I gave the GMAT this week and scored a 730 - 96th percentile. I've received a lot of help from this forum so I intend to give something back through this debrief. This is going to be really long, so please skip to sections that interest you. I've seen a whole lot of debriefs here on GMATClub and most of them are immensely useful. I really don't know how much I can do to add to those, besides, I don't want to confuse those of you who've already fixed on a strategy. Hence, I'll try to not to advocate a particular strategy and will stick to pointing out what I did during my preparation and what might help you. I'll go reverse chronologically as many of you will probably want to know my actual test day experience: Test day experience (and the day before) I've read a number of debriefs where people say that the day before the test should be spent relaxing or doing anything apart from studying. However I've always been the kind who studies all the way through to the exam, so the day before the test I just kept solving practice problems in a leisurely manner. I know this may sound silly, but when I started doing problems real slowly and getting deep into the question I discovered quite a few new intricacies that I'd never noticed before. I basically spent the day appreciating the finer elements of the various questions and it kept me relaxed, yet in touch with the upcoming exam. This worked for me so think about it. My test was scheduled for 9am so I got to the center by around 8.30am. Carried some chocolates with me to eat during the breaks. Was provided with a locker to store these items. Initial formalities included palm vein recognition and getting a photograph taken. Passport is mandatory for Indian candidates. The test center environment was really comfortable and the staff helpful. With all this done I began my test. Identified 5 schools to which I wanted to send the score reports. Important : Please read this post for some info on which schools to send score reports to. This could save you some cash while sending score reports for both GMAT and TOEFL. During the tutorial I typed around 5 sentences in the practice screen for the AWA to calm myself. Remember to reduce time spent in mouse movement by using Alt+N to go to the next page/question. This is valuable and will save you valuable seconds instead of using the mouse to navigate to the Next button during the test. Alt+N to go to the next question. Alt+Y to confirm your selected answer. Make sure to use these two. The AWA section went quite well. The argument was flawed and I had no trouble identifying 3 weak points and shooting the argument down. The Issue was rather generic - whether schools should be involved in providing social as well as ethical eduction - and I wasn't able to provide relevant examples to illustrate my point. However I felt I did a good enough job on this as I gave certain hypothetical examples to draw out my line of reasoning. Took the break, ate a chocolate, hit the washroom and encouraged myself for 2 minutes. Then got back to the test. The breaks are 8 minutes long and one thing is important to note: Both when you sign out for a break and when you sign in back to the testing room you have to display your passport and give your palm vein identification. This takes a few seconds and is a part of the 8 minutes that you receive as a break. Make sure not to cut your 8 minutes too close as you need to complete this formality twice during each break. If there is one thing you should take away from this its the knowledge that the GMAT is getting tougher. It was tough. And I don't mean getting the odd tough question. I was peppered with really continuously stubbornly tough questions. I wasn't weak at quant, but I wasn't a superstar either. I could solve most questions given sufficient time and no pressure. However I'd learnt from experience through a lot of practice that I was pretty slow at big, long, wordy questions. I was also slow on number properties. And I got quite a few of these during the test. Number properties with multiple variables. Number properties with inequalities and modulus. Questions where you need to draw a table for x, y, xy, |x-y| and then subsitute +ve, -ve, 0, fraction greater than 0, fraction lesser than 0, you name it. I was beat. From practice I knew I was slow at these questions. I was weak at data sufficiency. I knew I could solve every one of those questions in 5 minutes each. However I didn't have that luxury. And I got a lot of these questions. One question on mixtures. One on work.One on average speeds. Two on probability. Two on set theory (finding number of people who did exactly 2 of 3 things). I nearly lost it during the exam and was on the verge of giving up. However I had taken quite a few practice tests before and I had experienced the very same feeling. In all those tests I had scored Q48 or 49 so I knew it was because I was attempting 700+ level questions. I hung in there. And then the quant section was over. Phew! Back in the restroom I calmed myself down. I knew that I had probably done better than I thought on quant. I also knew that verbal was what would make or break my score as it contributed largely to the final score. I was strong at verbal despite being a non native speaker. English was my forte. Or so I thought. It started off as I expected. I'd prepared really well on sentence correction (more on this later). And I was good at critical reasoning. The first 20 questions were really smooth. I knew I was on track and in good shape. I could almost see the 780 at the end of the exam. However the last 20 questions really did me in. I started feeling a little vague in the head. It was hard to keep my mind from wandering. I lost focus. The RC's turned horrible. I got a nasty RC (economics related) with 4 questions of which I was sure of none. This was followed by a second RC (work culture