New kid on the block with a score of 690 :)

Congrats! Great score....

so when are you planning to apply???
All the best for applications.

Congrats,

You achieved a good score ..

Good luck for your future endavours

Hi all,
Sorry for a rather late reply. As one of the most cliched alibis goes- I was caught up in numerous errands:)! Anyway, I will try to answer the questions shot at me in this post:

The test- I had scheduled by test for the 10:30 am slot. I also made it a point to visit the test center beforehand in order to get accustomed to the place. I arrived 30 mins. before the test and after a series of mandatory formalities, I was let in. The atmosphere in the test center was absolutely serene with a few folks already relishing the GMAT blues! I was escorted to the allocated system and started taking the most exhaustive and most exhausting examination of my life so far....

Section 1- AWA-> Argument-> It had something to do with the Airlines that minimize their profits in order to attract customers. I started by analysing the argument holistically and then pointed out the lacunae in the argument. Later, I mentioned certain ways in which the argument could have been more convincing. Blah blah....
Issue-> Completely out of my mind...Sorry about that!!!
In both the essays (AWA), I wrote a lot. Apart from a few cursory skim-throughs, which I did while writing the essays, I could not really proof-read them. I must admit that i felt really guilty about it later!!! Nevertheless, I was able to get a 6.0 in AWA - and Nothing Else Matters:):)

sec. 2- Quant-> The questions ranged from general PS to probability--you bet I was not at all comfy wid probability. The difficulty level was almost the same as that of GMATPrep tests- I would say the actual GMAT was a bit tougher as far as Quant goes. The first 5 qns...ummmm...i think this concept of the FAMOUS FIVE makes us more finicky than precise. And this is exacly what happened to me- For the first 10 qns, I practically solved all of them twice- rechecking on my calculations and trying to avoid silly mistakes. And thats where I lost on time. It seems I got the first 10 qns correct, due to which the difficuly level increased for the later questions. Hence my preconceived notion of pacing up in the later questions could not be materialized:(. As an 'aftermath', I had to make some 5 random choices at the end of the quant section. Woooooooooooooosh....this was the reason for loosing 10-20 points in my overall score. I am sure the readers will take note of this in order to avoid loosing out on time.

Sec3- Verbal-> This section, i think, was similar to the GMAT-prep tests-WRT the difficuly level, ofcourse;). The passages were rather short (as opposed to those we generally come across in Kaplan tests etc.) and the questions were pretty doable. SC proved to be a food-for-thought during the GMAT. I guess this was the area where I would have lost on some points. Almost all the answer choices boiled down to 2- but selecting one from these two was really irksome, to say the least! CR was one area which I always found as a strong point for me for the verbal section. The arguments were somwhat longish, but the questions were straight and you could come up with an answer on a single read.

All an all, it was a good experience. Apart from a momentary bitter taste, which resulted from not having touched a score of 700, the overall satisfaction of been-there-done-that is great! I am still thinking of when to go for applications. I feel I need another year before I can start off with my applications. I'd need some advice on this from you folks!!

Feel free to shoot me any kind of general/specific questions regarding GMAT. I'd be more than happy to answer them for you.

Thanks for reading my mail with utmost patience. I'll be looking forward to reading similar mails from all of you:)

Cheers,
networKING

Thanks for the feedback on your experience!

I'll probably be posting something soon about my gmat experience as well....taking it tomorrow morning *gulp*.

Wish you good luck and godspeed!

Your preperation looks good from your posts, so you will be great, good luck!

Wish you good luck. Get us the good news.