Hello everyone
I've been a silent spectator on this forum all this while when i've been preparing for the GMAT so now that it's over and done with, just thought i should post my strategies so others like me could also benefit from these:
Brief background - Engineer from India, WE - 3yrs in IT
Preparation Time - Started preparing in July so roughly 2 and a half months
Practice test scores Kaplan Free test - 760
Princeton Free test - 740
Veritas Free Test - 710
MGMAT Free test - 740
GMAT Prep 1 - 770
GMAT Prep 2 - 760
GMAT Prep 1 (Retake) - 780
GMAT Prep 2 (Retake) - 780
Practice material used Used the following for both quant and verbal - OG 10,11,12 & Kaplan Advanced
Additionally used the following material for verbal:
SC - Manhattan SC - The best book for SC as is universally acknowledged by all
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Aristotle SC Grail - Found this surprisingly useful for SC.Very very helpful!
After using both the books above, I was able to nail Sentence Correction questions easily.
CR - Powerscore CR Bible
- Some LSAT practice tests
RC -
RC99 This book has a set of 99 passages across difficulty levels. Helped me improve my comprehension skill as I became familiar with passages from myriad areas. The passages and questions are quite on the lines of the those tested on the GMAT and the explanations are pretty good!
I was always depending on Verbal as my stronger area so worked very hard on improving the same.
Test Experience - Nerves really tend to get the better of you initially. Think I started badly in Quant but settled down after the 1st 8-10 questions. Had a candy bar during the break and started with verbal which went like a breeze. clicked on Report scores and was overjoyed to see a 760 on the screen
In case there are any specific queries would love to address those. Also in case any of you need any of the practice materials mentioned above just PM me.
Cheers!