Well my journey began about 5 weeks ago.I was told that this site is the best place to start off with.
I started my Gmat prep with a weeks course of MasterGmat .The course was really helpful as it gave me a solid base in Sentence correction. I frankly believe that with a structured approach, and learning from each mistake you make, Sentence Correction accuracy can reach great accuracy only limited by your determination to learn.
After a week of MasterGmat I moved on to Grockit.com . The site has an amazing database of questions especially for verbal. Well I was always strong in Quant , so never bothered practicing.
Grockit helped me to analyse my strenghts and weaknesses in over 40 different categories of Verbal sc,rc,cr.
Advice
The best advice I can probably give is to start getting accustomed to solving 41 Verbal Questions in 75 minutes. From the first week of my preparation I would give timed tests of 800-verbal tests and TMH-Paper based Verbal tests. These tests helped me develop my timing strategies from the very begining of my preparation. I would time myself and I had set several milestones for myself.For instance...
when 60min were left on the clock I shud have completed 9 Questions else I wud hurry up abit to ensure I was on track....
TRUST ME -- this is one of the most crucial parts of your preparation.
Focus on basics.Use POE (process of elimination) .No ones goin to judge you for gettin the right answer by eliminating wrong answers! What I found really helpful and a time saver is to write down
A B C D E
A B C D E
A B C D E
A B C D E
A B C D E
...
WRITE IT ABOUT 24 TIMES during th break you get in between math and verbal....
This will immensely help you in striking off answer choices and reaching an answer choice real quickly.
Well resources I used...
MasterGmat
Grockit.com
This forum ofcourse--beatthegmat.com
OG
Kaplan 800 and a little of gmatclub.com
My mock scores were
KAPLAN-600 25-May
MasterGmat-660 28-may
several verbal tests of 800 and TMH
Princeton review-590 m-42(just 6 wrong),v-30(11 wrong) their algo is screwed up!!! level was good
3rd JUNE
MGMAT(FREE)-690 5TH JUNE (M48 V36)
GMATPREP1-730 (M50 V38) 21 JUNE
MGMAT 2- 750 (M51 V41) 25 JUNE
MGMAT3 -750 (M51 V41) 28 JUNE
VERITAS PREP 690-(M51 V41) 29TH JUNE
MGMAT 4-780 (M51 V45) 30TH JUNE.... went crazy... took a break didnt do anyhing the rest of the day!
KAPLAN-ONLINE 730 (M50 V39) 1ST JULY
KAPLAN CD-700 (M48 V38) 1st JULY evening... Had seen many questions previously!!
POWERPREP- 710 (M50 V35) VERBAL GOT JUST 9 WRONG! still confidence super high!!!
GMATPREP1(SECOND TIME)-770 (Q51 V41) few questions did repeat... at this time was on cloud 9.. 2 JULY
MGMAT 5- 780 (Q51 V45) 3JULY... was becoming a habit now!!
GMATPREP2-730 (Q51 V37) gave it in da morning wid jz 4 hours of sleep ... Had a long chat wid someone... real "distraction"!!!! 5july
GMAT -740 (M50 V40 AWA-6) 7 JULY !!!
finished my quant with 10min to spare... Was confident of a 51.., Guess I just missed out! Any way cant complain ... 740 is pretty awesome...
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bblast
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hmmmm, good debrief and a great score, BTW are we allowed to write on the scratch pad during the break before verbal ?
on my attempt 1, I got one minute(instructions time) to draw my POE grids.
on my attempt 1, I got one minute(instructions time) to draw my POE grids.
Cheers !!
