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730 (m 48, q 42) Updated on: 31 Jan 2006, 16:53
Originally posted by ludwigvb on 31 Jan 2006, 12:40.
Last edited by ludwigvb on 31 Jan 2006, 16:53, edited 1 time in total.
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about me ... 33 years old engineer, native French speaker, Asian living in the States, haven't studied anything for 10 years

Although I have not posted much on gmatclub, I am an avid reader. This site really helped me crossing the 700 mark.

Got killed in math, main cause of that: fear and inertia!! My brain was functioning at 50% of its capacity!! It took me 6 minutes to solve the first question ..

Verbal was easier because I was warmed up ..

will post more later on tonight if I am not too drunk :)
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730 (m 48, q 42) 31 Jan 2006, 13:06
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Toutes mes félicitations!

Tu es un francophone asiatique vivant dans l’États-Unis et tu aime la musique classique (LvB); c’est très intéressant.

Tiens-nous au courant de ton procès de la candidature.

Mes meilleurs vœux
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730 (m 48, q 42) 31 Jan 2006, 14:53
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Bravo également! Je suis moi-même asiatique ayant grandi au Canada(avant que je ne vienne à Londres étudier). Je te souhaite bonne chance dans le processus d'application.
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730 (m 48, q 42) 31 Jan 2006, 14:57
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Félicitations !!
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730 (m 48, q 42) 31 Jan 2006, 18:52
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so.. everyone is showing off their French.... :lol:
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730 (m 48, q 42) 31 Jan 2006, 23:31
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err, no comprendo?!
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730 (m 48, q 42) 01 Feb 2006, 00:11
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Congratulations :-D Very good score!

Good luck for apps process :)
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730 (m 48, q 42) 01 Feb 2006, 13:28
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Merci pour vos messages .. in english now ... long post !!

My experience ..
first time taking the GMAT, also first time taking a serious standardized test (besides the TOEFL)

I couldn't get much sleep the last week! It was scary. I went to the boxing gym several times and it really helped me relieve the stress. Also go out with your friends to keep the morale up.

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AWA:
not my strong point .. went ok thanks to templates.

10 minutes break .. cold water on the face

QUANT
I was so scared and nervous that my brain was functioning at 50%.
Spend 10 minutes on the first two questions because of inertia.
Got some questions right and had to guess some others as I didn't want to run out of time. At the end, felt that question were easier (or maybe I was warmed up), finished just in time.


Break is 10 minutes. cold water on the face. I am outside breathing some fresh air and about to go up when I decided to go to the deli and get a red bull.


VERBAL
started 2 minutes late but didn't worry too much as I was fast usually on practice tests, but tried to keep pace. Then the Red bull started kicking in!! got 4 RCs, many SCs, and some CRs at the end. This part was a breeze thanks to countless practice exams and the RED BULL !!
Finished the test with 3 minutes to spare, the Pearson guy was very surprised; he was like who is this guy who comes late and leaves early :-D

Survey came, didn't fill it. Cancelling the score crossed my mind because I wasn't sure about the math part, but I had the same feeling in my GMATPrep experiences.


- about new difficulty level. If you are prepared properly and see a hard question, don't get rattled .. take it as a positive challenge and don't be discouraged. Think about it as someone saying "I am about to give you a very good grade, let's see if you can get an excellent grade". Remember questions difficulty are the same for everyone !

- I love maths and maths was always my strong point in college. But I just don't get the math format of the GMAT (too fast/tricky for me and I need to warm up), so I never got 50 in my practice exams.

- Also funny fact is I scored poorly on the TOEFL couple months ago and I will need to retake it, my english is awful .. A proof that the GMAT verbal doesn't measure your english ability!!

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Preparation details:
Took about 4 months, but I wasted time at the beginning with princeton review class.

Most the material out there will help you for a 600+ score. To get into 700's you'll need additional prep. Also always train with material representative of the gmat.

- started with Princeton review classes as I haven't studied anything for 10 years.
Good for scoring in the 500-600s but waste of money if you want to score 700+.

Princeton math review book is not bad for fundamental

- OG 10-11th edition: good for learning the basics. Did most of it under timed conditions

- LSAT: a must for solving CR. If you can do LSAT CR, you can do GMAT CR

- Manhattan Sentence Correction Guide, SC1000 and reading the forum answers.

- Kaplan 800: some nice difficult math problems in there

- GmatClub: excellent for math and getting alternate answers to a problem will help understand it better.

- GMAT practice test:

Online Princeton tests: waste of time .. Also their online exams can mess up your preparation: got some unecessary difficult probability questions, many SCs where 'being' is correct (I meant it is very rare), some RCs where the premises are repeated in their question.

Kaplan: good to build endurance

GMATPrep: scored 710, 730. the most representative of your score.

Also do the exams under timed condition with the essays. It will build your endurance and the exam will be a breeze.

- Keeping the morale up: read gmatclub and get motivated, exercise, eat well and keep a social life.

Thanks to all gmatclub members (Paul, Honghu and others...), your posts inspired me!
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