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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Thu Jul 04, 2013 6:51 am
Congratulations on a great score! And thanks for the executive summary below :-)
yepgirlnope wrote: TL;DR Don't freak out about time constraint! Accept early on that you will encounter tough problems you will have to make an educated guess on and realize that you can get a lot wrong and still do very well!
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by ollapodrida » Wed Jul 10, 2013 5:44 am
yepgirlnope wrote:I took the GMAT last Friday (6/21/13) and scored a 790, with a 50 on quant and 51 on verbal. Below is an overview of how I prepared, though I did not keep great track of what I did when, so the dates are a bit fuzzy.


I have a problem with your post. Q50, V51 should convert to an 800 on the real GMAT any day. How come you got Q50, V51 and did not cry out about getting a 790 instead of an 800?
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by kevincanspain » Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:19 am
I twice got a 790 with 51 points in each section. 51 does not necesarily mean perfect!
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by ollapodrida » Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:52 pm
Kevin, thanks for clarifying. I didn't think the algorithm exhibited that strange behavior at the very high end of the scoring range, but apparently, it does. I got a 790 on GMATprep with Q50, V49 so I was almost certain Q50, V51 would be an 800.
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by kevincanspain » Thu Jul 11, 2013 6:06 am
Sometimes Q50 V51 converts to 780, so don't feel too hard done by. FANTASTIC score!
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by yepgirlnope » Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:43 am
ollapodrida wrote:
yepgirlnope wrote:I took the GMAT last Friday (6/21/13) and scored a 790, with a 50 on quant and 51 on verbal. Below is an overview of how I prepared, though I did not keep great track of what I did when, so the dates are a bit fuzzy.


I have a problem with your post. Q50, V51 should convert to an 800 on the real GMAT any day. How come you got Q50, V51 and did not cry out about getting a 790 instead of an 800?
If I got Q51, V51 I would have been surprised if I hadn't received an 800 (though as Kevin says, sometimes even Q51, V51 doesn't get you 800). But with Q50 I wouldn't have expected 800. Have to admit I'm a little mad at myself for not getting Q51.
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by ollapodrida » Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:13 am
yepgirlnope wrote:
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yepgirlnope wrote:I took the GMAT last Friday (6/21/13) and scored a 790, with a 50 on quant and 51 on verbal. Below is an overview of how I prepared, though I did not keep great track of what I did when, so the dates are a bit fuzzy.


I have a problem with your post. Q50, V51 should convert to an 800 on the real GMAT any day. How come you got Q50, V51 and did not cry out about getting a 790 instead of an 800?
If I got Q51, V51 I would have been surprised if I hadn't received an 800 (though as Kevin says, sometimes even Q51, V51 doesn't get you 800). But with Q50 I wouldn't have expected 800. Have to admit I'm a little mad at myself for not getting Q51.
Congrats on a great score!
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by TanyaK » Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:09 am
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by gmaster328 » Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:24 am
Want to tutor me?? :)
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by diyora_k » Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:45 am
amazing score!!!! good luck with grad school!!!! thank you for the tips, i will definitely implement those in my preparations!
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by vrishali.patil » Sun Oct 27, 2013 8:02 pm
You said you bought princeton review, kaplan, manhattan gmat, official guide. Did you buy the complete set of books from these or just some specific books? I got that you bought mgmat complete strategy guide. What about others? I am waiting so bad in verbal. Can't score above 25 in practice tests. Can you please advice in detail the strategy to follow? waiting got your reply.
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by vrishali.patil » Sun Oct 27, 2013 8:15 pm
You said you bought princeton review, kaplan, manhattan gmat, official guide. Did you buy the complete set of books from these or just some specific books? I got that you bought mgmat complete strategy guide. What about others? I am so bad in verbal. Can't score above 25 in practice tests. Can you please advice in detail the strategy to follow? waiting for your reply.
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by NB1234 » Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:18 am
You knocked the ball not just out of the park but out to the moon. Awesome score! Congrats!
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