Can i cross 700 with a week to go for GMAT

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rdc: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 4; Joined: Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:51 am

by rdc » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:51 am

I have a week for the GMAT. My scores are somewhere around the 650 mark? only in one princeton test i got a 710. My verbal is definitely weeker than my quant... my target is to cross 700. Pls give any advice as to how i can achieve my target with a week to go.

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mousymouse: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 56; Joined: Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:23 am; Location: Perth, WA, AUSTRALIA; Thanked: 2 times

by mousymouse » Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:28 am

lots of practice on GMAT CATS online and last minute reviewing of concepts u dont understand or are weak in and practice.

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canada_sms: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 84; Joined: Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:53 pmFollowed by: 9 members; Location: Boston, MA; Thanked: 50 times; GMAT Score:760

by canada_sms » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:34 pm

Have you taken the GMAT Prep tests? Those are probably the best predictor of your test day performance (+/- 30 pts).

If you got a 710 on PR but your best GMAT Prep was 650 then that might be a cause for concern.

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skang357: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 124; Joined: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:33 pm; Location: Los Angeles; Thanked: 5 times

by skang357 » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:37 pm

Absolutely, but you must live eat, breathe, and shit GMAT.

For example, let's say you just spent one month answering all of the OG 10 Questions (1458), Kaplan 800, and one other book of your choice.

You spent about 30 days answering at least 100 questions per day of varying difficulty and then reviewed all of the questions you got wrong.

Then when this is done, you have your GMAT Hell Week and then you become a GMAT test taking machine.

Every day you take 3 tests. That's 234 questions a day. All timed. One in the morning when you wake up.

Schedule is like this. Wake up : eat breakfast, take first test, review.

Go for a 30 minute walk after. Spend 1 hour watching TV, reading, relaxing, take a nap etc.

Take 2nd test, review. Eat lunch or early dinner. Watch TV 1 hour.

Take 3rd test, review. Eat dinner, shower, pleasure yourself, watch porn, read book, call your friend, take a nap.

You will spend 7.5 hours a day taking tests and then reviewing your mistakes in between. But follow this schedule for a week.

If you have a job, take a week off to do the aforementionned. By the 8th day and the day you take the test, you will be in "TEST TAKING MODE"

On the night of the fifth day, it might be a good idea to buy a 12 pack of your favorite beer, a bottle of wine, a pack of Camel lights if you smoke and get completely blitzkrieged. Hookers are optional.

I feel that an intermittent night leading up to the test (but definitely not the night before the exam at least 2 days before the exam) will help you calm your nerves, let out the stress, and make you perform better on the real test.

Follow this routine and you will become a GMAT Terminator. I didn't get quite the score wanted with this routine (my target is pretty high) but I got pretty close and I know that I would just have to do the above one more time and I will achieve target.

Impossible is nothing

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by canada_sms » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:49 pm

skang357 wrote:Absolutely, but you must live eat, breathe, and s*** GMAT.

For example, let's say you just spent one month answering all of the OG 10 Questions (1458), Kaplan 800, and one other book of your choice.

You spent about 30 days answering at least 100 questions per day of varying difficulty and then reviewed all of the questions you got wrong.

Then when this is done, you have your GMAT Hell Week and then you become a GMAT test taking machine.

Every day you take 3 tests. That's 234 questions a day. All timed. One in the morning when you wake up.

Schedule is like this. Wake up : eat breakfast, take first test, review.

Go for a 30 minute walk after. Spend 1 hour watching TV, reading, relaxing, take a nap etc.

Take 2nd test, review. Eat lunch or early dinner. Watch TV 1 hour.

Take 3rd test, review. Eat dinner, shower, pleasure yourself, watch porn, read book, call your friend, take a nap.

You will spend 7.5 hours a day taking tests and then reviewing your mistakes in between. But follow this schedule for a week.

