Wrote gmat on monday, 26th Jan.
I can provide a dramatic account of my experience but for once I felt like staying away from emotional drama. I think it only adds to the hype of the exam. But I can ignore these mature voices in my mind and still pen down a entertaining account of the exam if that is what the audience wants.
Back to business - I managed 760 (q50, v42).
Since I got many useful advices from this forum, it is time to return the favour. Almost all my points have been taken from existing threads on this forum but I re-state them re-assert their importance.
1. If you are non-native speaker or weak in grammar, then do go through Manhattan's Sentence Correction book. It helped me immensely to improve my accuracy.
2. Use the 5 question-time left table to avoid losing unnecessary time. For Quant subtract 9,10 and for Verbal subtract 8,9 mins for first 5 questions and the rest.
3. Don't try to speculate your score while answering questions. Because, You have no idea!
4. Use a watch to keep track of time in the optional break.
Can't think of anything else.
I got my AWA score today. Got a mediocre score so no point in giving advice. It was sad to see a 5 because I felt I did well.
I don't know whether this is will be a problem in applications but that is a distant thought. I think I am late for 2009-11 admission so looking forward to join class of 2012.
I can provide a dramatic account of my experience but for once I felt like staying away from emotional drama. I think it only adds to the hype of the exam. But I can ignore these mature voices in my mind and still pen down a entertaining account of the exam if that is what the audience wants.
Back to business - I managed 760 (q50, v42).
Since I got many useful advices from this forum, it is time to return the favour. Almost all my points have been taken from existing threads on this forum but I re-state them re-assert their importance.
1. If you are non-native speaker or weak in grammar, then do go through Manhattan's Sentence Correction book. It helped me immensely to improve my accuracy.
2. Use the 5 question-time left table to avoid losing unnecessary time. For Quant subtract 9,10 and for Verbal subtract 8,9 mins for first 5 questions and the rest.
3. Don't try to speculate your score while answering questions. Because, You have no idea!
4. Use a watch to keep track of time in the optional break.
Can't think of anything else.
I got my AWA score today. Got a mediocre score so no point in giving advice. It was sad to see a 5 because I felt I did well.
I don't know whether this is will be a problem in applications but that is a distant thought. I think I am late for 2009-11 admission so looking forward to join class of 2012.
