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Gmat Journey... 690 - 640 -710

by satish_iitg » Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:56 am
Finished my Gmat yesterday. I scored 710 (49 and 38).

First of all thanks a lot to Gmat experts in the forum.

I am a bit disappointed with my score (my aim was to score 720+). It was my third attempt having scored 690 (in 2009) and a shocking 640 in the second attempt (in 2011). But i guess given the circumstances (new country, new job etc, i should be relatively satisfied).

First let me explain what i think was the main reason for not reaching 720 or a 730+ score.
I would strongly suggest you to practice the full test INCLUDING the AWA and IR more than 3 times before the real gmat. I made that mistake of not practicing the FULL test and i was exhausted before the last 20+ questions in the verbal section.

A little brief on my preparation.

materials

OG - 12
manhattan Series (very quite useful for quant, we tend to forget or overlook some small details some times)
Manhattan MGAMT tests (very useful)
Spared 45 mins or 1 hour every day (for 2-3 weeks) to visit the forum and solve questions posed by people like me ( i can say that this was the factor that boosted my quant score)


My test scores

Gmat prep 1 (680)
Mgamt 1 (660) - spent too much time on some tough quant questions, cost me a lot.
Mgmat 2 (670)
Mgmat 3(580)- shocking
Mgmat 4 (730)
Mgmat 5 (710)
Gmat prep 2(730)

I have some materials (lessons learnt from Mgamt tests or concepts from gmat experts in this forum). Will be happy to share if any one needs them.

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by ani781 » Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:43 pm
Congratulations Satish , on this wonderful score !!

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by r2kins » Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:52 pm
satish_iitg wrote:Finished my Gmat yesterday. I scored 710 (49 and 38).


I have some materials (lessons learnt from Mgamt tests or concepts from gmat experts in this forum). Will be happy to share if any one needs them.
Congrats Man... recovering from a dip is challenging...kudos!
It would be helpful if you could share some notes / lessons learned as you have mentioned.

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by satish_iitg » Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:01 am
r2kins wrote:
satish_iitg wrote:Finished my Gmat yesterday. I scored 710 (49 and 38).


I have some materials (lessons learnt from Mgamt tests or concepts from gmat experts in this forum). Will be happy to share if any one needs them.
Congrats Man... recovering from a dip is challenging...kudos!
It would be helpful if you could share some notes / lessons learned as you have mentioned.
Thanks !

I can share all the files with you (via my google drive). If thats Ok with you. Send me your preferred mail ID.

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by satish_iitg » Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:01 am
r2kins wrote:
satish_iitg wrote:Finished my Gmat yesterday. I scored 710 (49 and 38).


I have some materials (lessons learnt from Mgamt tests or concepts from gmat experts in this forum). Will be happy to share if any one needs them.
Congrats Man... recovering from a dip is challenging...kudos!
It would be helpful if you could share some notes / lessons learned as you have mentioned.
Thanks !

I can share all the files with you (via my google drive). If thats Ok with you. Send me your preferred mail ID.

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by [email protected] » Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:49 am
Hi Satish that's a great score congratulations
could you email me the prep material and tests you have?
my email is [email protected]
Many thanks

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by r2kins » Thu Aug 15, 2013 6:56 pm
satish_iitg wrote:
r2kins wrote:
satish_iitg wrote: Thanks !

I can share all the files with you (via my google drive). If thats Ok with you. Send me your preferred mail ID.
Hi Satish, sent u a PM.

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by red217 » Thu Aug 15, 2013 9:12 pm
Hi,

Im PM-ing you my email add too. Would really appreciate it if you could share the files with me too.

thanks

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by red217 » Thu Aug 15, 2013 9:13 pm
Hi,

Im PM-ing you my email add too. Would really appreciate it if you could share the files with me too.

thanks

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by ani781 » Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:35 am
Hi Satish,
Congratulations !!!
Could you please email me the prep material ?
I have already PM'd you.

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by satish_iitg » Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:27 am
Hi Guys,

I have shared my drive with with who ever has sent me a PM.

Please do tell me if i missed any one.

Satish

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by epravka » Sun Aug 18, 2013 3:20 pm
Hi satish,

Congrats on your said Gmat score.
If you could please share the notes/exams with me.

Thanks in anticipation

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Praveen

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by epravka » Sun Aug 18, 2013 3:21 pm
Hi satish,

Congrats on your said Gmat score.
If you could please share the notes/exams with me.

Thanks in anticipation

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by ckchua » Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:52 am
Hi Satish,

Would appreciate if you could send me the files at [email protected].

Thanks and more power!

Regards,
CK

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by monaljain88 » Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:52 am
Please share a few verbal notes. I scored a shocking score of 630(quants-49,verbal-27). Seems like there is no way to improve verbal.. My id is [email protected]