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Hi I was very impressed by your debrief.. have just started my prep..
Could you please tell me... How to build the competency ? I am weak in both the areas..

I think that eternal_optimist has quite elaborately described in his debrief how to build the requisite competency. Just read through it

@eternal_optimist
I'm taking the GMAT tomorrow. Had read your debrief earlier but reading it before the D-day has got me all jacked up. Fired up to burn the GMAT down! Will post a debrief tomorrow.

I really really cried a lot while reading this debrief. I took the GMAT a couple of weeks and did not score well at all and I could see my story in yours although you seem to have gone through more pain than me given that you attempted it 4 times while I attempted it only once but nevertheless it really pumped me up and brought me back from the doleful state I was in. Thank you

I read ur story i think this is truly exceptional of u too not give up and get back up and conquer. I just gave the gmat and scored just a 400 which i am really pissed off about, i mean a 400 thats worst then i could have ever imagined because i scored about 480 to 550 on my practice tests.. I feel kind of the same as in what u felt confused n annoyed. I do not know where n how to start again to get a good score. As what books do i buy for maths (quant) n verbal as i am a mediocre too. where all do i practice from.. I donot have a strategy. would request u to tell me how do i start as i do not wanna join the ripping off classes as the chopras n the princeton out there which i figured out is just a waste f money. please do get back..

Thank you very much for the appreciation. I would recommend that you go through my post to see how i improved; in fact, my whole post is about that only. Apart from this, joining a classroom program maybe helpful only if you have built a good base but since you have got a 400, then even a classroom program won't help. A score of 400 indicates that you need to improve on a lot of fronts first before actually thinking of preparing for the GMAT.

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3 yrs, 4 attempts- The Story of my Metamorphosis

I was absolutely thrilled reading your story. Can you please help me with how did you tackle DS ? I struggle in that a lot inspite of knowing the maths concepts

The important thing to remember while tackling DS questions is to ALWAYS consider the two statements separately first. What our mind does is that after considering the first statement, it carries the "residue" of that statement and combines that with the second option. Do not do that

The second important thing is to not become overly reliant on writing down everything in maths. We have a propensity to put the pencil to the paper the moment we see the next question in quant. If only we could sit back and observe what the question is exactly asking, you will see that the question can be solved sometimes by logic and ballparking itself. Remember the GMAT is not rocket science, it's a test of logic so try avoiding using "illogical" strategies during the exam,something that we use very frequently

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3 yrs, 4 attempts- The Story of my Metamorphosis

Eternal_optimist
Your post was one of the very first I came across on this forum long time back and your story inspired me a lot. I would read your posts whenever I felt down and now that I have been able to do well(secured a 760), I would like to thank you. Thank you very much. God bless people like you:)

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760-What worked for me and should hopefully work for you too

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