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Amiable Scholar
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- GMAT Score:730
First of all, thanks to all the people who posted their stories on this forum and kept me motivated to continue my prep.
People please ignore my grammatical mistakes. I am not an expert in Grammar.
The first time I decided to take the exam was Apr 2009. I didn't discuss with any experienced person and randomly started searching for the material. Though came to know that OG is most suitable prep material. Keep on fluctuating my mind between GMAT and country's local exam. Scheduled an appointment in hurry on 31 Oct 2009 , for Nov 11 2009.
ended up with 620 [Q50|V23].
As apparent from my scores, quant is my strong point. Most of the time whenever I studied quant , I just tried to convince myself that I am devoting my time for GMAT. [though quant was never a prep , but a fun for me]. Even someone asks for me different question types of quant questions in GMAT. I cant reply , just know it doesn't include some advance and interesting topics like calculus or Vector Algebra etc.
Being a non-native English speaker , I really faced a tough time preparing for verbal. In my first attempt , I did only OG and was always getting scores ranging 20-25 and GMAT PREP 1 ,2 scores were 620. exactly what I got in actual attempt. After first attempt at GMAT, I got busy with my local country exam , though no luck for me. But the strange thing happened, my quant percentile dropped to 83 from 99 and verbal percentile rose from 40- 95 in comparison to last year exam. May be effect of preparing for GMAT.So in MAY this year I decided to take the exam again and started prep again. But again procrastination , I delayed it to mid June. From Mid June , I got a colleague named Kartik Arya , who too was preparing for the exam and was pretty much confident in Verbal. So the preparation started. Attempted few 800 scores sectional tests, here is the distribution.
M1-M5 -50
V1-28
V2-32
V3-34
V4-30
V4-35
The main problem area was RC. I was not getting any clue how to improve. Though my hobbies include book reading and I have read around 20 novels [approx 7000 pages] till date. Anyhow I have to go ahead with it . Attempted OG 10-12 for Verbal [ I never solved any quant problem except while giving a sectional or full test].Attempted Kaplan tests
test 1- 610 [q50|v30] <- I knew some problem with their scoring algo
test 2 - 600
test 3- 590
test 4- 610
Gmat prep 1 -670
The procrastination continued till sep start. But anyhow I have to take the test so scheduled it for 24 OCT. Now started searching for new material because I had attempted all the existing material so many times that I even started replying after reading 4-5 words of question.[Definitely a bad condition when you lack some quality material for prep and you are much below in level in comparison to what test shows you]
so did POWER SCORE CR BIBLE , quick 5 days.
Completed 1000sc [67 % hit rate]
RC 99 [ NEVER give attention to hit ratio , but it was better in tougher questions.]
come to last week , people have different strategies for this. I too was planning something but destiny never gave a chance to me. Monday morning attempted mgmat 1 free test 690 [ q51|v34]. Then got some news which totally devastated me. I didn't study for rest of the week. Just went to test center yesterday because I devoted my 1 and half year of the exam with the feelings
"Karmanye Vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana,
Ma Karma Phala Hetur Bhurmatey Sangostva Akarmani "
mean
""You have a right to perform your prescribed action,but you are not entitled to the fruits of your action.
Never consider yourself the cause of the results your activities,and never be associated to not doing your duty."
Truely I was not feeling well but with zero anxiety|excitement for the test.
It may seem overconfidence but I was sure I didn't commit any mistake in quant section. finished 10 minutes before the time.
In verbal section I was doing test with routine speed , Suddenly I felt I inserted the ear pad to great depth for sake of silence and it took 5 minutes to plug it out. but again no anxiety for the time. But people who get enough , I would like to advice please avoid such activity in between the test.
saw score 730 [Really It was highest I ever got in a fresh test, you can say my highest in a fresh test was 690 in mgmat 1]
but again no exitement.
Just realized what other people have said in past. GMAT is not the end of life , Its just one mean to achieve your goals in life.
so Never create an imbalance in your life due to this exam.
update : few cosmetic changes on suggestion of my colleague Kartik
received my AWA score 4.0 [As I have said I am not expert in verbal skills]
People please ignore my grammatical mistakes. I am not an expert in Grammar.
