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760 (Q-48/V-46) - Think I did beat the GMAT

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rishi raj: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 320; Joined: Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:09 amFollowed by: 52 members; Thanked: 116 times; GMAT Score:760

by rishi raj » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:02 am

Sorry for replying very late. Been very busy with work!

AIM GMAT wrote: Now i find myself at range of 46-48 in quant , i m not improving beyond 48 .

Are you getting scores between 46-48 on the Quant section on the MGMAT CATs ? If yes, then you shouldn't worry at all. The Quant section on MGMAT CATs is tougher than what you're going to see on the actual GMAT. So relax! Secondly,if I were you,then at this point of time,I'd better concentrate on improving Verbal than Quant because improving your performance at higher levels is much more difficult than it is at lower levels.

And my weakness is verbal .Currently i observed that i am doing bad with CR and RC in tests . I m perform fairly well in CR offline but RC is still the weakest part.I know that RC is the only section that makes score rise like anything .

If you're facing difficulty in RC,I strongly recommend RC99. By the time you will finish 3/4th of its passages, I can tell you that you won't be scared of RCs as you'll get used to reading those obscure type of passages which appear on the GMAT and you'll have developed strategies to handle them well. Make sure that you read the explanations properly so that you know what was the correct thought process for a particular question in a passage.

My conc also is culprit for the same .I sweat the small stuff u can say that way .

I have given some tips on the previous two pages in this thread regarding the strategies which I found helpful for maintaining concentration and controlling anxiety. A lot of people here have found those simple tips very helpful. You may wanna give them a shot.Let me know if you benefit from them !

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by AIM GMAT » Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:09 am

I will follow the guidelines and will definately let you know the results . Thanks a lot for detail analysis , improved my confidence .

Thanks & Regards,
AIM GMAT

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bkw: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 116; Joined: Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:34 pmFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 6 times

by bkw » Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:21 am

Hi Raj!

Concerning CR and RC. If I am short on time, do you think it is sufficient to just practice Aristotles: RC99, and CR100(?) and skip problems in the OG12 no before the real GMAT? Are the Aristotle problems as good as or better than the OG12 probs?

Thanks!

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rishi raj: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 320; Joined: Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:09 amFollowed by: 52 members; Thanked: 116 times; GMAT Score:760

by rishi raj » Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:35 pm

bkw wrote:Hi Raj!

Concerning CR and RC. If I am short on time, do you think it is sufficient to just practice Aristotles: RC99, and CR100(?) and skip problems in the OG12 no before the real GMAT? Are the Aristotle problems as good as or better than the OG12 probs?

Thanks!

For CR, I'd obviously not rely ONLY on Aristotle's 100 CR .You can do those questions in addition to the CR questions in OG12 but doing the OG12 CR problems is a must. A good idea is to do the questions in OG12 topicwise .For example,instead of doing the CR questions sequentially, you may wanna do all assumption questions first,then Strengthen/Weaken questions etc. The benefit of doing that is that when you do a block of questions from the same category , you start observing the similarities in questions in terms of the underlying concept tested and as a result you'll be able to develop strategies to tackle that category of questions.
For RC, ideally doing passages both from OG12 and RC99 is the best way. I think you'll be really able to nail RC questions if you do that. However, since you don't have much time you may refer either of the books. Make sure that you don't do more than 4 passages a day.
So to sum it up, using OG12 for CR is a must ;however for RC, you can use either RC99 or OG12 whichever you find helpful.

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by aru1 » Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:37 am

Rishi

Thanks for your patience in giving reply to each question, your replies are very much helpful.

I am average in verbal, can you suggest me best material for CR and RC ?
I have good amount of time for preparation.

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rishi raj: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 320; Joined: Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:09 amFollowed by: 52 members; Thanked: 116 times; GMAT Score:760

by rishi raj » Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:23 am

aru1 wrote:Rishi

I am average in verbal, can you suggest me best material for CR and RC ?
I have good amount of time for preparation.

I have answered that query in the previous pages of this thread. Would suggest that you go through those! Lemme know if you have any specific query.

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by Black Knight » Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:45 am

Rishi you are doing a wonderful job here by helping out the other members. I have a query. I'm planning to take the GMAT by mid April and have been preparing seriously for the last 15 days. Do you think that 2 months of studies is enough ? I'd have liked to give more time to the GMAT but most probably I will be flying onsite on a project and I think that there'd be a lot of workload there.

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by KUMARbI4 » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:52 am

Hi Rishi ! Excellent score and congratulations on your success.
If not an issue , can you send the "RC99" to my email id - [email protected]

If anybody else has it, would appreciate if this can be forwarded. Any other relevant material available, will appreciate if that too can be shared.

rgds,

Rohit

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by bblast » Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:59 am

KUMARbI4 wrote:Hi Rishi ! Excellent score and congratulations on your success.
If not an issue , can you send the "RC99" to my email id - [email protected]

If anybody else has it, would appreciate if this can be forwarded. Any other relevant material available, will appreciate if that too can be shared.

rgds,

Rohit

Kumar its not legal sharing ebooks in here, the pdf can be purchased on the aristotle website

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by sinhaanubhav » Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:05 pm

kvcpk wrote:Congratulations.
Aristotle SC Grail - Hearing this name for first time.

