750 (Q50 V40, AWA 6.0) taken on 7/25/09

Hello Guys

I took my GMAT today and got 750. I really wanna thank the GMAT club for all the wonderful posts and especially the GMAT club test. These posts and tests really help me shape my required knowledge of the exams.

One thing which i found very useful on the forum is the result correlation between various tests and the final GMAT score. I think statistically, it definetely shows where you stand and give you an indication whether you are ready depending on your realistic expectations.

My resources: (Comments)

Kaplan (premier course, verbal, quants and 800) - a very good starting point and a must to do books but i am not sure whether enough to get you above 700.

MGMAT (All books except CR and RC): They are all wonderful books and an absolute necessity to get you confident about the exams. SC is truly a bible. Though, in my opinion, my real GMAT english was lot tougher (atleast it seemed to me) than any of the MGMAT papers. The idioms were quite new to me. Also, the RC were quite long and for some reason the questions being asked (along with choices) were sometimes as long as some passages. So i will suggest practice English a bit harder and look for as much resources as possible.
Powerscore: Only CR: absolutely recommended.

OG 11, OG verbal and OG maths: No doubt very recommended books.

3000 question bank. I did all 1000 SC, around 550 of CR and 40 passages of RC. Will recommend doing all if you can


GMAT club tests: all 25 quants and 6 verbal ques bank

GMAT Prep (MBA.com) Given both the exams 2 times.

My scores:
GMAT Club tests:
Test Correct Total % Correct
m01 30 37 81%
m02 32 37 86%
m03 30 37 81%
m04 27 37 73%
m05 31 37 84%
m06 21 34 62%
m07 32 37 86%
m08 28 37 76%
m09 30 37 81%
m10 30 37 81%
m11 32 37 86%
m12 30 37 81%
m13 28 37 76%
m14 33 37 89%
m15 35 37 95%
m16 29 36 81%
m17 30 37 81%
m18 29 37 78%
m19 31 37 84%
m20 35 37 95%
m21 29 37 78%
m22 35 37 95%
m23 33 37 89%
m24 31 37 84%
m25 36 37 97%
v01 30 41 73%
v02 30 41 73%
v03 33 41 80%
v04 31 40 78%
v05 30 41 73%
v06 32 41 78%

MGMAT:
MGMAT 1 650 Q43 V36)
MGMAT 2 - 700(Q46 V40)
MGMAT 3 - 680 (Q43 V39)
MGMAT 4 - 700 (Q47 V39)
MGMAT 5 - 740 (Q50 V41)
MGMAT 6 - 740 (Q50 V41)

GMAT Prep (MBA.com)
First test: 740
Second test: 760
First retake: 770
Second retake: 790 (3 days before exam)

Essays: For essays i will highly recommend the AWA GUIDE by Chineseburned (it can be found on GMAT club website). It was my only resource for essays and i am confident i will get around 5 atleast. (will update you if i get less).

I think everyone have his own style of studying and learning. So i dont think elaborating on each of the above books can help everyone in general. However, i have been benefited so much from this forum, that i feel obliged to answer any question that may help you in your preparation.

Thank you once again
you guys rock!