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by kalakaar » Sun Jun 27, 2010 3:24 pm
Hi All,

I have been preparing for GMAT for 1 month now and have another 2 months to go.
My initial preparation helped me brush all the basics and bring me up to speed.

Recently I started giving full length practice tests and here is what I got -

June 13th- GMAT Prep2 - 640
June 20th- GMAT Prep1 - 730
June 27th- MGMAT (free) - 730 (Q49, V41)

Stupidly enough, I didnt record the breakup of percentiles for the first two tests, though I have the breakdown in terms of number questions attempted correctly.

My target is to score 770+ and here is what I need to know -

1-Is it safe to assume that other MGMAT tests (1-6) and the actual GMAT will be similar in toughness as compared to MGMAT (free) test ?
2- My verbal has been a pain point from the beginning. In my last test (MGMAT), I struggled with RC & SC.
Can you suggest a way to bring some serious improvements in these areas ?

3- Regarding Qtz- I have almost every book mentioned in this forum. But I found the MGMAT and GMATPrep2 questions harder to solve in less than 2 mins. Is there any practice book(s) which specifically deals with 700-800 level questions ?

Your inputs will be much appreciated !

thanks
Kalakaar
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by albatross86 » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:29 am
Hi, I'm no expert but I thought I would share what I know anyway :)

1. In my experience with the MGMAT tests, the quantitative section is more challenging that what you may expect to see on the actual test. Though I would never go so far to say that you will never see such tough questions on the GMAT, I do believe that you won't see so many of them, and you will see and evenly dispersed amount of questions that won't require you to take more than 2 minutes. However, reading a lot of debriefs, the consensus is that the verbal section may actually be more time consuming on the actual test, though not particularly impossible to crack. The passages for CR and RC are long and extremely complicated when you are doing well on the test. So, it may be a good idea to practice verbal questions timed outside such tests.

The MGMAT test scores have found to be quite accurate in representing your actual score, and they claim about a 35-40 point standard deviation, which is quite impressive imo. They are definitely worth your time, especially to review all the quant sections.


2. RC requires you to develop an "active reading" method, which ensures you are able to gather enough information from one good read of the passage to be able to answer any question or identify from which part of the passage it is derived. This cannot really be bought - you have to practice RC questions in a timed condition to improve your reading and processing speed, and there are no shortcuts here. Initially you could take short notes of each passage to help you develop a structured process, but as you progress this should become largely mental.

For SC questions, spending a few hours brushing up your basics can be extremely useful. Try the tutorials on www.englishpage.com in the areas you are weak in to help you comb out any misconceptions. The MGMAT SC guide has been touted as almost indispensable to those weak in SC, so I recommend you get through it.

3. "Kaplan 800" is a book that claims to have compiled the toughest questions for both Math and Verbal, so perhaps you can check it out. It doesn't have all that many questions, but from what I have seen, the quality of the questions is good and worth it to review and digest.

You can also download "198 level 700+ quant questions from GMATPrep1" which was compiled by one of our BTG members. Run a search on the forum to find the thread. This includes a lot of the toughest questions that are in the GMATPrep question bank.


Finally, a 730 on MGMAT with 2 months to spare? That is extremely promising! After making a good study plan, please just get down to practicing as much as you can. You've got so many books - start using them! I am positive that you can achieve your target score and more with a steadfast approach to solving as many problems, and ensuring you understand every one of them.

Good luck!
~Abhay

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by kalakaar » Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:48 pm
Thanks Abhay !
I appreciate your inputs.

I hope I can break the glass ceiling of 730-750 and move into the 750+ zone soon

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by Dan@VinciaPrep » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:00 am
kalakaar wrote:Hi All,

I have been preparing for GMAT for 1 month now and have another 2 months to go.
My initial preparation helped me brush all the basics and bring me up to speed.

Recently I started giving full length practice tests and here is what I got -

June 13th- GMAT Prep2 - 640
June 20th- GMAT Prep1 - 730
June 27th- MGMAT (free) - 730 (Q49, V41)

Stupidly enough, I didnt record the breakup of percentiles for the first two tests, though I have the breakdown in terms of number questions attempted correctly.

My target is to score 770+ and here is what I need to know -

1-Is it safe to assume that other MGMAT tests (1-6) and the actual GMAT will be similar in toughness as compared to MGMAT (free) test ?
2- My verbal has been a pain point from the beginning. In my last test (MGMAT), I struggled with RC & SC.
Can you suggest a way to bring some serious improvements in these areas ?

3- Regarding Qtz- I have almost every book mentioned in this forum. But I found the MGMAT and GMATPrep2 questions harder to solve in less than 2 mins. Is there any practice book(s) which specifically deals with 700-800 level questions ?

Your inputs will be much appreciated !

thanks
Kalakaar
One side note- you can take GMATPrep tests multiple times, but you should probably wait until you closer to the exam before you use up your last two (you can take it more than twice but you'll start getting a fair number of repeats). Along with this, you might want to think about moving your test date up so that way you peak at the right time.
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