550 (48/19) I am giving up.

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550 (48/19) I am giving up.

by hitmewithgmat » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:01 pm
I am giving up. I can't seem to climb verbal ladder to reach 700 goal. I guess It's my destiny not to go to business school. Thanks for help though.
fellow BTG citizens, i bid you farewell.

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by cubicle_bound_misfit » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:17 pm
People don't give up in this forum. it's better to burn out than to fade away.
Setting aside all those motivational babbles...what did u do in Verbal so that after getting such a good score in Q u end up with 19 in V?

let us know in details, please.
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by nonimelb » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:21 pm
if you have the brain to score that high in quantitative, with a little effort you can score a decent verbal score. nothing is impossible in this world.

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Re: 550 (48/19) I am giving up.

by ken3233 » Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:53 pm
hitmewithgmat wrote:I am giving up. I can't seem to climb verbal ladder to reach 700 goal. I guess It's my destiny not to go to business school. Thanks for help though.
fellow BTG citizens, i bid you farewell.
I presume that English is not your native language. Maybe there's something you can do rectify this weakness on the GMAT. Have you tried private tutoring?

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by mousymouse » Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:11 am
Absolutely what everyone says! Verbal just needs practice and u obviously did excellent in the Q section so id say another 2 months in Verbal and u would ace that too.

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by NethraN » Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:15 am
48 in Quant is an awesome score. Just a little push in verbal can easily fetch you a wonderful GMAT score. Don't give up so easily there are many of us sailing in the same boat and we can help each other succeed.

I hope to see you back in action.
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by PinkBox » Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:21 pm
don't give up, my friend! u already nailed the q section. good for u! u just need to put a little effort into v. it's not that bad. make sure u know grammar rules pretty well bc if u have the rules down some questions take only about 30 seconds and that would give u more time for the other questions. practice as many rc questions as u can bc after a while u can guess where the question makers are going. keep a positive attitude and i'm sure u will achieve a great result next time :)
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by logitech » Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:22 pm
COME ON!!
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by BlindVision » Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:22 pm
hitmewithgmat... just remember this "For every dark night, there's a brighter day".

Continue to keep your eyes on the prize and you'll eventually see sunshine!
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by henryhenry » Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:39 pm
So,just because you scored 550 on GMAT, you said you wanted to give up.You dont even ask for advice or tip on how to improve your verbal section. You have not even taken the test twice or thrice.Whatever you motive to post this,i will tell you what you dont wanna hear.
So,go ahead and give up.They dont beg people to succeed in life.It is your choice.It is up to you.

By the way,your gmat score of 550 is competitive to some non-ranked
B-schools if you dont mind.
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by pahir » Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:17 pm
don't give up my friend, i know you can do it!

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by batman73 » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:23 am
You have a great Quant score. Focus more on the verbal next time around. If everyone gave up this forum would not exist. I would suggest you just spend more time on the Verbal portion. You might have been been exhausted by the latter part of the test. Take a break, 1 or 2 weeks, and get the ball rolling again. I am sure you will do better. I truly hope you don't give up.

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by siownschu » Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:48 pm
48 is a great quant score! you have already proved to yourself that you can do well, you can do it!!! don't give up!

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by brs10 » Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:23 pm
no way you cant give up!1

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by rahulg83 » Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:47 am
Boss what is this yaar...Come on man !!!
You cannot rise if u don't fall....as a child learns to walk by tripping once or twice, or a naive learns to drive by messing up few times...U CAN DO IT!!!
just work hard and intelligently...The world is yours !!