thanks eric - sure hope u're right.
debrief -
this forum helped immensely. i didn't have the patience to read any of the other threads except this beatthegmat one.
read OG for a month and tried a princeton test and scored a miserable
630. that's when i found this thread and read what people were
studying to kick gmat butt.
read the usual - CR bible, mgmat SC, my 9th and 10th math textbooks
cover to cover, and the additional OG books.
there was not a single question on probability for me...wasted too damn much time learning this. i didn't even come across any in gmatprep really...basic stats questions only. also a waste of time was the paper tests.
gmat prep i did 760 and 710 (2nd test at the end of a 10 hour study session to build stamina) - these were the most accurate.
started kaplan book but found it unrepresentative and quit it.
revised all the above books once but by that time i was burnt out. so moral of the story is to not overprepare - reach a peak and just do it.
math was tough even though it is my strong point. verbal was very easy.
timing was never an issue for me in practice but it was on test day for math...weird.
also practice with head phones. i can never think with them on but on test day i had EIGHT other candidates with me so i used the headphone. sure enough i couldn't think straight in them...maybe psychological...
had like 3 min 3 ques left in math and ran outa space in the scratch book but the damn proctor was checking someone else out so i knocked the window till she left what she was doing and came...
can't prepare for every eventuality so just do it and get it over with....
my profile - older candidate - indian IT - 10+ yrs - have wife and 2yr old son (detriment to study
- working/commuting full-time
does anyone know a good forum similar to this one for the actual application process? after this one, i have become a fan of support groups - AA (applicants anonymous - har har har)