The first time I decided to take the exam was Apr 2009. I didn't discuss with any experienced person and randomly started searching for the material. Though came to know that OG is most suitable prep material. Keep on fluctuating my mind between GMAT and country's local exam. Scheduled an appointment in hurry on 31 Oct 2009 , for Nov 11 2009.
ended up with 620 [Q50|V23].
As apparent from my scores, quant is my strong point. Most of the time whenever I studied quant , I just tried to convince myself that I am devoting my time for GMAT. [though quant was never a prep , but a fun for me]. Even someone asks for me different question types of quant questions in GMAT. I cant reply , just know it doesn't include some advance and interesting topics like calculus or Vector Algebra etc.
Being a non-native English speaker , I really faced a tough time preparing for verbal. In my first attempt , I did only OG and was always getting scores ranging 20-25 and GMAT PREP 1 ,2 scores were 620. exactly what I got in actual attempt. After first attempt at GMAT, I got busy with my local country exam , though no luck for me. But the strange thing happened, my quant percentile dropped to 83 from 99 and verbal percentile rose from 40- 95 in comparison to last year exam. May be effect of preparing for GMAT.So in MAY this year I decided to take the exam again and started prep again. But again procrastination , I delayed it to mid June. From Mid June , I got a colleague named Kartik Arya , who too was preparing for the exam and was pretty much confident in Verbal. So the preparation started. Attempted few 800 scores sectional tests, here is the distribution.
M1-M5 -50
V1-28
V2-32
V3-34
V4-30
V4-35
The main problem area was RC. I was not getting any clue how to improve. Though my hobbies include book reading and I have read around 20 novels [approx 7000 pages] till date. Anyhow I have to go ahead with it . Attempted OG 10-12 for Verbal [ I never solved any quant problem except while giving a sectional or full test].Attempted Kaplan tests
test 1- 610 [q50|v30] <- I knew some problem with their scoring algo
test 2 - 600
test 3- 590
test 4- 610
Gmat prep 1 -670
The procrastination continued till sep start. But anyhow I have to take the test so scheduled it for 24 OCT. Now started searching for new material because I had attempted all the existing material so many times that I even started replying after reading 4-5 words of question.[Definitely a bad condition when you lack some quality material for prep and you are much below in level in comparison to what test shows you]
so did POWER SCORE CR BIBLE , quick 5 days.
Completed 1000sc [67 % hit rate]
RC 99 [ NEVER give attention to hit ratio , but it was better in tougher questions.]
come to last week , people have different strategies for this. I too was planning something but destiny never gave a chance to me. Monday morning attempted mgmat 1 free test 690 [ q51|v34]. Then got some news which totally devastated me. I didn't study for rest of the week. Just went to test center yesterday because I devoted my 1 and half year of the exam with the feelings
"Karmanye Vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana,
Ma Karma Phala Hetur Bhurmatey Sangostva Akarmani "
mean
""You have a right to perform your prescribed action,but you are not entitled to the fruits of your action.
Never consider yourself the cause of the results your activities,and never be associated to not doing your duty."
Truely I was not feeling well but with zero anxiety|excitement for the test.
It may seem overconfidence but I was sure I didn't commit any mistake in quant section. finished 10 minutes before the time.
In verbal section I was doing test with routine speed , Suddenly I felt I inserted the ear pad to great depth for sake of silence and it took 5 minutes to plug it out. but again no anxiety for the time. But people who get enough , I would like to advice please avoid such activity in between the test.
saw score 730 [Really It was highest I ever got in a fresh test, you can say my highest in a fresh test was 690 in mgmat 1]
but again no exitement.
Just realized what other people have said in past. GMAT is not the end of life , Its just one mean to achieve your goals in life.
so Never create an imbalance in your life due to this exam.
update : few cosmetic changes on suggestion of my colleague Kartik
received my AWA score 4.0 [As I have said I am not expert in verbal skills]
Last edited by Amiable Scholar on Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:59 am, edited 2 times in total.
