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14 Aug 2006, 16:17
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I don't know where to start from 
I have already taken the GMAT twice.
First attempt in June 2005, a score of 520.
Prep material: PR, Kaplan and thats it. I was not aware of the OG.
I had even taken the Kaplan course prior to the exam but it was of no use.
I took a major break and decided in Jan 2006 to re-take the test in March.
Started with OG 10,as I heard that it is a bible for the GMAT.
Kaplan1: 640
Kaplan 2: 580
PR 1: 630
GMATPrep1: 640
GMATPrep2: 630
Second attempt Mar 2006: 540, Q:43, V:22
When I finished with Quantative, I felt that I bombed it and during my break I kept on thinking about it and was very upset. And when I returned to verbal, an idiot part of still kept on thinking about it and I was finding it very hard to concentrate. On top of that I had very little sleep from the night before, because I was worried=( So during the verbal section, I was feeling very tired and I got a major headache. So some how I finished that exam but I never though that it would be that bad.
I was extremely shocked at my score and couldn't move from the screen for a few minutes. I came home and just slept and did not attend any phone calls. I wanted to pack my books and not ever think about the GMAT again. I hated it and I hated myself
But then reading all the success stories on this forum made me re-consider if I should give it one more shot. Like everyone else I dream of touching a 700 as well.
Clearly verbal is my weakest area and sentence correction completely thew me off. I know it sounds surprising but I don't even think I got a single sentence correction right and I was absolutely right because I just took another GMAT prep yesterday.
GMATPrep score on August 13 06: 540, Q:44 and V:22. Was very surprised because it is the same score I received during my second attempt only the math was one point higher=(
I am going take the exam 1.5 month from today.
Materials planning to use:
1. OG 11
2. MGMAT SC Guide: As I have heard a lot of good things
3. OG 10 if time permits.
4. PR for any refreshers if needed especially in problem areas.
Any SUGGESTIONS and tips will be greatly appreciated. I really get inspired by reading the stories on this forum and I feel that I must give it one more shot, my very last shot...........
I have already taken the GMAT twice.
First attempt in June 2005, a score of 520.
Prep material: PR, Kaplan and thats it. I was not aware of the OG.
I had even taken the Kaplan course prior to the exam but it was of no use.
I took a major break and decided in Jan 2006 to re-take the test in March.
Started with OG 10,as I heard that it is a bible for the GMAT.
Kaplan1: 640
Kaplan 2: 580
PR 1: 630
GMATPrep1: 640
GMATPrep2: 630
Second attempt Mar 2006: 540, Q:43, V:22
When I finished with Quantative, I felt that I bombed it and during my break I kept on thinking about it and was very upset. And when I returned to verbal, an idiot part of still kept on thinking about it and I was finding it very hard to concentrate. On top of that I had very little sleep from the night before, because I was worried=( So during the verbal section, I was feeling very tired and I got a major headache. So some how I finished that exam but I never though that it would be that bad.
I was extremely shocked at my score and couldn't move from the screen for a few minutes. I came home and just slept and did not attend any phone calls. I wanted to pack my books and not ever think about the GMAT again. I hated it and I hated myself
But then reading all the success stories on this forum made me re-consider if I should give it one more shot. Like everyone else I dream of touching a 700 as well.
Clearly verbal is my weakest area and sentence correction completely thew me off. I know it sounds surprising but I don't even think I got a single sentence correction right and I was absolutely right because I just took another GMAT prep yesterday.
GMATPrep score on August 13 06: 540, Q:44 and V:22. Was very surprised because it is the same score I received during my second attempt only the math was one point higher=(
I am going take the exam 1.5 month from today.
Materials planning to use:
1. OG 11
2. MGMAT SC Guide: As I have heard a lot of good things
3. OG 10 if time permits.
4. PR for any refreshers if needed especially in problem areas.
Any SUGGESTIONS and tips will be greatly appreciated. I really get inspired by reading the stories on this forum and I feel that I must give it one more shot, my very last shot...........
14 Aug 2006, 19:34
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we experienced the same trouble
with good result in many practice tests, it it hard to believe
that all effort that both of us put generate "nothing"
Since I'm very poor at verbal. I can't give any much suggestion
But if you are not native speaker, I suggest go read
Honghu opinion on how non-native speakers can build
their strength in verbal. It is not just easy like native speaker
who improve verbal by brushing up their skill
For non-native , it is 10 times harder to improve this
but it is really worth to put an effort into it.
For quant , I believe in trying to finish any question as fast as possible
and this series of exponential work well for me
for "2" series, I can remember from 2^1 to 2^14
3 series '' '' 3^1 to 3^6
5 '' '' 5^1 to 5^5
If you can remember this well, when met with big number
I often can easily break it down such as 729 =3^6
16384= 2^14
and set of sin,cos,tan 30,60,37,53 degrees is a must also
In DS , when plug-in plug with
1. negative integer -3 -2 -1
2. negative non integer THAT more than -1 (I like to use -1/2 )
3. zero 0
4. positive non integer 1/2
5. positive integer 1 2 3
Don't plug-in if not necessary
and practice hard on limit time
I believe GMAT now having more asian people on their test-producing team
Many question that I met need more techniques to solve in limit time
you can use basic math to solve but it take 4-5 minutes
that's the basic that can help to lessen time on solving question.
we experienced the same trouble
with good result in many practice tests, it it hard to believe
that all effort that both of us put generate "nothing"
Since I'm very poor at verbal. I can't give any much suggestion
But if you are not native speaker, I suggest go read
Honghu opinion on how non-native speakers can build
their strength in verbal. It is not just easy like native speaker
who improve verbal by brushing up their skill
For non-native , it is 10 times harder to improve this
but it is really worth to put an effort into it.
For quant , I believe in trying to finish any question as fast as possible
and this series of exponential work well for me
for "2" series, I can remember from 2^1 to 2^14
3 series '' '' 3^1 to 3^6
5 '' '' 5^1 to 5^5
If you can remember this well, when met with big number
I often can easily break it down such as 729 =3^6
16384= 2^14
and set of sin,cos,tan 30,60,37,53 degrees is a must also
In DS , when plug-in plug with
1. negative integer -3 -2 -1
2. negative non integer THAT more than -1 (I like to use -1/2 )
3. zero 0
4. positive non integer 1/2
5. positive integer 1 2 3
Don't plug-in if not necessary
and practice hard on limit time
I believe GMAT now having more asian people on their test-producing team
Many question that I met need more techniques to solve in limit time
you can use basic math to solve but it take 4-5 minutes
that's the basic that can help to lessen time on solving question.
