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720: Q49 V40 awa 5.5 01 Dec 2004, 00:00
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I took the paper based test in New Zealand on 23 oct and just received the above score.

I was not a very active member of this forum in terms of posts. However, my favourite part was the "Share your GMAT" forum. It was very encouraging to learn about the experiences of fellow gmatters as I have'nt really had a physical "study buddy" or someone I could discuss gmat stuff.

Thank you ALL for the excellent responses to the posts that I did put up.

My study in brief:
Total time: Mid July 04 to 22 Oct 04
Step 1: Solve complete OG
Step 2: Kaplan 800
Step 3: kaplan Verbal Workbook
Step 4: Kaplan GMAT
Step 5: Redo all incorrectly answered questions

In parallel, bug friends on gmatclub.com with some toughies :).....browse verbal forums etc.

Thanks again.
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720: Q49 V40 awa 5.5 01 Dec 2004, 16:41
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Congratulations keyV, thats a great score! :cool
Looks like you used only Kaplan, did you find that helpful?

Good luck!
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720: Q49 V40 awa 5.5 01 Dec 2004, 21:58
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Congratulations. Great Score!
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720: Q49 V40 awa 5.5 02 Dec 2004, 01:25
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OG was most useful of all.

Kaplan books were great for practice and confidence. Plus since they are considered tougher than the real gmat, it is a psychological boost.

Kaplan tests were pretty tough...but that is what I wanted in my prep. Scores were in the range 590-640

Maths was not unreasonably hard in the real gmat. I did not get stuck/stumped by any question......So i guess i must have made silly mistakes particularly in those annoying data sufficiency questions.

I did not complete the RC section. Left one slot blank. Had to answer 16q in 25 mins!

SC was kinda hard. timing was way off. So i had to blitz through quite a few of them without understanding them fully.....No wonder i dont remember much from the SC section

There were a couple of googlies in CR. One bold face which was the hardest of them all but i think i answered it correctly....spent ages on it.

Timing restriction is too severe in paper based i reckon....

Cheers and Good luck
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720: Q49 V40 awa 5.5 14 Dec 2004, 09:47
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congratz on your great score. time constraints seem to be an issue for all of us; how many perm/comb problems did you see on the test; and why paperbased ??? anywayz good luck with the apps and cheerz :-D
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720: Q49 V40 awa 5.5 20 Dec 2004, 00:49
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Sorry abt late reply...

i think i saw 1 or maybe 2 problems on combinatorics.

Paper based was not my preference mate!

I'm in NZL where we dont have the luxury of "walk in anytime GMAT CAT".

Its administered 2 times a year nationwide paper based in New zealand. for cat, i need to go to aussie.
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720: Q49 V40 awa 5.5 20 Dec 2004, 08:37
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thanks for the info. i figured that the availability might be an issue. anywayz good luck with the apps. cheerz mate :beer :-D
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