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Goodbye for now, and good luck!
Hello contributors, I've enjoyed reading your AWA posts and providing feedback over the past months. Unfortunately, I need to pause my work on Beat the GMAT for the present. There are other experts in the forum who would be happy to help; look through old posts if you want to find a particular grade...
- by Katharine@GMATPrepNow
Wed Jul 22, 2015 9:25 am- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Goodbye for now, and good luck!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1584
Hello Mechmeera, Glad to see another practice AWA! Writing: You skip using "the" in some of your sentences. In the intro, you should say that TR12 "is being promoted as the most portable..." and that TR12, "the previous model of company X," received critical applause fo...
- by Katharine@GMATPrepNow
Sun Jul 19, 2015 4:09 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Analyze Argument...................GMAT in a week
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1638
Hello rish0396, I hope that these comments help as you prepare for the exam. Writing: There are a few typos (increased in competition, for example) that I think you could fix if you saved a few minutes to read through your work before submitting. You also use commas a lot! Make sure not to overuse t...
- by Katharine@GMATPrepNow
Sun Jul 19, 2015 4:02 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Kindly review ASAP.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1641
You've been doing pretty well on your responses. It would be good to do the AWA so you can sit through the full-length test, but I don't think that you have to put in much more work for the AWA section. If it'll help you get used to the test length, go for it. Otherwise I think that you can focus on...
- by Katharine@GMATPrepNow
Sun Jul 19, 2015 3:31 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: 1 week until GMAT. Please read & rate. Thank yoU!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2104
- by Katharine@GMATPrepNow
Sun Jul 19, 2015 3:29 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Kindly review ASAP.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1246
I'd suggest using a different transition sentence to move to the body paragraphs. Even something closer to "The above argument as a whole is weak and can be countered in several ways" could work, and that would fit at the end of your intro paragraph.
- by Katharine@GMATPrepNow
Sun Jul 19, 2015 6:18 am- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: My first AWA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2004
- by Katharine@GMATPrepNow
Sun Jul 19, 2015 6:17 am- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Feedback Requested: 1st AWA Essay
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2618
Hello savannah.hooper, I was happy to hear about your score of a 6 on a previous response! Keep up the good work. Writing: I didn't see major writing errors in this response. Structure: It took a while in your intro to get to the author's argument, and I think that you could more succinctly summariz...
- by Katharine@GMATPrepNow
Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:08 am- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: 1 week until GMAT. Please read & rate. Thank yoU!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2104
Hello nitinmenon89, Great job on starting your AWA prep! I hope that these comments help you improve. Writing: Some of your sentences are a little too long and complicated. Shorter, clearer sentences will help the reader understand your message better. I'm not sure what you're trying to do with the ...
- by Katharine@GMATPrepNow
Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:00 am- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: My first AWA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2004
Hello numathur, Congrats on starting your AWA prep! I hope that these comments help as you prepare. Writing: I didn't notice major writing errors in this response. Structure: I like how you started your intro by summarizing the author's argument, but you failed to emphasize the argument to expand or...
- by Katharine@GMATPrepNow
Sat Jul 18, 2015 10:39 am- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Feedback Requested: 1st AWA Essay
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2618
Great to see that this essay got a top score! As I said in my feedback, I didn't see reasons to take points off. Did you notice any differences between this one and the essay that got a five? And is that essay the one you just posted?
- by Katharine@GMATPrepNow
Sat Jul 18, 2015 10:28 am- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: AWA PLEASE READ ONLY 2 WEEKS LEFT
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1894
- by Katharine@GMATPrepNow
Sat Jul 18, 2015 10:27 am- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: AWA-Essay Attempt- Require Feedback
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1827
Hello ryangmat1994, Good to see that you've written a few practice essays! My comments on your previous essay also apply to this response. Writing: Your first sentence has an improper use of a comma: make sure to only use a comma when you're joining two sentences (almost entirely based on assumption...
- by Katharine@GMATPrepNow
Fri Jul 17, 2015 4:45 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Please grade my second practice essay!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1250
Hello ryangmat1994, I hope that these comments help as you study for the exam. Writing: Be careful when you use semicolons. You can use them to separate long list items or to join two complete sentences, but you don't need one in your second sentence. Make sure to capitalize Olympic Foods because th...
- by Katharine@GMATPrepNow
Fri Jul 17, 2015 4:40 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: Please rate my first AWA practice essay!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1308
Hello bhaumik93, I hope that these comments help as you prepare for the exam. Writing: There are a few typos in the essay. Make sure to reserve a few minutes so you can read through your work and catch any careless errors. I'm not entirely sure what the final sentence in your intro means, so check t...
- by Katharine@GMATPrepNow
Fri Jul 17, 2015 4:33 pm- Forum: GMAT Essays (AWA)
- Topic: AWA-Essay Attempt- Require Feedback
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1827