Seems like people have been wondering here where have I vanished after taking the GMAT. I had actually planned a vacation from 30th October to 5th Nov and today I am back from the vacation and glad to know that people have been waiting for my debrief. I planned the vacation just after the GMAT as I couldn't enjoy my Diwali due to the looming GMAT and thought that a vacation would be an award in case I get a good score and a break in case I got a bad score. Strategy: I prepared for around 4 months in all . Though I don't plan to apply this year as I just have 2 year of work experience but I thought that I'd take the GMAT well in time so that in case I don't achieve my target score, I have the flexibility to take the GMAT again. What I learnt early on is that Verbal on the GMAT Is not something which is easy to master. It has to be tackled in a systematic way. I planned out the schedule for myself and as suggested by others spent around 1-2 hours on the weekdays depending on my schedule and 8-10 total on the weekend. Alongwith that, I started with "Of Mice and Men" mentioned in the "GMAT Fiction" section. The book really got me interested in reading and gradually, I finished reading a lot of fiction and non-fiction books and I feel really good that I have read a lot of books now. I was excited to start with sentence correction and started with the SC Grail first and then moved on Manhattan SC. I think both the books are really superb and you'd definitely want to have them so that you gain a firm understanding of the concepts. Did the Aristotle New SC Questionbank towards the end of my preparation. Though this questionbank is not very difficult but it really has those "meaning" based questions which are being tested on the GMAT lately. After that, I moved on CR. CR Bible is a very good book. Used OG12 while doing the concepts from CR BIble. Make sure that for both SC and CR, you really analyze the questions well. What is not important at all is the accuracy level you have on the questions. What is more important is the learning you derive from those questions. After OG12, I did the free CR questionbank on Aristotle and then moved on the 1000CR questions . Did the first 100 questions from there. I somehow never had major issues with RC. Practised all the 24 passages in OG and then did the passages from Aristotle RC . Managed to take my accuracy to 90%. Never found Quant to be too difficult but Data Sufficiency questions can sometimes be a pain and if you don't do them attentively, they have good traps to make you fall. Observations: I think that after a certain point my scores stagnated on the practice CATs. So what I did was that instead of taking more practice CATs, I took a complete break of 3-4 days in the second last week of my exam. Before taking this break, I was averaging around 720, but after that, I scored 750,760 and 740 on the practice CATs and I was quite happy with my performance. Materials Used Aristotle SC Grail Powerscore CR Bible followed by The Bang, Bang CR Guide by Whiplash Aristotle RC Aristotle New SC Questionbank GMATCLUB Quant tests Manhattangmat practice CATs and GMATPREPs Test day The test was fine and there was nothing unusual. I think after having taken a sufficient number of practice tests, I knew that which areas do I need to keep a tab on , the prime area of these being timing. I ensured that I do not spend more than the stipulated time on any question. At the same time, I also ensured that I am not looking at the clock every other minute and getting nervous about the timing. After having done both the sections, when I was filling up the survey data and all, I knew that I had done very well and was just praying to God to give me a good score as I didn't want to take the exam again. Thankfully, I landed up with a 750(Q-51, V-40). I was ecstatic and felt like I had conquered Mt Everest. The other candidates could also see that I had got a good score. I spoke to another guy and he said that didn't have a very good day as he was expecting around 730 but landed up with a 680. I thanked God again because I could have been that person too. Since I am back from the vacation today itself, I am unable to write the entire debrief, and will try to complete it when I get time. P.S.- shovitdhar , I didn't let the GMAT gun me down, rather I gunned it down

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Yes, it definitely is. Is used not only by those who visit this forum but also who are more active on BTG.

Wrote 2 essays using Chineseburned AWA guide and my essays look terrific. Earlier i used to write good essays but now they look punchy . Thanks a lot guys!

You're welcome. That's the benefit of participating in the forums here. It ensures the you follow the right path

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I am two weeks into my preparation and am stumbling a bit on DS. Can you please suggest something to tackle this ?

