I just Beat The GMAT!

Warning: If you have your exam coming in a month or so....try to avoid this post.

I gave my GMAT on 25th Sept. 2010 @ Pune, India and scored a pathetic 590 (Q 47, V 25). I gave GMAT previously in Dec 2008 but that was nothing more than taking a feel of GMAT as I did not study much and was not aware how to study and what to study...
But now, with this score...I m literally in tears and donno what to do.. In fact, with this just one score, people are telling me to rethink of my MBA plans. N these kinda suggestions are just making me more nervous and sad..

I would like to put in my preparation and exam experience...

Preparation :

I started my actual prep in the first week of May after taking a date of 9th Sept 2010.

After my first attempt, I was confident of my SC (more surprises to come in my exam exp.) In 2009, when I read new version of Mgmat SC guide, I used to participate in Testmagic forums...At that time, I used to explain a lot for SC..This participation made my SC to improve...I used to get max 3 wrong out of 17 SC questions... I used to gauge the difficulty level of SC questions and was quite good at that...

I knew I had to work on my RC and CR. I started with RC from OGs and was having around 70% accuracy and was taking around 2 min. per question. I practiced 1000 RC and used to get 6 out of 8 right with descent pace...
For CR..I did Powerscore CR bible... I started practicing CR from OG. But most of the CRs were I had done in my first attempt and so was not of much help... So, went on to do OG12 CRs. I found I was doing descent job in CR but my timing was around 2 minutes.. Out of RC n CR, I was weak in CR and knew I would face difficulty with CR in coming months..

July was here and I thought of giving one GMAT Prep. In the first week of July, I gave GMAT Prep - 1 and scored 710 (Q 48 V 39). In this exam, I had no RC repeated and around 6 questions repeated (mostly in CR). I had 2 wrong in RC, 6 wrong in CR and 2/3 wrong in SC.. I was on a high on that day and thought that I was doing a good job...

Then I gave Kaplan CD test and scored 540... Now these tests are kinda difficult and one should add around 100 marks in this score. So, I was thinking my current level must be around 650...

Then it was the time to give mocks... As per Suman's advice, I bought Kaplan premier and got access to 5 tests..So, I had Mgmat n Kaplan tests...Below are my scores in Mgmat n Kaplan..

Mgmat 1: 650 (46/33)
Mgmat 2 : 680 (44/38) - Did not complete quant in this one. So should have been 700.
Mgmat 3 : 660 (46/33) - Donno what happened in this one.
Mgmat 4 : 710 (48/38)
Mgmat 5 : 680 (48/35)
Kaplan 1 : 640
Kaplan 2 : 660
Kaplan 3 : 670
Kaplan 4 : 710
Kaplan 5 : 720
Kaplan 6 : 730
Princeton free: 650
Veritas Free: 680
Gmat Prep 1 : 710
Gmat Prep 2 : 690
Gmat Prep 1 (Retake) : 720
Gmat Prep 2 (Retake ) : 660
Most of these exams were with AWAs. For AWA, I had a book that has written answers to almost all Og11 topics. So, read that book n was having template for AWAs.

Now, I just don't understand where I went wrong...With the kinda scores I got in mocks...I knew I was always around the range 650-680 at least n that's what I was looking for when I gave the test.. I knew I am not someone like Hardiks or albatross. I knew my range of 660-680 and was always confident of getting that... But this exam has ruined my life with that bloody 590 score...

Test experience:
I had scheduled my exam on 9th Sept 9 30 AM ka slot. But when I started my exam on 9th, the computer gave some error at the start. We were told to wait for 15 min. These 15 min were converted into 2 hours n we were told at 11 AM to give options for rescheduling as the software had some problem...from the talk of Admin with tech people of Pearson...it seemed that some new questions were added and the current version was not compatible with accepting those new questions...So, I gave 25th as my option with Thursday being a Festival Holiday n I begged to my manager for Friday as a leave. Btw..I had taken 14 days of leave before 9th. Due to this, I was totally in an exam mode and felt confident...

But the exam was shifted to 25th. In between... Had to call Pearson so many times for rescheduling... On 14th, d day was fixed as 25th. Between 9th and 25th, I gave Mgmat cats again.. But there was no point in believing the scores as there were repeat questions...I gave Gmatprep too but in that repeat questions were present.

