I just Beat The GMAT!

Finally done after more than 2 months!

I didn't study books but took the free practice tests from Kaplan, Veritas, PR and MGMAT as well as 4 paid Kaplan tests, 6 paid MGMAT tests and the 2 GMATPreps. I also did almost half of OG11 and OG12. The MGMAT and GMATPrep scores were the only ones that were close enough to the real exam to be useful. All others were way off (I did below 700 on 3 Kaplans).
Kaplan questions were also harder and overall different from the real exam. Overall I think I derived the least utility from Kaplan material.
MGMAT was pretty close in terms of hardness, with the Q a little harder than the real test and V almost the same.
Now moving on to the LSAT which I am taking in 2-3 months

Nice score, are you applying to a JD/MBA program?

What was your scores for each?

mccollud wrote:Nice score, are you applying to a JD/MBA program?

Ideally yes I don't have much work experience (and no management experience) and not a super high undergrad GPA (3.75 from UCLA) and I don't think a high GMAT score will be enough. I am going to give it a try though and see what happens. So far I am looking into UCLA, Cal, Stanford and Yale (they have a 3 year JD/MBA program).

Do you have any recommendations?

gmatprepryan wrote:What was your scores for each?

You mean the practice tests? I didn't keep track of all details but here's the overall scores that I can remember:

PREP1 & PREP2: 760
MGMAT 1 1st try: 720
MGMAT 1 2nd try: 740
MGMAT all the rest (one try each): 740 (I thought it was an error!)
PR: 710
Kaplan: 640, 640, 690, 710
Veritas: 640

Can you share the frequency of your practice tests? I mean in detail the number of days you took between two practice, along with the number of hours you worked per day. would be helpful to plan mine if you share. thanks in advance.

crejoc wrote:Can you share the frequency of your practice tests? I mean in detail the number of days you took between two practice, along with the number of hours you worked per day. would be helpful to plan mine if you share. thanks in advance.

I took one test a day and spent 10-20 mins after each test to review the Quant and SC questions that I missed. I didn't work during that period but spent plenty of time on other activities (video games, hanging out with friends, etc.) which is why it took me quite a while (2+ months) to get ready. Good luck with the exam!

Great score with very little prep - Impressive - Good luck with the LSAT.

Congrats !
how you find the datasufficiency questions in Actual GMAT exam?

barira1 wrote:Congrats !
how you find the datasufficiency questions in Actual GMAT exam?

Too many of those and they kept getting harder and harder I never timed myself on individual questions on sample tests but on the real test I spent 5 mins on the last data sufficiency Q.

Oops

What was your RC prep/exam strategy......?

ezekielekata wrote:What was your RC prep/exam strategy......?

Reading the passage once and then answering the Qs. I tried reading the Qs first and going back to the passage for the answers but A) it's more time consuming and B) in almost all prep tests and the real exam I finished the verbal section early so I didn't have an incentive to improve my speed there (Q was a different story).

I think the RC passages in the actual exam were shorter and easier to follow than the ones in most sample tests.