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Pelihu's debrief is very inspirational, in many ways. He also had a background in law, I think. So a part of that phenomenal score might be attributed to his awesome way with words :)

Anything IS possible!
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he should retake to reach 800 :-D .

How can you finish the verbal section with 20 minutes to spare?
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im not 100% sure of how the GMAT is graded (then again, who is?), but i dont think you necessarily have to get all questions correct to get a V51. remember there are random questions interspersed which are experimental/ungraded
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This is depressing.

The max I ever got in verbal was 31 when I took the gmat prep before I started preparation. Since then Im just going downhill.
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im not 100% sure of how the GMAT is graded (then again, who is?), but i dont think you necessarily have to get all questions correct to get a V51. remember there are random questions interspersed which are experimental/ungraded

In other words, I think it is still OK to answer 40 out of 41 :wink:

ShadowsJC is correct - there are indeed experimental questions and I do think you can miss a question or two and still get to the top...
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Wow!
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its really a matter luck if you lose questions only from the experimental pool. People feel they have underperformed but in reality they score better than expected.

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great stuff. one still has to put a lot of work into it.
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Wow. What a great verbal score? suyashjhawar, thanks for providing the link. very inspiring.
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im not 100% sure of how the GMAT is graded (then again, who is?), but i dont think you necessarily have to get all questions correct to get a V51. remember there are random questions interspersed which are experimental/ungraded

In other words, I think it is still OK to answer 40 out of 41 :wink:

ShadowsJC is correct - there are indeed experimental questions and I do think you can miss a question or two and still get to the top...
Heheh that makes things a lot easier :)
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Wow. What a great verbal score? suyashjhawar, thanks for providing the link. very inspiring.

Welcome.Hope we all can crack the Verbal section well.
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Very impressive, especially since you had 20 minutes to spare in verbal.
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After reading this, i dont think i am gonna get any sleep tonight :(
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Hi suyashjhawar,

Congrats on really conquering the GMAT and providing a detailed debrief. I am sure your LSAT and Law background helped a great deal in the score. But it does show that commitment & desire can lead one to the right scores. Mine is a 760 and I visualize that result everyday.

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he should retake to reach 800 :-D .

How can you finish the verbal section with 20 minutes to spare?

When I took my GMAT Prep, I finished Quant with 27 minutes to spare and Verbal with 23. But with verbal my work shift had ended and I had to log out because the next guy had come. I ended up with 49Q 38V. Not so bad :D
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he should retake to reach 800 :-D .

How can you finish the verbal section with 20 minutes to spare?

When I took my GMAT Prep, I finished Quant with 27 minutes to spare and Verbal with 23. But with verbal my work shift had ended and I had to log out because the next guy had come. I ended up with 49Q 38V. Not so bad :D

I wish I were as intelligent as you. :cry:
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