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The 700 Pledge 02 Oct 2014, 12:10
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700+
Done Deal!!!
If top 1 percentile of GMAT-ians can be 760 then I will work and achieve atleast 700+
Will give whatever it TAKES TO BE 700+ scorer this time
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bb awesome work !

I take the pledge to honor my word and commitment to get 700+ !

I can !
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+1, joining the 700 pledge
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+1 from me.
Just bought gmat club tests as well
lets do this.
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I'm so in!!!

Thanks for this!

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In - with my sleeves up !!!

No looking back !!!
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Great post!!..Please count me in. Herewith I pledge my support to leave no stone unturned to achieve my target of 700 :-D
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I take the pledge to give my best and add my name to 700+. I am in.
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The 700 Pledge of a GMAT Test Taker



I have been asked many times by members who scored 600 after 3-4 attempts (often after years of preparation), two main questions: what should I do and why can’t I improve my score.

So here is my answer to all of those questions, PM’s and posts – if you are finding yourself not being able to improve, stuck, or lost, join me in taking this 700-pledge. I have to warn you, however, it involves a lot of hard work, it does not have shortcuts, and the consequence of breaking it are depression, inferiority, and apathy. Proceed only if you think you can handle it and only if your MBA dream is something you are very serious about.

I pledge to:

  1. Align my priorities with goals and if I may have to make hard decision such as shift my study schedule to be before I go to work or before I go to work out, or instead of a Friday night poker game, I will do it.
  2. Keep track of my mistakes. I will maintain an error log for at least the questions I got wrong.
  3. Use the timer with every question and exercise
  4. Commit to building a study schedule.
  5. Ask myself every day if there is anything else that I can do to study/improve/answer/not make mistakes? Is there ANYTHING in this world that can help me? Is it memorizing all formulas? Is it memorizing the question? Is it learning some concepts that are not covered on the GMAT but are important for understanding (verbal or quant), is it stopping before every question and pausing for 5-10 seconds? is it studying at 5 AM? If any of these is yes, no matter how challenging or how painful, I commit to them because I wan to achieve my dream and
  6. Set my preparation at the highest priority (right with my health and family)
  7. Squash every doubt in my mind
  8. Create/write my own notes. I will never write in books - that's worthless. I will take any notes in a separate notebook so that I can remember better.
  9. Do what it takes. If I need to remember the whole book, I will write out the whole freaking book into notes and organize it so that I can memorize it and if it does not work the first time, I am ready to do it again.
  10. Not let GMAT rest. I will be obsessed with the GMAT, with critical reasoning, with identifying assumptions, with calculating speeds, etc.
  11. Get a 700+ score. I may get it easy or I may have to work hard for it. I realize that if I do not get the score I want, it does not mean I am stupid or hopeless or poor. It just means that I am lazy and GMAT was not my priority.
  12. Not take shortcuts in my prep and if I took shortcuts in my past in Quant or Verbal, I commit to undoing them
  13. Not leave a chapter/area/book/test until I can score above 90% of the questions within the time frame.
  14. Stand proud because I have and will do everything in my power to achieve my goal. Should I fall short of that score, I will still stand proud of my score because I have done everything in my power and I have not a single doubt in my mind that not a stone was left unturned and I have done my absolute best. I will have no regrets and no retakes.


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Hi bb :)

I pledge !

I can honestly say that you are my inspiration . I wish to score 750 like you . Unfortunately I am a very mediocre guy who was lets say! an average guy in quant during school days and my English as non-native speaker was no different . I shall definitely use your suggestions . I wanted to let you know how much I sincerely appreciate your posts ( Reading your posts gives me lot of energy and gives me direction ) . Your posts on GMAT prep strategy have always enlightened me .
I shall write my GMAT again next year after I am done with my preparations . Hope to make you proud .

Looking forward at strong mentoring relationship .

Peace

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Yours Sincerely

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I'm in!!! And yes, I would love to be in a 700club Mastermind group to keep myself accountable.
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I take this pledge! 700+ only! I know I can do it and just need to be confident on test day! We are all capable of 700+!

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I take this pledge, 700 here I come.
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Awesome read!!Of course I take the pledge!!Totally worth it!
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I am in.I take the pledge to get to my target score of 760. I have my GMAT scheduled in this nov end. LET God and peace be with me. +1 to bb for his mind-blowing inspiration and genuine ideas for us folks !! Lets raise a toast to bb. :)
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Thank you but you should toast to those who have completed this pledge and held steady. This pledge and testament is to hard work!

ankurgupta03 - 760
GandalfGrey - 700
knowh0w - student at LBS (GMAT unknown but who cares?)
nalin1 - 710
vaishnogmat - student at AGSM
vishnuns39620 - 750
berkeleygirl - 720
ashkul123 - 690 but got into HEC
anujkhatiwada - student at McDonough
akshaychaturvedi007 - 710 and admitted to ISB and Oxford
xhimi - 690 and Insead
jaspar - 730
usmabama - 700


Congrats and kudos for your hard work!
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Thank you but you should toast to those who have completed this pledge and held steady. This pledge and testament is to hard work!

ankurgupta03 - 760
GandalfGrey - 700
knowh0w - student at LBS (GMAT unknown but who cares?)
nalin1 - 710
vaishnogmat - student at AGSM
vishnuns39620 - 750
berkeleygirl - 720
ashkul123 - 690 but got into HEC
anujkhatiwada - student at McDonough
akshaychaturvedi007 - 710 and admitted to ISB and Oxford
xhimi - 690 and Insead
jaspar - 730
usmabama - 700


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Thanks a lot for mentioning me bb.
This is overwhelming :)
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The 700 Pledge 15 Oct 2014, 00:14
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takin this pledge right now.
Overcoming failure. it is just an obstacle.
Scored a demoralizing 540.
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I take this pledge! 56 Days left.
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The 700 Pledge 19 Oct 2014, 23:22
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I am pledging to make the 700 club. Right now I am off work for medical reasons so I am able to study with my feet up except when I will be running carpools, grocery shopping and swimming laps during the next month and a half.

Study materials I own include the 2009 og quant and verbal book, Newer og book with ir, 10 mgmat books, a Kaplan book and the gmat flash cards. I have also already gone over the cracking the gmat books a few times. My current, but evolving study plan includes 10 verbal and 10 quant timed each day, and 2-3 chapters of the mgmat books each day. I feel like my skills are improving so far. I am not a very quick essay writer so it is another area I am needing to improve on.

Good luck everyone! To 700 and beyond!
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IN for the pledge!

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