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20 Jul 2004, 13:18
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Hello,
First off, wanted to thank the owners of this awesome website. Good job guys !!
My only regret is that I did not find the website earlier. I have been reading the posts for a week and the material discussed here has helped me a great deal.
I took the test today morning (8am to 12 noon). Here's the breakdown
=============================================
Quant - 49 (90 percentile)
Verbal - 41 (94 percentile)
Total - 730 (97 percentile)
Some demographic information
====================
28, Indian, Male, Engineering degree from Bombay University. Over 7+ years of progressive work experience in information technology industry. Last 3 years as a senior analyst in the retail sector.
My GMAT preparation
==============
Total 6 weeks preparation. Used Kaplan 800, Kaplan and Princeton Verbal Workout. Also bought 800score tests, but gave only 1.
Studied every day for at least 2 hours + gave a full length test every Saturday morning and spent sunday analyzing the results and the mistakes from the test.
Did not keep a results log. In hindsight, this would have helped a great deal
Practice Test Scores (in order)
===================
PowerPrep1 - 650
800Score - 630
Kaplan1 - 590
Kaplan2 - 610
Kaplan Diagnostic - 660
Kaplan 3 - 660
PowerPrep2 - 740 (one week before the final test)
I did not take any tests in the final week, only practice tests and studied the lessons from Princeton Verbal review.
What helped me the most
================
The grammar review from Princeton Verbal Workout book. Amazingly relevant info in a very compact format. Two thumbs up.
Lesson on Data Sufficiency on this website. Especially the part that mentions writing all the equations and not trying to solve the DS questions in your mind. Believe me guys, this one suggestion improved my quant score from 41 to 49.
AWA template - didnt have one explicitly written down, but had a "gist" in my mind. Used a mixture of Kaplan, PowerPrep and Princeton samples. In my opinion, the essays on 800score are not worth the paper I printed them on.
My GMAT experience
=============
I'm a morning person, so the 8-12 time slot worked great for me. Unfortunately, I could not sleep the entire night. So I went to the exam with a headache and two tylenols.
Food - took two powerbars and water with me. No coffee, I did not want to be jittery, just calm. Ate oatmeal at home for breakfast (something that sticks to you).
The AWA topics were a piece of cake. In fact, I had practiced almost similar topics two weeks before (kaplan).
The math section was tougher than I expected. Got a bunch of median, range, average questions right away. Got 3 multi event probability questions. No Standard Deviation. On question 14 I got a geometry question which was pretty straight forward, but none of the answers matched !!! I panicked and wasted 5 minutes. Again, I cannot discuss the exact question, but I believe it was one of the "dummy" questions that ETS puts in now and then to survey the candidates.
The verbal section was "ok". I think I messed up the first question... rest all was easy, what suprised me was that I got one Reading Comp. essay 95 lines long !!! and only 3 questions to boot !!!. CR was a breeze, SC tougher than I hoped for.
All in all, I am very satisfied with my score, now the second leg of the long journey begins !!! Wanted to wish every one best of luck.
I'll be around if anyone has any specific questions
First off, wanted to thank the owners of this awesome website. Good job guys !!
My only regret is that I did not find the website earlier. I have been reading the posts for a week and the material discussed here has helped me a great deal.
I took the test today morning (8am to 12 noon). Here's the breakdown
=============================================
Quant - 49 (90 percentile)
Verbal - 41 (94 percentile)
Total - 730 (97 percentile)
Some demographic information
====================
28, Indian, Male, Engineering degree from Bombay University. Over 7+ years of progressive work experience in information technology industry. Last 3 years as a senior analyst in the retail sector.
My GMAT preparation
==============
Total 6 weeks preparation. Used Kaplan 800, Kaplan and Princeton Verbal Workout. Also bought 800score tests, but gave only 1.
Studied every day for at least 2 hours + gave a full length test every Saturday morning and spent sunday analyzing the results and the mistakes from the test.
Did not keep a results log. In hindsight, this would have helped a great deal
Practice Test Scores (in order)
===================
PowerPrep1 - 650
800Score - 630
Kaplan1 - 590
Kaplan2 - 610
Kaplan Diagnostic - 660
Kaplan 3 - 660
PowerPrep2 - 740 (one week before the final test)
I did not take any tests in the final week, only practice tests and studied the lessons from Princeton Verbal review.
What helped me the most
================
The grammar review from Princeton Verbal Workout book. Amazingly relevant info in a very compact format. Two thumbs up.
Lesson on Data Sufficiency on this website. Especially the part that mentions writing all the equations and not trying to solve the DS questions in your mind. Believe me guys, this one suggestion improved my quant score from 41 to 49.
AWA template - didnt have one explicitly written down, but had a "gist" in my mind. Used a mixture of Kaplan, PowerPrep and Princeton samples. In my opinion, the essays on 800score are not worth the paper I printed them on.
My GMAT experience
=============
I'm a morning person, so the 8-12 time slot worked great for me. Unfortunately, I could not sleep the entire night. So I went to the exam with a headache and two tylenols.
Food - took two powerbars and water with me. No coffee, I did not want to be jittery, just calm. Ate oatmeal at home for breakfast (something that sticks to you).
The AWA topics were a piece of cake. In fact, I had practiced almost similar topics two weeks before (kaplan).
The math section was tougher than I expected. Got a bunch of median, range, average questions right away. Got 3 multi event probability questions. No Standard Deviation. On question 14 I got a geometry question which was pretty straight forward, but none of the answers matched !!! I panicked and wasted 5 minutes. Again, I cannot discuss the exact question, but I believe it was one of the "dummy" questions that ETS puts in now and then to survey the candidates.
The verbal section was "ok". I think I messed up the first question... rest all was easy, what suprised me was that I got one Reading Comp. essay 95 lines long !!! and only 3 questions to boot !!!. CR was a breeze, SC tougher than I hoped for.
All in all, I am very satisfied with my score, now the second leg of the long journey begins !!! Wanted to wish every one best of luck.
I'll be around if anyone has any specific questions
20 Jul 2004, 13:32
Kudos
Bookmarks
Congrats on scoring massive marks!
You did not use the OG. that is surprising.
Out of all the prep material what is the best representative of the maths and the verbal questions.
You did not use the OG. that is surprising.
Out of all the prep material what is the best representative of the maths and the verbal questions.
20 Jul 2004, 13:39
Kudos
Bookmarks
bhai,
None of the bookstores that I went to had the OG in stock. I did not think I had enough time to go through all the three books i had purchased + the CDs and the OG.
When I mentioned 6 weeks prep, I forgot to mention that first two weeks I hardly studied and then I picked a date and reserved the time, which is what motivated me to study. So, 4 weeks was never enough time to study anyways.
hope this helps ?
None of the bookstores that I went to had the OG in stock. I did not think I had enough time to go through all the three books i had purchased + the CDs and the OG.
When I mentioned 6 weeks prep, I forgot to mention that first two weeks I hardly studied and then I picked a date and reserved the time, which is what motivated me to study. So, 4 weeks was never enough time to study anyways.
hope this helps ?
