Back again. I was not an active memeber for quite some time. After winning MGMAT prep course (Thanks to GC) I was so excited that I did not study for GMAT in hopes of starting the study when prep course starts (Nov 1). But then once it started, I became lazy and did only the homeworks and nothing much. Yesterday was the day I realized I should do lot more than just completing the hw for each week. I came up with a schedule from yesterday till Jan 5th. Yes...Jan 5th 2011 is my DDAY.

A little background:
I joined GC back in oct 2009 when I first thought of GMAT. I had no idea what it is that time. When through many Gmat club posts to understand the exam structure and experiances from members. I studied for 3 months on and off with no consistent preparation, but used to solve mostly CR questions in GC. Gave the GMAT exam on May 15th. My score was 620 (Q44, V 35..or something like that). I was really disappointed though I know I did not do well in my preparation. I am no exception to people who think there will be some miracle that happens in test that will boost my points to get high score. I was getting 670/680 in prep exams. But to be honest I never really worked on reviewing all the questions properly. That disappointment and probably inferiority (everyday I used to read posts of 700 and above score) made me not to write my experiance in GC and made me stop thinking about GMAT. I still have the fear of verbal (SC/RC) in me.
On the back of my mind, I was thinking I should give one more try and see what score I will get. I was not ready to accept that score. Believe me I haven't seen the score card report from that day and do not want to touch it again.

How I started thinking of GMAT again:
4 months passed by....Suddenly one day I thought I will check GC. So when I opened, there was this "Win a School Visit of Your Dreams - Register Here " post from BB. That just made me think about GMAT again and I registered in there. I used to see only that thread everyday and did not do anything else. I was thinking I will enroll to Knewton online course because of my budget to prep course. But then the day came when my name flashed in winners list for MGMAT course (after couple of kind hearted members rejected it). I couldn't believe my eyes. Because this prep course was one of the best prep course I thought.

At present:
I mustered all my courage to write this thread disclosing my first attempt score which I was not willing to share. Now I have to keep myself pushing to give my best in preparation and in the exam.
The main aim of this thread is to keep me on my toes with respect to my schedule and progress of preparation. I will update this thread as often as possible.

Sorry for the long post. I thought if I let myself write down all these then I am realy for next battle.

Thanks to GMAT CLUB.

As of Nov 15th:
-Completed NOVA Math Prep by Jeff Sackman - Maintained an error log
-Completed MGMAT Number properties (General section) including all OG 12 problems
- Completed MGMAT Equations, Inequalities and VICs(General section) - OG problems are pending
- MGMAT CAT#5 - 650
- GMAT club Math test#1 - 66%
- Reading SC Grails (I still have SC fear)


Will update this thread by end of the week...
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+1Kudos, if this helps

I did the Quant part of Nova. It gives questions topic wise and within each topic, difficulty wise. It was good. Few of the difficult category questions are stimulating.Not great, but good enough. A good book for Non engg back ground folks and not soo good one for engg back ground folks.

After finishing up MGMAT + OG quant questions, I felt that I'm good with basics but still need to spend a lot of time in practicing and reducing time for DS questions. I ordered NOVA GMAT Prep from Amazon few days ago and should be outside my door any day:). I get distracted with loads of work that makes me feel rustic every time even though I was doing good at solving questions.
Do you have a daily routine of solving 10PS+ 10DS+20 SC+10CR+2 RC? I don't know how to make a schedule/test with a variety of questions in it apart from Full length tests. If you have any idea, please post.
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Just finished Gmat Club test #2 -----27/37 -----20%
Identified 5 careless mistakes which would have got correct if I was careful .
Missed question on combinations which I need to improve a lot.

good luck

Just keep focusing on your weak areas, and practice, practice, practice.