Whenever I was tired or felt low because of wrong SCs, I turned to debriefs section and Ask Stacy Blackman section.
Score 730 – Q50 and V38 –
Glad. My wish was to score atleast 750. I am weak on SCs. I would like to reappear for the exam but cannot do it without overcoming this weakness. Time does not permit me to retake the exam at this moment. I will have to proceed with the Apps for now.
Marker – I had the notion that markers were clumsy and therefore the test taker took a longer time to work out problems on the erasable board. My experience was entirely different. The Marker was a black sketch pen. It was easy to handle and did not have any effect on my speed. The erasable pad consisted of 5 full scape erasable sheets.
AWA (Scored 5):-
I had prepared for AWA in the last moment. I was especially worried about analysis of an issue. However both the topics were from the list issued by ETS. Score is as expected.
Quant:-
The questions were very easy and I was cruising at great speed. Guess it was one of those days on which GMAC was lenient with the test takers. Infact I had solved some questions on the test before, for instance a question on series to determine 2^20 – 2^19. I had atleast 20 minutes left and 4 questions to go. Finally I completed my quant section with 9 minutes to spare.
I can’t think of any silly mistakes.
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Verbal:-
I was weak on SCs and had my fingers crossed. Verbal started with 2 SCs in a row. The sentences were short sentences but I wasn’t sure about my answers. The CR and the RC within the first 10 questions were easy. After 10 questions I got a few SCs and CR which were quite easy. I started thinking that I did not fair well on the first 10 questions and therefore the test software was throwing easier questions at me.
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Waited for the score and was glad to see the score of 730. I was relieved.
Books referred:–
OG11
OG10 – SC
MILCET
Manhattan - SC
Kaplan workshop
Kaplan 800
Princeton verbal workout
1000 - PS and DS
Mock Tests
Kaplan Diag - 9th July - 650
PP1 - 23rd July - 780 ( I had solved most of the Qs in verbal before )
Kaplan Test 1 - 5th Aug - 630
Kaplan Test 2 - 26th Aug - 690 (Had solved few Qs in verbal before)
GMAT Prep 1 - 29th Aug - 750 (Had solved few Qs in verbal before)
I did not know anyone who had appeared the GMAT when I started my preparation. The GMAT related communities on orkut were my starting point. I am thankful to all those on the internet who are giving a helping hand to others.
Please let me know if anyone needs the study material mentioned above(plz email me at [email protected] for the same). It would be my pleasure and honor.