Hi All
Just back from my gmat 2nd attempt and i scored 720 (M 50 V 37), in my first attempt last year i scored 600 (M 44 , V 29) , largely because i panicked and didnt skip tough questions in the end ran out of time in both verbal and quant .
I will just pinpoint the differences between the prep both times .
1) Manhattan SC guide , Its a Must to do . I had terrible accuracy of 50-60% , Manhattan raises it by 20% atleast !
2) if SC is weak , i strongly reccomend 1000 SC, for many 1000 SC seems waste of time coz of no solutions . this is where google comes in install the google toolbar and copy the question stem of all the questions you got right . Open https://www.beatthegmat.com and click search site , 80% of the times u will get solutions by gmat guru s on this terrific firm for others use google global search . I did 800 odd questions from it not only it raised ma accuracy i started doin SC question under a minute
3) After finishing all your prep i.e OG 11 , OG 10 and Kaplan 800 .
Do ETS paper tests except for 2-3 paper tests all tests have new questions which are not in OG s . These tests will set you up nicely for GMAT .
4) Lots of Practice of DS questions , my accuracy in PS was always good. in DS learn to skip when you encounter tough ones no point wasting time During my GMAT prep tests i had gotten Maths 50 when i had 9 questions wrong and 51 when i had only four wrong ! see no point getting stuck it doesnt help !
I know many here will say 720 is not great but for me after a disaster last year its great
i would have taken this score before exam .My GMAT mock scores were
Kaplan CD 1 560
Kaplan CD 2 600
i dont agree with their verbal solutions ! hence left them
GMAT Prep 1 710 M 50 V 36
Gmat Prep 2 750 M 51 V 41 here i had all the RC questions correct , so this is a key for those looking score in this range
Thats all at the moment will add something else if i come to know i missed something
You are free to ask me anything .
Thanks a ton to this site and spidey, sahil, rajat_nda their material rocks and to Gmat gurus who share their gyaan
This is my first ever post on any forums in an effort to help others
Sandy
