sebl wrote:
Wow, you have a very good score there! Congrats on it.
I haven't had time to study other than the PP materials.
I would just have retaken it if I had bombed the test, since I think that luck plays more rule than putting effort on the study.
For how long did you study the GMAT? Glad to hear that you didn't study the
OG either, since I hate that book and tend to hate people who study that book as well
Thank you
I studied for about 3.5 months - the time it took me to go through Kaplan's main book and two workbooks. I did not think there was value in
OG, but I have said this a number of times, Kaplan does not have probability and statistics to the extent that
OG does, and had I looked at those problems, I would have had a higher score. (it is never enough
) So, both of us demonstrate that memorzing
OG is useless, but studying the basics of math is vital.
Another curious point is that I expected a 700. When I took the test, I did not think I did well enough to score anywhere above 700 - I was never confident in my answers on Verbal, I felt as though I was failing all the time, but that's the nature of the GMAT.
Just curious, why do you hate the book?
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