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09 May 2011, 12:09
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A great post!!!Thnx for such a detailed info!
I took my GMAT couple of days back.Got a 690(Quant49,Verbal 35).Though, I was expecting a 700+ , but just missed that .I am planning on a retake but in my current GMAT attempt I have almost done all the prep material, ie. OG 11 verbal,OG 12,Manhatten GMAT SC,Manhatten GMAT CR, and Kaplan Advanced.Besides all this, I did the two GMAT prep tests and a free MGMAT test.I took around 2 months of preparation time.Now, I am really stuck on the issue that in the retake what more and how should I be studying.From your and some other posts I feel that RC 99 and SC Grail are great books.So,plan to buy them.However, I feel that my major weakness is the verbal section,especially the RCs and CRs.In CRs, I generally tend to take around 2 mins per question and that really sucks a major portion of my time on the verbal section.Moeover, while during practise I could finish a verbal section on time(I used to make a set of 41-42 verbal questions including 3-4 RCs,12-13 CRs , and around 15 SCs and used to time them), on the actual exam I just could not read the last RC and had to guess away with all the questions.So, if you could help me figure out how I could work on the verbal section then it would be a great help!!!
Morever, my profile is a typical Indian IT female.So, do I have chances to get into a good b school with my current score and what would bean ideal score for me to make it to a top 50b school.
Thanx in advance..
I took my GMAT couple of days back.Got a 690(Quant49,Verbal 35).Though, I was expecting a 700+ , but just missed that .I am planning on a retake but in my current GMAT attempt I have almost done all the prep material, ie. OG 11 verbal,OG 12,Manhatten GMAT SC,Manhatten GMAT CR, and Kaplan Advanced.Besides all this, I did the two GMAT prep tests and a free MGMAT test.I took around 2 months of preparation time.Now, I am really stuck on the issue that in the retake what more and how should I be studying.From your and some other posts I feel that RC 99 and SC Grail are great books.So,plan to buy them.However, I feel that my major weakness is the verbal section,especially the RCs and CRs.In CRs, I generally tend to take around 2 mins per question and that really sucks a major portion of my time on the verbal section.Moeover, while during practise I could finish a verbal section on time(I used to make a set of 41-42 verbal questions including 3-4 RCs,12-13 CRs , and around 15 SCs and used to time them), on the actual exam I just could not read the last RC and had to guess away with all the questions.So, if you could help me figure out how I could work on the verbal section then it would be a great help!!!
Morever, my profile is a typical Indian IT female.So, do I have chances to get into a good b school with my current score and what would bean ideal score for me to make it to a top 50b school.
Thanx in advance..
09 May 2011, 20:26
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That's awesome!! Great score (what a breakdown, Q51, V40!!).
11 May 2011, 03:37
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@dehi123
When you prepare, you should put things in this order -Master the content and then build speed. Think of it this way, suppose you are just learning Mandarin, and then you happen to meet a Chinese,would you be able to speak Mandarin flawlessly ? Probably not, because you wouldn't have probably grasped the language properly and practiced it by speaking day in and day out.
If you're struggling with speed, that means that probably you should focus on two things-become better at concepts and read a lot of complex texts. I think the second point is very important. When I had taken the GMAT the first time, I think I was fairly good in concepts but where I lacked was the comprehension on complex sentences .As a result I faced difficulty not only in RCs, but also in CRs and SC questions-especially those kind of long SC questions where you'll be left with two sentences which will be grammatically correct and you'd have to select the option which conveys the right meaning.
I highly recommend that you start reading The Economist,and the scientific American religiously alongwith the regular preparation which you do. I think that should be help a great deal!
Regarding whether 690 is a good score for the top 50 schools, yes it is! 690 maynot be a great score for the top 10 but is sufficient for the rest of the schools in the top 50. That's my personal opinion.
When you prepare, you should put things in this order -Master the content and then build speed. Think of it this way, suppose you are just learning Mandarin, and then you happen to meet a Chinese,would you be able to speak Mandarin flawlessly ? Probably not, because you wouldn't have probably grasped the language properly and practiced it by speaking day in and day out.
If you're struggling with speed, that means that probably you should focus on two things-become better at concepts and read a lot of complex texts. I think the second point is very important. When I had taken the GMAT the first time, I think I was fairly good in concepts but where I lacked was the comprehension on complex sentences .As a result I faced difficulty not only in RCs, but also in CRs and SC questions-especially those kind of long SC questions where you'll be left with two sentences which will be grammatically correct and you'd have to select the option which conveys the right meaning.
I highly recommend that you start reading The Economist,and the scientific American religiously alongwith the regular preparation which you do. I think that should be help a great deal!
Regarding whether 690 is a good score for the top 50 schools, yes it is! 690 maynot be a great score for the top 10 but is sufficient for the rest of the schools in the top 50. That's my personal opinion.
