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by CITI29 » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:25 am
Hey thanks swati,

do u mean Math review Document by Eric?

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by Natashangmat » Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:48 am
hey...sent u a mail swati...can u chck and reply? thx!

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by medea66 » Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:42 am
where can I find this review?

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by varun007 » Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:23 am
Hi, swati

thanks for ur replay. i can put 7-8 hrs everyday for 26 days . is it ok. also i am weak in sc and cr pls need ur suggestions, also tell me verbal problem on og are of the same difficulty level?

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by swati.sug » Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:04 pm
Yes I meant MathReview document by Eric.I found it very helpful for last moment review.I wrote my additional notes on that document :).
Thanks Eric.

Yes I feel that SC and CR in test are of same level as OG questions towards the end, but they are not OG questions.SO you won't have seen the questions earlier.
So you need to recognize the patterns well and remember the rules.
Practice a lot.

I would suggest Powerscore CR Bilble if you have problems with CR.I have high regards for this book.It helped me a lot.

For SC know MGMAT SC rules by heart.
Go through Sahil's notes and after doing so.practice,practice and practice :)

I feel you can make a lot of difference in the time you have in hand,but that depends on where you stand now and whether you are clear on what you need to work on..

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by tripathimani » Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:53 pm
Hi Swati,

I have been preparing for GMAT for the last 1 month (part time), but I do not see an improvement in my scores. I scored 550 in PR CAT1 (2nd week) and 550 again in PR CAT2 (4th week). I have completed PR: Cracking the GMAT, Kaplan Comprehensive Review and 100 problems from OG 11th edition but there is no improvements

All my areas are between 60-75 percentile., which I guess means I have to work equally hard in ALL of them. My CR and RC are particularly weak and as per your suggestion I would buy Powerscore for CR soon. I have identified my weak areas in PS and DS which I would be working on. Apart from the full length tests I intend to complete the following material before my test on 15th November.

Kaplan Math workbook
Kaplan 800
OG Free book
OG Purple
MGMAT SC
OG 11

Would you suggest something more/ different that I might be missing?

Thanks

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by smehmood » Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:17 pm
Swati,

Congratulations. I have my exam in 5 days. I didn't get much time to prepare for CR and RC.

In particular I need help in CR.

Could you please let me know:
1) For CR which material should I study that will have the most impact on my scrore in the lease amount of time (3 days max)?
2) Same question as above for RC?

How did you prepare/practise timing?

Thanks
M

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by varun007 » Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:53 am
hi, swathi
thanx 4 ur replay. I have the cr bible but dont have additional question pool of cr for practise can u suggest me some cr questions. also for rc i have a book " how to read better and faster" by norman lewis. i have gone through the book. Please can u give me some tips for rc. also the difficulty of rc is same as in og.

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by swati.sug » Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:49 am
Hi
my suggestion on rc:
plz refer this

https://www.beatthegmat.com/plz-help-abs ... 15681.html

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by swati.sug » Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:53 am
Hi smehmood

I think in such a small time only learning from your mistakes and pointing out where you get wrong most of the times is important.I wont suggest you to work with new material now,though you can read this small document which i am attaching and concentrate on official material.
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by smehmood » Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:19 am
Thanks Swati.
I have time to do 100 CR and 100 RC questions from the official guides.
For CR I can do all of them from the OG 11 edition or 50 from OG 11 and 50 from OG Verbal. What would you recommend?
Same for RC?

Thanks

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by swati.sug » Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:14 pm
Hi tripathimani
If all the areas need to be worked on then I'd suggest to add

1. Green Book Official
2.MGMAT Books for your problem areas in quant.
Word problems and inequality books are really good :)

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by swati.sug » Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:17 am
hi smehmood

I will recommend OG11

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by aj5105 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:34 pm
congrats ! thanks for your posts !

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by missionmba » Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:21 am
hey swati

congrats!!!!

gr8 score and gr8 post :D
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