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From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief

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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   27 Dec 2010, 11:18
Great debrief and awesome Score. Congragulations!!!

I'm considering buying SC grail :idea: now after reading a few good reviews about it here on this site.
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   27 Dec 2010, 15:58
Great debrief and awesome Score. Congrats!!!

I'm also buying SC grail and RC99 after read your success story. Thank you very much for your suggestions.

Thanks, Vasu.
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   29 Dec 2010, 08:36
Wow! Wish i had such a heavyweight score like yours!! congratulations!
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   02 Jan 2011, 07:02
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Wow! Wish i had such a heavyweight score like yours!! congratulations!


Thanks pal though it doesn't feel that heavyweight given all the 750+ scores I keep seeing in this section :lol:

And good luck to you :thumbup:
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   02 Jan 2011, 18:59
nice! great improvement
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   02 Jan 2011, 20:59
Thanks for debrief. I'm about to begin studying the SC section. Many people on the forum have recommemded Mgmat SC, but it seems like you attributed your improvement to SC Grail. Is SC Grail sufficient by itself, or do I also need to use Mgmat SC? Thanks.

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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   04 Jan 2011, 22:57
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Thanks for debrief. I'm about to begin studying the SC section. Many people on the forum have recommemded Mgmat SC, but it seems like you attributed your improvement to SC Grail. Is SC Grail sufficient by itself, or do I also need to use Mgmat SC? Thanks.

Ii actually depends on where you are coming from. In my case I had already gone through MGMAT and found it too detailed so the SC Grail summarised all the important concepts very succinctly. But if you are very weak in grammar then it might be a good idea to go through MGMAT as well since the Grail does not drill too deep into any of the concepts. Ideally go through both.
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   05 Jan 2011, 12:04
nice story!!
wish you good luck for your applications!!
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   07 Jan 2011, 08:28
Thanks for mailing across the files and good luck to you for your apps :)
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   10 Jan 2011, 02:27
Hey how much did you get in the AWA?
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   15 Jan 2011, 04:41
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Hey how much did you get in the AWA?

5.5 :-D
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   18 Jan 2011, 12:46
Thanks so much! This is very helpful!
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   21 Jan 2011, 02:04
ZahraK wrote:
Thanks so much! This is very helpful!


Am glad that you found the post helpful! All the best!
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   23 Jan 2011, 23:29
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I used to first spend around 2-3 minutes on the passage to get an idea of what each para was speaking about broadly. Then I used to hit the questions and keep moving to and fro between the passage and the questions.


I did the 20th first texts and am finding problems with this strategy :s. I don't really know what to read and what to not read in 2-3 minutes and I have problems with the EXCEPT questions and other questions that oblige you to resee all the text looking for the correct answer. Also I don't know if I should take notes or not.
This RC is making me nervous !
Help please.
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   23 Jan 2011, 23:55
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See here: gmat-study-plan-for-gmat-novices-start-your-gmat-journey-80727.html?highlight=ml301
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   24 Jan 2011, 17:37
Congratulations! Excellent score!
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   26 Jan 2011, 23:23
thats a great score , quant is 51 wow. my gmat is scheduled @feb end , i do get verbal around 40 in most of the prac tests, but quant is the real issue , not getting over 42-43 :( . what specifically shall i do to get the quant score in the 50 range ?
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   29 Jan 2011, 22:13
garimavyas wrote:
thats a great score , quant is 51 wow. my gmat is scheduled @feb end , i do get verbal around 40 in most of the prac tests, but quant is the real issue , not getting over 42-43 :( . what specifically shall i do to get the quant score in the 50 range ?

42-43 in quant is very low. In my experience even if you get 8-10 questions wrong, as long as you get some difficult ones correct you can easily go up to 47-48. Before I give any suggestion I need to know how have you studied from quant? Did you use any of the Manhattan guides? Also is your problem PS or DS?
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   29 Jan 2011, 23:54
Awesome improvement +1.

Kindly elaborate more on verbal, especially SC and RC, not in the terms of material you have used but in the terms of strategy.
Eg. how differently you approached the SC and RC questions.
how you solved RC99? in time mode?
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Re: From 630 -> 730 - Mission Accomplished....Detailed Debrief [#permalink] New post   06 Feb 2011, 06:49
Hi

For RC do you think it would be helpful to go through those American History Journals? Apart from practicing passages what other books should I read so as to generally improve my reading skills?
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