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jiujitsubri: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 29; Joined: Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:06 am

by jiujitsubri » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:03 am

So I attempted one of the GmatPrep practice exams, after only spending a few hours reviewing basic math. Needless to say the experience was a huge eye opener towards the amount of studying I need to put in for this exam. I bombed and did not even break 500.

My background is an undergrad in Finance and currently working in accounting for a large fortune 500 company. Sadly my score is embarshing and I felt sick and almost vomitted when I finished the preactice exam and seen my score.

I have the OG11, Cliffs math review, as well as other highly suggested material from this forum. I plan to dedicate a month or so to studying this material and re-learning my basics for standardized exams before attempting another preactice exam.

I'm still shocked and feeling inadequit based on the practice exam. I took the exam when I was a bit aggetated at the noisiness of the library, yet besides that I still had a blank memory when taking the exam. I did not feel confident in any of my answers and guessed a lot. I had not one question were I remembered the formula and confidently and quickly worked the problem.

All the verbal questions seemed like each answer could be correct and the quant section was like reading chinese.

How much can one improve from studing OG11 to improve from unstudied to well prepared.

Thanks

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paperplane: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 3; Joined: Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:12 pm

by paperplane » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:33 pm

Ah! deja vu!
sorry, i am not gonna be able to tell you if OG can take you form where you are to where you want to be ,i couldn help but relate to every word you said as to how you felt after your practice test!
felt ditto. crossed 650 but i just got very lucky thats all!
hang in there,hope someone answers your question.

( absolutely uselsss i know,but just wanted you to know you have a friend here!)

Prasanna: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 418; Joined: Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:41 pm; Thanked: 24 times

by Prasanna » Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:04 pm

Its difficult to answer your question, because the improvement one sees from the starting point of the prep to the ending point of the prep cannot be predicted. OG 11 may not be sufficient by itself, you may have to get additional material (check the resources section in this forum too).

Having said that I have seen members of this forum improving my 100-150 points in many cases and more than 150 in exceptional cases.

Wish you good luck
Prasanna

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