I just got back from my GMAT - scored 730 (97 percentile). I am happy with the score but totally exhausted. I will write a detailed post tomorrow.
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730 (Q50, V40)
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My test scores
Please click the link if anybody wants to see my scores before the actual GMAT. They were pretty close to what I eventually got on the test - 730.
I studied almost exclusively from Manhattan GMAT books and the GMAT official books ( review, verbal and quant). I had gone through every question atleast a couple of times. I think Manhattan GMAT are the best books. I tried Kaplan, but they are
Verbal was where I was lacking the most. I improved a lot on SC thanks to MGMAT SC book. This book is awesome. Anybody having problems with SC should get this book. I was on and off on the RC part and didnt really study much for RC. I think in the actual GMAT I did OK because the passages were not as bad. I thought I was doing good in CR until I started taking the timed tests and figured out that I am missing quite a few. I went back to the official guide and studied from all my mistakes.
Quant was OK for me. Only problem I had was - DS combined with number properties. They used to drive me nuts. I did see atleast a couple on the test which were DS + number properties.
Reading on this forum helped a lot. Anybody who hasnt taken the test - review all your answers right and wrong - its the best strategy! A review like this is way better than solving thousands of problems and not reading explanations.
All the best for you all. I am going to be a active member from now on(as in posting on the forum - I used to read a lot before).
git -r- dun
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Please click the link if anybody wants to see my scores before the actual GMAT. They were pretty close to what I eventually got on the test - 730.
I studied almost exclusively from Manhattan GMAT books and the GMAT official books ( review, verbal and quant). I had gone through every question atleast a couple of times. I think Manhattan GMAT are the best books. I tried Kaplan, but they are
Verbal was where I was lacking the most. I improved a lot on SC thanks to MGMAT SC book. This book is awesome. Anybody having problems with SC should get this book. I was on and off on the RC part and didnt really study much for RC. I think in the actual GMAT I did OK because the passages were not as bad. I thought I was doing good in CR until I started taking the timed tests and figured out that I am missing quite a few. I went back to the official guide and studied from all my mistakes.
Quant was OK for me. Only problem I had was - DS combined with number properties. They used to drive me nuts. I did see atleast a couple on the test which were DS + number properties.
Reading on this forum helped a lot. Anybody who hasnt taken the test - review all your answers right and wrong - its the best strategy! A review like this is way better than solving thousands of problems and not reading explanations.
All the best for you all. I am going to be a active member from now on(as in posting on the forum - I used to read a lot before).
git -r- dun
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Congrats on a great score!
I was reading your post about your MGCAT scores a few weeks back. It's good to see that you did well on the actual test.
I took 2 MGCATs in the last 2 weeks with scores of 680(q48,v34) & 700(q49,v36). I had a score of 710 on GPrep1 nearly a month ago.
In some ways, your situation exactly parallels mine as I find DS questions and in particular, Number property/Inequality questions to be my weak point.
Can you tell me what you did to improve your DS skills over the last few weeks? I have been concentrating on verbal, especially CR & SC so I feel better about it now. My test date is Aug11.
Thanks
Nivas
I was reading your post about your MGCAT scores a few weeks back. It's good to see that you did well on the actual test.
I took 2 MGCATs in the last 2 weeks with scores of 680(q48,v34) & 700(q49,v36). I had a score of 710 on GPrep1 nearly a month ago.
In some ways, your situation exactly parallels mine as I find DS questions and in particular, Number property/Inequality questions to be my weak point.
Can you tell me what you did to improve your DS skills over the last few weeks? I have been concentrating on verbal, especially CR & SC so I feel better about it now. My test date is Aug11.
Thanks
Nivas
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jrbrown2 - I had the same question but I dont know the answer..I even found somebody on this forum with a 40V and 48Q and still made a 730.
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For DS involving number properties I went through all the questions (of this type) from MGMAT tests - its kind of pain to go through all the questions - but its well worth it.
Read the method of each problem and understand it. That way you can categorize if you see similar problems. The one that I liked the most was with DS inequalities - I dont remember the question exactly but it was something like this
is r>t
1) r+s>2t
2) some other inequality.
If we add the r>t and r+s>2t we get some answer and similarly with the (2) equation
This technique was useful for some other problems too and I am pretty sure I had one like this on the actual GMAT.
I hope this helps.
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Read the method of each problem and understand it. That way you can categorize if you see similar problems. The one that I liked the most was with DS inequalities - I dont remember the question exactly but it was something like this
is r>t
1) r+s>2t
2) some other inequality.
If we add the r>t and r+s>2t we get some answer and similarly with the (2) equation
This technique was useful for some other problems too and I am pretty sure I had one like this on the actual GMAT.
I hope this helps.
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