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710 (Q49, V38) [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 11 Oct 2006, 11:57
Dear All,

Just faced the monster & done with 710.
I had not targetted any score as a target score, I didn't think much about it. Just after finishing verbal I felt I would have done better in verbal, I rushed through last 2/3 questions. Anyways, there is no end to such feeling ;)

I want to thank GMAT CLUB for everything :) it has been like a family. I have benifited a lot from the club. Thanks to Wilfred, Paul,
Hjort for their vaulable advice time to time, whenever I mailed. Thanks Pret for making this club a wonderful place!
I also want to thank all my buddies over here :-D Laxie, Matt, Nandan, Girish, Himalaya, Abhishek (bewakoof), Prof, allabout, hotface, sanjay (gmat_crack), Brajesh, Andy, Nakib, Rahul.....I'm sure I missed many names :(

As far as GMAT was concerned, I found GMATPrep overall score close to what I got, I scored around 700 in 3 tests.

In the exam, AWA was cool. Quant is definitely tougher than ETS, challenges helped me a lot to get the confidence. Wordy DS are the tougher ones, but if you read carefully & write the equations, it's actually very easy. I didn't get any probability, otherwise, pretty mixed bag.
Overall, I think quant is tougher if you try to solve it, VUE quant needs you to analyse & think, solving might take longer time!

Coming to verbal, I got 3 RCs (my enemy), very short passages with 3 to 4 questions each. I want to thank Nandan :-D for giving really valuable advice for RCs. My hit ration improved drammatically from no where to 80 to 90%. There were many SCs than CRs. Couple of really lenghy SCs.

Overall, good experience. No problem with marker or erasable boards (I tried to erase but it didn't erase ;))

My only advice, "never give up", focus, practice, hard work really pay!

Originally posted by vivek123 on 04 May 2006, 03:27.
Last edited by vivek123 on 11 Oct 2006, 11:57, edited 2 times in total.
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[#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 03:31
You de man... Great Score! Congratulations dude!! Hope I can follow your path!!


Give us the details about your preparations... prep test etc!! And all the best in your applications!

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[#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 03:58
Congrats Vivek..... You are done with the beast :)
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[#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 04:18
Many congratulations Vivek!!! :band
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[#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 04:18
Vivek,
Congrats !!!!!!!!! That is a well deserved score.
:banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana

Hey, can you share Nandan's RC tips with us?
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[#permalink] New post   Updated on: 04 May 2006, 04:38
remgeo wrote:
Vivek,
Congrats !!!!!!!!! That is a well deserved score.
:banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana :banana

Hey, can you share Nandan's RC tips with us?


What is Nandan's RC tips?

Originally posted by sm176811 on 04 May 2006, 04:20.
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[#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 04:36
Congrats Vivek !!! Good score !!! Good luck with your apps !!!
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Congrats ! [#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 04:55
hurrah ! your efforts have finally paid off !

I can tell you guys that vivek is a diehard gmatclubber and is a guru when it comes to SCs. I'm sure he analyses SCs even in his dreams. His SC tips are a bible to anyone who wants to improve their SC skills. I found them very useful when I gave the GMAT a couple months back.

Congrats vivek !!!
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[#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 05:26
Congratulation Vivek,

:band

you scored a great score. you deserve to be a moderator.

hope you will stick arround.

all the best for your future endevors.............
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[#permalink] New post   Updated on: 16 May 2006, 19:07
Thank you very much friends :) Thanks Nandan (for making me feel that my SC skills are good ;))

John, Remgeo,
shahnandan (Nandan), is a RC killer, he shared few RC tips with me after he literally cracked it in GMAT. I'll post the tips sometime.

Coming to my preparation:
I started thinking of GMAT/MBA around 2004 end, that's when I found this wonderful place. I started my GMAT preparation around July 2005 & once bombed it in August ;) After that my study went through lot of hurdles mainly due to work priorities & study was going on & off. I had to postpone my GMAT date couple of times.

I knew that verbal is the weakest link for me, especially SCs. I consulted many people on the club like Paul, Wilfred etc. they gave me really valuable tips. I practiced a lot of SCs. The key is to eliminate each but one choice with "proper" reasoning, that too, by looking for more than one error in each choice (if possible) to make the elimination stronger. Not to forget discussions on our club forum is very good, it's the best way to learn! Explain your choice always. I was good in CRs & became good in RCs towards end.

The material I used is OG (10th edition), it's a MUST. I did SCs & CRs several times from the OG. The OG explanations are very good to learn. Apart from this, 1000SC, 1000CR, 1000RC, some old GMAT sets shared by friends here. I used KAPLAN verbal workout only initially to understand the strategies for SCs. Otherwise, I spent lot of time on the club, solving & discussing various problems. GMAT club challenges are worth trying, it gave me lot of confidence.
I wrote couple of practice tests but not too many, again due to my more than 12 hours work/day.

PR 680
KAPLAN 650
GMATPrep1 710
GMATPrep2 720
GMATPRep3 720
GMATPrep4 DON'T ASK (Almost 80% question were repeated ;))
I scored 50 in quants in two GMATPrep tests.

One suggestion I have is, do not get carried away by anybody's GMAT experience, never compare yourself with others. Just try to learn from others.
Let me know if you have any specific questions :) I'll be around. I'll be happy to share whatever I know. I'll be out for next 3 days, will try to respond as & when I get time :)

OH! I forgot to thank my wife & my little angel. :-D They tolerated a lot because of my work & the study schedules!

Originally posted by vivek123 on 04 May 2006, 05:31.
Last edited by vivek123 on 16 May 2006, 19:07, edited 1 time in total.
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[#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 06:30
congrats vivek! :wave

u are now a part of the 700 club. Please stick around. I benefited so much from your posts, without which i would not have made such improvemnt. Good luck to you and keep in touch.
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[#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 10:37
Congrats Vivek! That'a cool score!
Wish you good luck.
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[#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 10:40
congrats Vivek!!!

definitely learnt quite a few things from you!!!
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Re: 710 (Q49, V38) [#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 11:05
[quote="vivek123"]Dear All,

well done Vivek, good luck with your applications
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[#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 11:34
Dude,

Congratulations to you. You :2gunfire: GMAT. Your hard work and determinattion always motivated me. You are a SC guru. Stick around to help us.

Ejoy and have party.

:beer

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[#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 12:25
Congrats Vivek,

All the best ..
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[#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 13:00
Congrats!!! awsome score!!

Please do share the RC tips with us, I am in dire need of it.
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[#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 14:20
:flower Congratulations Vivek for your great score.

Good luck with your application process.
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[#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 15:42
Congratulations!!!

Can you please share your RC tips.

Also, upon registering, two GMATPrep exams are available for download, right?. How come you have taken 4 GMATPrep exams?? Did you reset the results to take them again??

Thanks
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[#permalink] New post   04 May 2006, 16:13
Vivek, congratulation friend! You made it and we are all proud of you. Wish you luck with your applications. :banana
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