in organizations) almost equally tough. And then a bold faced CR. I struggled on all these. Towards the end I was feeling upset. The questions were tough and I was confident only of the SCs. The CRs and RCs all had 2 answer choices that were really close. And I'm sure this cost me atleast 6 points in verbal. That silly saturated feeling, and the tougher questions towards the end of the test. I'm sure I got a string of questions wrong. And I'm sure my overall score dropped by atleast 30 points. Finished the test, skipped the optional feedback, background info, blah blah and went to the score. Closed my eyes, tried to visualize 750, saw the 730, felt a pang of disappointment (I wasn't being greedy, I knew I was capable of 750 and had consistently scored as much during practice) and came out of the testing room. I knew the verbal section had beaten me and the last 20 questions had pulled me from a V45 to a V40. Anyway, that was it, I collected my score report and returned to office. Thinking about it I'm really satisfied with this score. It took me a day to get over the disappointment but then 730 is a great score although I know I could have done better I'm happy. I've got to start putting together my apps now. My preparation: I started focusing on the GMAT earnestly around 3 months ago. I have a 12 hour job so I had to study for an hour in the morning and an hour at night. I took leave from work the week before the test to focus on fine tuning and practice. Up to the last week my study was mostly haphazard. I collected a huge amount of material from friends most of which I never used. I'm sure some of you do the same and I can tell you its not necessary. These are the materials which were of real use - Study Material: - All the manhattan gmat guides for quant (will give you complete understanding of the subject) - Manhattan gmat sc guide (amazing) - Kaplan GMAT 800 (the 2nd half of the book has some weird problems that are interesting to work on) - GMATClub math book (must study as it gives you some shortcuts that are not mentioned even in the manhattan guides) - GMAT_LSAT_CR.doc (Got this document from GMatClub - has more than 200 GMAT and LSAT CR questions that are more than sufficient practice - Remember to always look up ur mistakes on google) - RC.doc (similar to the above one - contains more than 200 RC questions that are sufficient practice - I did around 30 RCs) - OG 12 (must have as this is the base you should work on - quant is totally unrepresentative of the test now, for verbal the last 30 questions of each section totally represent the current GMAT) - GMATPrep SC (A document compiled by sondenso that has 180 GMATPrep questions - I've added a few here to this document, please let me know if you want this) - AWA (not much study on this - the OG 12 has a great writeup on what they expect from this section - follow this and you should be good. Also, read the sample essays there, they will give you some idea of what a 6pt essay looks like) Practice tests: - GMATClub math tests (will condition your mind to work on tough problems - do them timed, ignore the percentile at the end, and then review them) - MGMAT practice tests (see my honest review on this here - they're great practice but not totally representative) - GMAT Prep tests 1 and 2 In retrospect this is how i would've studied (you tend to realise such things only once you're very close to the test or have finished the test) 1. Take a GMATPrep test to see where you stand. Don't bother to analyse, just look at the final score and how badly you fared in math or verbal. Understand what a GMAT test is going to look like. By the time you finish your preparation you're going to forget the answers to the test you just did so its not a waste of taking this test at the beginning. 2. Drill through all the MGMAT math guides. Focus the most on Number properties guide and Inequalities guide. Work out every single problem they say, especially when they cross reference the OG. 3. Manhattan gmat sc guide. Read this thoroughly and take notes. This is the single source that can take you to a V40. 4. Once the Manhattan Guides are completed go take the Manhattan gmat sample test on their website. You will realise how much you still have to do and why you need to buy their practice tests (Why? Because their analysis is amazing and can help you pinpoint weak areas) 5. Read all the articles on the GMATClub math book. There are posts referred at the end of each page with practice questions. Work on these. 6. GMATPrep SC document - Almost every single question here has been discussed on the Manhattan gmat forums, I've compiled an excel sheet which links each of these questions to the relevant thread on the MGMAT forum. Let me know if anyone wants this. This document and this approach of referring the MGMAT forums for explanations alone raised my confidence on SC. 7. OG 12 - do every single question in the OG. Systematically read their explanation of each answer. For verbal focus hard on why the wrong answers are wrong. 8. Practice CRs from the GMAT_LSAT_CR.doc. Again, search all your doubts on google. This alone can give you tremendous practice on CRs. 9. RC.doc - RCs just need practice. My strategy during practice was to read the question carefully once and try to answer the questions without looking back at the passage. I developed great retention capacity this way. 10. Practice tests one after the other. Buy the MGMAT practice tests (comes free with purchase of any MGMAT strategy guide) and take all 6 of them. At the end of 3 tests use their analysis tools to see where to improve. Go back to the relevant MGMAT guides and study those areas. Take the remaining 3 tests. 11. Take the GMATPrep tests again and again and again. 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Congratulations on your great score. Where can i find GMATClub math book that you mention?

