I just Beat The GMAT!

Saunak wrote:Awesome debrief Saumil. Very inspiring indeed.

Could you figure out why it was 630 in the Aug2012 attempt? (considering within 2 months you nailed it with 720)
It will be great if you could throw some light on what were the odds contributing for 630 attempt and your subsequent come-back strategies. There could be some lesson for us to know that even consistent 700+ scores on mocks, dont guarantee the same in Actual GMAT.

Thanks

sachinsonu wrote:Congrats for the great score. .. I particularly like your last quote "Success comes to those who are patient enough to handle the failure."

thanks for the inspiring quote

kallice wrote:Congrats Saumil !!!
I am also struggling with 550 since last time.
I just hope i also get a chance to tel a success story
All the best for your future.

saumil23 wrote: 630 in August was primarily because when the verbal section started I was not at all relaxed, the very idea of appearing GMAT exam started making me nervous. I guess the biggest difference between my 3rd & final attempt was the mental condition. During my final attempt, I just kept telling myself throughout the exam that just imagine that you are at home and giving practice test. Because at home, I never used to worry about the end score and hence usually ended up scoring well. I followed the same strategy during the exam. Also, i kept telling myself take one question at a time. Just attack the question on the screen with all the knowledge and skill I had.

Hope this helps.

sam2304 wrote:

saumil23 wrote: 630 in August was primarily because when the verbal section started I was not at all relaxed, the very idea of appearing GMAT exam started making me nervous. I guess the biggest difference between my 3rd & final attempt was the mental condition. During my final attempt, I just kept telling myself throughout the exam that just imagine that you are at home and giving practice test. Because at home, I never used to worry about the end score and hence usually ended up scoring well. I followed the same strategy during the exam. Also, i kept telling myself take one question at a time. Just attack the question on the screen with all the knowledge and skill I had.

Hope this helps.

Any other preparation strategy you followed for the last attempt ? How long did you study between the Aug attempt and the last one ? I faced the same problem in my last attempt . Wasn't confident or relaxed while attempting the verbal part and thinking about the end result than about the question on screen.

Jim@StratusPrep wrote:Wow, nice improvement. Congrats!

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saumil23 wrote:

simba2012 wrote:Congrats saumil23 great score and improvement! can you tell how did you prepare for verbal the 4th time, how was your verbal preparation different from earlier attempts?

Thanks Simba.

During the 4th time, I revised CR from Powerscore & SC from Manhattan. Additional thing that I did this time was - "Thursday's with Ron". These are free but awesome videos.

Honestly, even when I appeared for the 3rd time - my practice scores were 720 above and my verbal score was consistently above 38 but I still didn't score well in the 3rd time. I was actually under lot of pressure to perform as it was my 3rd attempt and was more focused on the end result during the exam rather than on individual questions.

During the 4th time while I was solving the verbal question, I kept telling myself throughout the section that I'm not worried about the score and I just want to ensure that solve the current question on the screen with all the skills I have.

I would strongly recommend - not to refer too many books for verbal. OG, Powerscore, Manhattan SC, RON free videos are more than sufficient to crack verbal.

MOST IMP POINT THAT HELPED ME IMPROVE MY VERBAL SCORE

The timing strategy that I followed for Verbal.

• For the first 10 questions in verbal section - try not to make any mistake or at max 1 mistake

• 1st lot of 10 questions - 25 min - focus more on accuracy
  2nd lot of 10 questions - 20 min
  3rd lot of 10 questions - 15 min - if you are behind time, guess during 3rd lot
  4th lot of 11 questions - 15 min

Number of books & number of forums say that spend not more than 2min per CR question, 1-1.5 min per SC question and 4-6 min for RC. During my 4th attempt - my focus was on maintaining the timing for lot of 10 questions (As written above) than on timing of individual questions.

Also, its not a myth that initial few questions (10 questions) are more important. I would strongly recommend that follow above timing strategy - you will certainly see a improvement in your score.

ALL THE BEST!! Let me know if i you have any question.

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