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dude, Dont take it wrong ...You should have ignored this post:rolleyes: . I wrote for people people who want just 100 like me by any means. I got 26 in speaking..:D.thats a different issue.. Cheer up!!!! and Good luck with your test again. Hope you do great.

Guys, I observed that there is not much talk about the new TOEFL IBT which is (some people say) little tougher than CBT. But in any case, dont get discouraged and do your preparation to fullest. Here are the steps for success. 1 ))Get registered in http://toeflpractice.ets.org/ They provide with sample test which is almost identical to the real exam. Take the exam so that you get a feel for what you are getting into. You can register later with different email address so you can take the test again. dont worry! 2))Buy ( download :D ?? ) kaplan toefl test preparation material. It has a lot of examples and help material. The best one I would say. 3)) Appear the exam. I found that speaking was little bit hard because I had to prepare answer on the fly and I didnt practice enoguh. So you do your homework. But the testers are pretty flexible. Which is why I was able to get 100+. Good luck with it. Cheers,

Just got my official results. Essay 5.0 . Guys follow Princeton. It works.

"Gambatte Kudasai" ....:luck2: In Japanese "Keep your faith up and Good luck" something like that it has more to do with encouragement. I love Japanese Language. So thought of creating a BUZZ word among those who dont use it more often :tup: .

Oh well..there are too many brefings on how to take exam follow anyone everyone is right. If you are in for GMAT you have already cracked numerous exams in your life. Just do the same. Dont do anything unusual like drink Soda/Coffe like some say. If you are a smoker, probably you should have one in each break :) . Been there done that.

Thanks to Testmagic!!! You guys ROCK! I know, 680 is not so good if you want to go to the FUQUA or SLOAN but good enough for me. Please read on if you have less than one month at hand to prepare( your current status is :wallbash: ) and you really need GMAT with 650+ score. First thing first, get Princeton Review (or PR as people call it, you can get in almost any public library if in USA) and Official Guide (the OG, library in USA). These two guides are more than enough along with testmagic buddies for your test. Believe me! PR is really good in giving you the directions that you really really need in solving GMAT problems (both Verbal and Quantitative). It should not take more than 3 days for you if you put atleast 4 hours each day( like me..I am working in high demand S/W company). Then you start solving OG each section continiously and as most of them have 250 questions each and you have five different sections ( Verbal- Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, Sentence Correction; Quant- Problem Solving, Data Sufficiency) you will need to balance between the TV serials and your preparation :p . I watch American Idol, Deal No deal and apprentice religiously.No reason why I shouldnt. You can do too :)).. But seriously make a habit of solving them atleast 10 from each section (50 in total) a day. If you have more time well and good. Dont give those test exams available because they are sure to get your moral down. The best will be to take atleast 1 day off from your office before the day of the exam. Since you will need that to review all you did. If you ask me, I would give Kaplan Test (CAT 1) 5 day before I appear the exam. You are almost sure to get around 600 or less or more which will motivate you to study harder those few days. Then I would give both of the GMAT Preps next consecutive days to make sure I have got GMAT under my belt. I have noticed that Data Suff questions are really tricky sometimes and I would pay extra attention. The same goes for Reading Comprehension. Now you might wonder why I got just 33 in verbal, thats because I didnt manage my time properly. I wasted too much time in the Comprehensions. No matter how much you prepare sometimes there are unavoidable stuff in your life. This is one of them in my case. So be careful in managing time. I found this helpful :D 10 Questions - 55 Mins Left in clock 20 Questions - 35 Mins 30 Questions - 15 Mins 37Q/41V Qs - You are dead I hope this was helpful. I studied around 20 days for GMAT and I am non-native english speaker. So if I can do it you can sure do it just fine. Gumbatte Kudasai!!!! Cheers, D

Thanks to Testmagic!!! You guys ROCK! 680 is not so good if you want to go to the FUQUA or SLOAN but good enough for what I want to do[banana] . Please read on if you have less than one month at hand to prepare( your current status is no prep :wallbash: ) and you really need GMAT with around 700 score. First thing first, get Princeton Review (or PR as people call it, you can get in almost any public library if in USA) and Official Guide (the OG, library in USA). These two guides are more than enough along with testmagic buddies for your test. Believe me! PR is really good in giving you the directions that you really really need in solving GMAT problems (both Verbal and Quantitative). It should not take more than 3 days for you if you put atleast 4 hours each day( like me..I am working in high demand S/W company). Then you start solving OG each section continiously and as most of them have 250 questions each and you have five different sections ( Verbal- Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, Sentence Correction; Quant- Problem Solving, Data Sufficiency) you will need to balance between the TV serials and your preparation :p . I watch American Idol, Deal No deal and apprentice religiously.No reason why I shouldnt. You can do too :)).. But seriously make a habit of solving them atleast 10 from each section (50 in total) a day. If you have more time well and good. Dont give those test exams available because they are sure to get your moral down. The best will be to take atleast 1 day off from your office before the day of the exam. Since you will need that to review all you did. If you ask me, I would give Kaplan Test (CAT 1) 5 day before I appear the exam. You are almost sure to get around 600 or less or more which will motivate you to study harder those few days. Then I would give both of the GMAT Preps next consecutive days to make sure I have got GMAT under my belt. I have noticed that Data Suff questions are really tricky sometimes and I would pay extra attention. The same goes for Reading Comprehension. Now you might wonder why I got just 33 in verbal, thats because I didnt manage my time properly. I wasted too much time in the Comprehensions. No matter how much you prepare sometimes there are unavoidable stuff in your life. This is one of them in my case. So be careful in managing time. I found this helpful :D 10 Questions - 55 Mins Left in clock 20 Questions - 35 Mins 30 Questions - 15 Mins 37Q/41V Qs - You are dead I hope this was helpful. I studied around 20 days for GMAT and I am non-native english speaker. So if I can do it you can sure do it just fine. Gumbatte Kudasai!!!! Cheers, D

Dude, Cant you put the questions too? I got OG 10 :(.