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Hi All, I am currently struggling with getting my essays through for Round 2. My GMAT Score is 730 (Q50 V38), working with a top ranked healthcare consulting company for past 3.5 years. I am targeting Fuqua, Darden, and Kellogg and am looking at a possible career in marketing. To be more concise I ...

by Gowri@CrackVerbal

Thu Dec 04, 2014 6:08 am
Forum: The Application Process
Topic: Structuring my short term and long term goals
Replies: 7
Views: 5057

Hello Guys, I was imagining to write a write a success story of ace'ing the GMAT but now I am writing a totally different story. There wasn't much time to prepare. I studied for almost a month, but very sincerely only for the past 10 days. I took only the two practice exams that came with GMAT Prep...

by Gowri@CrackVerbal

Thu Dec 04, 2014 5:22 am
Forum: The Application Process
Topic: GMAT 600 - Should I even bother to apply?
Replies: 9
Views: 8466

I'm an Indian female working in IT. I plan to give GMAT shortly and to apply in Round 2. I already have 8 years of work experience. I still need to improve my score from 650s to 700s. Is it too late for me to apply for schools in US, I mean, is my years of experience a disadvantage? If I take some ...


Hi Miransh, Your game plan for a retake must begin with a close look at WHY your score is stuck in the 500s. There could be multiple reasons for this: 1. a problem with your fundamental concepts 2. issues in your approach to specific question types 3. timing issues 4. fatigue during the exam Once yo...

by Gowri@CrackVerbal

Mon Oct 20, 2014 5:35 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Retaking GMAT
Replies: 5
Views: 1761

Hi all, I'm consistently hovering around the 600 mark for all my mock CATs. It's too late to reschedule my test. I'm looking at applying to the following schools. Sauder Schulich Desautels Alberta Beedie Here's my profile. Do you think I stand a chance? 32 yrs, Indian, Work experience - 6 yrs (IT),...

by Gowri@CrackVerbal

Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:35 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Mock CATs 600 - Canadian B-schools
Replies: 2
Views: 1603

Thank you Vivian and Rich. I followed you advice . I am able to complete the test . Now I am also able to reduce the RC time from 15 min to 8 min but now the problem is my RC score is 21 ques correct . I am just preparing these days for verbal because of it my Quant score goes down to 21 correct(ea...

by Gowri@CrackVerbal

Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:38 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: 520 in second test. Quat-45 Verbal -8 IR -3
Replies: 6
Views: 2579

Aishwarya, Another bit of advice is to not get caught up in practice alone. I've seen a lot of students solve thousands of GMATPrep questions without seeing any significant improvement in their scores. 50% of your prep time must be spent on practice and the remaining 50% on analysis. Always solve a ...

by Gowri@CrackVerbal

Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:18 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: GMAT exam date?
Replies: 5
Views: 2173

Hi GMAT Beaters, many-2 congratulations to you all..I need a favor from your side on urgent basis. Kindly guide me the best institutes for GMAT tutorials in Mumbai as I am new to Mumbai so I am finding it very difficult to find a good institute here by attending just a single free trial class. I ha...

by Gowri@CrackVerbal

Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:00 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: advice me on choice of institute
Replies: 3
Views: 1907

Harsh, As a CrackVerbal isntructor, let me talk about the advantages of the CrackVerbal course: 1. Instructor-led Courses CV instructors are the best in their field, have actually taken the GMAT, and have scored 700+ on it. So we will be speaking from experience, and the insights you get will defini...

by Gowri@CrackVerbal

Mon Dec 30, 2013 12:34 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Stuck at 28 verbal score...what should i do next?
Replies: 7
Views: 4909

And finally, a Step-by-Step approach for Critical Reasoning: 1. Read the question carefully – don’t try to save time here by skimming 2. Identify the type and the structure of the argument. In some cases, the question might be fairly straightforward and recognizable. For e.g. boldfaced questions...

by Gowri@CrackVerbal

Fri Dec 27, 2013 12:45 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Stuck at 28 verbal score...what should i do next?
Replies: 7
Views: 4909

Now some tips for Reading Comprehension: This answer may seem obvious at first, but really, the only way to get better at reading RC passages critically is to practice, practice and practice. :) Try reading 300-400 word articles/blogs that appear on historytoday.com, economist.com, nature.com etc. T...

by Gowri@CrackVerbal

Fri Dec 27, 2013 12:36 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Stuck at 28 verbal score...what should i do next?
Replies: 7
Views: 4909

Here are some Golden Rules for Sentence Correction: 1. Understand what concept is being tested. If it is parallelism, try to figure out what items should be parallel. If it is comparison, figure out what items are being compared. If it is modifiers, identify what the subject is and what each clause ...

by Gowri@CrackVerbal

Fri Dec 27, 2013 12:28 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Stuck at 28 verbal score...what should i do next?
Replies: 7
Views: 4909

Hey arpgoyal, Here's a plan you can follow for the next 60 days Material needed : Only official material - The Official Guide to the GMAT 13th edition, The Quant Review and The Verbal Review. Step 1 : Go to http://www.mba.com/india/the-gmat-exam/prepare-for-the-gmat-exam/test-prep-materials/free-gma...

by Gowri@CrackVerbal

Thu Dec 26, 2013 12:45 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: GMAT Exam in 60 Days
Replies: 3
Views: 1687

Harsh, The best thing to do is to go over the questions you have already solved, and do a first level of analysis to identify the following: 1. Which is your weakest section: SC, CR or RC? 2. Within each section, which concept is tripping you up? For e.g. within SC, is it modifiers or tenses? or any...

by Gowri@CrackVerbal

Thu Dec 26, 2013 12:23 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Stuck at 28 verbal score...what should i do next?
Replies: 7
Views: 4909

Hello infinityfin, The first step towards improving your score is to analyze your performance and understand your weak areas. Accuracy or score is often a poor metric and by itself, will not tell you anything. You need to do the following analysis on the questions you have solved so far. Look at eve...

by Gowri@CrackVerbal

Wed Dec 25, 2013 11:58 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Improve GMAT Verbal
Replies: 1
Views: 1414