I just Beat The GMAT!

Hi all,

I took the GMAT for the second time today and scored 700. Two years ago, in my first attempt I scored 600.

In my previous exam, even though I didn't have any time to study I managed to get 49 on Quant, but my verbal was too bad (V21, 29%). As English is not my native language, I was so scared of the Verbal part. This year when I decided to take the GMAT again, a friend of mine suggested me this website/forum. I read many posts from people all around the world, gained new perspectives and learned about GMAT strategies.

This time I had about 2-3 weeks to prepare for the exam. I downloaded whatever I found on this forum and gmatclub forum. I made my own flashcards and went over them 4-5 times before the exam. I got the OG for Verbal and worked on it. As I didn't have much time, I didn't buy any other books. Also, for the quantitative part, I bought "the Challenges" from gmatclub.com. I did 14 out of 25 quantitative tests. In the actual exam today, I was kind of upset to see that my quantitative did not improve at all, but I was glad to see that my verbal increased from 29% to 81%. It seemed like a dream a couple of weeks ago!

I did 4 CAT practice tests before the test:

MGMAT free CAT: 720
GMAT Prep 1: 740
GMAT Prep 2: 760
Princeton Review free CAT: 680

Now, I want to take this opportunity to thank all the beat-the-gmat community. You all have been of great help for me. I appreciate the time you spend on this forum and your willingness to help other people. Thanks for sharing your ideas, strategies, comments, etc.

Good luck to everybody..

thats great improvement on verbal part!!
all the best for apps

what do you think was instrumental in shooting your verbal score so high ?

congrats !