Wow, my heart actually bumped quicker than usual when I was reading your success story. lol I felt like I was there. Congratulations.

That's awesome!! Definitely encouraging, I really like the part how you said, "for those of you out there that did poorly on your first attempt remember that it's not a failure, it's a second chance to do better than you ever could have on the first." I bombed the first time around, flooring a whopping 530, though have been studying the OG inside and out in hopes of cracking a 700+. Congratulations!

first of all, congratulations on your great score, myohmy!
question though:
1) what do the short and long RC passages like in real gmat?
do the short ones like those in GMATPREP?
what about the longer ones?
2) CR difficulty? are they in the same diffculty as GMATPREP CR or LSAT CR problems?
3) SC structure? some say that SC structure changed on the real gmat: they tend to be more lengthy and GMAC started to pay more attention to meaning issue on SC? how do you rate real SC problems and GMATPREP ones?


thanks in advance!

SoCalGiant wrote:That's awesome!! Definitely encouraging, I really like the part how you said, "for those of you out there that did poorly on your first attempt remember that it's not a failure, it's a second chance to do better than you ever could have on the first." I bombed the first time around, flooring a whopping 530, though have been studying the OG inside and out in hopes of cracking a 700+. Congratulations!

I agree. I got a 590 today on my first attempt but your story has inspired me that I KNOW I can improve my score. Starting tomorrow it's back to studying!

Jess

Superb!!! You did awesome. I got a 620 in my first GMAT attempt few months back and now I am studying again for the test. Your article is inspiring and I also hope to CRACK the GMAT with flying colors this time.

Heartly congrats!!. I am very worst at RC, can you please suggests some techniques.

Thanks in Advance!!

regds
sachin

I am new to this forum and was just wondering what do CAT and OG stand for? Thanks!

great score @myohmy! You nailed it.

Completing Verbal with 35 mins to spare?? whoa, thats something. Just wondering- could there be any brownie points for completing soon?? I have heard lot of people scoring 750+ say they had time to spare in the end. So is there a chance that GMAT grants brownie points or are they just all (like you) just super brilliant!

CAT = Computer Adaptive Test
OG = Official Guide

Freaking awesome job!!!!!

Imagine- what if you hadn't reported your score? Woulda been crazy.Good luck on your apps.

Hey!

This inspired me so much!

Did you get into Harvard?

Thank you!

Congratulations!! Your story is amazing!! You owned the gmat big time!

And thank you for your story! I am a lawyer, haven't seen math since high school. I was a good math student at school but am really struggling with the quant section right now. Your story really inspired me!

Just one question, I thought you could see your score before having the option to cancel it. Is this right? From your account I understood the option to cancel is before seeing the score.

dm2016 wrote:Congratulations!! Your story is amazing!! You owned the gmat big time!

And thank you for your story! I am a lawyer, haven't seen math since high school. I was a good math student at school but am really struggling with the quant section right now. Your story really inspired me!

Just one question, I thought you could see your score before having the option to cancel it. Is this right? From your account I understood the option to cancel is before seeing the score.

Now you do get to see your score before deciding whether to cancel, but this is a fairly recent development. The original post was from 2009, and back then you did have to decide before seeing your score.