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GMAT 740 (q 49, v 42, awa 5)

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GMAT 740 (q 49, v 42, awa 5)

by vishrules » Fri Oct 29, 2010 10:01 am
hello!

i have been a silent observer all this while and now it's time to give back to the community.

background: final year engineer

preparation time: 15-20 days

Practice test scores:

gmat prep1 :710(without any prep)

powerprep: 690

mgmat1: 700
mgmat2: 710
mgmat3: 690
mgmat4: 760
mgmat5: 740
mgmat6: 750

gmat prep1 retake: 740
gmat prep 2 : 750( two days before exam)

study material used:
official guide 12
Manhattan sentence correction
online forums



would love to answer specific queries.
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by rima.mehta » Fri Oct 29, 2010 10:58 am
Hey vishrules
Congratulationsss on the greatt scoree!!!
710 - without any prep? Oh, you genius.!!
May I borrow your brain on my test day?...

All the Best for applications.
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by vishrules » Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:46 am
Thank you ma'am.
Be my guest. :)
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by skins81 » Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:04 am
Hi. nice score! how did you prepare for quant and verbal?
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by vishrules » Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:02 am
Quant:

OG 10,11
online forums help you a lot.
also, some very helpful word documents are available online. search for MATHS TOUGH PROBLEMS FOR GMAT, 50 TOUGH QUANT etc.

verbal:

Manhattan sc( very very imp)

practice is the key for SC and CR.......................i think OG is sufficient for RC.
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by skins81 » Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:34 am
is OG sufficient for SC and CR?
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by vishrules » Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:30 pm
no..it's not.

practice from other books.....online forums......1000sc...1000cr......

read power score CR bible for CR.
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by skins81 » Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:11 am
thanks.
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