Antmavel wrote:
Hi Newkid,
First everybody say that it's just a test and that you will certainly do better the next time but I think that everybody also understand and feel that it's quite a terrible feeling to get a bad score at GMAT...we are all part of this website because we are all very focused on getting a great score at the GMAT.
Some people will just do a MBA to do one, they won't try to get the best school...however this is why we are all here, I think it's like a common objective for all of us...
I hope you can really get a better score, I would like everybody to get a 700
However, after that the schools will require to get 750 instead of 700
Anyway, Verbal is also my weak area. I've never taken the exam so far, it is scheduled early next month for me and I'm currently studying hard on Kaplan. I got a 650 on the diagnostic that I've never done before so I feel like I have some opportunities to reach 680-690. It would be enough for me
However, I am so poor in RC..it seems like I am 3 years old. Even following the instructions of Princeton/Kaplan, I'm still bad at it. Fortunately the SC is not a big deal for me, I even think it's the easiest part of the GMAT because, mainly, there might be 6 or 7 different types of error...so it's ok.
I'm gonna check all the posts and the advices on the RC this month as I really hope to improve it. And on the other part, I'll try to improve my skills on permutation, combination and probabilities because it's my weak point on the Math section. I know this website is full of this but it's difficult to find a good way to learn step by step this permutation/probabilities things. It seems so easy in the exemples and so hard in the exam question
Come on Newkid, let's show that we have some skills ! I am with you ! We can make it
Its been a long time since we had someone from china on the club. welcome to gmatclub antmavel. i have a friend in shanghai. would be nice to visit china. dont know anything about the chinese language though.
Allow me to write a bit here. It might be helpful to you and our new friends who joined since the past two weeks or so.
Your problem with probabilities is a very common one. When i started off, I found learning concepts to be extremely difficult. it was very tempting to directly solve problems and feel good about getting the right answer.
When you start off , I think the best way is to solve tough ,tough problems without time limits. Try to understand the entire process and fight for getting the answer. do not post it on gmatclub or try to look up the answer unless you have absolutely no clue about what the question is talking about. We have written some lessons on permutations and combinations and some guys have found it useful. Please go through that material. I hope you find it useful.
Genuises like AkamaiBrah have taught me all this. Akamai says that Knowledge is best retained when you struggle hard to learn it. I listened to him and it made a lot of difference. Many of us, including myself, try to avoid tough problems because they make us uncomfortable. We tend to think that such kind of problems are never there on the real GMAT. So, lets not do it. but thats not correct. What we need is strong concepts and independent thinking. No formulas, just raw concepts. And that can only be done when you try problems that are frustrating to solve. With time, those frustrating first two weeks will begin to show results. Note down all the problems and all the errors you did when you solve problems. hope fully, you will never make those mistakes again.
For RC/CR, i strongly suggest that you use Official LSAT material. Not only is this stuff standardized, but most of the questions are also tougher than the real GMAT. This is consistent with our philosophy of practising with tougher questions in the beginning to really understand how a question is solved.
Hope this helps you guys to plan your prep better.
Sincerely
Praetorian
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07 Aug 2004, 15:29
