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by Black Knight » Fri Apr 08, 2011 4:21 am
Did you refer OG10 to prepare or you just used OG12 ? I have heard that OG10 has a lot of questions which aren't there in OG12 ?
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by neodante » Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:58 am
Congrats,Paul for such a fantastic score. I wish I could be as luck as you. Did you take any prep course or did you do self study only ?
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by Paulrichards » Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:06 pm
neodante wrote:Congrats,Paul for such a fantastic score. I wish I could be as luck as you. Did you take any prep course or did you do self study only ?
I think with the amount of information now available, I didn't feel the need for a prep course. Though had I not got a good score, then I would have definitely gone for a prep course because a low score means that the way you approached the GMAT wasn't right and you need to prepare the right way and when you prepare for something again, chances are good that you will make the same mistakes.
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by vikrantr93 » Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:26 am
superb score.
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by Paulrichards » Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:53 pm
vikrantr93 wrote:superb score.
Thanks, all the best to you!
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by havok » Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:19 pm
Wow, this is probably one of my favorite debriefs that I've read so far. It describes my situation quite closely. I even got a few tips (I'll be reading my MGMAT Critical Reasoning book now...).

This also led me to learn about "experimental" problems, which I think is really nice to know about. It'll definitely help boost my confidence during the test.

Now I just hope I can be as lucky as you!
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by Paulrichards » Fri May 06, 2011 8:31 pm
havok wrote:Wow, this is probably one of my favorite debriefs that I've read so far. It describes my situation quite closely. I even got a few tips (I'll be reading my MGMAT Critical Reasoning book now...).

This also led me to learn about "experimental" problems, which I think is really nice to know about. It'll definitely help boost my confidence during the test.

Now I just hope I can be as lucky as you!
All the best for the exam! Hope you do well. :)
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by havok » Sat May 07, 2011 4:16 pm
Paulrichards wrote:
havok wrote:Wow, this is probably one of my favorite debriefs that I've read so far. It describes my situation quite closely. I even got a few tips (I'll be reading my MGMAT Critical Reasoning book now...).

This also led me to learn about "experimental" problems, which I think is really nice to know about. It'll definitely help boost my confidence during the test.

Now I just hope I can be as lucky as you!
All the best for the exam! Hope you do well. :)
Why thank you. I scored 750 too!! I'm amazed, I immediately thought of this thread when I walked out of the testing center. LOL.
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by Paulrichards » Sun May 08, 2011 6:58 am
havok wrote:
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havok wrote:Wow, this is probably one of my favorite debriefs that I've read so far. It describes my situation quite closely. I even got a few tips (I'll be reading my MGMAT Critical Reasoning book now...).

This also led me to learn about "experimental" problems, which I think is really nice to know about. It'll definitely help boost my confidence during the test.

Now I just hope I can be as lucky as you!
All the best for the exam! Hope you do well. :)
Haha. That's great that you thought about me after your exam! Where do you plan to apply with this score ?

Why thank you. I scored 750 too!! I'm amazed, I immediately thought of this thread when I walked out of the testing center. LOL.
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by target_gmat2012 » Wed May 11, 2011 12:31 pm
interesting story
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by runthegmat » Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:55 pm
Great debrief. I never knew this bit about experimental questions appearing on the GMAT. Thanks for the info
Paulrichards wrote: The moral of the story is "EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY" :)
LOL!
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by abhisays » Thu Aug 04, 2011 2:40 am
Great score! Congrats..
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by Paulrichards » Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:55 pm
Thanks guys! Glad that it helped!
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by Empirestateofmind » Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:03 pm
Thanks Paul for the excellent debrief. The post was kinda stress buster as most of the posts I have been seeing lately here mentioned that they scored much lower on the GMAT than on their practice CATs.
But in your case, it was the opposite. What a relief.
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by Big Pop » Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:37 am
The moral of the story is "EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY"
I bet on this! happened to me !
nicely put in words.
Where have you decided to apply?
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