Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Apr 2610:00 AM EDT
-11:00 AM EDT
The Target Test Prep course represents a quantum leap forward in GMAT preparation, a radical reinterpretation of the way that students should study. Try before you buy with a 5-day, full-access trial of the course for FREE!
Apr 2711:00 AM EDT
-12:00 PM EDT
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors
Apr 2808:00 AM PDT
-11:00 AM PDT
Whether you are just beginning your MBA journey or fine-tuning your path to a 700+ score, GMAT Day is designed to give you a competitive edge.
27 Jul 2006, 16:44
Kudos
Bookmarks
Just got back and wanted to THANK everyone on the board for their help and insight. 
750 (Q:49 V:44) - Yipeee
This is what I've been getting on the GMAT Prep last three weeks:
720
750 (Lot of Verbal Repeats)
760 (Lot of Verbal Repeats)
750
Manhattan GMAT:
690
710
710
I have 800score.com and the CracGMAT but they are all useless so I didn't bother taking them. The crackGMAT Quant though, was useful, I must say (as were the online challenges).
Quick Thoughts:
I thought I bombed the math due to some "unique" questions that I had never seen. On top of that my computer crashed because the power went out at some of the stations.. Luckily, the power came back on and none of the tests were affected (Though at the time I was hoping the server crashed because I wanted to retake the math)..
Quant: About 7 of the Math questions were very "unique". I thought I bombed it because of these questions but guess I didn't do that bad. To compound matters, all these questions came up front so I was scared to death. DO NOT feel bad if you dont' do well on the challenges here. I was only doing about 79% on most of them even after doing 10 of them and still getting about 9-11 wrong on the GMATPrep but was consistently able to get 47-49 on the Quant in the GMATPrep. DO NOT get RATTLED. I had to calm myself down because I thought I did so bad on the math since I missed a few questions. I was expecting..This test is as much about time management and staying focused as it is about testing your math and verbal skills. Doing well on the math came down to learning how to solve the problems quickly. I was under time by 4-5 minutes initially but was able to catch up after I learned shortcuts and how to fundamentally solve problems. Will share some of the shortcuts later and hope it can help someone..
Verbal: I thought this was very simple. Nothing too complicated in SC or RC. I think I missed a few RC as one passage was tough. Got one BF RC and this was simple. The RC was very simple for some reason. The SC was not too tough either.
Marker Controversy: The Markers were fine. Issue is overblown. What I suggest is you ask for two pens when you take the exam (They will give them to you) as some may dry out and do not leave the cap on all the time if possible. I was worried from all the posts but do not worry. If you want to practice, get any wet-erase marker and some transparencies or laminate paper and practice. The real thing is much easier to use. They have this at the office depot retail..
I'll post more info later and my thoughts on attacking the beast.. Thanks again to everyone on the board. Feel free to message me with questions..
750 (Q:49 V:44) - Yipeee
This is what I've been getting on the GMAT Prep last three weeks:
720
750 (Lot of Verbal Repeats)
760 (Lot of Verbal Repeats)
750
Manhattan GMAT:
690
710
710
I have 800score.com and the CracGMAT but they are all useless so I didn't bother taking them. The crackGMAT Quant though, was useful, I must say (as were the online challenges).
Quick Thoughts:
I thought I bombed the math due to some "unique" questions that I had never seen. On top of that my computer crashed because the power went out at some of the stations.. Luckily, the power came back on and none of the tests were affected (Though at the time I was hoping the server crashed because I wanted to retake the math)..
Quant: About 7 of the Math questions were very "unique". I thought I bombed it because of these questions but guess I didn't do that bad. To compound matters, all these questions came up front so I was scared to death. DO NOT feel bad if you dont' do well on the challenges here. I was only doing about 79% on most of them even after doing 10 of them and still getting about 9-11 wrong on the GMATPrep but was consistently able to get 47-49 on the Quant in the GMATPrep. DO NOT get RATTLED. I had to calm myself down because I thought I did so bad on the math since I missed a few questions. I was expecting..This test is as much about time management and staying focused as it is about testing your math and verbal skills. Doing well on the math came down to learning how to solve the problems quickly. I was under time by 4-5 minutes initially but was able to catch up after I learned shortcuts and how to fundamentally solve problems. Will share some of the shortcuts later and hope it can help someone..