Quant 47-Striving for 50
Verbal 34-Striving for 40
My gmat journey :
https://www.beatthegmat.com/710-bblast-s ... 90735.html
My take on the GMAT RC :
https://www.beatthegmat.com/ways-to-bbla ... 90808.html
How to prepare before your MBA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upz46D7 ... TWBZF14TKW_
Quant 47-Striving for 50
Verbal 34-Striving for 40
My gmat journey :
https://www.beatthegmat.com/710-bblast-s ... 90735.html
My take on the GMAT RC :
https://www.beatthegmat.com/ways-to-bbla ... 90808.html
How to prepare before your MBA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upz46D7 ... TWBZF14TKW_
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Frankenstein
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Great score.
Congrats and Good Luck !
Congrats and Good Luck !
Cheers!
Things are not what they appear to be... nor are they otherwise
Things are not what they appear to be... nor are they otherwise
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deep.amangmat
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Congratulations @dubinsky...
What schools are you targeting with this amazing score.
A few questions that may help in my preparation:
How do you compare the quality and standard of questions in Grockit with the ones on real test. I am also using Grockit and I agree with you that it is pretty good to analyze the weaknesses. I use it for both verbal and quant. Also did you take the mock tests from Grockit as well?
Thanks,
Aman
What schools are you targeting with this amazing score.
A few questions that may help in my preparation:
How do you compare the quality and standard of questions in Grockit with the ones on real test. I am also using Grockit and I agree with you that it is pretty good to analyze the weaknesses. I use it for both verbal and quant. Also did you take the mock tests from Grockit as well?
Thanks,
Aman
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dubinsky
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@bblast- thanks ...
yes you can write on the scratch pad during the breaks for verbal....
You get a 8 minute break between quant and verbal ...
Use some of that time to write dose options down!
you can even ask for an xtra scrath pad.... I was using two of them!!!
yes you can write on the scratch pad during the breaks for verbal....
You get a 8 minute break between quant and verbal ...
Use some of that time to write dose options down!
you can even ask for an xtra scrath pad.... I was using two of them!!!
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dubinsky
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@deep.amangmat
well the questions in grockit are quite similar to dose in the og...
so overall I found the difficulty level of CR and Sc comparable and to some extent lower than that of grockit....
There were however 2 questions in Sentence correction that i got in which the passive form was the correct answer ... so beware not to eliminate an answer choice solely based on it...
Besides that The RC in my test was real difficult... Two really lenghty passages of diffculty comparable to level 32 on grockit.... So that was a bit challenging....
well the questions in grockit are quite similar to dose in the og...
so overall I found the difficulty level of CR and Sc comparable and to some extent lower than that of grockit....
There were however 2 questions in Sentence correction that i got in which the passive form was the correct answer ... so beware not to eliminate an answer choice solely based on it...
Besides that The RC in my test was real difficult... Two really lenghty passages of diffculty comparable to level 32 on grockit.... So that was a bit challenging....
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mirantdon
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Not good . Dubi .. My date is on 20 th july
Dude you math is incredible . were you preparing for cat or something ?
In my case Sentence Correction is still a pain .
Tomorrow am takin Gmat prep 2.
If I dont do well I might reschedule .
Scoring between 660-710 at present.
Your tips are welcome bro ..
Dude you math is incredible . were you preparing for cat or something ?
In my case Sentence Correction is still a pain .
Tomorrow am takin Gmat prep 2.
If I dont do well I might reschedule .
Scoring between 660-710 at present.
Your tips are welcome bro ..
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dubinsky
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@mirantdon --OK nice ... You have over a month now to get yourself ready!!!
Make sure that you spend sufficient time unserstanding why you got each question wrong when u practice.........
As for AWA - I just got my score today-- Got a freaking 6!!!
Use the template given in AWA section forum... Jz follow it u are sure to get a real good score..
All the best dude.
Do keep me updated on your progress...
What is your
email id?
Make sure that you spend sufficient time unserstanding why you got each question wrong when u practice.........
As for AWA - I just got my score today-- Got a freaking 6!!!
Use the template given in AWA section forum... Jz follow it u are sure to get a real good score..
All the best dude.
Do keep me updated on your progress...
What is your
email id?
