icyevo wrote:
Hello all.
Been a lurker and was hoping to post a gmat debrief to inspire, but today was not my day. I will try to write more once I digest wtf just happened.
So today I'm here to share my experience on the dark side of the moon.
I began studying in july. Took a
mgmat Cat just to get a feel for what the gmat was and scored a 540 having about 35 min keft on each section.
I then signed up doe veritas. Took the course and here are my mock results
Sometime earl july MGMAT1 540
8/149Veritas 1. Q38 v36 610
8/30 veritas 2. Q45 v38 680
9/6 veritas 3. Q47 V37 680
9/10 gmat prep1 q48 v34 680
9/14 veritas 4 Q42 v42 680
9/17 gmatprep retake q49 v37 700
9/19 veritas 5 Q43 v40 680
9/19 veritas 6 q48 v42 710
9/20 official gmat q38 v29 570. ir7.
To say the least, I'm really dissapointed. Had a dream last night that I missed the time to take the test. I dont know whats worse.
To add, I didnt take the 2nd gmat prep test because I like the stats veritas gives yoy after each test, but now I regret it.
Pity kudos appreciated. Will be used for good cause.
Anyway, just some food for thought for people studying. This is not necessarily the worst case scenario but pretty damn close if you ask me.
Going to take it again before november. Hoping to match my mock score.
Cheers
One piece of advice - stick to official material as much as possible! AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE! I know people constantly look for TOUGH/HARD/NERVE-WRECKING problems. But trust me, sticking to Official material is really the most efficient way to score good.
1. Do The
OG: I've heard
OG verbal 2nd edition and
OG 13 have no overlap at all. So that already makes it a little over 1000 official questions.
2. Download the 'most comprehensive sets' by Souvik. There are three sets for SC, CR and RC, and are from GMATprep. That makes it anothr 500+ questions (and believe me they're all 650+ atleast and more in the 700-750 range, in my opinion ofcourse)
3. You can very intelligently set filters to search in the GMATClub forum. set a filter to '
official guide' and another filter to 'boldface' : this will show you all the boldface questions from GMATprep on GMATclub. It's a very powerful tool.
4. I'd say buy the GMATprep exam pack 1. So after that you'd have 4 official GMAT prep mock tests in your arsenal.
Still not satisfied?
5. You could buy GMATprep question pack 1 too. (although this one has more problem on the easier side of the spectrum)
That's enough official material already. And will fine tune your understanding in line with a GMAT test maker's. I love veritasprep and their questions are really amazing, but somehow sticking to official material served the purpose for me.
And just btw, I am no frankenstein : I started with a 490 on mock (i dont remember Q, but i was at V19) and i am yet to give gmat in october. But I feel really confident after having done so many official problems. Because now when i do an official question, I'm like 'hey i know what you're trying to test and how you're gonna try to trap me into wrong answer choices', and i've been right so far most of the times.
And for quant, just make some worthy contributions to GMATclub and you'll have people give you kudos very easily. I've reached 25 kudos twice, giving me 6 months of GMATclub test access. They have best quant material (and closest to official material) out there. I've given 8 quant mocks already, and plan to give 3-4 more before my exam.
So
TIME TO GO OFFICIAL FRIEND!