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You may want to go through this link.I highly recommend that you use the resources by a veteran member Bunuel. Go through his signature and you'll find the links to a lot of good resources for DS.
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Although it is too late to ask as I have my GMAT coming up on this Monday, but do you remember how many questions did you get from P&C. I'm a bit jittery about quant as I have not touched P&C at all.

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Although it is too late to ask as I have my GMAT coming up on this Monday, but do you remember how many questions did you get from P&C. I'm a bit jittery about quant as I have not touched P&C at all.

Don't bother much about P&C now rather don't bother about anything at this stage. Think like this: "What I know is ENOUGH. And even with what I already know, I can manage a good score. " So just be in the right frame of mind now because that is what is more important in the last few days.

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I think you are right. Even if I do something of P&C now, chances are good that I won't be able to apply whatever I learn so wont be of much use. Am focusing on thinking about what to do under different situations during the exam.

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Thanks. There seems to be a lot of resources by Bunuel on the quant forum. Will go through them

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Thanks. There seems to be a lot of resources by Bunuel on the quant forum. Will go through them

You may also wanna try some gmatclub tests. On some special days you can have free access to them. You need to check the list of such days though.

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I really like the systematic way in which you went ahead with your preparation. How many times do you think should one take the GMATPREP CATs ?

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I really like the systematic way in which you went ahead with your preparation. How many times do you think should one take the GMATPREP CATs ?

I think that you should take the GMATPREP at least twice. Since on retaking the same test, you are bound to see some repeat questions, so you will get inflated score. Ideally, you should pause for around 1 minute and not to anything when you get a repeat question.

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I really like the systematic way in which you went ahead with your preparation. How many times do you think should one take the GMATPREP CATs ?

I think that the GMAT should be taken thrice. The reason is that each section of each test has 250 questions and you want to ensure that you use all of them to get a good hang of the type of questions you are likely to see on the GMAT. If you don't want to take them thrice, then you may want to download the GMATPREP SC,CR Compilations documents from the SC and CR forums here.

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Whoa! I never knew that there are 250 questions each per section per test. That's not a large sample for a CAT but still quite good though. Thanks for the info

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Thanks. Is there any difference between the Old GMATPREP and the new GMATPREP software except for the IR section. I mean are there new questions on Verbal/Quant ?

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Thanks. Is there any difference between the Old GMATPREP and the new GMATPREP software except for the IR section. I mean are there new questions on Verbal/Quant ?

No there is no difference in the questions. The questions remain the same both on Verbal and on Quant. Only the interface has changed and the IR section has been added.

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Thanks. Is there any difference between the Old GMATPREP and the new GMATPREP software except for the IR section. I mean are there new questions on Verbal/Quant ?

No there is no difference in the questions. The questions remain the same both on Verbal and on Quant. Only the interface has changed and the IR section has been added.

Can you please tell me whether the old PowerPrep software is still good for practice ?

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Great performance. Congrats

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Thanks. Is there any difference between the Old GMATPREP and the new GMATPREP software except for the IR section. I mean are there new questions on Verbal/Quant ?

No there is no difference in the questions. The questions remain the same both on Verbal and on Quant. Only the interface has changed and the IR section has been added.

Can you please tell me whether the old PowerPrep software is still good for practice ?

yes, you may do it. It has a lot of questions from OG10 though . The questions especially the maths one seemed to be on the easier side, but all in all good for practice

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Thank you. I think that bb is the great motivator for all of us here.

It's because of him that we have such a great forum. Don't worry too much about the profile. Just think about ways of distinguishing yourself from rest of the folks and you should be there!

Who is bb ?

bb is the big boy here-the head of the brotherhood i.e. the founder of gmatclub

bb- big boy ; big boss ; big brother ..... :-D

GMATGUNNER: You got an awesome score....congrats.... I wish to see the same break up same score...... same way I want to gun down the GMAT.
Your score is what I dream of every night while sleeping and every day while dreaming,,,, :-D

Congrats again and do keep us updated about your application progress....Good luck !!

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Excellent score CONGRATS!!!!!

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Awesome score. I'd love to have that perfect balance in the sectional scores. I'm having difficulty in sentence correction and would appreciate your inputs

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