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Hi all,

G Day is November 3rd, only 2 days left to go for me and I am so nervous! :yikes :yikes :yikes

Quant has been a huge struggle for me. I'm coming from an Arts background and though I did well at math in school, it's been quite a while so it felt like I was relearning everything. Did the entire MGMAT series, Official Guide, and m1-m15 of the gmat club tests. Though the explanations in the gmat club tests are often lacking for my tastes, I have found those to be the most valuable for me in terms of just drilling. If you've purchased MGMAT and have access to their website, the flashcards are also a great tool for hammering in those "tricky" concepts the GMAT is testing you on.

Haven't done much in terms of Verbal prep. I am pretty confident in all areas, and score in the 90th percentile for Verbal on each practice test, with an average of 10 minutes left on the clock when I'm done. I am a little weary of the fact that they have recently done away with most SC and now there are extra RCs, just timing wise, since it's the SCs that take the least amount of time per question.

For AWA, I am using the awesome guide on here from ChineseBurned: how-to-get-6-0-awa-my-guide-64327.html
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The most recent results are:

MGMAT CAT #5 (3 days ago) 710
GMAT Prep Test 2 (today) 690

I'm shooting for 700+ but 680/690 wouldn't kill me either. I will report back on Thursday with results.

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Good luck!

10 minutes left on verbal and still consistently scoring in the 90th percentile is pretty solid.

Going in, remember the importance of psychology and mental stamina on the exam.

Rest well and try to keep outside distractions to a minimum.
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Well, took my last CAT, second attempt at GMATPrep #2. Scored a 750 (Q49:V42).

Score is a little skewed on the verbal; I figure I saw about 10 repeat questions which I missed 4 of. Probably not a great sign.

I was a bit disappointed on the quant section. Ran out of time. I didn't answer the last question even though I had figured out the right answer. I missed 8 total questions with 5 missed because I was rushing. Probably my biggest weakness in quant is time management. I'm just too much of a perfectionist, the engineer in me I guess.

Anyways, test in 3 days. Going to review AWA strategy since today is the only time I completed the writing section during a practice CAT. Also review my weaknesses: time management, geometry, and SC.
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How are the November test takers doing ?
I have exactly 10 days now remaining before my test day and unfortunately the bulk of my prep is going to happen in these 10. Still 4 more MGMAT tests remaining and 2 GMAT preps. Still a whole lot of questions to be finished from OG12 verbal section. Lot of math still to be brushed up and there is no way I can postpone my GMAT.
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How are the November test takers doing ?
I have exactly 10 days now remaining before my test day and unfortunately the bulk of my prep is going to happen in these 10. Still 4 more MGMAT tests remaining and 2 GMAT preps. Still a whole lot of questions to be finished from OG12 verbal section. Lot of math still to be brushed up and there is no way I can postpone my GMAT.
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Sounds similar to me mate! I sit in 5 days. I don't think I will get through the remaining CATs, might do one more MGMAT and final GMATPrep. Trying to review all my errors now and nail down some vague concepts... As long as I crack 700 I will be happy, but I'm aiming a little bit higher hopefully.
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Sounds similar to me mate! I sit in 5 days. I don't think I will get through the remaining CATs, might do one more MGMAT and final GMATPrep. Trying to review all my errors now and nail down some vague concepts... As long as I crack 700 I will be happy, but I'm aiming a little bit higher hopefully.
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Dude, your GMAT prep and MGMAT tests tell a different scoring story.You are scoring pretty well on the CATs.I am sure you will score waaay more than 700 on the real GMAT
All the best and keep us posted
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Sounds similar to me mate! I sit in 5 days. I don't think I will get through the remaining CATs, might do one more MGMAT and final GMATPrep. Trying to review all my errors now and nail down some vague concepts... As long as I crack 700 I will be happy, but I'm aiming a little bit higher hopefully.

Dude, your GMAT prep and MGMAT tests tell a different scoring story.You are scoring pretty well on the CATs.I am sure you will score waaay more than 700 on the real GMAT
All the best and keep us posted
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Cheers - good luck to you too. I have been steadily improving in my CATs which is nice. I guess what I really should say is that I feel further study (e.g if I had another month) would reduce my volatility.

Right now I think I could score anywhere from Q45 V40 on a 'low but ok' day to Q49 V45 on a 'best case scenario' day. It's the downside case you have to worry about. There are a few debriefs where people score like 50 points below their CAT scores, then resit with no study and score in line with their CATs. The GMAT creators always tell us there is a large degree of natural variation or 'error' in the score, so I have to accept that while my 'true' level might be 740, I could swing +/- 30 points in either direction.
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Well, it's done. Finished a couple hours ago. Scored a 730 (Q49 V41). I only scored higher on one CAT, which was my second attempt at GMATPrep#2, so I'm pretty excited. Also, pretty relieved this part is over.

On to the applications.

Good luck to all the other November Takers.
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Well, it's done. Finished a couple hours ago. Scored a 730 (Q49 V41). I only scored higher on one CAT, which was my second attempt at GMATPrep#2, so I'm pretty excited. Also, pretty relieved this part is over.

On to the applications.

Good luck to all the other November Takers.
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Congrats ttexas09 !! 730 is a great score ! are you applying for fall 2012 ? Good luck with the applications
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Well, it's done. Finished a couple hours ago. Scored a 730 (Q49 V41). I only scored higher on one CAT, which was my second attempt at GMATPrep#2, so I'm pretty excited. Also, pretty relieved this part is over.

On to the applications.

