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760 in 5 weeks: you can do it! 19 Dec 2009, 10:52
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Milie,

Thanks very much for detailing the plan you followed, I must say passing this test might've been one of your acheivements. However, one last question, Sorry ..:) .. What was strategy for AWA? as AWA is the opening section of this test, so one would definitely like to have a satisfying start.

Your views will really help.

Thanks,

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Hello all,

Bonvivz: Yes i was working during the gmat preparation, except for the last 3 days. I did my best to squeeze in two hours everyday (more than that I felt I was not as efficient), focusing either on quantitative or verbal but not both on the same day, and worked the same during weekend (I have a job where sundays are just the same as any other day, so no extra gmat hours on week end). If you have week ends off, I would suggest doing 1 test on either of the days.
What you decide to do during these two hours will depend on your weaknesses. For me it was quantitative because although I am an engineer I was very disturbed by the data sufficiency questions.
My thoughts about the different sections:
Verbal: I found that critical reasoning does not need a lot of practice once you have understood the "trick" to formulate the answer before reading the question choices. For SC, practice really helped me recognize the patterns of gmat errors. I am a foreigner but due to m y limited time, I chose to focus on strategy instead of grammar rule for this part. As for RC, i had enough time on my hands to read calmly. I always took notes because it helped me remember the passage better, but almost never referred to my notes.

Quantitative: For problem solving, I spend about 3 days reviewed math basics and then did practice exercises to improve my calculus skills: faster, less mistakes. DS was another story, I am pretty sure it is the reason of my not so high quant percentile... GMAT club tests really helped for these, the answers are very helpful (as opposed to the OG which details all the maths....exactly what you want to avoid doing...)

I am not going to post a detail of how many exercises I did each day, or error log, because I am trying to make a point that you can do it if you work smartly, which means finding the material that is best for your, and using the famous 80/20 strategy...I did spend about 3 hours at borders going through most of the study books before i bought the one that seemed best for me. I hope this is helpful to you, and good luck!
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760 in 5 weeks: you can do it! 20 Dec 2009, 21:58
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Milie,

Congratulations on non nense and simple approach to wonderful score.

80/20 Strategy: Can you give us your take on it?

Also on DS besides practice; what did you do to gain consistency?

Finally what schools are you aiming for?

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760 in 5 weeks: you can do it! 21 Dec 2009, 10:22
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Hey Milie, 760 i an awesome score! :P
I am going to take my exam in a week's time as well, your story is inspiring - Work Smart!

All the best for your application procedure...

Cheers!
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Hello again,

I am definitely not the best person to ask about AWA, since i did pretty much no studying for it. I did use the guide to a 6.0 AWA the day before the test and that was it.....

For DS I started by doing exercises from the OG to get used to the questions, then switched to Kaplan to see a few strategy tricks, and finally GMAT club tests...
80/20 is simply that 80% of your results will come from 20% of your work. It means that at some point making a little bit more progress will cost you a lot more work than before. For you to decide if it's worth it.

As for which school I am applying to I ll keep that to myself I m supersitious, but there aren't many and mostly 1 year degrees :wink:
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760 in 5 weeks: you can do it! 21 Dec 2009, 15:18
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Milie,

We all have weaknesses... With 760 GMAT score...supersitious can be one for you :)
Even though you are allowed to have many more.

when you gain entry to your desired school... do share it with us
All the best

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