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The 10 Best GMAT Stories of 2010 – Number 7

by Beat The GMAT, Dec 23, 2010

Countdown - Seven!This article is part of a 10-part series where I will be highlighting the most popular GMAT debriefings of 2010 from the Beat The GMAT community, in countdown fashion.

The seventh most popular GMAT story this year was written by rishab1988: I finally beat the gmat! 720 (Q49 V40). rishab1988 actually took the GMAT three times in 2010, ultimately improving his score by 80 points. What I love about his story is that each time he retook the test, he modified his strategy based on lessons learned in previous attempts. risab1988 is bluntly honest about where he failed in previous attempts, especially his first GMAT attempt:

- I was totally unorganized in my prep

- I underestimated GMAT

- I prepared mechanically

Perseverance does pay off. Click here to read: I finally beat the gmat! 720 (Q49 V40)