770(Q-51,V-46), IR-8- How an IIT Guy Cracked the GMAT!

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by thermcin » Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:57 pm
Hi megadeth ,
Thanks for your reply. I have still not received the official score report (I am at the two week mark)- I really hope that there is no issue with my test!!

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by megadeth » Wed Sep 12, 2012 3:48 am
thermcin wrote:Hi megadeth ,
Thanks for your reply. I have still not received the official score report (I am at the two week mark)- I really hope that there is no issue with my test!!
Hey thermcin, did you finally get the score by now ?

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by thermcin » Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:15 am
Hi megadeth, yes I did...5.5in AWA and 6 in IR

By the way, which schools are you applying for?

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by megadeth » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:55 pm
thermcin wrote:Hi megadeth, yes I did...5.5in AWA and 6 in IR

By the way, which schools are you applying for?
Great to hear that. I'm applying to Stanford, Wharton and Kellogg in R1. Haven't decided about the schools for R2 yet. How about you ?

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by ritika_bsg » Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:40 am
your post is so inspiring .. i keep coming back to it ! :)

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by Umar Gillen » Tue Sep 25, 2012 4:07 am
Very inspiring and Helping. Thanks for sharing.

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by megadeth » Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:45 pm
ritika_bsg wrote:your post is so inspiring .. i keep coming back to it ! :)
Whoa! Delighted to hear that you find my post inspiring. Thanks.

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by rishi raj » Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:40 am
Congratulations on the great score! I hope you get through the schools you have applied. One word of caution though is that don't take the essays and the rest of the application process lightly just because you have a great score. I did that mistake to some extent last year and got dinged at my first two choices so work on your application well.

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by megadeth » Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:29 am
Thanks Rishi for the advice. I understand that GMAT is not the only factor. Are you applying this year to schools ?

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by Jason25 » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:04 am
Awesome score. A 46 on Verbal is definitely huge. Can you elaborate on how you divided your time in a week and how many hours did you put in per week ?

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by megadeth » Sat Nov 03, 2012 12:06 am
Jason25 wrote:Awesome score. A 46 on Verbal is definitely huge. Can you elaborate on how you divided your time in a week and how many hours did you put in per week ?
I usually kept MTWT for Verbal as this is the area I needed to focus on more and kept FS for Math as Math can quite naturally to me. Sundays used to be off for me.

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by VikingGMAT » Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:24 pm
Isn't 4 days for Verbal and only 2 days for Maths lopsided? I'm good at Math too but not sure whether I'll be able to achieve 50+ by studying Math for only 2 days a week.

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by targetivy » Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:30 am
Thank you very much. Your writing style makes it clear that you deserved a 770. Very well written and impressive debrief

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by harshuw » Sun Nov 18, 2012 4:52 pm
Congratulations on a great score!

If you don't mind, could you tell me what the percentile number was for V-46? Thanks!

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by gauravdangi » Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:52 pm
harshuw wrote:Congratulations on a great score!

If you don't mind, could you tell me what the percentile number was for V-46? Thanks!
46 is 99th percentile on Verbal