If you have a job, take a week off to do the aforementionned. By the 8th day and the day you take the test, you will be in "TEST TAKING MODE"

On the night of the fifth day, it might be a good idea to buy a 12 pack of your favorite beer, a bottle of wine, a pack of Camel lights if you smoke and get completely blitzkrieged. Hookers are optional.

I feel that an intermittent night leading up to the test (but definitely not the night before the exam at least 2 days before the exam) will help you calm your nerves, let out the stress, and make you perform better on the real test.

Follow this routine and you will become a GMAT Terminator. I didn't get quite the score wanted with this routine (my target is pretty high) but I got pretty close and I know that I would just have to do the above one more time and I will achieve target.

I dunno. I think there's a few too many breaks in the above plan. You might get to 680 but if you wanna cross 700 you'll need to pick up the pace a bit more...jk.

I also suggest that you keep a doctor on standby if you actually decide to go through such a hell week.

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by skang357 » Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:14 pm

Canada_SMS

I did the above and got 680 just like you said.

I didn't create the war strategy Sun Tzu style like you did and know intimately the enemy. But I guess that's what it takes to get a score like yours.

But I really think that the reason I didn't break 700 using my GMAT Hell Week strategy is that on the 5th night I got the 12 pack of beer and the bottle of wine, but I didn't get the hooker.

But I have to admit, no joke...

If you're gonna go through the hell week, make sure that you do not eat fast food, fatty foods like red meat all the time, and that you must exercise every day. The 30 minute walk a day helped a lot.

Make sure you get around 7 hours of sleep per day, minimum 6.

I think a glass of wine at the end of every day also would help to increase circulation.

Oh and one more tip. I ate 2 packs of blueberries and ate two cans of black beans the day before and the day of the test. These are all brain foods and also health foods.

If you're gonna be a GMAT Terminator, you have to consider yourself an academic athlete.

If you're gonna be an athlete, you not only have to train hard but regulate your food intake, your sleep, your overall regimen, and your time devoted to release stress.

The Hell Week can work more or less if a week is all you have, but you will probably pay for it after it's over. I felt like crap for 2 days afterwards.

Impossible is nothing

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fleurdelisse: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 44; Joined: Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:01 am; Thanked: 1 times

by fleurdelisse » Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:58 pm

Where do you find so many practice tests to take?

Any suggestion please. If I am to follow your strategy, I need 21 tests! Where to get all these from??

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by skang357 » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:28 pm

fleurdelisse wrote:Where do you find so many practice tests to take?

Any suggestion please. If I am to follow your strategy, I need 21 tests! Where to get all these from??

You can get around 8 from GMATPrep alone as long as you keep reloading the test although you will see some repeat questions. Download GMATPrep from MBA.com or GMAT.com.

You can also get a lot by looking on the Internet. A lot of test prep companies have 1 free sample on their site. Manhattan GMAT has 1 free sample test that you can get just by registering with the site.

Scour this board, you should find some more links and info as to where you can find some tests.

The library or Barnes and Noble will also have sample tests from Arco or McGraw Hill or something.

Again you must do you diligence and the legwork to find the sources. They are out there.

Lastly, it is common knowledge that GMATPrep is the closest to the real thing (IMO easier although not vastly but it's the closest thing)

Oh and here is the link for a download of 9 Paper Tests that GMAC has the gall to actually sell for 25 dollars for a set of three. These are the old paper based tests that were around before the CAT and these were real tests. The catch is that you have the same amount of time as you do now to take the test but the Paper Tests have 30 more questions.

The difficulty level on the Verbal is similar to today's CAT but the Quant is at least 50% easier on the paper tests.

Keep that in mind. Use it as a resource to improve your timing. Here they are knock yourself out. You have the sources to get around 18 tests now. You are on your own for the other three bud.

https://www.megaupload.com/?d=EAOMG7UW

(download winzip to open the files because they are in .rar form)

Impossible is nothing

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