I just Beat The GMAT!

Hi

Well its done. Just came back from the exam ( just a few hrs back), had lunch and a drink and would like to share my experience.

About the exam itself -

Quant - way way way more easy than what we study on the forum and the diff practice tests. I was focused thro most of the section then close to the end realized that I did not have a single real diff question (0 propability, no permutation combination, no diff question at all)

just a note - i have not studied maths since my 10th grade. Did home science after that - so no maths. I am very comfortable with numbers though. My job involved dealing with lots of numbers. Just no formal study of maths.

for all those who wonder if u can do it - well u can. I have never completed a single section on quant (usually I would finish only abt 32 question on quant till I would run out of time)

Verbal - well this is a diff story, my score on verbal was always great - percentile range from 96 to 99 in the MGMAT tests. But in the exam, well I was just sleepy and tired (am not a morning person - could not sleep before 12 last night and the test was at 9 am) So by the time it was verbal i was just tired and feeling sick, was hungry and could not focus. So got the lowest on the verbal section that any of my practice tests.

I am not dissappointed, u win some u loose some. So a lower than expected score on verbal but a better than expected one on the quant. Am in no position to complain.

My test scores -

Princton Review (no study ) 640, 680, 690
GMAT Prep 1- 590

This one made me wake up and think - "ok got to study'

GMAT Prep 2 - 720 (made me relaxed again)

MGMAT 1 - 590 (33 percentile on quant and 81 on english - this was a month before the exam. This was the real wake up call. Ordered all MGMAT books by over night delivery thro Amazon)

MGMAT 2 - 720
MGMAT 3 - 730
MGMAT 4 - 720
MGMAT 5 - 680 (left the last 5 quant question unanswered, ran out of time)
GMAT prep 3 (hardly any repeats) - 730
GMAT prep 3 (hardly any repeats) - 740


Key learnings -

For those who are not wiz kids in Quant -

The forum is a really great place to practice, but pls focus on learning ur basics first. I used to spend a lot of time on the forum, till my first MGMAT test. Then realized how bad i really was. Its easy to think u understand some thing after reading some great explainations. But it can be a fake sense of comfort. I loved the MGMAT books for those who want to clear their basic.

Over all the forum is great. Read all posts by samirpandey - just amazing posts. He is a quant guru - great great great. Thanks Samir for your help.

Every one else on the forum thank you for ur help.

Best of luck with ur GMAT!!!!!

Let me be the first one to congratulate you .. that is a fantastic score, you absolutely deserved it.. off to the applications now.

Regards

Thanks so much gabriel and Eric. This community has been really great. You guys do a great job in helping so many people.

Will let u know how things go with the admission process

Many many congratulations RI thats a fantastic score, I'm really happy for you. Now you can apply to any B-School you want & ofcourse u would be amongst the top GMAT scorers if u apply to ROSS, wish u all the best for ur apps.