620 to 700 GMAT - with 80/80 split

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by anirudhsaraf7 » Mon Sep 06, 2010 12:51 am
Hi Mithun

I thought you forgot to search or you didn't get the doc.
But you got it in the end and i am really thankful to you for it.

My plan for dealing with combinatorics is to solve all the questions in OG & Qnt Review and solve the questions given by you.

Do you think this would be a good approach coz i don't want to do stuff which is unlike GMAT?

Tell me what you think...

Kind Regards

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by hemanthp » Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:55 am
I always hear the term 80/80 split. Is that important to get an admission?

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by motteboss » Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:12 am
anirudhsaraf7 wrote:Hi Mithun

I thought you forgot to search or you didn't get the doc.
But you got it in the end and i am really thankful to you for it.

My plan for dealing with combinatorics is to solve all the questions in OG & Qnt Review and solve the questions given by you.

Do you think this would be a good approach coz i don't want to do stuff which is unlike GMAT?

Tell me what you think...

Kind Regards
Hi Anirudh,

I am sorry as I rarely check the forums now.
I suggest you to look BEYOND the OG and Quant review for questions on combinatorics. I always got the feeling that the exam was tougher than what you study from the OG. May be its the familiarity with ole' OG!

The roll list I made helped me out. Suggest you to make your own as well. Ergo, fishing BTG forum questions and explanations should be adequate..

HTH

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by motteboss » Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:16 am
hemanthp wrote:I always hear the term 80/80 split. Is that important to get an admission?

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Hi Hemanth,

Some schools like INSEAD explicitly mention that they prefer atleast a 75%ile split in both. The keyword is 'prefer'. So its not the end, if your split is slightly variant from the 80/80 if your overall app is good. At least thats how I understand it.

However, when I checked with some alumni etc., they said that 80% in both puts you in a safe zone... i.e. your GMAT score should no longer weigh your app down.

I must admit that there are a lot of untested opinions here. But I guess there is no wildfire without a cigarette butt. Right? no?

:)

Good luck.

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by Random Wok » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:22 am
Nice score. Thanks for all the helpful resource links.

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by motteboss » Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:59 pm
Thanks Random Wok. (like your display name!)

I got a lot of help from the BTG community and am glad to return the favour.

Good luck!

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by motteboss » Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:45 pm
Hi All,

I would like to mention that I got an admit from a top tier European B School, which was high up on my list.

Thanks to all members on this forum.

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