they are of GMAT caliber).

Incorporate everything into a system, follow a strict study routine and you'll cross that hurdle.

Tbay

[ameetkr]

If you give me your email address, I'll send you all of the files that I have. I'll try uploading the files again also.

Congrats TBAY!! You have an amazing story of "persistence pays!".. Kudos!! I have been wanting to take the GMAT since a long time but always get stuck mid way.. I hope to carry on this time to final completion..
There are many helpful materials on the web as well as this website. But seems that access is restricted to new joinees.. Could you please upload them on esnips and send us the link. Thanks!!

[VIP]

Hi TBAY...Thanks for the bellcurves tip! I have been using it, and i find it to be a great resource.

On bellcurves...when you did the CAT test quizzes. What level of questions were you consistently seeing? Were you getting up to the "hard" questions(37+), or were you getting up to the "medium" level questions.

I am finding that the medium level questions are still fairly difficult (Much harder than the OG.) ...and i usually end up with a high "medium" score.

Are the "hard" questions equivilent to the 700 type test bin questions? Or are they harder?

[TBAY]

@nd8769/terri10222 : I no longer have the notes. If you look at earlier posts, harrydnyc posted links to them.

@VIP: I never used the CAT quizzes. I only used the drills and homework exercises. I literally did every quant problem on the site. I noticed that I was consistently missing the medium/hard/very hard questions. After going through the problems, I began knocking those down though.

The "hard" questions are on 700 level. I saw questions like those on my exam. The fundamentals behind the questions are what you need to focus on. Make sure that you understand how to do overlapping set/Venn diagram Qs. Bellcurves does a nice job explaing those. Also, make sure you can do standard deviation Qs (BC does an excellent job explaining this concept).

[garyali.neha]

Congratulations TBAY .. Your journey from 500-720 is really inspiring.My last GMAT Score was 500 which I took a year n half back for that i studied also for 2 months.BUt the score was really disheartening. I m again planning to take GMAT after a year & half.Did one practice test of GMAT Prep to know where I m.Again scored the same.Don't know how I'm gonna increase my score.It seems that it is really difficult to increase the score from 500-700.I dont know how to improve on my verbal .. I can improve my quant I know.

[TBAY]

Hoss, check page 11. Those links do not require a minimum post count.


@gary: I only have one quant document left. I'll send that to you if you'd like.

Tbay

[garyali.neha]

Thanks TBAY,
You're right.Later on I was able to download all the documents from that link.A wonderful compilation of all important documents.
TBAY I've one more concern.You recommended in the blog -- A good daily publication.Could you please recommend some good publication that probably you used for developing reading n comprehension skills.Also that helps in AWA section.