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Timing / Verbal
First of all, work on a timing strategy. If you look at my debrief post, you will see an outline for a decent timing strategy to keep you on track. Secondly, I do not think you should try to implement everything in the MGMAT SC book. Pick the top 3 most important things and focus on those e.g. subje...
- by mgross
Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:47 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: Thanks
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Make sure you have a timing strategy
If you take the 2 GMAT Prep exams in the next 6 days and figure out a good timing strategy, I think that your score will translate into about a 670-690 on the actual GMAT.
- by mgross
Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:38 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: how much more can i improve my score in 6 days
- Replies: 3
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How do you come up with 300-400k? For an ivey league US MBA the napking calculation goes as follows: 1) 100k tuition 2) cost of living is close to nil since you would incur to roughly the same amount if you were working. 3) 15k after tax summer internship income Net cost 85k USD This leaves your af...
- by mgross
Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:56 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I just finished the GMAT (760 - Q49, V44) - Lessons learned
- Replies: 64
- Views: 28377
MBA & Economy
Ever since the economy got worse, I have been questioning my decision to get an MBA in Jan 2010. Due to the amount of people being laid off and how many of those people currently have MBAs or are now going to get an MBA, I have decided to put off going to school and stay happy with the fact that I h...
- by mgross
Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:09 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I just finished the GMAT (760 - Q49, V44) - Lessons learned
- Replies: 64
- Views: 28377
Re: Gmat scores
Good job mgross! You really cracked GMAT :) I have one question. How long after you take the Gmat, will the scores be sent to your chosen universities? Thanks a lot! And wish me luck;) Hi Lmircea1, You know, I'm not really sure how long it takes for them to send the scores. However, I do not think ...
- by mgross
Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:16 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I just finished the GMAT (760 - Q49, V44) - Lessons learned
- Replies: 64
- Views: 28377
Re: a question
Can you suggest any place to practice tough RCs? I would like to practice tough RCs so that I can get my speed up to a decent level. RC is so far my strong point but I take a lot of time in reading and understanding the passage. I would like to practice tough RCs so that I can increase my speed on ...
- by mgross
Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:55 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I just finished the GMAT (760 - Q49, V44) - Lessons learned
- Replies: 64
- Views: 28377
QUESTION - >> You mentioned the GMAT Prep Quiz bank. How do you identify your weaknesses on verbal questions exactly? If I do a sample exam in the quiz bank, does it detail out which section sI ned to focus on? What about for the quant? I'd rather buy the quiz bank knowing that I'm going to be focu...
- by mgross
Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:52 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I just finished the GMAT (760 - Q49, V44) - Lessons learned
- Replies: 64
- Views: 28377
Re-score
Moderators can we have this thread as another sticky one ?? Mgross, you got an AWA score which is good enough. Don't loose sleep over this as you have a strong gmat score. IMO taking a re-take just for improving AWA score from 4.5 is not a great idea. However you can always opt for a re-score if yo...
- by mgross
Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:17 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I just finished the GMAT (760 - Q49, V44) - Lessons learned
- Replies: 64
- Views: 28377
No problem at all - I am happy you appreciate it.kageman wrote:I know this post is pretty old, but the information is pure gold. This was a fantastic post mrgross, thanks a lot for putting it up. Cheers.
- by mgross
Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:37 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I just finished the GMAT (760 - Q49, V44) - Lessons learned
- Replies: 64
- Views: 28377
HI i have OG quant review with me it has 170 proble solving questions and around 120 data sufficiency questions. , is it the same quant book from which u studied, i jst wrote the test 2 days back so i realy want to improve in quant within 30 days please help me , and if the quant book is different ...
- by mgross
Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:22 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I just finished the GMAT (760 - Q49, V44) - Lessons learned
- Replies: 64
- Views: 28377
mgross, 760 speaks for itself! Don't worry about the AWA - I just had a 1-on-1 conversation with UCLA Adcom and he told me that AWA is just a check up to see if somebody actually wrote their essays. So in your case - you are fine bro! Just dont apply with Essays that could be rated 4.5! Hi emraherc...
- by mgross
Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:19 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I just finished the GMAT (760 - Q49, V44) - Lessons learned
- Replies: 64
- Views: 28377
Re: RC Material
Hi mgross, Brilliant score!! I was toggling with the idea of giving GMAT since quite sometime, but just a week back i took an Oct end date. So, i have two months with me to prepare. In the diagnostic test which i gave, i did pretty well in QA (49) but sufferred badly in verbal (34) and the main rea...
- by mgross
Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:18 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I just finished the GMAT (760 - Q49, V44) - Lessons learned
- Replies: 64
- Views: 28377
Response to tycoon_316
Hi tycoon_316, Firstly, you are absolutely correct in your self-assessment. Your Quant is great and therefore, I believe you have the potential to get a 720 and above. I do agree with you that on the actual GMAT, I did receive a very hard RC passage. It was short, but extremely tough to follow. It w...
- by mgross
Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:28 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I just finished the GMAT (760 - Q49, V44) - Lessons learned
- Replies: 64
- Views: 28377
Response to madeline
Hi Madeline, Firstly, you are right, Canadians do rock! With respect to my 4.5, you are right in that I've heard it will not carry much weight; I am no longer too worried about it and probably won't even get it re-scored (although I would be much happier with a 5). Based on what I've heard, I am def...
- by mgross
Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:52 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: I just finished the GMAT (760 - Q49, V44) - Lessons learned
- Replies: 64
- Views: 28377
AWA
Hi Lisa,
Thank you so much. Your opinion helps and calmed me down about it quite a bit. I appreciate the help.
Regards,
Mike
- by mgross
Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:10 am- Forum: Ask Stacy Blackman
- Topic: High CAT, low AWA
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1420