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Thanks a lot Santanu, that was enlightening. What all materials did you use for Maths? Would you suggest maths by Jeff Sackman?
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samramandy wrote: Thanks a lot Santanu, that was enlightening. What all materials did you use for Maths? Would you suggest maths by Jeff Sackman? You are welcome, Mandeep. I have no idea about the maths book by Jeff Sackman as I have not used it. I would suggest: For building your base: All Manhattan GMAT maths materials and the GMATClub Online Free Maths Book For taking tests and developing your quants test taking skills: Thw two GMATPrep practice tests (they are pure golddust) - once done, pls reistall and take both tests again given the question bank is quite exhaustive I personally did not like the MGMAT quant sections though they are good for practice because they are definitely tougher than the actual test and also, inflate the scores to a degree. Pls go through the GMATClub Diagnostic test at least twice. I liked the PlatinumGMAT online free GMAT practice test and the Quants section in it Also liked the Knewton, Veritas and Kaplan free tests You should also go through the 2 documents published by Bunuel (one for DS, the other for PS) - specifically, the DS questionnaire was very helpful for me. For advanced practice, others here have recommended GMATClub Maths tests, though I haven't used them. Please bear in mind that: Reviewing each question that you did not understand, understanding it and solving it again is absolutely essential, whichever book you follow. Santanu
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Wow! That's a nice score! Congratulations! I am tussling with Verbal. Need to improve the verbal score by almost 10 points. I'm also thinking to take up some prep sessions, e-gmat looks as a good option. Thanks for your suggestions, Shantanu.
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Nice work on the test, and thanks for the debrief. I just purchased the same books you did (MGMAT, OG Verbal and Quant). Waiting for them to arrive, and targeting a summer 2012 test date.
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nilaybadavne wrote: Wow! That's a nice score! Congratulations! I am tussling with Verbal. Need to improve the verbal score by almost 10 points. I'm also thinking to take up some prep sessions, e-gmat looks as a good option. Thanks for your suggestions, Shantanu. You are welcome, Nilay! I think e-GMAT is a cost-effective option to improve verbals by applying smart stratagies - especially for Indians like us - traditionally quant heavy...  All the best! Santanu
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jazzman wrote: Nice work on the test, and thanks for the debrief. I just purchased the same books you did (MGMAT, OG Verbal and Quant). Waiting for them to arrive, and targeting a summer 2012 test date. You've taken the first step, then! All the very best for your preps! Cheers Santanu
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Thanks a lot Santanu, that was a great piece of advice. Best of luck for you apps Santanu76 wrote: samramandy wrote: Thanks a lot Santanu, that was enlightening. What all materials did you use for Maths? Would you suggest maths by Jeff Sackman? You are welcome, Mandeep. I have no idea about the maths book by Jeff Sackman as I have not used it. I would suggest: For building your base: All Manhattan GMAT maths materials and the GMATClub Online Free Maths Book For taking tests and developing your quants test taking skills: Thw two GMATPrep practice tests (they are pure golddust) - once done, pls reistall and take both tests again given the question bank is quite exhaustive I personally did not like the MGMAT quant sections though they are good for practice because they are definitely tougher than the actual test and also, inflate the scores to a degree. Pls go through the GMATClub Diagnostic test at least twice. I liked the PlatinumGMAT online free GMAT practice test and the Quants section in it Also liked the Knewton, Veritas and Kaplan free tests You should also go through the 2 documents published by Bunuel (one for DS, the other for PS) - specifically, the DS questionnaire was very helpful for me. For advanced practice, others here have recommended GMATClub Maths tests, though I haven't used them. Please bear in mind that: Reviewing each question that you did not understand, understanding it and solving it again is absolutely essential, whichever book you follow. Santanu |
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02 Jan 2012, 22:28
Hi Shantu Could you please state what was your accuracy in RC CR and SC (In which material)? i am scoring 80-90 % correct in CR ( OG 11) SC (80% in OG , 70 % in sc grail) RC (3 out of 4 in each passage OG11) my first mock test gave me 590 . I got disappointed due to my bad verbal score. Now i am planning to give mock again before that i want to gather some courage. I don't know how good is my accuracy now.
