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by punewarrior » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:51 am
Congrats on the great score. Can you please tell us how did you decide whether you want to retake the exam or not ? I mean at 700 ,didn't you feel that your score might as well come down or increase by just 10 or 20 months. I mean i am interested in knowing your thought process
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by hifunda » Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:08 am
First of all congrats on the awesome score!

I'd like to know what was your retake strategy for a 760? Changes in resources/timed practice/anything else you did differently to up your score the second time?
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by gmatsamurai07 » Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:54 am
hifunda wrote:First of all congrats on the awesome score!

I'd like to know what was your retake strategy for a 760? Changes in resources/timed practice/anything else you did differently to up your score the second time?
Well , I didn't use any more resources since I knew that the resources I have are sufficient. I primarily focused on time management. That was something I needed to work upon and I did that so the improvement
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by vikram4689 » Sat Jun 16, 2012 5:45 am
Congrats :) samurai,
I want to ask that when you see a new problem do you relate it,most of the times, to some problem you did in past or you take EACH problem as a new one. I am asking this because many experts have iterated that one thing that differentiate 760+ scorers from other test takers is that almost all of 760+ test takers are able to relate problem faced on test to some problem that they did in the past. So, Does that mean they remember/learn structure of the problems they do and if that is the case i would like to know how to achieve that. At present i can only deduce what type of ques (say assumption on CR) but i am not able to relate to some previous ques.
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by rishi raj » Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:30 am
Commendable improvement. Usually it is a bit dicy when a person is at 700 or 710 and he wants to retake the GMAT. Sometime people end up getting lesser than what they have on their first attempt but you pulled off a coup. Great performance.
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by Jim@StratusPrep » Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:24 pm
Congrats on the score! Feels good to have accomplished something so challenging.
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by sachindia » Fri Feb 01, 2013 8:14 pm
Hi ,
So could you please suggest sources for WSJ, Scientific American and the Economist?
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by shraddhalanka89 » Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:39 am
gmatsamurai07 wrote:
As far as language is concerned, I am taking this as an opportunity to learn new languages and learn new cultures.So rather than as a roadblock I am quite eager about learning the language. :)
Just a suggestion, unless your B school is exclusively teaching you language, you are better of learning in India and going. That way you will be able to better appreciate the culture!
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by cking6178 » Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:23 am
sachindia wrote:Hi ,
So could you please suggest sources for WSJ, Scientific American and the Economist?
I believe samurai was simply stating that reading The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, and/or The Economist is a great way to stay abreast of prevailing business news while cementing the "Verbal" lessons from the GMAT prep. Google/Bing any of the above mentioned magazines and you will find what you are looking for.
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by sachindia » Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:28 am
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sachindia wrote:Hi ,
So could you please suggest sources for WSJ, Scientific American and the Economist?
I believe samurai was simply stating that reading The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, and/or The Economist is a great way to stay abreast of prevailing business news while cementing the "Verbal" lessons from the GMAT prep. Google/Bing any of the above mentioned magazines and you will find what you are looking for.
Thanks :) I got the Economist and Scientific American from my office library :)
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by SunZu » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:38 am
sachindia wrote:
Thanks :) I got the Economist and Scientific American from my office library :)
I find scientific american boring to read..I instead follow The New York Times as it has more engaging and relevant articles I think.
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by Jim@StratusPrep » Thu Feb 28, 2013 1:43 pm
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sachindia wrote:
Thanks :) I got the Economist and Scientific American from my office library :)
I find scientific american boring to read..I instead follow The New York Times as it has more engaging and relevant articles I think.
The reason to do this is to stay focused when you get a scientific passage in RC.
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by HBS2014aspirant » Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:17 am
Jim@StratusPrep wrote:
SunZu wrote:
sachindia wrote:
Thanks :) I got the Economist and Scientific American from my office library :)
I find scientific american boring to read..I instead follow The New York Times as it has more engaging and relevant articles I think.
The reason to do this is to stay focused when you get a scientific passage in RC.
Yeah agree with Jim. Reading text that you otherwise don't feel interested in helps a lot.It certainly has helped me
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by SunZu » Mon Apr 29, 2013 2:59 am
I have also added National Geographic and Scientific american to my reading list.Some of the articles in scientific american are really complex!!
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:04 am
gmatsamurai07 wrote:
Thoughts on exam:

1) Do not exceed the time you have reserved for yourself in tough questions.
2) Focused practiced of each section is important. There's no point in doing a lot of questions when you are not able to recognize the pattern.
3) When you miss a problem don't just read the answer. Mark it wrong, don't look at the answer and work it again until you get it right. Hammer the concept into your head.
4) Make an error log : I made an error log of my own because some of the error logs here were too difficult and required a lot of labor.
5) The forums here are the best way to stay in sync with what is the right way to prepare for the GMAT.
6) Total commitment to the exam- that does not mean that studying day in and out but remaining focused and realizing
Congratulations on the 760!
Nice debrief and great advice.

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