I took the GMAT this afternoon, and finished with a score of 760 Q51 V41. Before anything else, I want to thank the founders of GMATClub for creating such a phenomenal community, and all the contributors who make it a wonderful place to be at. I'd like to thank Santanu for the soothing words of wisdom in the last few days. Mr. Bunuel is doing an exceptional work for the Quant forum. I never had much problems with Quant, and I wished there had been someone like him for the Verbal thread. (Oh! This is neither an Academy Award Winner speech nor 760 is too big a score. My apologies. ) I would return with a detailed debrief ASAP. Time to get sloshed and wasted and ... ! I have posted the debrief on the next page. The CATs : 1) PowerPrep 1 : 680 (Q47 V35) 2) PowerPrep 2 : 710 (Q49 V37) - 3) Manhattan CAT1 : 740 (Q49 V42) - 4) Kaplan Test 3 (CAT 1) (07/12/11) : 760 (Q55 V45) 5) Kaplan Practice Test 2 (Non Adaptive) (19/12/11): 720 (Q47 V43) - 6) GMAT Prep 1 (27/12/11): 760 (Q50 V42) 7) Manhattan CAT2(29/12/11) : 740 (Q50 V41) 8) Manhattan CAT3(08/01/12) : 780 (Q51 V45) - And BOOM! 9) Kaplan CAT4(17/01/12) : 700 (Q51 V36) - And DAMN ! I dropped a whole of 80 points from the last CAT. This was heart-shattering, to say the least. I cannot comprehend what went so blatantly wrong. Yes, I was rusty. CR wasn't coming that smooth. SC went carelessly awry. And my confidence, which has been sky high for most part of the preparation has hit a rock bottom like never before. I could have found some solace in assuming that Kaplan scoring is harsh, but no, I have scored much better on Kaplan, and there does not seem to be anything wrong with the scoring. And yes, I have got the date . I do not know, whether the last CAT has done me more harm than good. For now, I am clueless and struggling to connect the dots. 10) Kaplan CAT5(01/02/12) : 790 (Q54 V54) : And as they say, " Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." Back in touch. Game on. Yeah! Took some more tests in the meanwhile. 11) Manhattan CAT5(15/02/12) : 770 (Q50 V45) 12) Kaplan CAT6(20/02/12) : 790 (Q53 V55) 22.02.12. The last practice CAT ever, hopefully that is - 13) Manhattan CAT6(22/02/12) : 780 (Q51 V45) 24.02.12 10:59 am : Okay. This is it. The time arrives.

Hi Vailad, Congratulations on your wonderful score !! you are a real motivation. Good luck for apps !! You name is Sourabh ?? If yes then we are namesake ....Anyways Cheers Sourabh

Thank you Sourabh. Glad if I am the slightest source of motivation to anyone. No, my name is not Sourabh.

Two good points from this debrief. - After solving 50Q from one source evaluvate whether it was worth it, else everyone who studied more than 6-8 months would score 800. - Not keeping all the tests for the last month, rather spacing 10-12 tests over a period of 2 months. One point of caution though is OP seems very good in fundamentals as he scored 680 without much prep and 740 in MGMAT1, so if you targeting 760 you may be better served by getting to the 700 level first and then following up with two months of tests extravaganza.

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