Look @ here ------ https://www.aristotleprep.com/book/arist ... tion-grail

Also RC 99. https://www.aristotleprep.com/book/rc99

Can you write a brief review of these both. Thanks!!

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by rishi raj » Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:57 am

Black Knight wrote:Rishi you are doing a wonderful job here by helping out the other members. I have a query. I'm planning to take the GMAT by mid April and have been preparing seriously for the last 15 days. Do you think that 2 months of studies is enough ? I'd have liked to give more time to the GMAT but most probably I will be flying onsite on a project and I think that there'd be a lot of workload there.

Sorry for the late reply.Been quite busy with work lately. I think that whether 2 months are sufficient is quite a subjective question and the answer to that cannot be a black/white one. If you're one of those who have had a record of annihilating standardized tests, then even 10 days are enough to crack the GMAT. On the other hand, if you're one of those who have hated standardized tests and performed badly on them, then you find GMAT to be a little daunting. The GMAT is a test of your reasoning skills,mental acuity ,application skills, time management skills(and what not

) ,and to get a good score, you'll have to really sharpen the edges on all these fronts. This "sharpening" process may take you 1 month or 4 months, but what you may wanna ensure is that you do not take the GMAT till the time you feel that you're ready to get you're target score. I have friends who have managed their GMAT preparation well while they're on-site on projects, so you'll have to really see whether you get overloaded with work when you go onsite or the amount of pressure is the same as what you have now.
3-4 months,by the way, is the ideal time for preparation considering that you're neither a rockstar test-taker nor a poor one, but have an above average test taking ability.

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by Black Knight » Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:15 am

rishi raj wrote: Sorry for the late reply.Been quite busy with work lately. I think that whether 2 months are sufficient is quite a subjective question and the answer to that cannot be a black/white one. If you're one of those who have had a record of annihilating standardized tests, then even 10 days are enough to crack the GMAT. On the other hand, if you're one of those who have hated standardized tests and performed badly on them, then you find GMAT to be a little daunting. The GMAT is a test of your reasoning skills,mental acuity ,application skills, time management skills(and what not ) ,and to get a good score, you'll have to really sharpen the edges on all these fronts. This "sharpening" process may take you 1 month or 4 months, but what you may wanna ensure is that you do not take the GMAT till the time you feel that you're ready to get you're target score. I have friends who have managed their GMAT preparation well while they're on-site on projects, so you'll have to really see whether you get overloaded with work when you go onsite or the amount of pressure is the same as what you have now.
3-4 months,by the way, is the ideal time for preparation considering that you're neither a rockstar test-taker nor a poor one, but have an above average test taking ability.

Thanks for the response. I have been fairly good at studies right from school days and don't fear standardized tests much, and I think I'd fall in the "above average" category of test takers you have mentioned. I am trying to work as hard as possible these days so that I can wrap up preparation on time. Though I am working full-time, I try to study 5-6 hours in a day and on the weekends,I try to study 8-10 hours . I think this much amount of time should be enough. What do you think ?

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by rishi raj » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:23 am

Black Knight wrote: Thanks for the response. I have been fairly good at studies right from school days and don't fear standardized tests much, and I think I'd fall in the "above average" category of test takers you have mentioned. I am trying to work as hard as possible these days so that I can wrap up preparation on time. Though I am working full-time, I try to study 5-6 hours in a day and on the weekends,I try to study 8-10 hours . I think this much amount of time should be enough. What do you think ?

Gosh, you shouldn't be studying this much. Your study schedule resembles those of doctors who have to put as many hours as possible to ace their final exams. You should be not studying for more than 2-3 hours on weekdays and for more than 5-6 hours on the weekends. If you go beyond that, you're going to burn yourself. Secondly, what I wonder is that how do you manage to study for 5 hours on the weekdays assuming that you're doing a full-time job.You also need to ensure that you take a break from your preparation at least for one complete day in a week. This will help you rejuvenate yourself and preparation will not look burdensome.Though you may need to reduce the time you spent partying/hanging out with your friends etc so that you can divert more time for your preparation, but do not cut down the "fun time" to zero. Go through some additional insights by Ron on why not to study more. Here's the link
https://www.beatthegmat.com/need-advice-t77054.html

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by bblast » Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:54 pm

Rishi, have u researched SPJMIR dubai /singapore program ? I got an interview call out of nowhere. I had just casually filled out its form couple of days back.

Is it worth taking a flight from Delhi to Mumbai for the same ?

I asked a good friend who is in COX school who has a lot of knowledge on bschools. He discouraged me and suggested that I try in better bschool next year rather than going to SP Jain global mba.

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by gmatmachoman » Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:16 am

@Pushkal,

I am not sure if i can pitch in to ur discussions. But yes, i think i can add 2 cents here.

IMO u can give a try once. Its a "decent" school. I am not sure if they have specialities in "entrepreneur" domain. But they are good in Marketing domain.

Since that u have ur own company , anything good in marketing must be ur prizecatch!!

After all i dream for Wharton Finance..will i get that???

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