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From 690 to 760 !!! [#permalink] New post   14 May 2007, 11:32
Hi everyone...

I do realize no one really knows me here but I have been a proxy observer, reader, follower, fan of GMATClub. Kudos to everyone here who has certainly made this one of the best resources on the net for GMAT prep and beyond. This is my first post here and a happy one....

I first took my GMAT in Feb,2007 and scored 690 (Q - 48, V - 36). I really messed up my test. I couldn't complete the quant section. All I remember was that i was on question 33 or 34 when suddenly I got that a timed out message. This was a very rude shock for me because I always considered my quant to be my strength. I was so flustered that I couldn't even do reasonably well in the verbal section, which never my strongest point anyways.

But determined that I could score much better than 690, i re-took the test today and scored 760 (Q 51, V 41)!!!!
I am so relieved, and feel much more confident regarding my application to various school...which I will need to start soon...

I used the following:
1.) OG: OG rocks!!! Big time !!! Quant, SC, RC, all great and excellent explanations
2.) Manhattan SC: This to me is the best book on revving up your SC skills
3.) GMAT Club challenges: Good. And challenging, for sure.
4.) Princeton Review Online tests: this is good investment. am talking about the 4 tests along with the DVD version of the book
5.) Gmatter: Please do download it

Wont put in too much regarding study patterns. I am a working professional and all this is the result of hours stolen at work and spent at home. There is amazing advice on Gmat Club pages...

Anyways, all the best to all the aspiring people here.

AB
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[#permalink] New post   14 May 2007, 18:56
Congratulations!!! awesome score. How many months did you prepare before your Feb test?

ATB for your applications.

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Re: From 690 to 760 !!! [#permalink] New post   14 May 2007, 20:21
ab wrote:
Success Story!


Wow! Now that's killing the beast. Way to go :cool
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[#permalink] New post   14 May 2007, 22:52
Thanks!

Well for my Feb 2007 test, I had started way back in october 2006. I started downloading material from the net and did a lot of research (esnips was really helpful).I gave a lot of random tests of different sites just to get a feel of things
Though I started serious studies only in Jan, after I had taken an appointment....so I guess it was around 2 months of study ...before I took the first test.
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[#permalink] New post   17 May 2007, 11:57
Please, clarify:

What was your persantage of the right answers before GMAT (in RC CR SC PS DS sections)???
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[#permalink] New post   23 May 2007, 09:54
Congrats
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[#permalink] New post   23 May 2007, 09:55
When are you apping?
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[#permalink] New post   08 Jun 2007, 05:37
Will be apping this year...
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[#permalink] New post   09 Jun 2007, 11:30
WOW ..

congratulations man .. you did it :D

One more member of the 7xx club.
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[#permalink] New post   09 Jun 2007, 15:28
ab,

I am trying to follow in your footsteps. I have a 690 (practically same breakdown), and could use a bump up, as well. My timing has been my weakness on quant nor am I a crack at the toughest of math problems (i.e. probability, std dev, etc). As for Verbal, CR seems to be my weakness.

My study plan, since I have used up all of my GMATPrep tests, is as follows:

consistently get 700+ on 6 MGMAT CAT's
then
go through the OG 11 the week before the test
all the while
going through Challenges and practice problems on GMAT Club forums

My test is in 4 weeks, and so far I have done 3 of 6 MGMAT tests, with scores 720, 700, and 700. These tests seem harder than the actual GMAT, but then again the actual GMAT seems hard when I am actually in it! Have you taken any of these CATs? As for the Challanges, I have done one so far and I was in the 93%ile.

Basically, I'm just trying to work on speed and the questions that I get wrong. I hope that I can mimic your success, and if you have any other words of wisdom or areas that you think I should work on other than what I have stated, then please let me know.

Congratulations!
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[#permalink] New post   11 Jun 2007, 00:21
Hi djhouse81,

Well...to begin with I would say 690 is not a bad score....so congratulations...

But then again...you can certainly take a chance to add 110 (Perfect 800) more points to the score ..:)

I totally understand your situation....I went through the questions in OG,PR and Kaplan so many times...that I ended up memorizing all the answers(A,B,C...)...
I think your strategy is really good and should work for you....
What helped me a lot was www dot gmatter dot biz you can time your self well on that.

For the more difficult problems on Quant...(SD, Probablity etc...) I have noticed that the scope of the questions doesnt extend beyond the text mentioned in OG. First, go through OG...understand the concepts well....then go through the questions and solutions of those topics in OG..

All the best!
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