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16 Sep 2013, 22:25
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630(Q49,V27),630(Q49,V27),660(Q49,V31),660(Q49,V31),->700.Today I wrote my GMAT for the 5th time. Yes for the 5th time and scored 700(Q50, V34). I gave my 1st Exam GMAT Exam last year in May and scored a dismissive 630. From May 2012 to September 16th 2013 it has been a long and tiresome journey. My bête noir is the verbal section. I was never good in CR, SC or RC. Nevertheless I never lost hope and whenever I did I read debriefs on Gmatclub to give me strength and hope to carry on just one more time. Cutting to the chase, the material I used in order of its usefulness to me:
1) OG 13, GMAT verbal review. -> Best Books. Period.
2) MGMAT Strategy guides-> nothing more could be said about them.
3) Aristotle sentence correction for SC.
4) VERITAS prep Math book for Probability and combinatorics.
5) Kaplan Verbal review
6) E-gmat Verbal Course-> a lot has been said about it. But honestly, it’s a bit overrated. If you have done the above books, I don’t think you need it.
Things that I observed on the way:
1) NEVER GIVE UP. Be Sincere. I know its treatise but I watched a lot of motivational videos to keep my going. Always remember when things get tough, the tough gets going. AND you are tough.
2) Pick up a time and date that fits your schedule. You will be exhausted during the marathon journey so pick your best time to fight the enemy.
3) Don’t worry about the level of questions that you are facing. Just keep your head straight and do the job. I have done that in my previous attempts and despite being good in quant I never broke the 49 mark till today, when I just focused on the job.
4) If you are good in Quant, dedicate your time mastering the SC and CR concepts in manhattan and practice the exercises in the guides and try to remember the pattern of errors. For RC , I didn’t worry too much. I noticed few methodologies that are there in strategy guide but my hand writing is so bad that even I can’t read it back after I write it.
. I decide that I wouldn't worry too much about taking notes; I kept reading as long as I am able to comprehend the passage. That worked okay for me.
If you have time, watch Thursday’s with Ron, it’s a good resource but takes up quite a bit of time.
Good luck Amigos!
I will be happy to answer questions.
Regards,
Bluelagoon.
(PS : You can notice how grammatically incorrect the above debrief is
so if i can score 700, so can you )
1) OG 13, GMAT verbal review. -> Best Books. Period.
2) MGMAT Strategy guides-> nothing more could be said about them.
3) Aristotle sentence correction for SC.
4) VERITAS prep Math book for Probability and combinatorics.
5) Kaplan Verbal review
6) E-gmat Verbal Course-> a lot has been said about it. But honestly, it’s a bit overrated. If you have done the above books, I don’t think you need it.
Things that I observed on the way:
1) NEVER GIVE UP. Be Sincere. I know its treatise but I watched a lot of motivational videos to keep my going. Always remember when things get tough, the tough gets going. AND you are tough.
2) Pick up a time and date that fits your schedule. You will be exhausted during the marathon journey so pick your best time to fight the enemy.
3) Don’t worry about the level of questions that you are facing. Just keep your head straight and do the job. I have done that in my previous attempts and despite being good in quant I never broke the 49 mark till today, when I just focused on the job.
4) If you are good in Quant, dedicate your time mastering the SC and CR concepts in manhattan and practice the exercises in the guides and try to remember the pattern of errors. For RC , I didn’t worry too much. I noticed few methodologies that are there in strategy guide but my hand writing is so bad that even I can’t read it back after I write it.
. I decide that I wouldn't worry too much about taking notes; I kept reading as long as I am able to comprehend the passage. That worked okay for me.If you have time, watch Thursday’s with Ron, it’s a good resource but takes up quite a bit of time.
Good luck Amigos!
I will be happy to answer questions.
Regards,
Bluelagoon.
(PS : You can notice how grammatically incorrect the above debrief is
so if i can score 700, so can you ) 16 Sep 2013, 23:58
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This is so inspiring , I scored 580 in my first attempt and lost hope and interest ...
But I dont want to quit and wont quit still trying my best to score near 700 ..
Any advice for RC and CRs?
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