Actual Exam exp:
After this rescheduling thing.. I thought it is something blessing in disguise...
Exam was at 9: 30.. Started from home at 9 N was surprised to see my bike punctured. � Exam center was 5 minutes from my place so, wasn't much of an issue.

Started the exam at 9: 30 with AWAs... Both issue and argument were not from the topics that I read in OG11/12. But did good job and topics were easy and understandable..


Started with Quant...First problem was based on linear equations and had no problems in that...Second was a slope problem but had to guess on that..

After this, I constantly felt, the server throwing questions at me is a DS machine and it is supposed to throw only inequality problems continuously.. In quant itself I felt the quant has gone extremely TRICKY..It's not difficult..It is tricky. You will be required to be on your toes to notice the pit falls. The quant was not representative of OG12 or Gmat prep.. Had to read the problems with extreme care. Few problems were so large in length that it took me 1 min to read the problem itself. Had to change my options many times..There were at least 3 problems on Simple n compound interest. 2-3 on mean, mode, median...N many on number properties n worst was as usual Inequality + DS. Had geometry problem on a figure that had not been discussed in geometry guide of ANY prep company... But was easy one if you knew one formula...

I was not pressed for time in quant and after the end, I thought I did not do a good job in quant..Which in fact is reflecting in d scores..But was confident of at least 47... This score does not simply represent my abilities... I got 48 many times in Mgmat..So, was thinking that I will get around 49 in actual..But wasn't a case...Mgmat quant is tough in terms of difficulty and Gmat quant is tricky...That's what makes Gmat quant tough...

At the start of the verbal.. I had no effect of my poor quant performance... I made sure that that poor performance did not affect my verbal. I started verbal with 2 SCs.. The first was a little tough with obscured meaning..Got that right N den got another SC.. This one was surely tough..still remember, I was between A n C..Marked C and moved on..Then got one CR..Did dat right N den got one RC...I m right now 100% sure that I got all three questions right on that RC...Den came 2 SCs. Had tough time in SC..Now this is where I was not able to even understand what the hell the sentence is testing...Normally I can spot the error when I read the sentence but here I was simply not able to come to know the error...This is where I understood what btg member nikhil katira said when he wrote his second exp - "SCs were CONVOLUTED"... But I think I did those right and then was presented with one CR..I think that one was easy with option A being the right answer.....

Now was the time for one MONSTER RC....Normally in Gmatprep you get one long RC for which you have to scroll to see at max 3-4 lines..But over here, I had to scroll entire last paragraph n dat last paragraph was also big one... Entire passage was tough and had to spend lot of time reading this one..In fact, I never encountered this big passage in my mocks...This one was tough...This had one question which was 4 lines long with so much of data put in that it took me a lot of time to understand the question..then read the options d den eliminate... last question on this passage was what is the organizatn of the passage question but this was very difficult... Each option was 3 lines with details such as first para does this, second does this, third does so n so..Had to read 15 lines for this one question...I was pressed for time...This one took around 10 min at least...

Then was presented with SCs and CRs at random..I always found SC as my strength..But over here, I was made to feel that SC is TOUGH..it was out of this planet... For a score of 590, normally you would get easy questions but this was not the case...they were CONVOLUTED...

Then came a surprise....One more Monster RC Passage at around 22nd question... In Gmatprep you get 1 Long n 3 short passages..But here I got 2 short and 2 long passages...This one too was lengthy... Had 4 paragraphs with scrolling required for entire last paragraph...n four questions on it...

Did that and was finding tough to maintain timing..Grasping of the language dropped when I was reading fast...One more RC came at 31st question and had around 15 minutes for last 10 questions... I think got 2 right out of three..

Due to timing, had to guess few questions (CRs) in the end and when the last question came, I knew I had screwed it big time..Last SC question was a simple comparison..

Only part that I felt representative was CR...CR was somewhat same as OG12... But I can not comment much on CR as I was weak in it..
I wanted to report the score as I wanted to know where I stand..Not sure whether canceling would have been a good option..
In verbal, I did feel kinda stressed due to the timing and had small headache...
Few important things that I have noticed after giving Gmat...

THIS EXAM HAS CHANGED AND HAS EVOLVED LIKE ANYTHING.....Gone are the days when you will be required to eliminate options containing considered as/considered to be. Gone are the days when options will contain the reason is because..Gone are the days where you will be required to weaken/strengthen a causal argument... These kinda questions you will get when you are scoring 300-400..

