Hey guys,
Thanks a lot for sharing your experience and taking the time to type it out. I really appreciate it and I am sure I can still learn a lot from you!
I haven’t had any standardized testing experience so far, so speaking of grades and GPA, I have always been very good, but really the only thing that got me there was hard word and practice, practice, practice. I wouldn’t consider myself particularly intelligent, if I wasn’t studying much, I wouldn’t be by far as good. That's why I'll probably also not get around studying for more than 2 or 3 months for the GMAT in or,der to get a satisfying result
Additionally, I’m not a native speaker, as you might have noticed, which makes the verbal and essay parts even harder for me and I’ll probably have to do lots of vocab-studying.
I do realize that a two-year study plan is probably a bit over the top
But I feel like a 6/9-month preparation period sounds reasonable.
From reading people’s GMAT stories (such as positivesoul’s „From 420 to 700 to Wharton“, as I previously mentioned) I got the impression that practicing can really help you to improve your score tremedously. Is that true? How much did you guys or people you know improve since your first GMAT / diagnostic test without any preparation? Are the ones who manage to raise their scores by several hundred points just exceptions by nature or exceptions because they’re one of the few who have the right attitude and the will power and persistence to pull this through and study consistenly for such a long time period?
@bakfed:
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so roughly an 11 month preparation. Not happy with my first try, I took it again immediately after a month (I remember it was 32 days after my first try) in May.
First of all, congratulations on your great score, you should be very proud not only of the score but also of your persistence and determination!
How much did you roughly study per day / on the weekends? Did you have a study plan and did you stick to it?
Thank you also for sharing the pizza experience, I’m sure it was hard for you to even look at pizza for a couple of weeks after this
Utimately, I think this also demonstrates that one should not try to handle too much in a fairly short time period. → Therefore, studying for 5-8h per day over 3 months would be equally as bad for you as over 2 year with 1-2h per day. Eventually you’ll get tired of it both ways. Do you agree?
@ VeritasPrepBrian
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If you register for a triathlon or you have a fitness goal to hit by a certain date, you're much more likely to stick with it because you're accountable to an event.
That’s very true! I realize that with even with usual exams
Concerning the GMAT change in 2012: So, will they simply add/replace a section? Is it for sure that they won't change other sections?
Thank you again for your help! I truly appreciate it!