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From 540 in MAY 12th. to 650 on Dec. 13th !!!!!! Updated on: 13 Dec 2005, 17:49
Originally posted by kevinw on 13 Apr 2005, 16:49.
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well, my D day will be coming soon...

I just wanted to post the pre-exam feeling, so I could read it after the test...

I roughly have 1 month till the exam date.

My preparation up to now:

-took a 3 months Gmat class 4 years ago in argentina
-Kaplan CD rom
-Kaplan guide, only some chapter, didnt finish.
-PLanning to finish the OG before test date.
-PR, but only took the first chapters...

I think the only way to make me start studying, is by scheduling the test, and see how bad I did, to motivate me to do it better the second time.

I took 1 Power prep, whitout OG, and whitout paying to much attention, got around 550.

I will be coming to post my tests scores everytime I finish one.

thank you all for helping me and motivate me!...
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From 540 in MAY 12th. to 650 on Dec. 13th !!!!!! 14 Apr 2005, 14:07
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Good luck Kevin! Did you take any other practise tests? What's your section score for the PP test? I know you can get better than 550 if you study hard in your last month. ;)
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From 540 in MAY 12th. to 650 on Dec. 13th !!!!!! 15 Apr 2005, 14:52
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Hi HongHu, I will take some this week end and let you know after them...
i have 4 or 5 papaer tests, and the PR and Kaplan tets to take....in 1 month...
i think that my brain is going to burn out this weekend......

:cry: :cry:
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From 540 in MAY 12th. to 650 on Dec. 13th !!!!!! 12 May 2005, 14:13
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just took the test....

Q: 39
V: 25

Total: 540 (50%)

will retake...

i felt the math wasn't very difficult, I though answered them all right, but apparently I never reached the hard questions bin.
Time management was ok, finished every section on time, and didnt have problems with having to guess too much.

the verbal still is a mistery for me.

the final score was similar to the results I got from PR and PP tests...
(+- 20 points).

let's see if with some more preparation I can get a better scode.
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From 540 in MAY 12th. to 650 on Dec. 13th !!!!!! 13 Jun 2005, 10:16
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:idea: BEST OF LUCK
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just took the TEST again,
and coudnt believe my eyes!!
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Math: 47 Verbal 34
total: 650!! 84%

really excited!...

thanks for the teachings, and specially HongHu, who kept me inspired!..

i will post more about the actual test if you have any doubts...
I will have to get drunk tonight!!!
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Experience:

I started my test day as any other day, got up and went to work,
instead of reading or doing any more studying, I just kept my mind busy on work related affairs.

I think the reason I scored better than last time was that I wasn't nervous, and i didn't mind scoring bad..
i was ready to score anything, and I know I wasn't going to score any lower than last time...

on my practice tests, I got:
PP1: 580
PP2: 600

PR1: 570
PR2: 570

Kaplan1: 510
as you can see, my scores on the tests were really low, mainly because I could not concentrate long enough, on the verbal section, or I would get distracted by the many thing happening around me while taking the test.

during the real Gmat, I was relaxed, and actually enjoying the test, I felt that finally I was having peace and could concentrate, so the 3 hours went by so fast that I didn't realize.

AWA:

The writting was pretty straight forward. taking into consideration that the previous time, I scored a 5.5 on the AWA, but 27 on teh verbal....

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I faced OG questions most of the times.. got 1 prob. question and many stadistical questions.
I felt that I was getting into the hard bin at the end of the test, when I saw a weird graphic with angles and stuff, it might have been an experimental question.

Verbal:

It has always been my weakest point...
tried to takle each question 1 by 1, spending more time on the first 12.
got 2 RC on the first 5 questions, so I guessed I was in teh right path..
by the end of the section, I was faced with 2 consecutive Bold faces questions, and right after that a 75 lines RC....
i had only 2 minutes for the last 3 questions, so I had to guess 2 of them...

after going through some survey questions, i was surprices to see a Q47 V34 with a 650 (84%).
best score i ever had...even with practice tests...

thanks for the forum. and keep participating.
I think anyone is capable to scoring high in Gmat, it all depends on how much you want it.
and the sacrifices you are willing to make in order to reach that goal.

I am also considering retaking it, if that will increase my chances to apply to a Top 10 school.

well, people tend to get greedy, that's the human nature, right?

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