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Congrats Dude!thanks for a great debrief.
can you please share the SC doc you mentioned ?

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@aries, Achieve750, jakolik, GMATMadeeasy, srivicool, jcurry, cmugeria, pjain01
Thanks guys.

@GMATMadeeasy - you can download the GMAT_LSAT_CR.doc and the answers doc here : tough-cr-for-quick-practice-87563.html
@srivicool - I believe we are not allowed to share these docs here. Please search in google as the links to those documents have been removed from this forum.

@jcurry - Sounds like the MGMAT number properties is exactly what you need. Together with this you should also go through the MGMAT inequalities and VICs guide, MGMAT word translations guide. Also the concise notes provided here as part of the GMATClub math book: gmat-math-book-87417.html are really awesome and you should go through them. Make sure you first build your concepts. Sub 35 quant definitely indicates that you are not up to date with your concepts yet. Take a little time to really iron out your concepts and then start practice questions.

@cmugeria: Here's the link to the GMATClub math book: gmat-math-book-87417.html

@pjain01 - I've attached the documents to my original (first) post.

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Congrats on a fantastic score!

I wanted to clarify something, so the shortcuts are Alt+N and Alt+Y, NOT Cntrl+N/Y as some have posted above, correct?

Are there any other shortcuts you can tell us?

Also is the GMATPrep interface exactly the same one sees in GMAT? What, if any, are the differences?

Thanks a lot
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@mainhoon,

Yeah, the shortcuts are Alt+N to go to the next question. This will show a popup asking you whether you want to confirm your answer. Use Alt+Y to confirm. You can try this out on the GMATPrep interface as well.
I think there is a way to get to each answer choice using the keyboard, but I'd rather choose the answer by hand using the mouse rather than risk selecting a wrong answer with a keyboard shortcut.

One thing came to mind just now: When I was writing my essays I could do a Shift+End to select the rest of the line from the point where the cursor currently was. I could not however do a Shift+Home to select the part of the line before the cursor. This is pretty trivial but it caught me by surprise and I had to adjust accordingly while editing my essays, so I thought I might as well mention it here.
Not sure of any other shortcuts.

The GMATPrep interface is exactly like the actual GMAT interface except for the school selection part which is the first thing you have to do once you get logged in. Also the tutorial sections are timed unlike in the GMATPrep interface.

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Thanks a lot Sidhu! Great job on the GMAT.

-The shortcuts are fantastic. I was telling myself on the GMATprep there has to be a better way than drag the mouse to the bottomright each time. Also do they give out earplugs?
-The tutorials you say were timed on the actual GMAT, obviously they are to be skipped correct? Anytime spent on them will come out of the 75 minutes?
-Also, the schools need to be entered upfront? So you had decided on them before going to the center?
-Do you think the time slot matters for GMAT? I have mine at 8am, perhaps that is the first one?

Any other tips will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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@mainhoon,

Yes, the invigilator gives out earplugs. They're soft rubber ones that you squeeze and then put inside your ear. The buds expand slowly and completely block out sound.

The tutorials do not count to the 75 minutes. Only the actual quant and verbal questions count toward the 75 minutes. The tutorials are timed meaning they are allocated around 4-5 minutes (don't remember exactly how much) which does not count toward your 75 minutes. You should get a feel for these tutorials during your GMATPrep tests so that you don't really need to read these during the exam. I used a bit of time during the tutorials to do two things:
- to calm myself, focus and get into exam mode
- to type out a few sentences just to test the keyboard and warm up my fingers

Yes, the schools need to be entered upfront. The 5 schools you select before the test will be the ones to which your official score report will be sent, provided you click Yes at the end of the test to report scores. You can always send your scores to additional schools by ordering additional reports on mba.com.

