What a day.... Total 720 (96), Q42 (67%), V47 (99)

thanks guys.... the verbal is somehow easier for me- English isn't even my native language, I spent most my life in Germany. I think it's mostly attitude, for example imagine yourself with some stupid SC questions


blablabl blab, alba blablablabla, BLABLA BLA BABLABLAB.

and then there's 5 options, most of them pretty stupid, too

(1) BLABLA BLA BABLABLAB
(2) BLABLA BABLABLAB BLA
(3) BLABLA! BLA BABLABLABBABLABLAB
(4) BLAAAAAAA BLA BABLABLAB??
(5) BLABLA, BLA, BABLABLAB

Now I plug the answers into the questions and here is what I'm thinking:

BLABLA BLA BABLABLAB?
That just sounds STUPID. Next option.

BLABLA BABLABLAB BLA
That can't be right because of <insert reason here>.....

Etcetcetc. You get the point.

This probably isn't helpful but maybe I can share something else I do on the verbal (but strangely enough not on the quant). I hold my hand over the desk with each finger hovering about an inch over the table... when I decide that one option is out, I put that finger down, e.g. if I rule out D, I put my index finder on the table. I do that with all the options, usually starting with the easy ones first and the one finger left in the air is the answer.

I'll write more about (not) studying for the exam tomorrow... my brain is just mush at the moment (as you will have guessed from by incoherent rambling).

Thanks again!

cool technique. I like it.

Whattta verbal score man..... Amazing..
Congrats for this cool score

Congratulations!

Your verbal score is

well well well... what can I say.

I was a little bummed after my first try where I messed up the quant section (see scores above) so I registered again and retook it yesterday.

After another four weeks of feeling bad about not studying for the damn thing I went to the test center in London and scored a whopping 10 points better than before: 730.

The good news is that I bumbed up the quant section from 67%ile to 90%ile. But then I got sloppy -so sloppy that even during the test I thought to myself "why am I being so sloppy?"... I guess I didn't care enough- to drop from a cool 49 verbal (99%ile) to a not-so-cool 40 (90%ile). Ah well. At least I didn't manage to lower my total score.

Was it worth the extra hassle and money? Who knows.

How did I do it? Timing and timing only.

1. Give each question a fair shot but timeox every single one: guess the ones that you know you're not going to get right and move on- you can still easily score in the 700 region.

2. Don't be sloppy, go full steam through the whole thing.

Oh, by the way, I got 5.5 for the AWA in my last test.... people don't seem to talk about that score at all, what's the reason for that?

One other thing- I have a stack of GMAT books lying around now... anyone want to buy them in the London area? Comes with a free pat on the back and words of wisdom from me.

Mimac

great score. great^great V-score.

Congrats..

you deserve a nobel for your verbal score