780 - My third attempt

Hi everyone,

Pleased to share the result of my third attempt - a 780 finally after 660 each in first two attempts.

My first attempt was a year and a half ago and I had prepared for 3 weeks only relying heavily on prep book strategies like eliminating wrong choices and using lots of other strategies which differ from one book to another book.

The second attempt was three months ago but I got busy with a few personal projects and I really should have canceled that appointment but I went ahead and repeated the earlier score and was totally disappointed.

This attempt was made after thorough preparation of 3 months (at least 20 or more hours a week) and instead of relying on typical prep books, I decided to learn all the concepts involved in GMAT a bit more in detail. I bought each of the eight Manhattan GMAT book series and they are very right in saying that there is no guesswork in GMAT if you are looking at a serious score target. You need to eliminate all the useless guessing techniques taught by various GMAT prep books and rather spend that time learning the basic concepts in math, geometry, grammer etc.

I wasn't hoping for a 780 and my target was to join 700 club but extremely excited about my score and believe that this score would improve my chances to get into a good school.

Thanks for all the help!