The time slot matters only if you are comfortable doing the test at a particular time. My test was at 9am so I practiced doing tests around the same time during the last 2 weeks leading up to the actual GMAT. I guess the 8am slot is the first one.

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Thanks for such a nice debrief
I have already given GMAT earlier this year and scored pathetic in Verbal.
just trying to improve my score there. Any advice as I have still another month before my xam....!!!!

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Thanks Sidhu for the answers, you have been most helpful. I took a GMATPrep test today and ended up with 740, I had about 5 mins left in each section, I got nearly 10 wrong each in V and Q and still got a 740? I think then that the GMAT prep is a little more generous than the real thing...

So if I understand right, I really need to take nothing to the center, apart from myself and my passport. They will provide me with everything else - can I ask for more paper and pencil than they allocate?
Is the setup the regular cubicle type with separators? Do I get to choose where to sit or they tell me?
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Great Score!!!!

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@amneetpadda,
Have you any idea which section is weak? You could analyse this by taking a GMATPrep test or the MGMAT sample online test. One month is plenty of time to improve your score provided you do the right analysis and use the right material.

@sid4674,
You're welcome.

@milapshah,
Thanks.

@mainhoon,
740 is very good. 10 wrong in quant is fine as that is most likely what will happen during your final GMAT too. However you should try to reduce the number of mistakes in verbal as they tend to pull down your score a lot more than quant.
I took the confirmation of gmat appointment sheet to the center but it wasn't necessary. Make sure you take some chocolate for the breaks.
You'll be provided with that laminated booklet and 2 marker pens, I think that would do for all your calculation. I used it only for the quant section.
The seating area is in the form of side by side cubicles with separators, you cannot choose where you want to sit. Don't really worry about these factors, once the test begins you'll be totally absorbed in your own screen.

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However you should try to reduce the number of mistakes in verbal as they tend to pull down your score a lot more than quant.

I have heard this, and it makes me assume I should focus more on verbal.. however the scoring matrix given to me by Princeton Review must be incorrect. (PR vs. a reputable member of this board.. I'm fairly confident we will all know who is going to be correct, just please elaborate so I will understand.)

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However you should try to reduce the number of mistakes in verbal as they tend to pull down your score a lot more than quant.

I think it is established, that doing well in Verbal will pull up your score more than Quant. I think incrementally V adds more than Q... Correct me if I am wrong folks...

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@jcurry, mainhoon.

There's no doubt about this at all. Do any number of GMATPrep tests. You will notice that you can get 750 even with 13-14 mistakes in quant. However it just takes a few mistakes to pull down the verbal. In quant with those 13 mistakes you would still probably get a 49. However with 6 mistakes in verbal you would go to V41 or so. From the tests that I did I got V32(18 wrong), V39(11 wrong), V47(2 wrong), V41(6 wrong) and so on. Quant score was always significantly higher. I was a little doubtful of this at first but after doing the GMATPrep tests I am sure that verbal somehow contributes more to a higher score.

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@Sidhu : Actually i had already given GMAT once before in January and scored :oops:

550 (Q-47, V-20) :puke

with that score i am forced to believe that all my sections are weak... :crying

I gave all the kaplan test and my score was never that bad May be a one bad day......!!!!
So this time around I want to do whatever possible to improve my verbal score so :help2

So i just want some guidance
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I am totally confused.....

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This is really helpful. Thanks for posting!!

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@amneetpadda,
Sit and work on verbal with determination and you will definitely get better. It only takes some effort from your side. You have all the materials at your disposal. The only thing left for you to do now is take it section by section and really go through everything. Start off with the SC section as you will see the fastest improvement there.
It just takes dedication from your side, and this requires a first step so make sure you take that first step.

@Rollaite,
Thanks.

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Hi dude, I got the exact same score as you. Even the same section scores. Could you gimme an idea which universities would it be ideal to target at this score ?

I was wondering if this is a good score or not and as per your post, even I felt the GMAT was a way lot tougher than I expected. I practically ran out of time, so the guesswork at the end cost me a chance at 760

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Thanks Sidhu

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