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by saidov.mikhail » Thu Jan 09, 2014 2:18 am
Hi

This debrief would be interesting mostly for those who have low initial score

I have started from 460 on mock test

My official test results are: 540 (q37/v27); 570 (q38/v28); 640 (q42/v35. Last score was ok for my goals

It took me approx 350 hours to prepare

My recommendations:

1. Study systematically. Every day
2. Download 60 days GMAT prep.Buy Manhattan GMAT guides and OG13. You don't need any other books or materials. Don't waste money
3. Follow strictly all recommendations in 60 days GMAT prep
4. Take your first official Exam
5. If result is still not sufficient, go through Empowergmat course. It's great and not expensive
6. Take exam one more time. You will hit your target score


good luck,
Mikhail
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:34 am
Hi Mikhail,

Great work - 460 to 640 is a huge increase.

I'm also delighted to hear that the 60-Day Study Guide (https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/gmat-guide) worked for you.

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by gmaster328 » Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:03 am
Awesome improvement! Congratulations1
saidov.mikhail wrote:Hi

This debrief would be interesting mostly for those who have low initial score

I have started from 460 on mock test

My official test results are: 540 (q37/v27); 570 (q38/v28); 640 (q42/v35. Last score was ok for my goals

It took me approx 350 hours to prepare

My recommendations:

1. Study systematically. Every day
2. Download 60 days GMAT prep.Buy Manhattan GMAT guides and OG13. You don't need any other books or materials. Don't waste money
3. Follow strictly all recommendations in 60 days GMAT prep
4. Take your first official Exam
5. If result is still not sufficient, go through Empowergmat course. It's great and not expensive
6. Take exam one more time. You will hit your target score


good luck,
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by Nadia222 » Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:47 am
saidov.mikhail wrote:Hi

This debrief would be interesting mostly for those who have low initial score

I have started from 460 on mock test

My official test results are: 540 (q37/v27); 570 (q38/v28); 640 (q42/v35. Last score was ok for my goals

It took me approx 350 hours to prepare

My recommendations:

1. Study systematically. Every day
2. Download 60 days GMAT prep.Buy Manhattan GMAT guides and OG13. You don't need any other books or materials. Don't waste money
3. Follow strictly all recommendations in 60 days GMAT prep
4. Take your first official Exam
5. If result is still not sufficient, go through Empowergmat course. It's great and not expensive
6. Take exam one more time. You will hit your target score


good luck,
Mikhail

Great Job!!!!! The Manhattan Guides are great!!
I was thinking about using empower gmat as a supplemental
if I do not hit my goal score next month.
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by yannickd » Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:47 am
Hi saidov.mikhail,

Congrats for this huge increase. Improving your verbal score by 8 points is a great performance.
Are you a native english speaker ?

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by saidov.mikhail » Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:55 am
yannickd wrote:Hi saidov.mikhail,

Congrats for this huge increase. Improving your verbal score by 8 points is a great performance.
Are you a native english speaker ?

Yannick
Hi Yannick,

I'm Ukrainian and my mother tongue is Ukrainian. The easiest way to improve verbal score is to excel in sentence correction part

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