April 21st 2011 - Judgement day

Expert replies

sivaelectric: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 439; Joined: Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:32 amFollowed by: 28 members; Location: India; Thanked: 34 times

by sivaelectric » Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:02 pm

Hi everybody,
I am appearing for GMAT on 21st April this year. I hope I have lots of time to prepare. I have already taken classes with ScoreGetter in Chennai, TN, India. What I feel right now is that I am little bit critical on verbal side, especially the sentence correction. I have been practising from the OG12 now and have Manhattans SC and CR, verbal and quants 11th edition, Kaplan' GMAT 800 and also Kaplans 2010-2011 guide. I think I have sufficient materials to practice. I regret deeply to the point that I have not taken a diagnostic test yet (little bit scared that I may score less, I know its normal). Humbly request you all to please guide me with my GMAT.

Chitra Sivasankar. :)

Source: Beat The GMAT — GMAT Strategy | Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:02 pm

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 » Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:34 am

You have just mentioned the names of the books. What strategy do you have in mind as you move forward ? How to do you plan to tackle each area ? How much time do you plan to dedicate each day and over the weekends. What is your strategy going to be when you analyze questions. Figure out the answers to questions like this ,write them down somewhere and I think you should be on the right path. Keep us posted about your progress .

sivaelectric: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 439; Joined: Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:32 amFollowed by: 28 members; Location: India; Thanked: 34 times

by sivaelectric » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:57 am

Well, I have time to work for around 3 hours daily. first I am planning to take on the verbal section, especially critical reasoning and sentence correction which i feel is very tough and then move onto quants. roughly I have around 8-10 weeks of time. so will provide equal time for quants and verbal. will start with OG12, then for CR and SC, planning to work on the mgmat guide. for tougher questions, I will be taking on Kaplan' GMAT 800.
also BTG is one of my main resources for preparation.

sivaelectric: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 439; Joined: Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:32 amFollowed by: 28 members; Location: India; Thanked: 34 times

by sivaelectric » Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:27 am

took a practice test today from Kaplan. scored pathetically very low.. 55% on quants and 59% on verbal. hoping to improve the scores in the next tests. working on OG 12 now and reading CR from Manhattan guides.

If I am wrong correct me

, If my post helped let me know by clicking the Thanks button

.

Chitra Sivasankar Arunagiri

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

by bkw » Thu Feb 17, 2011 6:26 am

sivaelectric wrote:Hi everybody,
I am appearing for GMAT on 21st April this year. I hope I have lots of time to prepare. I have already taken classes with ScoreGetter in Chennai, TN, India. What I feel right now is that I am little bit critical on verbal side, especially the sentence correction. I have been practising from the OG12 now and have Manhattans SC and CR, verbal and quants 11th edition, Kaplan' GMAT 800 and also Kaplans 2010-2011 guide. I think I have sufficient materials to practice. I regret deeply to the point that I have not taken a diagnostic test yet (little bit scared that I may score less, I know its normal). Humbly request you all to please guide me with my GMAT.

I have and have had even more problem with SC than I do now. However, the SC grail is a piece of work you need to read more than once to have a robust foundation of the concepts. But else than that, no book has really helped me with the SC. I mean you learn the grammar rules, but not so much how to apply them most effiently or what to think of.

By now the thing that really is helping me is the videos of Knewton SC classes. The teachers explain in those videos what actually will help you when you work with a SC problem. E.g. what sections can be omitted of a sentence, why etc.
For SC: Grammar rules + "tells" + application/practice, is the way to go.

GMAT Course Reviews

563 reviews

1168 reviews

431 reviews

359 reviews

147 reviews

5/5

5 Star (563 Reviews)

"Target Test Prep is the closest to the official version of the GMAT exam, about 99% accuracy in terms of the quality and quantity of information. The course has excellently created singular sets of focused lessons and tests for every possible topic that one could come across in the official GMAT exam."

"The TTP course maximizes the efficiency of the time you spend studying. It will take time and effort but I could almost guarantee that if you complete the course exactly as it is laid out you will get an amazing score. They also have a very responsive team willing to help with any questions you might have."

"TTP has two things that I think no other test prep company offers: A teaching approach that reinforces understanding and an attitude that will give you the mental preparedness needed to succeed on the test. TTP gives you a deep understanding of the concept you need to know while teaching you how to think."

Write a Review