Verbal: I thought this was very simple. Nothing too complicated in SC or RC. I think I missed a few RC as one passage was tough. Got one BF RC and this was simple. The RC was very simple for some reason. The SC was not too tough either.
Marker Controversy: The Markers were fine. Issue is overblown. What I suggest is you ask for two pens when you take the exam (They will give them to you) as some may dry out and do not leave the cap on all the time if possible. I was worried from all the posts but do not worry. If you want to practice, get any wet-erase marker and some transparencies or laminate paper and practice. The real thing is much easier to use. They have this at the office depot retail..
I'll post more info later and my thoughts on attacking the beast.. Thanks again to everyone on the board. Feel free to message me with questions..
27 Jul 2006, 18:00
Kudos
Bookmarks
oh my... my dream score 
let me play some U2 music for ya!!!
nice "Elevation"! you must go
tonight for sure!
how long did you study and what sources you used? are you natural in math? if you don't mind can you tell me more about how you used challenges and how many... I am kind of stuck at 38-42 level in math... lost my mind already thinking how to improve quant...
thanks
let me play some U2 music for ya!!!
nice "Elevation"! you must go
tonight for sure!
how long did you study and what sources you used? are you natural in math? if you don't mind can you tell me more about how you used challenges and how many... I am kind of stuck at 38-42 level in math... lost my mind already thinking how to improve quant...
thanks
27 Jul 2006, 18:50
Kudos
Bookmarks
U2 - I studied really hard for 3 months.. I had the books for a year but then finally decided to do it..I do well at math but the GMAT math is a bit tough.. Really the math here is tricky and involves knowing a lot of shortcuts as well as fundamentals and all of it in an avg. of 2 mins per problem..
Here is what I would suggest:
I started with Math using the MGMAT books and the Kaplan 800 book. These were ok but can't help you get a 49.
To get to 49, Do the online challenges here, do the MGMAT math from their tests and do the CrackGMAT quant section as well as the last third of the OG. I didn't do well ..79% on most challenges and this can fluctuate ..my highest was 84 percentile so just try to learn from each problem..
From this, create an error list of each wrong problem. Then separate all these into categories (I had categories from A to N). I solved each type of problem in the categories and kept adding problems.. Doing this forced to me to learn fundamentals of each one and I also created and learned shortcuts for a lot of time consuming problems. If you do this and need help on types of probs, i can help you with some of my shortcuts. You need to start here first though and figure out your weaknesses before you can proceed. Also jot down any tough questions you got as the reasoning in those will be useful.. Half to a third of the problem with me is reading the question correctly as well. I would put my stuff online but i have a lot of questions from copyrighted sources so I have to be careful.. I do plan to summarize all the stuff I learned in Math and Verbal but this will be a big task.. If you have specific areas you are weak, I can share what helped me in those areas..
Here is what I would suggest:
I started with Math using the MGMAT books and the Kaplan 800 book. These were ok but can't help you get a 49.
To get to 49, Do the online challenges here, do the MGMAT math from their tests and do the CrackGMAT quant section as well as the last third of the OG. I didn't do well ..79% on most challenges and this can fluctuate ..my highest was 84 percentile so just try to learn from each problem..
From this, create an error list of each wrong problem. Then separate all these into categories (I had categories from A to N). I solved each type of problem in the categories and kept adding problems.. Doing this forced to me to learn fundamentals of each one and I also created and learned shortcuts for a lot of time consuming problems. If you do this and need help on types of probs, i can help you with some of my shortcuts. You need to start here first though and figure out your weaknesses before you can proceed. Also jot down any tough questions you got as the reasoning in those will be useful.. Half to a third of the problem with me is reading the question correctly as well. I would put my stuff online but i have a lot of questions from copyrighted sources so I have to be careful.. I do plan to summarize all the stuff I learned in Math and Verbal but this will be a big task.. If you have specific areas you are weak, I can share what helped me in those areas..
