I just Beat The GMAT!

Hey,

I liked inbnbatuta spirit. I am writting the GMAT on 10th Aug, 1800 hrs. Have just started preparing ... and yes, its fun!!

I too will be posting here soon.

beatthegmat wrote:

ibnbatuta wrote:Waiting eagerly for 7th July. I too will be posting here
GMAT preparation is so much fun. I hope it ends with the sweet taste of success.

Regards

I can't wait to read your own 'I just Beat The GMAT!' story! And glad you find that GMAT prep can be fun--I agree, as well as many folks here in this community.

All the best!

Today I wrote my GMAT
Scored less than my expectation. Still a good score.
710(Q-50,V-37)
I was going good in verbal. Good accuracy was there but took little more time. Hence in last 4-5 questions, I had to take guesses.
After consulting some gurus, I will decide whether to retake or not.

Hey Eric,
I was looking at your profile and you don't say where you ended up going to Business School at?
Or did you just start this website and not go to B-school?


Thanks for this site!

That's amazing! I've read the whole article and found it super useful. It also boosts your morale..

Great motivation!!

One simple question?
Would 1 hour a day be enough for a span of 3 months? for people that are newbies!!

Thank you for all the tips.

Do you happen to have a saved copy of Ursula's excel spreadsheet that you used? I am having trouble finding it.

Thank you very much for sharing all your experiences and tips with all of us.

I started my prep for the GMAT last week and my diagnostic was horrible (less than 400). However, I´m practing at least 2 hours a day during the week, plus weekends, plus Princeton class...hope that´s enough. I am trying to organize my schedule because I think I am doing a little bit of everything and that is making me confused.

Based on your first post, here is a summary of the main ideas that I am going to start using:

IDEAS:
1. 40 questions per day concentrate in each section
2. 10 Review questions from previous section
3. FLASH cards and review them every day
4. Online practice
5. Official Guide practice


Sections:
Reading comprehension
Sentence correction
Critical reasoning
Data sufficiency
Problem solving
AWA Essay
--by practicing with Official Guide (OG)

Suggestions:
TwinnSplitter: tackling each section
Ursula: Excel grid
Day 52 blog entry
PowerPrep and GMATPrep (online/free)

My weakness is VERBAL (as I am not a native English speaker). So I will concentrate on that. Any additional tips will be greatly appreciated!!!!

Thanks again for your help!!!!!

-A

This is good stuff, makes me comfortable with GMAT prep.

Hi Eric,

Need your guidance here..
I have scheduled my GMAT for 9th April.
I have been giving CAT's (GMAtPrep, MGMAT's) and have scored in the range of 630 - 680.

Although I have consistently performed well in Quant( scored 49 - 50 almost everytime), my verbal takes the back seat. I am not able to move up from 30 points.

I have been able to take my verbal from 23 to 30 but unable to take the score beyond 30.
Having 7 days in hand, I wanted to know if you can help me understand how i can gain a couple of more points in Verbal so that i can touch the target score of 700.

Any pointer would be greatly appreciated.

(Just to mention, I have completed OG 12 and Manhattan Verbal books from cover to cover)

I have benefited a lot from this site, Eric. Thanks a lot. You rock.

Hi Eric,
I am a regular member of your website...I need your help for preparing Gmat ..I have been preparing for Gmat for past 1 month..but only making 50 percent of accuracy in maths and sentence correction from Princeton and OG 13th edition..I am very much worried as I am planning to take Gmat this year august..please give me some tips how do I improve and how much time I should spend..its been almost 12 long years since I attend my highschool..but I want to beat Gmat..please help.

Thank you somuch.

Jayeeta