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sandeeepsharma wrote: Hi Shantu Could you please state what was your accuracy in RC CR and SC (In which material)? i am scoring 80-90 % correct in CR ( OG 11) SC (80% in OG , 70 % in sc grail) RC (3 out of 4 in each passage OG11) my first mock test gave me 590 . I got disappointed due to my bad verbal score. Now i am planning to give mock again before that i want to gather some courage. I don't know how good is my accuracy now. Sandeep Going by the data you have given, your overall verbal accuracy should be around 75-77% now, which implies roughly that you should get around 10 out of 41 questions wrong in Verbal - indicating an approx verbal score range of 38-39. My accuracy was on similar lines, in the 75-80% range, but sometimes, lower. Assuming a 50 in quants, that should imply a score of 720-730. Of course, these are rough estimates and your scores will move up as you take more practice tests. If you maintain this strike rate, you should expect to see a 690-710 score, I think, which should be a big improvement. Santanu
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Hi Shantanu Thanks for the clarification. what should be the verbal accuracy (approx) to score V40-42? what was yours verbal accuracy (SC, CR and RC .. If you remember )when you scored V 42?
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sandeeepsharma wrote: Hi Shantanu Thanks for the clarification. what should be the verbal accuracy (approx) to score V40-42? what was yours verbal accuracy (SC, CR and RC .. If you remember )when you scored V 42? Don't remember breakups, but should be around 6-8 mistakes overall I guess - should be an accuracy of 80-85%.
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Santanu76 wrote: sandeeepsharma wrote: Hi Shantanu Thanks for the clarification. what should be the verbal accuracy (approx) to score V40-42? what was yours verbal accuracy (SC, CR and RC .. If you remember )when you scored V 42? Don't remember breakups, but should be around 6-8 mistakes overall I guess - should be an accuracy of 80-85%. Thanks shantanu.. you mean to say i need to increase my accuracy for 3-4 more questions . I am already scoring 50 in q and planning to take more and more test so that i can score q51.
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Great Advice shantanu..
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sandeeepsharma wrote: Great Advice shantanu..
+1 for you You're welcome, Sandeep! Santanu
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samramandy wrote: Thanks a lot Santanu, that was a great piece of advice. Best of luck for you apps Thanks, Mandeep - keeping fingers crossed!:) Santanu Santanu76 wrote: samramandy wrote: Thanks a lot Santanu, that was enlightening. What all materials did you use for Maths? Would you suggest maths by Jeff Sackman? You are welcome, Mandeep. I have no idea about the maths book by Jeff Sackman as I have not used it. I would suggest: For building your base: All Manhattan GMAT maths materials and the GMATClub Online Free Maths Book For taking tests and developing your quants test taking skills: Thw two GMATPrep practice tests (they are pure golddust) - once done, pls reistall and take both tests again given the question bank is quite exhaustive I personally did not like the MGMAT quant sections though they are good for practice because they are definitely tougher than the actual test and also, inflate the scores to a degree. Pls go through the GMATClub Diagnostic test at least twice. I liked the PlatinumGMAT online free GMAT practice test and the Quants section in it Also liked the Knewton, Veritas and Kaplan free tests You should also go through the 2 documents published by Bunuel (one for DS, the other for PS) - specifically, the DS questionnaire was very helpful for me. For advanced practice, others here have recommended GMATClub Maths tests, though I haven't used them. Please bear in mind that: Reviewing each question that you did not understand, understanding it and solving it again is absolutely essential, whichever book you follow. Santanu _________________
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hasanashif wrote: Dear friends,
I m going to give my GMAT exam in the following month. Is there anyone who can give a brief guideline so that I can cover whole gmat syllabus within my limited time. Please. I will be grateful to you. Hasan Firstly, to know where you stand, you should take a GMATPrep practice test - this would tell you where you are currently. Secondly, you should know what your targeted score is - will you be satisfied with a 600 or do you want a 700? If you are totally new to GMAT preparation, only 1 month could be a touch short, I think. As regards a starting point and guideline to your preps, pls have a look at this link: everything-you-need-to-prepare-for-the-gmat-revised-77983.htmlThis thread has links to free tests, best books, GMAT scores etc - would be a good starting point. Santanu
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Thanks BB! But I can't find my second post now - the merged post seems to only consist of the first post. Edit: sorry for my ignorance - have found my second post now!:)
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