thank you guys for your encouragement and support. If only there were a way for all of us to party together. Drinks on me!
Anyway here are my prep strategies and scores.
Gprep; 710 47m 40v
grpep: skipped math 44V
My advice for verbal-
I never considered myself sufficient in english. Although i was born in the us, english was not my first language. I struggled with this subject since grade school. I probably completed one novel in my life and never really paid attention in english classes. In fact, i used to buy those cliffs notes to pass exams. Now i see why it hurt me. For someone who reads alot of english literature or respected magazines, verbal should come second nature to him/her. I used primarily the 1000 series and had previous exposure to the mcat and the lsat.
The most important part of doing well in verbal is focus and stamina. After the awa and math, it will be tough to concentrate on verbal.
sc-The ones youll see on the exam are going to be the toughest. This section seems so simple but is made so difficult. I did the majority of the 1000 hapazardly. Although i found it near useless this time because i have seen the q's before. On my next attempt, I plan to start from scratch and learn actual structure of sentences and specific rules. For someone not learning those specific rules, i think they can get by with intuition but for someone who is bad in english it will be difficult to have the same gut feeling.
mgmat is no longer sufficient but a necessity in my opinion.
CR-i did a few of the 1000 series but found them too easy. The exam will also have the most difficult cr's youll encounter. I used some lsat guides to help with this area. My observations are that the cr types in the gmat are comparable to the lsat types now in terms of difficulty. Lsat has a larger variety of q's not tested on the gmat such as identifying a simliar pattern. I would focus on the lsat problems in the future for more difficult cr's eventhough they are not in the same format but they help you improve your reasoning. Lsat is difficult because of time limit. In lsat you get 35 mins to answer 25cr's (they start out simple but end difficult seems like)
RC-This section seems to have shorter passages thanets. But don't count on it staying that way. With increaseing gmat scores, i bet they will become more difficult. The best preparation here is also the lsat rc's, they are slightly more dense than the gmat rc's and longer. I believe they are in the same format. Again what differs in diffculty is the time limit. Lsat section is 3-4 passages , 24 q's in 35 mins. To be a real pro in rc, i would suggest graduating to the mcat. Will be the most difficult rc's youll ever see. Howver, they tend to have a good portion of humanities subjects that you dont see on the lsat or gmat. But the other types are difficult as well. mcat passages are the most dense, long and vague. 9-10 passages, 65-100 lines, 60q's 85 mins.I enjoyed science/economics passages in the gmat but hated the legal passages.
haddy74 wrote:
hey joe congrats on your score.....you are a true champion
and all those future gmat test takers, pay attention to what joe said abt the verbal portion. i just took the test yesterday and scored q47 and v35...man verbal was tough...esp SC were really really vague....i had exact same feelings like joe while attempting the verbal portion....i had 16 sc and there were only 3 for which i was confident about my answer...for rest of the 13 SC , i simply made a best educated guess...i dont know how to improve verbal portion...CR were also tough with no clear choice....very vague answer choies...rc were easier than ETS.......
Agree with haddy 100%, no joke.
Do you guys know if any schools take the highest score of each section of each exam you take?