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As the weight of the entire application grows on me, the excitement of scoring a 700+ seems to be toning down now. As I gave myself some time to think about how I pulled it off, a few important points came to my mind. I thought it'd be best to share with folks here. 1. Limit your reading material to...

by mvikred

Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:36 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 650 ---> 680 ---> 730 (Q50, V38) - My story !!!
Replies: 6
Views: 4096

My bad, I didnt notice that u used OG12 and Verbal Review-1... Did u keep a track of ur hit rate in solving the SC and CR probs from the above 2 books?.. Please highlight the specific prep strategies u followed to improve ur hit rate to 98% by the time u reached the D-day... sorry for asking too ma...

by mvikred

Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:10 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 650 ---> 680 ---> 730 (Q50, V38) - My story !!!
Replies: 6
Views: 4096

Hey, congrats on ur great score!! Just a quick question. Is the difficulty level of questions in GMATPrep Question Pack-1 comparable to the level of questions u got in actual exam, especially verbal? Apart from MGMAT SC and e-Gmat course, what resources did u use for verbal prep? Currently my accur...

by mvikred

Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:42 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 650 ---> 680 ---> 730 (Q50, V38) - My story !!!
Replies: 6
Views: 4096

650 ---> 680 ---> 730 (Q50, V38) - My story !!!

Having read so many stories here, I always wondered if I'd be sharing my experience here. I'm glad to share with all the BTG folks that I did get a pretty decent score. After struggling with it and fighting it for so much time, I am happy to plug one weak area of my profile. I have to mention here t...

by mvikred

Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:54 am
Forum: I just Beat The GMAT!
Topic: 650 ---> 680 ---> 730 (Q50, V38) - My story !!!
Replies: 6
Views: 4096

Free KAPLAN online test

Dear Forum members, I gave the free online KAPLAN test yesterday and got a feeling that it was not adaptive. I'd like to hear more about everyone else's experiences and what to make of the score. While I gave the MGMAT and GMAT Prep, I've scored around 720 (+/- 10). However, KAPLAN got me back to 66...

by mvikred

Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:19 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Free KAPLAN online test
Replies: 2
Views: 1105

Free KAPLAN online test

Dear Forum members, I gave the free online KAPLAN test yesterday and got a feeling that it was not adaptive. I'd like to hear more about everyone else's experiences and what to make of the score. While I gave the MGMAT and GMAT Prep, I've scored around 720 (+/- 10). However, KAPLAN got me back to 66...

by mvikred

Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:41 pm
Forum: Ask a Kaplan representative
Topic: Free KAPLAN online test
Replies: 0
Views: 3135

I picked B too, purely by elimination. But I do have a doubt in option B.

Isn't 'since' used to refer to a time period ?

by mvikred

Tue Dec 07, 2010 5:52 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Neanderthals
Replies: 29
Views: 15204

My analysis gives me C.

Is C the OA ???

by mvikred

Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:25 pm
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Each other Vs One Other
Replies: 50
Views: 31563

The answer is 2.

Can only be 8^2

Cheers !!

by mvikred

Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:09 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: More Primes
Replies: 93
Views: 45580

5!x5!x2 --------- 10! = 1/126 therefore, the answer is A since everyone has a different approach above, let me explain my approach. if all the girls were to choose black, then black marbles can be distributed in 5! ways ... and the remaining white marbles are distributed among the guys in 5! ways .....

by mvikred

Tue Nov 02, 2010 12:28 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Probability - 10 marbles
Replies: 143
Views: 55336

IMO the answer to this question is E.

OA please !!

by mvikred

Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:30 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: Speed limit - long one!
Replies: 282
Views: 109813

Help needed !!

Here's my story. I've given GMAT before and I'm giving it another shot now. After 2 months, and in this time I've spent enough time to learn all the strategies and concepts. My main issue has been Verbal. I usually score 48-50 in quant, but Verbal is where I screw up. Even though I did all the prepa...

by mvikred

Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:24 pm
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Help needed !!
Replies: 1
Views: 938