tweety32

Thanks a lot. I am looking at University of Michigan Ross, INSEAD and ISB

I think you should first concentrate on getting them correct. Then work on your timing. Also one piece of advice I always give to GMAT takers is that one should always try to solve questions at a minimum stretch of 1 1/2 - 2 hrs. A 4 hr test requires mental alertness and if your prep involves shorter prep times, then you are not really putting yourself through realistic conditions.

Its strange but I too faced the same problem. I would suggest you use the TestGrid to continously track your speed and accuracy. It helped me determine the type of questions I took the longest time to solve(It was CR in Verbal and Number problem DS questions in Quant). I put in more effort into it and was able to see a significant improvement.

I think a great AWA score can offset to some extent an avg performance in Verbal. Also, it might help some schools in judging your apps on the basis of your writing skills. These are just my assumptions though.

Congrats for being in the 700 league. Great Quant score. Which schools are you targetting?

I would say that the Quant difficulty level in actual test was the same as compared to GMATPrep but I was stumped a bit by the ones in Verbal. But since you get only 2 attempts with GMATPrep, I could be wrong there. The last quarter of all sections in OG are the ones worth practicing. Most initial questions have easy/medium difficulty level

Thanks for the encouragement

Great score. Awesome.....

You will definately rock if you decide to go for a re-take. Q47 is way below your level. You are surely in the Q51 league.

I was disappointed 'cos I was scoring much better in my Prep, esp in Verbal which I considered my strength but it turned out to be the one where I scored less. Anyways, I understand that score is just the first step and the apps will really determine which school one finally gets in. Thanks for lifting my spirts though. :)

Congrats... Great score

My background. I am a 26 year old, female, software engineer working for a big telecom major in India. I have currently 4+ yrs of industry experience. Why GMAT? After a considerable time spent in developing software, I realized that I needed more than just my engineering degree to move up the corporate ladder. And thats where the thought of doing an MBA took birth. So my first step in this direction was to take the GMAT. Planning. After a few days spent on knowing about the GMAT from the internet and from my friends and associates who had taken GMAT in the past, I understood that I needed to plan my preparation well as GMAT preparation would demand a substasial amount of time if I needed to cross the 700 barrier. I was looking for a lean patch in my work cycle, so that I could devote adequate time for my preparation. And that time came around mid November. Preparation. I initially chalked out a plan wherein in about 7-8 weeks, I would be ready to take the test. But I waited to book an appointment. Since I had no clue about the test, I didnt want to rush in to book the appointment and then realize later that I wasnt adequately prepared. I am glad I did so 'cos my first mock test showed me how I had underestimated GMAT. My first purchases were OG 11th edition and Kaplan. I started with the OG by going through some of the notes before each section. After a week, I gave my first Kaplan mock test and scored a miserable 550. I realized then that I needed to pump in a lot more time into my prep. I started with the Kaplan book which helped me gain some ground into understanding the kind of questions I would face on GMAT but on the whole, I would say that the Kaplan helped me get some good practice. After a couple of weeks, I started with the OG and that helped me understand the actual GMAT kind of questions. The Kaplan questions seemed harder compared to the OG ones, the RC esp was an unnecessary stretch in Kaplan. Just when I thought I was gaining confidence, I had to suddenly leave my preparation mid-way to attend to other more important things. Finally I started with my preparation again in Feb. I booked my appointment for mid March and prepared myself for an intense study plan. TM helped me immensely through my prep by helping me stay in focus, by providing access to whole lot of resources and specially for the in-depth discussion on problematic questions. Resources Books : OG 11th edition, Kaplan and Manhattan SC Other resources : 1000 SC, 1000 CR, 3000 RC, Spidey notes, TestGrid Forums : TM (of course) and GMATNetwork yahoo group. Mock CATs Kaplan Diagnostic : score 550 Kaplan CAT 1 : score 640 GMAT Prep 1 : Score 720 PowerPrep 1 : Score 760 GMAT Prep 2 : Score 750 I would recommend all to use the TestGrid effectively as it helps a lot in tracking the kind of mistakes that one is likely to commit. Finally, very few people perform very well on both Verbal and quant. It is essential that you identify your strengths early and while it is essential that you work on your weaknesses, never stop devoting time for your strengths. You can minimize your weakness only to a small extent but you can build your strengths to a degree that it can really offset some of your weaknesses. I unfortunately devoted a lot of time to Verbal only but didnt work a lot on Quant, a 51 in Quant would have boosted my score to a 720. Test Day: Reached almost 45 mins before time. Had scheduled a 9:00 AM appointment, as I am a morning person. I hadnt prepared for the AWA apart from reading a few sample Issues and Arguments, basically to help structure my thought process. Its a good thing that AWA is the first section in GMAT, it basically helps you get into the test mode and settle your nerves. I think I did a fair job in AWA. Once it was done, I was rearing to go for the Quant and Verbal sections. Quant was exactly as I expected it to be. Unfortuantely only the last few questions in OG prepare you for the actual test. But with practice in certain areas in work/time problems, probability, sequences, coordinate geometry, basic mensuration and equations, one can get a fairly good score in Quant. Verbal was what took me by surprise, esp the SCs. After learning so many grammar rules, I found that the questions that came on the test basically tested my knowledge of spoken English, what sounded good to my ear. I could apply the idiom and modifiers rules only for a small set of questions. CR was a bit tricky too. The RC had one difficult passage, in which I think I performed particularly badly. My advice to all for Verbal is to go through the OG really well and practice from various other resources as well. In retrospect, I think I could have worked on a few other areas to improve my score but I am now not looking at a re-take, so guess its all in the past now. Have to work on my apps to get into my dream school. I wish to thank all my friends in TM, esp ModusOperandi, Check.Stone, Spoud74, catchamogh, meghago, Swissboy and of course Erin, Clintonn, Bob for their expert advice.

