I just Beat The GMAT!

From my 1st score of 610 way back in 2005 to 710 yesterday, it has been a long journey over treacherous road.

Oct 2005 - 610 (V26, Q48)
Nov 2005 - 650 (V33, Q47)
Dec 2005 - 660 (V31, Q49)
Dec 2006 - 670 (V35, Q47)
Nov 2008 - 670 (V35, Q47)
Apr 2009 - 710 (V38, Q49)

After this long ordeal there is one only message...gmat can be beaten.

Here are some lessons that I learned from my initial tests and strategies that I used in the final one

1) Many people say that top 10 questions in GMAT are most important. There are others who argue against that statement, but I decided to go for it. In fact I raised the bar a little higher for myself and I decided to concentrate the most on the first 15-20 questions. I tried this strategy with GmatPrep and did well. However in during the actual GMAT, I was running out of time for the last few questions. So use this technique wisely. In fact, I blindly answered a whole RC passage in actual GMAT as I was running out of time. But looks like that passage was either not scored or since I had done really well in the initial questions, my final score was not affected adversely.

2) Try not to guess the answers on consecutive questions. If you have guessed the answer on the previous question and are not sure whether you got it right, then spend some extra time on the current one and try to work it out.

3) If you are able to follow step 1 and 2, then I would suggest you concentrate on the bottom 10 questions too. This will determine how much closer you can get to 800. I could not follow this step during my actual GMAT, but it definitely would be a good strategy .

My best wishes to all those planning to take GMAT.

Congratulations!!! Just like the way someone said 'Nothing is over, until you say it is over'

A progress of 100 points, simply awesome. Congrats. I am eagerly waiting to know, what different you did between 610 and 710?

Congratulations! You are a soldier! March on toward success!!!

Congrats dude great work. Was wondering that the scores you showed are actual gmat scores or practice tests (except last one). I mean did you really give gmat 4-5 times.

greatchap wrote:Congrats dude great work. Was wondering that the scores you showed are actual gmat scores or practice tests (except last one). I mean did you really give gmat 4-5 times.

All are actual GMAT scores....i lost track of practice tests

Congrats dude, great perserverance! I only hope you won't have troubles with adcoms to explain why you took the test so many times! Be ready to have a good story for it and you should be more than fine!! Enjoy your success!!

s138884 wrote:From my 1st score of 610 way back in 2005 to 710 yesterday, it has been a long journey over treacherous road.

Oct 2005 - 610 (V26, Q48)
Nov 2005 - 650 (V33, Q47)
Dec 2005 - 660 (V31, Q49)
Dec 2006 - 670 (V35, Q47)
Nov 2008 - 670 (V35, Q47)
Apr 2009 - 710 (V38, Q49)

After this long ordeal there is one only message...gmat can be beaten.

Here are some lessons that I learned from my initial tests and strategies that I used in the final one

1) Many people say that top 10 questions in GMAT are most important. There are others who argue against that statement, but I decided to go for it. In fact I raised the bar a little higher for myself and I decided to concentrate the most on the first 15-20 questions. I tried this strategy with GmatPrep and did well. However in during the actual GMAT, I was running out of time for the last few questions. So use this technique wisely. In fact, I blindly answered a whole RC passage in actual GMAT as I was running out of time. But looks like that passage was either not scored or since I had done really well in the initial questions, my final score was not affected adversely.

2) Try not to guess the answers on consecutive questions. If you have guessed the answer on the previous question and are not sure whether you got it right, then spend some extra time on the current one and try to work it out.

3) If you are able to follow step 1 and 2, then I would suggest you concentrate on the bottom 10 questions too. This will determine how much closer you can get to 800. I could not follow this step during my actual GMAT, but it definitely would be a good strategy .

My best wishes to all those planning to take GMAT.

Congratulations. Wishing you all the best.

On the First 15- to 20 questions, I believe that more than the coming of Jesus Christ!!!!!! GMAT GRE is is the first 20 questions.

I have taken power Prep more than 25 times just to analyze this this point. Answering all the first 20, 25, questions correct and missing the rest. . I got a score of 49 on a quantitative by answering the first 23 right and missing the rest. I did the same for GRE Power prep and the same result. The logic of CAT does not change from power prep to actual test. Anybody who scores 750 or above Must have answered at least 90% of the first 20 questions correct.

Congrats again!.

Congrats to you, perseverance is the key many others would have given up! Great advice about regarding the first 20, I had always heard that, but now I will definitely focus on those more!!!

Good luck getting into the school of your choice.

Congrats on a great result! Yours is definitely a success story