Paul wrote:
Although I do commend you on your great score, I have to disagree with your point of view on the preparation details that some people previously wrote.
For one, you did not even write down how the quant and sections were like, other than "easy" or "tough" which will incidentally have no value for future gmat test takers. Secondly, the GMAT preparation is a holistic approach and for some people, it involves more than getting the fundamentals right; it involves preparing one's body and mind. Besides, I do not think there is anything wrong with writing about one's experience on eating or going to the bathroom during the exam as it could, under time constraint, have a detrimental effect which perhaps others could learn from. Even though you do not regard that as valuable information, it does not entitle you to discredit it as "crap" and blame other people's lack of success on their own self-confidence problem. It is just being inconsiderate and abrasive to the extreme.
Hi Paul.
I didnt term lack of success as lack of self confidence. But self sympathy is not the ideal way to express your disappointment. We all fail at times but then you really dont have to let the whole world know about that. I am not at all inconsiderate about anyone irrespective of whether the person is successful or not.
I ll elaborate on the test questions.
1. Quant : There was a geometry question related to polygon which was a bit tricky. It had to do with internal angles of polygons.So do read the properties of internal angles of polygon.I wasnt able to solve that. There were couple of Probabilities questions which were quite simple. Data Sufficiency was the easiest part with all the questions straightforward & complexity wise much simpler than any of the doubts people have posted on the Quant forum. For data sufficieny my advise is always solve the problem & get the result even when you are sure that Option A or B will gives the result.
2. Verbal : Started with 3 Sentence Correction questions & then there were couple of questions which were like a small paragraph with 2 lines in bold.The question was around the relationship between the 2 bold lines. Not very sure but think hav seen such kind of questions in the GMAT Prep Tests.Total of 4 RC's were there.Each of around 60-65 lines.
My guess is that GMAT Prep gives the best indication of where one stands in terms of the preparation.
cheers
Davesh.