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Set a stopwatch - say 25 minutes for 20 math questions - and then race it. The difficulty of the tight deadline will force your mind to concentrate
- by pkblaze100
Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:03 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: How to stay focused?
- Replies: 2
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Hi JMitchell, First of all - good luck on your gmats. Next, relax, everything will go fine. Given your timeframe, if your feeling stressed I'd take half a day off tomorrow and the day before your exam. You cannot improve when you are mentally exhausted. As for your math questions. One of my friends ...
- by pkblaze100
Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:58 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: 4 Days until the gmat a little burned out.
- Replies: 3
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Update: Was accepted into Ross on Thursday evening - probably tied for second on schools I wanted to got to (after Stanford), so i am massively happy
Also my roomate took gmats on Friday and scored 740 
Overall a good week and finally no more stress about applications!
- by pkblaze100
Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:26 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Study strategy & Advice (770 --> 50M/46V) w/o class
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3580
For days 1-83 I generally studied about 10-15 hours a week. Usually split amongst 6 days with one day off. That being said, you should modify the amount you do daily based on your personal schedule & preferances. One of my friends preferrs to study 2 hours every day. I travel for work on Mon &am...
- by pkblaze100
Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:41 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Study strategy & Advice (770 --> 50M/46V) w/o class
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3580
Study strategy & Advice (770 --> 50M/46V) w/o class
Hi All, It’s been a while since I visited the forums! I wanted to share an update/summary of the strategy I used to score my 770 on the GMAT back last May. I posted it up back then but thought I would revisit it now that I have had some time to reflect. As a personal update I just finished applying ...
- by pkblaze100
Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:19 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Study strategy & Advice (770 --> 50M/46V) w/o class
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3580
Hey raunekk Nice to see a military person on here. I assume by merchant navy, you are referring to the merchant marines? One of my best friends went to he merchant marine academy and just finished his training down in Pensacola. I am going to respond to both of your posts at the same time. Firstly, ...
- by pkblaze100
Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:09 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: im ready to give it all..but it just doesnt seem to come!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4043
Hey gmataspirant CR was one of my strengths, so I actually didn't really study it in a focused manner. I did, in the course of my studying, read through the guides in the Princeton, Kaplan, and Kaplan 800 books and do every question in those books as well as both OG books. For me, just the sheer num...
- by pkblaze100
Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:23 am- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: My GMAT Story/Strategy - 770 (50Q, 46V, 5.5AWA)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8118
Hey gkaparski There is a section on mba.com that you can click on for directions on how to send them a complaint. If you click on the "Take the GMAT" link, in the section titled "Essentials" it is under the heading "Test day." Let me know if you have any trouble finding...
- by pkblaze100
Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:27 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: My GMAT Story/Strategy - 770 (50Q, 46V, 5.5AWA)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8118
My GMAT Story/Strategy - 770 (50Q, 46V, 5.5AWA)
First of all, I want to thank everyone on this forum for setting up a wonderful community to help each of us reach our goals of conquering the gmat. Without this website I doubt I could have done close to as well as I actually did. My Performance: 770 (50Q, 46V, 5.5 AWA) taken on 5/16/08 About Me: I...
- by pkblaze100
Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:23 pm- Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
- Topic: My GMAT Story/Strategy - 770 (50Q, 46V, 5.5AWA)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8118