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UPDATE: I have been getting a number of requests for my specific strategies for Quant and Verbal so I will try to give a few meager thoughts. Verbal Strategy: To be honest, verbal has never been too much of an issue for me. I'm a native speaker and I've always read a lot of books, plus I naturally ...
- by rjdunn03
Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:35 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Done with the GMAT - 780 (49q, 50v) -
- Replies: 16
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By the way, since you mention the differential between your practice tests and the GMAT, I'm going to give my thoughts on the various practice tests I took for anyone interested. - GMATprep tests - By far the best practice tests available, makes sense since they come from the GMAC. The scoring is sp...
- by rjdunn03
Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:43 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Done with the GMAT - 780 (49q, 50v) -
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11473
Congrats on the amazing score! I'm really glad that you posted this--I've been struggling with whether or not to retake, and I've finally decided that I will. I took the GMAT two weeks ago and got 720(47Q, 42V) and was crushed. I scored 750-760 on the last three practice tests I took leading up to ...
- by rjdunn03
Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:57 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Done with the GMAT - 780 (49q, 50v) -
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11473
Wow the fact you went from 630 to 730 to 780 shows that the will to act and desire overcome any background or perceived intelligence. Basically anyone can get that. I myself got a 630 and 600 last year before I got above a 700 this year. It took patience, discipline, and most of all desire. Congrat...
- by rjdunn03
Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:46 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Done with the GMAT - 780 (49q, 50v) -
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11473
This thread is a perfect answer to people who advise not to retake after hitting 700. There is only so much you can polish your resume and essays. Yes I totally agree. Many people advised me not to retake when I got a 730, but for me it wasn't even a question. Going into the real test is a differen...
- by rjdunn03
Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:02 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Done with the GMAT - 780 (49q, 50v) -
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11473
I would recommend a retake as well, if you think you have time. I took the GMAT on Oct 8th for the first time and scored a 730 (45q, 45v). I hadn't seen that low of a quant score in the previous 2.5 months of my practice tests. I actually left the testing center and went home and rescheduled that sa...
- by rjdunn03
Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:05 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: 720 w/ Questionable splits - retake?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4476
dejavu- yeah definitely try again! I feel that the boldface questions are some of the most difficult verbal questions, so if you saw one, you were probably doing very well at that point! A big thing for me was getting the timing down, in my case I always moved too slowly in math, and too quickly in ...
- by rjdunn03
Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:26 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Done with the GMAT - 780 (49q, 50v) -
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11473
Thanks a lot guys!
Deja - Yes I do remember one bold face CR that came about two thirds of the way through the verbal section. I can't remember if I saw any on my first test.
- by rjdunn03
Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:54 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Done with the GMAT - 780 (49q, 50v) -
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11473
Done with the GMAT - 780 (49q, 50v) -
Hey guys I took the GMAT on saturday and scored a pretty decent 780 (49q 50v). I wanted to get the GMAT out of the way early since I have had a decent amount of free time lately as I only work 9-5 mon-fri. I ended up working through the following materials - MGMAT SC guide - MGMAT 5 quant books - Ve...
- by rjdunn03
Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:38 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Done with the GMAT - 780 (49q, 50v) -
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11473
- by rjdunn03
Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:00 am- Forum: Data Sufficiency
- Topic: advanced DS problem
- Replies: 1
- Views: 841
Yeah you are right. The answer was B
So how did you know that this would increase the land value? I guess that is what confused me about the answers, I originally thought that answer was out of scope because it didn't seem like the stem mentioned land value. Thanks for your input.
- by rjdunn03
Sun May 22, 2011 6:13 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Clear-cutting tropical rainforests
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1745
Clear-cutting tropical rainforests
Clear-cutting a tropical rainforest exposes its shallow soil to heavy tropical rain. The soil is quickly washed away, causing floods and landslides, and preventing regeneration of the original rainforest. However, fast-growing softwoods, which can be harvested for a profit, will grow in clear-cut ar...
- by rjdunn03
Sun May 22, 2011 2:31 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Clear-cutting tropical rainforests
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1745
How many possible seating arrangements?
I'm having trouble figuring out the best way to account for the two daughters not being able to sit next to each other. Any ideas? A family consisting of one mother, one father, two daughters and a son is taking a road trip in a sedan. The sedan has two front seats and three back seats. If one of th...
- by rjdunn03
Sat May 14, 2011 3:40 pm- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: How many possible seating arrangements?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1174
Hello. I picked C for question 1. I wasn't sure at first going through the answers, but if you look at the other answers they can be eliminated. A: It doesn't weaken this claim because those being set free are still the harmless ones. B: This is out of the scope of the passage, how many of each type...
- by rjdunn03
Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:19 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: Selective Incapacitation
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9400
Hi Force5. Usually I will make a small map of a passage that gives the general points of each paragraph. I find that writing down a little bit of what i understood from a quick read through of the paragraph helps solidify it in my mind. Half the time when answering the questions I don't even refer b...
- by rjdunn03
Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:30 am- Forum: Reading Comprehension
- Topic: RC_Group_042711
- Replies: 24
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