Finished my GMAT a couple of days back. A bit disappointed with my score, since I was consistently scoring 750+ in my GMAT Preps. Although I feel that with good apps, I can still get into my dream school. I just read a post of a person (who took the GMAT 2 days before me) and scored a 710 with a breakup of q49 and v36. I dont understand how my overall score is 700, even with a breakup of q49 and v37. Can someone explain this? :hmm: Also I would appreciate if people can post back if they have ever seen a difference in their official score report from the one they received at the test centre. Or if there is someone I can contact to understand the score.... Will post my debrief later. I have a lot of people to thank, esp my friends at TestMagic

Read the 2 statements But because it could always have been made to show things differently than it does, it cannot express the whole truth and, in that sense, is false. Therefore, nothing can ever be definitively proved with a photograph. The missing link here will ascertain that something that cannot express the whole truth, can never be definately proved A supplies the link

agree with B

Hmmm tricky one. I would go for D. It is consistent with biologist's claim....Deforestation is slowed and koala survives, but the politician talks about stopping deforestation and that being the only way to save the koala. D states that koala is saved even though deforestation wasnt completely stopped

Imo A. The passage states that "There is evidence, however, that some advertisers are motivated by moral as well as financial considerations" C wouldnt hold good if financial considerations are imp.

Imo E. Use the negation principle in E. If there are other ways in which the Mayor can pay her debt, then it wont be necessarily true that Lee will be appointed as head of arts commission

Imo B. Look at the main stem. It shows that if X then ~Y kind of argument. ie. if she is playing in a tournament, she will not make any publicity appearances. Similarly in B, if the emergency staff is attending to minor emergencies, there are no critical emergencies to take care of. What's the OA?

choice E.

Will go with A. If 2 yr olds naturally prefer salty food, then the results of the findings would not be conclusively established.

I would go for A. Just because it cannot be proved by current methodology that irradiated food is safe, it doesnt mean that irradiated food is unsafe for humans

agree with C

choice A.

will go with E