Gmat quant has changed..It has got tricky...It is by no means difficult... But you will be given penalty for not understanding the traps...

I think my mock scores were descent enough but I m confused as to why Mgmat scores were not reflected in my actual stuff.. One reason I can think of is Mgmat still has 'the reason is because' and 'considered to be' questions which are not gonna appear on Gmat...These questions in Mgmat are 700-800 level when they are clearly not...these exams were written in 2006 and GMAC knows people read Ron's explanations and Mgmat SC guide..So, SC and the EXAM had to evolve...and IT HAS...Also, scoring 650 in Mgmat is not a big deal as it allows you to get around 18 questions wrong in verbal..

Kaplan internet based tests are very easy as compared to what you get over there...

Knewton and Veritas are the best when changing the subject and verb of the Official question and present to you as a new question...They simply copy and paste d questions...

I think..GMAT is tough in India with many people scoring 700 in the past..This statement is relative and depends from person to person...But the thing is..There are still many who are scoring 700..May be.. I am not upto that mark.. �

GMAT Prep is only reflective in terms of Software but not in terms of Difficulty level..

Now the next part...Seeking advice...�

What's next? I m still blanked in terms GMAT...GMAT thrice is making my body to shiver n with these skills im not confident of a good score..atleast as of now.. There are people who have given 4 attempts for GMAT n have finally got 710...But not sure as to what should be done...

I m literally tired with the prep. I simply did nothing but this GMAT for last six months or so.. I did many many sacrifices...But I think those sacrifices were worth of only 590... I just cannot start the prep next 2 months at least n that means I have very little chances of making it to 2011 admission rounds...

So, here I am!! Seeking advice as to what is to be done next...Many have suggested me to think of Indian B schools and CATs n d likes.. But many people give GMAT as they have not been able to crack CAT..N here im where I have not been able to crack this GMAT...
Pls suggest!!

With Tears,
Aditya

Hi Aditya,

I am sorry to hear that the score is not what you had expected. I went through a similar experience..........

I agree with you comments that the test has evolved and become tougher. But I still think MGMAT and GMAT Prep are pretty good indicators of your score just that I would take away 20 - 30 points for them to get a gauge of my GMAT score. Looking at your scores in the FLTs I think you should have been in the 660 - 680 range, hence i would recommend taking the GMAT again.

As for surces - do read my experience at https://www.beatthegmat.com/760-done-dea ... 66740.html

I would say Grockit is a great resource as their tougher SC questions have evolved with the GMAT, you will find them to be as ambiguous as the real GMAT. Believe me this stuff is surmountable, I would recommend take a 5 day break but not more since A) You will lose touch B) I presume the deadlines are coming closer

However you should make a list of your impressions of the GMAT today itself, things like what you want to improve, sometimes stuff like o I should do this or that revision etc. will come to you in flashes, as painful as it might be relive the whole GMAT experience today as you went along, you will come across ideas, thoughts on where you were nervous where you felt things were going bad and where they were not .........f you take the break without this analysis you will lose out on great learning since this freshness and clearness of perspective will be lost.

5 days later when you start, analyze with a clear head what all you jotted down today and come up with a game plan and implement the game plan.

For alternate study material you can refer my post above.
I would recommend taking 3 - 4 days off before the exam so that the office gets out of your system, the best way to do this is take your test on a Tuesday and take Monday and Tuesday off assuming you have Sat off this gives you a clear 3 days before the exam.
Finally, would suggest scheduling the GMAT at the time you peak. If you go to the website (GMAC) you can see slots available usually 10 days out which is enough time to maintain your peak.

It is doable just have faith in yourself and finally if this time too the scores do not pan out look at your choice schools and see if they accept GRE scores as well, because many do and if they do take the GRE ...

Best

Heyy...ur GMAT Prep scores suggest that you should be scoring atleast near,if not more than,700. You just had a bad day. Even I went through the same around 2 months back. I ll tell you that you are not as bad as the score suggests. So buck up,spend some more time studying the GMAT and shut the doubting thomases up.

Hi Aditya

Dont worry.I think you should definitely think of taking it again
From your mock scores i think you definitely deserve to achieve much more than this.

