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21 Dec 2011, 08:46
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Hi guys,
I have read the board for a long time, but only just bothered to register.
I took the test for the first and only time back in the summer. I am not sure how useful my experience may be for others here, but I definitely appreciated the accounts when I was preparing.
I don't think my study method will become the craze any time soon. I managed to schedule my GMAT right before the busiest three month stretch in my company's history. I expect that I studied a sum total of three or four hours until the week before the test. The last week I buckled down and took one or two full tests each day, which was helpful in getting my timing in good shape.
I won't comment on the math since most people on this board will blow my score away. Count me as very impressed at everyone who operate fast enough without a calculator. I don't think any of the math concepts are that difficult, but I struggled throughout my practice tests and the exam itself with answering them all on time.
On the verbal section, I found the reasoning questions to be very straightforward. I am not sure how you would improve your score on those if they are difficult to begin with since it's hard to prep for logic. That said, I noticed with both those questions and with the critical reading that you should be very cautious of absolutes (words like "only", "never", "always", "all", etc).
On the grammar, the vast majority of the questions are related to sentence structure, so I would make sure you can identify fragments, run-ons and comma splices before going into the test. Especially if you see a comma some of the answer choices and a semi-colon in others, you should be checking whether the clauses are independent/dependent.
The test makers also seem to love putting in sentences that have incorrect grammar, but that would be considered perfectly acceptable in colloquial English. Two mistakes that I saw repeatedly on my exam were screws ups using the conditional tense ("if I was" instead of "If I were") and pronoun number errors (e.g. "If a driver is in a car accident, they should call the insurance company"). My guess is that these are used so much because they are less likely to be caught by native speakers who are simply relying on their ear to pick out errors.
Good luck everyone. I hope you hit your target scores.
I have read the board for a long time, but only just bothered to register.
I took the test for the first and only time back in the summer. I am not sure how useful my experience may be for others here, but I definitely appreciated the accounts when I was preparing.
I don't think my study method will become the craze any time soon. I managed to schedule my GMAT right before the busiest three month stretch in my company's history. I expect that I studied a sum total of three or four hours until the week before the test. The last week I buckled down and took one or two full tests each day, which was helpful in getting my timing in good shape.
I won't comment on the math since most people on this board will blow my score away. Count me as very impressed at everyone who operate fast enough without a calculator. I don't think any of the math concepts are that difficult, but I struggled throughout my practice tests and the exam itself with answering them all on time.
On the verbal section, I found the reasoning questions to be very straightforward. I am not sure how you would improve your score on those if they are difficult to begin with since it's hard to prep for logic. That said, I noticed with both those questions and with the critical reading that you should be very cautious of absolutes (words like "only", "never", "always", "all", etc).
On the grammar, the vast majority of the questions are related to sentence structure, so I would make sure you can identify fragments, run-ons and comma splices before going into the test. Especially if you see a comma some of the answer choices and a semi-colon in others, you should be checking whether the clauses are independent/dependent.
The test makers also seem to love putting in sentences that have incorrect grammar, but that would be considered perfectly acceptable in colloquial English. Two mistakes that I saw repeatedly on my exam were screws ups using the conditional tense ("if I was" instead of "If I were") and pronoun number errors (e.g. "If a driver is in a car accident, they should call the insurance company"). My guess is that these are used so much because they are less likely to be caught by native speakers who are simply relying on their ear to pick out errors.
Good luck everyone. I hope you hit your target scores.
21 Dec 2011, 13:47
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wow - nicely done on Verbal!!!
22 Dec 2011, 00:10
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wow!!! excellent score in verbal. I can only dream of V 48
good luck for application part
good luck for application part
