I am an Indian Civil engineer working in an Indian MNC.I am situated in USA as CSA lead for a big project.My heart has always been in MBA & I am chasing my goal.The first milestone for me right now is GMAT.I am aiming for 720+ as I am targeting at Harvard,Wharton,ISB,Ross,Darden. I have started preparing for the test & I thought It would be worth to share the experience with others.I will keep you guys posted.As of now I have started with math & verbal practice. My scores on GMATClub test are as stated below. M01-84 percentile M02-87 percentile M03-52 percentile (took last night at 11:40 pm,I was almost in the zombie state.I wanted to check how well I can perform in high stress level) I am planning to take the GMAT within next 30 to 45 days with a full determination & preparation. Stay tuned!!

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Finished revision of quant section from GMAT toolkit & personal notes.

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Awesome +1 Kudos to you. Make us proud!!

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well RS Agrawal , way back to school days

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i think GMAT test makers have no idea of Indian pre-engineering entrance grills

. otherwise they wont call probability and permutation combination questions they test as difficult ,

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Finished the papertest# 48.Quant was piece of cake.Once again I got stumped by CR (with 70% accuracy).Total score came out to be 690.I think I need to increase mental alertness while writing test as I am loosing only due to silly mistakes.

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Practice GMATclub's 700+ level questions from toolkit.Also, finished kaplan's set-1 (SC) w/ 81% accuracy.

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Finished the test from 800score.com & got paltry 650(q43v36)!
I made silly mistakes in quant.Verbal too was not that great.I think I need to pull up my socks..

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Finished Kaplan's question bank.I must say that I am feeling confident while doing such question banks.Only thing I need to improve upon is avoiding silly mistakes.

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Gave MGMAT'S 3rd test today.
The score(690 q45v41) was confidence booster for sure.I could have easily crossed 700 if I would have avoided 2/3 silly mistakes.

I got 100% accuracy in CR,83% in RC & only 71% in SC.Performance in quant was not up to the mark(at least 3 points below my expectation).

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Finished 3 tests from GMATclubs forum.I must say that they are quite tough.

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Day 31 & 32
Got high fever severe cold for last two days.Almost slept through entire day.I am still feeling bit weak today.But it is just another road block.The D-day is not so far now (6th june-12 days).There isn't any space for nervousness for now.I have done enough of preparation to tame this test.

Just hold your head high & kill it!

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Best of luck! I found that my scores fluctuated between 730 and 680 depending on how tired I was. Unfortunately, the only appointment I could get for my actual exam was 8:00am....and I ended up with a 710 which is about average for the scores I've been getting on the prep tests. Definitely try to get an appointment that suits your schedule!

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Don't worry buddy....get well soon!!!!!

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Sorry for staying away from the club for a long time!
I will be away from the club till 6th June (D-Day)!!
Will be back w/ the bang!!

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D-day

The "Dhoni-dhamaka" did not work on the final day.
After the convincing performance on mock tests, I was pretty sure that I will score above 700 but the destiny wanted something else.

I scored 660 (q47v34) on GMAT!!

I will retrospect & come on conclusion about retake!Please chip in your valuable advices!!

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i think you need some mental rest, relax and then think what you want to do

and .forget about dhoni ... he is a super human.

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Well, it's hard to "forget" role models!!

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i think you need some mental rest, relax and then think what you want to do

and .forget about dhoni ... he is a super human.

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Hey buddy

Thats ok don't be disheartened......things might not have been in your favor.....nothing else...otherwise you were preparing well....

take some rest....relax your mind....you are in form n touch with your studies.. take a date within like next 20-25 days n give the exam.

you deserve a better score...no way 660....
Best of Luck buddy

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Yup,
I have decided to give it a one more shot as I have around 2-3 months before R1...I haven't taken the date yet but I will finalize it soon!!

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i just feel that the kind of temperament dhoni displays is super human. it is not possible for any mortal to reach his level of composure.

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