Many of these posts are like short novels 
, so I will try to keep this short & sweet....
About Me:
GMATPrep 1 (first attempt): 640 (skipped AWA)
GMATPrep 1 (second attempt): 660 (skipped AWA)
Princeton Review CAT: 540 (skipped AWA)
Kaplan CAT: 590 (skipped AWA)
GMATPrep 2: 650 (skipped AWA--the day before the test!)
Test Day Strategies:
Don't believe the GMATPrep hype! In many cases your performance on the well-used, GMAC provided practice CAT is a very good indicator on how you will perform on test day, but remember we are not robots people! You are the master of your fate, the captain of your soul! Despite my previously dismal scores on both past GMAT tests and practice exams, I managed to outscore those "predictions" by more than 90 points. Why? Because when it mattered the most, I mustered up the stregnth and courage (and prayers) to do my absolute best. I learned from the mistakes I made in practice and as they say in football I "left it on the field" so that it did not negatively affect my confidence on game day. I'm not suggesting the same results will hapen for most people, but I did want it to be known that it is possible to do really poorly in practice and still Beat The GMAT!
FYI: Schools where I may apply
, so I will try to keep this short & sweet....About Me:
- African-American/Black (non-immigrant/slave decendant)
Female
Mid-Twenties
Engaged (yes, that makes a difference...my wedding is in 4 months...yikes!)
BS from top 5 Engineering School
Employed by top 5 Tech Company
- Attempt 1: 5/1/2009 - 650
Attempt 2: 12/19/2009 - 640 (Q35, V42, AWA 5.5)
Attempt 3: 9/1/2010 - 740 (Q49, V42, AWA TBD)
- Beat The GMAT 60-Day GMAT Study Guide
GMAC's Official Guide for GMAT Review 12th Edition
Kaplan's GMAT 2010-2011 Premier with CD-ROM
Manhattan GMAT's Sentence Correction GMAT Preparation Guide (4th Edition)
Manhattan GMAT's Critical Reasoning GMAT Preparation Guide (4th Edition)
Beat The GMAT Flash Cards
GMATPrep 1 (first attempt): 640 (skipped AWA)
GMATPrep 1 (second attempt): 660 (skipped AWA)
Princeton Review CAT: 540 (skipped AWA)
Kaplan CAT: 590 (skipped AWA)
GMATPrep 2: 650 (skipped AWA--the day before the test!)
Test Day Strategies:
- Took a 1 hour nap 1 hour before the test (of course I couldn't sleep, but simply closing my eyes, resting and clearing my mind left me getting up refreshed and rejuvinated)
Took 2 Fish Oil Pills for Omega-3 Fatty Acids (brain food)
Yogurt Parfait for breakfast
Dressed to impress! (studies have shown test-takers dressed well perform better)
Studied a few of my Beat The GMAT and custom flashcards to refresh on concepts I often forgot (like zero is a even integer that is neither postive nor negative--could not remember that to save my life!)
Packed a power lunch/snack box to nibble on during breaks: Sun Drop soda, Kashi bar, Sun Flower Seeds (something about moving your mouth to crack seeds stimulates your brain--works everytime)
Don't believe the GMATPrep hype! In many cases your performance on the well-used, GMAC provided practice CAT is a very good indicator on how you will perform on test day, but remember we are not robots people! You are the master of your fate, the captain of your soul! Despite my previously dismal scores on both past GMAT tests and practice exams, I managed to outscore those "predictions" by more than 90 points. Why? Because when it mattered the most, I mustered up the stregnth and courage (and prayers) to do my absolute best. I learned from the mistakes I made in practice and as they say in football I "left it on the field" so that it did not negatively affect my confidence on game day. I'm not suggesting the same results will hapen for most people, but I did want it to be known that it is possible to do really poorly in practice and still Beat The GMAT!
FYI: Schools where I may apply
- Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business - MBA, Full Time
Georgetown University - The McDonough School of Business - MBA, Full Time
Harvard University - Harvard Business School - MBA, Full Time
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - MIT Sloan School of Management - MBA, Full Time
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business - MBA, Full Time
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