Why me?
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I plan on giving the GMAT at the end of Nov/Dec this year unless I get in the college I have an interview with in the last week of July.I am pretty confident that I will be able to reach the 95th percentile in the GMAT with my present abilities.However,what I really want is to score in and above the 98.5 percentile in the GMAT.I have done well in an Indian aptitude exam also called CAT which has 200k+ students taking it every year.I scored in the 89.93 percentile in 2007 and 92.73 percentile in 2009.
While I have not taken any GMAT CATs so far,I have looked at many Quant and Verbal questions from the Official GMAT guide and the Official GMAT verbal guide.
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What I want from the course:------------
Quantitative sectionI normally find the Quantitative section very easy.However,while going through another book that had a section of tough Quant problems,I noticed that I take more time than I ideally should have, in solving these tough questions.Therefore,I am hoping that with timed practice material for Quant that aim at students who want to score a very high percentile, I will be trained to get all the Quantitative problems correct in a timely manner.
Verbal sectionCritical ReadingI really enjoy doing the Critical reasoning questions and find them fun.I have done almost all the questions from the Official Verbal guide in CR and am waiting to get my hands on the Powerscore CR bible before I try the Official Guide's CR questions so that I can use
the techniques learnt in the Powerscore Bible on these questions.I have been told that Powerscore Bible has the best book for CR and I have decided to make that my guide for the CR section.Also,I am hoping that the on-demand course will provide me a whole lot of CR practice problems refining my skill.Besides,while I do get most of the problems right,I would like to reduce the time I spend per problem.
Reading comprehensionWhile I have not begun RC practice,I am hoping that after I finish the RC problem sets on the official guides,I will be provided a lot of problem sets for practice from the on-demand Powerscore course.
Sentence CorrectionI am looking for a lot of practice material from the powerscore course with detailed explanations.I feel it is very important to have an explanation for the solution of sentence correction problems.Not only should they point out what options are wrong but also should point out what could have been done to make each and every option correct.
Analytical Writing AssessmentsI am hoping that the powerscore course will help me write better essays and also accurately measure my performance in the various essays I would be made to write.
7 practice catsYeay!!!! Now this is truly the icing on the cake.I am sure that I can really learn by performing and then analysing my performance in these CATs.
In a nutshell,what I specifically want from the course:
Lots of Quant practice with toughest questions GMAT could ask,targetted specifically towards people who want to score in the top 2-3 percentile.
A comprehensive guide for CR(which powerscore already has) along with lots of timed CR practice.
Lots of timed and untimed RC and SC questions.
Specific material targetted towards people with a desire to score very high in the GMAT
Help in AWA along with accurate assessments.
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What I dont want from this course-------------
I am not looking for tips and techniques in the Quant section.I am also not looking for tips and techniques in the SC and RC sections(I am already referring another set of books for it).I however would love to know the tips and techniques given in the CR Bible.
I also do not want the 40+hours of detailed instructions although if the instructions do contain AWA help, I would want to use them.
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Thanks
Hemant