Good luck to all the other November Takers.
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Congrats ttexas09. Thats a great score! How did you find the difficulty level of the exam compared to GMAT Prep?
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I can't wait to take this thing..Nov 23. Starting to get delusional.

I was on the rower at crossfit the other day...we had to row 1000m. At around the 200m mark, I created a problem in my head trying to calculate how long it would for me to "meet up" with a hypothetical second person that left from the end of the 1000m at that exact moment, but going 10% faster than my current 2min per 500m pace. Of course I couldn't figure it out (no scratchwork, ha). Maybe next time I'll set it up as a DS. ;)
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Thanks all.

Compared to GMAT Prep, I felt the Quant section was quite similar. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary from my preparation. Only had one or two difficult problems (geometry), so I probably made a few silly mistakes since I scored a 49. The verbal section seemed "different". I can't really say why. I had trouble focusing at the beginning of the section, so maybe that has something to do with it. 4 RC passages, 2 were very short. The other 2 had 3 and 4 paragraphs. CR was almost identical to what you review during practice. SC didn't seem too off from normal. I didn't review any of the idioms from the plethora of guides and resources, so take that for what it's worth. Honestly, I probably maxed out my score on the Verbal section based on my practice CAT scores. GMAT Overall, I would say if you are using the official guides and the prep software, there aren't going to be any surprises.

Schools: my original plans were to attend part time. Top pick is NYU followed by Cornell-Queens EMBA. NYU because of all the electives offered to the part time students. You basically get the same education as the full time students, which I think is pretty fantastic. I really didn't know what I was getting into with the GMAT but now that I've finished and scored well, I'm going to apply to a few full time programs for Round 2. Just to keep my options open.

Thanks again. These forums have been a great source of knowledge. And if anyone as any other questions about the test, let me know and I'll be happy to answer.
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hiii guys,

Because of other assignments on 11th nov I had to change my gmat date. My new date is 23rd November. Have been off studies for last 2 weeks, I hope to get back into study mode after a few days. Hope you guys are doing well.

ttexas,

congrats for getting such an excellent score and I am pretty happy to learn that you got 2 extremely short rcs. I too hope to get the same pattern.
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Gave my MGMAT CAT # 3 and scored a dismal 550 (Q 36 V 34) :(
My previous two scores were 650 and 670. I was expecting at least a 680-690 but 550 is horrible!
I am taking way too much time on the early quant questions and find it very difficult to let go of a question and move on.
real GMAT in 7 more days.
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720 Q44 V46 for me...

Can't believe that I scored that low in Quant, a little bit disappointed.
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720 Q44 V46 for me...

Can't believe that I scored that low in Quant, a little bit disappointed.
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720 is a great score buddy! V 46 is fantastic!
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pike, whats the secret of the your killer verbal score?
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Yea it's just a question of is it balanced enough? I know I am capable of much higher than Q44, Q44 is my absolute floor in CATs.

As far as verbal goes, I don't really know what the secret is! I finished today with about 25 minutes to spare. It was very straightforward. I obviously got a couple wrong, but I felt like most wrong answers were very obvious.

I think with verbal you have to do what works for you. I'll tell you what works for me:

CR
Always diagram or note down the question first. I don't use any specific note method, in fact, its rare that I would even refer back to these notes. But it increases comprehension astronomically.

Don't look at question stem until you truly understand the argument presented. You need to know the moving parts - what is the premise, what is the conclusion etc. Take a second and attack the argument: what would strengthen, what would weaken, etc.

Then, read the stem. If the question was say, weaken, you should already have an idea of what would weaken the argument. Go through options and chances are you will find one that matches your thinking.

Let me tell you the one phrase that people use all the time that is fatal to CR way of thinking. 'Out of scope'. Remove this from your CR vocabulary. Choices either weaken or do not weaken, strengthen or do not strengthen etc.

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Read and understand thoroughly. Once again jot down notes. I don't care if it's a long passage or short passage, I note it in much the same way. Any complex relationships in the passage I pay special attention too (almost like miny CR passages).

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Go through MGMAT's guide - but don't get too bogged down on knowing every grammar rule under the sun. For instance, I actually think the advanced SC chapters are a waste of time. They are far to technical. If you are a native speaker, you can trust your gut on these issues. SC was my weak area, but after going through MGMAT and the OG, I got pretty good at them.

My advice for maths... don't listen to me on maths!
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Good to know.

I actually retook GMAT Prep 2 and got 48 last night. Yes, it was my second time taking it, but I only noticed/remembered 2 repeats, one of which I got wrong.

I never cleared 39 on any of my Knewton CATs. Never lower than 43 on any MGMAT or GMAT Prep.
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I assume it's because of Knewton's money-back guarantee that they tend to make the test more difficult than the genuine one.
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I took GMAT past saturday. Had a disappointing score of 660 (Q50, V30). I was consistently getting in the range of 700-720 in GMAT prep, MGMAT, Knewton. My verbal score was very shocking when I saw it. I usually get in the range 36-38. I was quite composed throughout the exam and was doing great on timing as well. It was around Q30s in verbal that I realize that I have screwed up big time because suddenly there were 3-4 very easy questions.

I was planning to apply at ISB, INSEAD but going by this score, chances are fairly slim. This exam really brings your confidence down if you don't fare well at it. I am still getting over the score. Now, I am planning to change my strategy and look in to part time mbas as well (such as Stern, Duke etc.).

Though I am curious if anyone knows whether part-time mba from these colleges boost your profile if I am looking to relocate to India few years later. Thanks and best wishes to all. Hope you guys don't screw up like I did.

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