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03 Sep 2010, 12:57
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Congratulations!
That is a great score
really well done
usually i don't write here, 'couse i rarely feel i can contribute something new but,
i decided to participate this time and say that IMHO his score is true is real and after my own sad sad experience
i think that this guy is absolutely right
I got a sad 640 on my GMAT after 2 business degrees, strong English and Math
I studied for 3 months, did everything right, knew all the concepts, never had any problem with any part of the material
in a retrospect - I think i knew the material perfectly after 3-4 weeks of studying
but then i stressed out reading about all those millions of tricky/hard/impossible questions everyone was solving
so i decided to study more and more, and then some more
after another month my knowledge deteriorated
a week before the test i knew i'm burnt out
my brain stopped working
at the beginning of my study i could solve anything and after 3 months i did not understand how to solve the simplest questions
i got out the test center and cried for 2 hours
i felt so stupid
few days ago i consulted with an acquittance of mine
This great guy, he is really smart and got a 780 on the GMAT after 1 week of preparation, solving only official materials.
His study plan was essentially the same as the one outlined here with one distinction: he believes that one only needs to study concepts one doesn't already know. so one need to solve the OG questions first and then see what to study.
He claims that a person with normal knowledge - the one that get around 600-650 on first diagnostic test should not study more than 1 month to get well above 700.
for my retake i'm going to follow his advice.
So, this guy here who got 790 is probably smarter than average, that's true.
I personally don't think he is a genius but a normal smart guy who studied the right way, according to his knowledge of the material, and got the score he deserved.
That is a great score
really well doneusually i don't write here, 'couse i rarely feel i can contribute something new but,
i decided to participate this time and say that IMHO his score is true is real and after my own sad sad experience
i think that this guy is absolutely right
I got a sad 640 on my GMAT after 2 business degrees, strong English and Math
I studied for 3 months, did everything right, knew all the concepts, never had any problem with any part of the material
in a retrospect - I think i knew the material perfectly after 3-4 weeks of studying
but then i stressed out reading about all those millions of tricky/hard/impossible questions everyone was solving
so i decided to study more and more, and then some more
after another month my knowledge deteriorated
a week before the test i knew i'm burnt out
my brain stopped working
at the beginning of my study i could solve anything and after 3 months i did not understand how to solve the simplest questions
i got out the test center and cried for 2 hours
i felt so stupid
few days ago i consulted with an acquittance of mine
This great guy, he is really smart and got a 780 on the GMAT after 1 week of preparation, solving only official materials.
His study plan was essentially the same as the one outlined here with one distinction: he believes that one only needs to study concepts one doesn't already know. so one need to solve the OG questions first and then see what to study.
He claims that a person with normal knowledge - the one that get around 600-650 on first diagnostic test should not study more than 1 month to get well above 700.
for my retake i'm going to follow his advice.
So, this guy here who got 790 is probably smarter than average, that's true.
I personally don't think he is a genius but a normal smart guy who studied the right way, according to his knowledge of the material, and got the score he deserved.
03 Sep 2010, 13:41
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This smells fishy to me because of the way it's written, but for what it's worth, my friend got a 780 without studying at all. Of course, he's a special kind of genius and I am not, so I couldn't follow his lead if I wanted to, but it's possible to score well with minimal studying if you've got something truly special in your head.
And most of us have had to come to the realization at some point that while, yeah, we're pretty smart, we ain't that smart. Fortunately, it's not just pure mental power that counts.
And most of us have had to come to the realization at some point that while, yeah, we're pretty smart, we ain't that smart. Fortunately, it's not just pure mental power that counts.
