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testingtheh2o
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Just took the test yesterday after about 5 weeks of studying. I think I could have done a little better on verbal (maybe a 46 or 47) but I don't know how much that would affect my score.
Backgroud: 27yo bond trader, American
I set out to study in the most time efficient way possible for a number of reasons. One, I'm extremely busy at work and studying affects my performance there (and I need a good rec) so I tried to minimize the impact there. Second, I knew that I would lose interest if things became drawn out at all (and I did in the last week as I paced back my studying). And maybe most importantly, had I studied over a long period of time, I would have to restudy a lot of earlier material as I forget it. Firm believer in spaced repetition... here's a great article on the topic: https://www.wired.com/medtech/health/mag ... ff_wozniak
After consulting a few trusted people, I concluded that the most efficient way of studying would be with a private tutor for these reasons: 1. If you don't do the homework, you have to look him in the eye and tell him why you didn't 2. Classes tend to be geared for too wide a range of abilities and I was looking for a 700+ score and 3. The tutor can zero in on your true weaknesses better than you can by yourself.
The tutor I used was excellent and very reasonably priced (total cost ~$1400). PM me if you want his name (in Manhattan).
VERBAL: Almost all of my studying was focused on math, because I've always been better at the verbal section (going back to the SAT's). I did all of the both official guides' sentence correction questions. Did some RC and CR in the LSAT book, but not overkill.
MATH: Lots of studying every day for 5 weeks. After every tutor session, I typed up the notes I thought were important and kept that list of things. By the end, the list was about 5 pages. I read that list about once a week to burn it into my memory (PM me for the list). Did all the questions in the official guide and official quant guide. Redid about 50% of the questions I did incorrectly and read their explanations.
As I mentioned, I think I could get a Q47V47 based on my practice tests (anyone know how that would translate on the 800 scale?), but I'm very happy with the 740. I think I'm retiring from the GMAT for good. Good luck to all.
Backgroud: 27yo bond trader, American
I set out to study in the most time efficient way possible for a number of reasons. One, I'm extremely busy at work and studying affects my performance there (and I need a good rec) so I tried to minimize the impact there. Second, I knew that I would lose interest if things became drawn out at all (and I did in the last week as I paced back my studying). And maybe most importantly, had I studied over a long period of time, I would have to restudy a lot of earlier material as I forget it. Firm believer in spaced repetition... here's a great article on the topic: https://www.wired.com/medtech/health/mag ... ff_wozniak
After consulting a few trusted people, I concluded that the most efficient way of studying would be with a private tutor for these reasons: 1. If you don't do the homework, you have to look him in the eye and tell him why you didn't 2. Classes tend to be geared for too wide a range of abilities and I was looking for a 700+ score and 3. The tutor can zero in on your true weaknesses better than you can by yourself.
The tutor I used was excellent and very reasonably priced (total cost ~$1400). PM me if you want his name (in Manhattan).
VERBAL: Almost all of my studying was focused on math, because I've always been better at the verbal section (going back to the SAT's). I did all of the both official guides' sentence correction questions. Did some RC and CR in the LSAT book, but not overkill.
MATH: Lots of studying every day for 5 weeks. After every tutor session, I typed up the notes I thought were important and kept that list of things. By the end, the list was about 5 pages. I read that list about once a week to burn it into my memory (PM me for the list). Did all the questions in the official guide and official quant guide. Redid about 50% of the questions I did incorrectly and read their explanations.
As I mentioned, I think I could get a Q47V47 based on my practice tests (anyone know how that would translate on the 800 scale?), but I'm very happy with the 740. I think I'm retiring from the GMAT for good. Good luck to all.
