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Being in the middle of recession in the economy, of depression in the industry in which I’m working and of decimation of work force that could rival the Hurricane Ivan, I, in middle of last year, decided to pursue my higher studies. With these worries in mind and no one to guide, I started my preparation for GMAT by visiting the local B&N. After spending couple of minutes on each GMAT prep books, I decided to buy Barron’s because it was the biggest of all. What a waste of money! Does size really matter?!
Next few days, I spent reading Barron’s. Long time back I’ve taken aptitude tests, but those do not cover English. So all these SC, CR and RC are Greek and Latin to me. While searching for GMAT info, I discovered GMATClub. My joy of discovey vanished in few days when I saw what others are capable of. I was nowhere near any of the poster of that time.
After hearing lay-off rumors in my company, I’ve decided to take two projects and work on them. This decision left little time to study. For another five months, I was busy with my work and no time to study. Once my projects were over, I decided to restart my prep again. This time I’ve bought, OG, Kaplan and PR. Moreover, I started to actively participate in the GAMTclub. In the meantime, I discovered another gem – Anand.
We, - Anand and I, ’ve discussed many questions. He advised me that the Key to GAMT success lies in mastering RC. We did RCs form LSAT, GMAT+ and OG. I owe at least 40 points to him. Likewise, Paul give me company not only to solve many permutation and combination problems but also to come up with some. I really enjoyed solving problems with him. And, I owe at-least 20 points to him.
When I was ready to take the test in May, my dad passed away. It took me couple of months to overcome the grief and sorrow. My worry is that he has not seen my taking the next step in my life.
For the past two months, I’ve done a few LSAT CRs, SC and some quant. Last week,
I took the PP test and that give me confidence to take the test. So, I registered for the test.
Then, for the rest of the week starting from Monday I could not able to sleep. I was hardly sleeping for a couple of hours in any day. Yesterday, I could not even sit in the office, let alone in a meeting. In the afternoon, I saw CreakGmat post and decided to go home and take rest. On the way, I picked a wine and had some in the evening. Even then, I could not sleep. Then, I took my family out for shopping. Last night, I might have slept for two or three hours. When I got up in the morning, I had a slight headache.
Decided not to waste $225, I went to the exam center. After finishing the formalities at 8.00AM, I started the exam. AWA was okay. The topics are not tough. In the middle of Argument Analysis, I started to feel hungry. After finishing the AWA, I took 5 mins break and had a donut and coke. Then the Quant started. It is not tough, but not straight forward. When I reached the final question, I realized that I’ve just 45 sec. After reading the question, I realized that the question would take more than 2 mins to solve. So, I randomly selected one answer, and started to solve it. When I got the answer, Quant section was long over and my random choice was indeed wrong.
After taking 5 mins break, I started the verbal. Lack of time in Quant led me to hurry the verbal. If any question is out of reach ( takes more than 3 mins to solve) then I guessed and moved on. I finished my Verbal with a minute to spare. After answering the survey, I read my score as 710 ( Q – 49 and V – 38)
I was aiming for 750+. I’m not sure whether I should retake it. The score was neither a surprise nor a shock to me, but a long ordeal. I thank everyone who has contributed to my score directly or indirectly and wish everyone good luck.
Being in the middle of recession in the economy, of depression in the industry in which I’m working and of decimation of work force that could rival the Hurricane Ivan, I, in middle of last year, decided to pursue my higher studies. With these worries in mind and no one to guide, I started my preparation for GMAT by visiting the local B&N. After spending couple of minutes on each GMAT prep books, I decided to buy Barron’s because it was the biggest of all. What a waste of money! Does size really matter?!
Next few days, I spent reading Barron’s. Long time back I’ve taken aptitude tests, but those do not cover English. So all these SC, CR and RC are Greek and Latin to me. While searching for GMAT info, I discovered GMATClub. My joy of discovey vanished in few days when I saw what others are capable of. I was nowhere near any of the poster of that time.
After hearing lay-off rumors in my company, I’ve decided to take two projects and work on them. This decision left little time to study. For another five months, I was busy with my work and no time to study. Once my projects were over, I decided to restart my prep again. This time I’ve bought, OG, Kaplan and PR. Moreover, I started to actively participate in the GAMTclub. In the meantime, I discovered another gem – Anand.
We, - Anand and I, ’ve discussed many questions. He advised me that the Key to GAMT success lies in mastering RC. We did RCs form LSAT, GMAT+ and OG. I owe at least 40 points to him. Likewise, Paul give me company not only to solve many permutation and combination problems but also to come up with some. I really enjoyed solving problems with him. And, I owe at-least 20 points to him.
When I was ready to take the test in May, my dad passed away. It took me couple of months to overcome the grief and sorrow. My worry is that he has not seen my taking the next step in my life.
For the past two months, I’ve done a few LSAT CRs, SC and some quant. Last week,
I took the PP test and that give me confidence to take the test. So, I registered for the test.
Then, for the rest of the week starting from Monday I could not able to sleep. I was hardly sleeping for a couple of hours in any day. Yesterday, I could not even sit in the office, let alone in a meeting. In the afternoon, I saw CreakGmat post and decided to go home and take rest. On the way, I picked a wine and had some in the evening. Even then, I could not sleep. Then, I took my family out for shopping. Last night, I might have slept for two or three hours. When I got up in the morning, I had a slight headache.
Decided not to waste $225, I went to the exam center. After finishing the formalities at 8.00AM, I started the exam. AWA was okay. The topics are not tough. In the middle of Argument Analysis, I started to feel hungry. After finishing the AWA, I took 5 mins break and had a donut and coke. Then the Quant started. It is not tough, but not straight forward. When I reached the final question, I realized that I’ve just 45 sec. After reading the question, I realized that the question would take more than 2 mins to solve. So, I randomly selected one answer, and started to solve it. When I got the answer, Quant section was long over and my random choice was indeed wrong.
After taking 5 mins break, I started the verbal. Lack of time in Quant led me to hurry the verbal. If any question is out of reach ( takes more than 3 mins to solve) then I guessed and moved on. I finished my Verbal with a minute to spare. After answering the survey, I read my score as 710 ( Q – 49 and V – 38)
I was aiming for 750+. I’m not sure whether I should retake it. The score was neither a surprise nor a shock to me, but a long ordeal. I thank everyone who has contributed to my score directly or indirectly and wish everyone good luck.
16 Sep 2004, 12:58
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Congratulations , my friend.
Inspite of the grief, the long days and the countless hours you spent, you performed when it mattered. Thats what truly matters and thats reason enough for you to feel proud of your achievement.
You have been with us such a long time and its only fitting that you ,of all people, succeed. We are glad that the club helped you to meet guys that contributed to your success. So many smart guys in one place!
Linda will be your best guide in your future application process.
Hope you stay with us for a long time to come. I wish you the best in the application process. Enjoy this moment, but start your essays soon
Good luck
Praetorian
Inspite of the grief, the long days and the countless hours you spent, you performed when it mattered. Thats what truly matters and thats reason enough for you to feel proud of your achievement.
You have been with us such a long time and its only fitting that you ,of all people, succeed. We are glad that the club helped you to meet guys that contributed to your success. So many smart guys in one place!
Linda will be your best guide in your future application process.
Hope you stay with us for a long time to come. I wish you the best in the application process. Enjoy this moment, but start your essays soon
Good luck
Praetorian
I would say that 710 is a pretty good score. I would not immediately see the need to do it again but again, that depends on you. You can always do it again but not send out your scores to schools.
to give your guidance to many of us here in the forum 
... in that case I will maybe try to hire you to pass the test for me 
