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karmayogi: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 467; Joined: Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:19 pmFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 27 times

by karmayogi » Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:55 pm

It's 2 o'clock in the morning and I am yet not feeling sleep. I am kinda lost my sleep on my performance.

My GMAT test date is in mid Feb 2009. Today, I did analysis of my past 1 month GMAT preparation and found that my performance hasn't improved much. My main worry is verbal section, as it's for everyone, where my accuracy is fluctuating between 70% and 85%. I have definitely improved in SC and CR but RC is pathetically bad, both in terms of speed and accuracy.

I am already done with Kaplan Premium Edition and OG11. I have kept all Kaplan CAT for the end of Dec. I will start OG revision from 1st Feb because it doesn't make any sense to revise OG right away as all the questions are still fresh in my mind. Now, I am thinking what next?

I was eager to go through Manhattan GMAT books but not finding them in India. Also, I am finding it difficult to get hold of OG verbal and quants supplements. I am left with Princeton Review and 1000 series now. From some posts on the forum, it looks like, Princeton Review is too simple and 1000 series is not standard, and usually serious aspirants - above 750 - avoid them.

I know, quantity of study doesn't matter, rather it's the quality of study that matters. So I would not mind revising the same book multiple times but, I know, that will not help.

Guys need some serious guidance.

Thanks in advance.
Regards,
KY

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VP_Jim: GMAT Instructor; Posts: 1223; Joined: Thu May 01, 2008 3:29 pmFollowed by: 15 members; Location: Los Angeles, CA; Thanked: 185 times

by VP_Jim » Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:03 pm

You didn't mention how you are scoring. If you get 85% of the questions right on your actual GMAT, you'll be in pretty good shape!!!

Have you taken a practice test? What was your score?

Jim S. | GMAT Instructor | Veritas Prep

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by VP_Jim » Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:04 pm

Here's a link to the Veritas practice test, if you need one to take:

https://www.veritasprep.com/gmat-prepara ... tice-GMAT/

Jim S. | GMAT Instructor | Veritas Prep

karmayogi: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 467; Joined: Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:19 pmFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 27 times

by karmayogi » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:53 pm

Thanks for response.

I checked with Crossword and it has all the books. I am going to check it out today.
Planning to buy:
1. Mahattan Verbal and Quants both
2. OG Verbal Review

I hope, I am not overloading myself with books.

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karmayogi: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 467; Joined: Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:19 pmFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 27 times

by karmayogi » Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:54 am

VP_Jim wrote:You didn't mention how you are scoring. If you get 85% of the questions right on your actual GMAT, you'll be in pretty good shape!!!

Have you taken a practice test? What was your score?

I had broken the whole question set in OG into multiple test sets. Following is the break-up:
Quants:
Problem Solving = 18
Data Sufficiency = 19
Total = 37. Time 75 min

Verbal:
RC: 2/3/4 passages ( approximately 12/18 questions).
Number of questions in CR and SC varies depending on the number of questions selected in RC.
CR: ~15/17
SC: ~15/17
Total: 41. Time 75 min

Mostly, I tried to stick to the time.

Till date, I have taken only one real s/w based test.
GMATPrep – 650 (49Q, 28V): don’t know how I got 650 with 11 wrong in quants and 17 wrong in verbal.

I have taken couple of other paper based and, unreliable, s/w based tests. In all the performance is almost same: good in quants and 70 to 80% accuracy in verbal.

I have long way to go…I would be glad to get some guidance.

Regards,
KY

Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this divine within.
--By Swami Vivekananda

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