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11 Dec 2011, 09:53
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I first took the GMAT in February 2006 and scored a 650 (Q45, V35), which I used to gain admission into the MPA (MAcc) program at the University of Texas. Recently, as I contemplated applying to MBA programs, I knew the score would have to improve substantially to attain my goal of attending a top 10 program.
Materials Used
Previously I used materials that, based on this site's reviews, were probably the worst materials you could buy, and I spent exactly one week preparing. This time, intent on devoting significant effort to obtaining a 700+ score, I invested in the 8 Manhattan Review GMAT guides, and the three official guides (maroon, blue, and green). I spent a couple of months working methodically through each of the 8 Manhattan Review GMAT guides, before beginning in earnest on practice problems.
Lessons Learned
A friend of mine gave me one, simple piece of advice that I want to share with you now - ONLY use official GMAT verbal questions. By focusing on only official GMAT verbal questions, natural patterns to the answers appeared and I developed amazing consistency on the verbal questions - scoring over 95% on all official guide questions and V47 on both GMATPrep tests, culminating with a V46 on the real exam. It was almost a sixth sense.
This certainly is not to diminish the value of the Manhattan Review guides - which provided an amazing verbal foundation and corrected my worse verbal issue - over thinking "draw an inference"-type RC and CR questions.
Good luck to all those looking to improve their verbal scores!
I first took the GMAT in February 2006 and scored a 650 (Q45, V35), which I used to gain admission into the MPA (MAcc) program at the University of Texas. Recently, as I contemplated applying to MBA programs, I knew the score would have to improve substantially to attain my goal of attending a top 10 program.
Materials Used
Previously I used materials that, based on this site's reviews, were probably the worst materials you could buy, and I spent exactly one week preparing. This time, intent on devoting significant effort to obtaining a 700+ score, I invested in the 8 Manhattan Review GMAT guides, and the three official guides (maroon, blue, and green). I spent a couple of months working methodically through each of the 8 Manhattan Review GMAT guides, before beginning in earnest on practice problems.
Lessons Learned
A friend of mine gave me one, simple piece of advice that I want to share with you now - ONLY use official GMAT verbal questions. By focusing on only official GMAT verbal questions, natural patterns to the answers appeared and I developed amazing consistency on the verbal questions - scoring over 95% on all official guide questions and V47 on both GMATPrep tests, culminating with a V46 on the real exam. It was almost a sixth sense.
This certainly is not to diminish the value of the Manhattan Review guides - which provided an amazing verbal foundation and corrected my worse verbal issue - over thinking "draw an inference"-type RC and CR questions.
Good luck to all those looking to improve their verbal scores!
13 Dec 2011, 09:37
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Thanks for the advice Ryan! I was actually looking for a post like this to overcome my frustration with MGMAT scoring. I was scoring over 90% of verbal questions on the OG 12. Took a MGMAT CAT yesterday and scored V35 (scored V42 a month ago without even studying). Going over the questions this morning, I just found CR and RC explanations illogical. Not what I am used to from practicing OG questions. Guess I'm going to stick to GMAT Prep and Power Prep practice tests...
04 Jan 2012, 22:47
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Last time I prepared for GMAT with Kaplan tests. My friends were saying that I could 50 to 100 points to what the test scores evaluated me at. I was scoring 560 - 590 in Kaplan tests. I was shooting for about 650+. But I ended up getting abysmal score in the real GMAT (<550).
The problem with harder tests is that we dont know how harder they are and we may not know where we stand exactly. This messed me up last time
The problem with harder tests is that we dont know how harder they are and we may not know where we stand exactly. This messed me up last time