Regards

Girish

Hi Aditya,
Sorry to hear of your GMAT experience. I had a very similar experience - again on the 25 sept (was that day meant to be a doomed one for many of us?

I completely agree with you that the test has definitely changed!!! Also, I personally feel that the GMAT prep is no more an indicator of our ability by + or - 30 points (as it used to be) on the real test . For me it was -80 or more difference on the prep tests. LOL
To me it looks like the algorithm on the real test may have changed but not on the prep tests.
I too found math to be tricky. IF we don't concentrate then we will pick the wrong answer. The math questions were similar to GMAT prep and OG 12/11. I only found the way they were presented to be different and tricky. Although, it was tricky I still found the Quant section to be manageable. And for DS, I too got a lot of inequalities and 2 very very confusing Geometry problems.
Verbal was a BOMB for me. I just could not figure out the question type. For me 3 Rc's were very very long. I have never seen such long passages. After reading so many posts here, I've come to conclude that longer RC means an easier question type so we are not performing well LOL.

It seems to me that GMAC is experimenting a lot with us (and playing with our lives)! Sometimes ,I feel tha GMAC guys are here and reading our posts too just to get to know the mentality of test takers

About your applications - Are you looking at top schools? If it is not the top 25 or so (in US schools) then I think your 590 will be enough. So, go ahead and apply. Many schools have averages of 580-600. And you very well fall in that range.

All the best

Ok Adi,

Read ur Version of the story//felt sad... AGAIN as abhay ( Albatross83) said

GMAT IS NOT a TRUE INDICATOR of the REAL in YOU


here I go...I can pinpoint where u messed up...

I have done exhaustive study of GMAT algorithm for past say 3months taking it not less than 30-35 times with various trial and error options( More on that...)

Bottom line is..GMAC assumes RC as very important and defines your upper control & lower control limit.
You will never see rc before 8 th question in GMAT. why so??

there is a reason: Luckily if u hit first 8 as correct ( both CR & SC) u will certainly see a qualified/ deserving RC to test your UCL( Upper Control limit)

Now if u r gonna miss "continuous: questions in that particular RC, believe me GMAT will penalize u .

Then follows couple of CR & SC again to test ur UCL..SO key is NEVER NEVER take RC lightly...

Try to get all 8 correct to get the golden RC so that u r very sure that u r in that 700 league.

Ok...again DONT MAKE CONTINUOUS MISTAKES;and that too in RC.

What i understood is GMAC never distiguishes ur skills in SC/RC/CR, but it guages your UCL on ur RC responses.

Now ask yourself why there is NO consective RC??? There is a reason... CR & SC are the pathmakers towards a qualified that ulitametly fix your Upper control limit.

I am sure u have missed the track in RC.... and couple of continuous mistakes... See u have to think like what a algorithm will do..

It's like a "boon giving machine..".depending upon ur "RESPONSE" only it can REACT...but that reaction time depends on your PERFORMANCE in RC...

U can question y RC and y not CR's? See, CR & SC are just drivers and RC is the bus which is gonna take u to the destination.

If u have bad driver, ultimately u are not in good bus and u r not gonna reach ur destination, assuming that good drivers drive only good buses!!

To explain in simple terms if u have messed ur CR/ SC in first 8, then u wont get right bus and u wont reach ur place...

My suggestion is: Do ur R&D on GMAT prep

What i did is: after finding my levels, i spoke with Rajat Sadana/ Payal of e-gmat and they suggested me to do R&D on GMAT prep.

Last thing is: Algorithm is all same..they cant CHANGE just like u said, that is NOT POSSIBLE.

Anyways, Now u relax and bhai, this GMAT is NOT your real LEVEL.... Just that u got TRIPPED off by that exam..spare her this time ..may be u can DATE her when u r in form....!!

Last suggestion is do OG again and understand the patterns...GMAT in china or in Russia or in India or in US or in Nepal should be of SAME LEVEL becox GMAT is a STANDARISED /NORMALISED EXAM.....

I am sure, few errors in the begining will RIP u off the track.. again to quote, IF u make mistakes in first 10..so u will NATURALLY get easy questions..so again to get back on the track u have to sacrifice 3-4 questions..and now ur badluck if u make any wrong in the second path..thats th end of path to 700.

If u want me write more on how to to R&D in GMAT prep, i can do it... but but but, first 10 u can't take chances..becox GMAT is really blind dumb idiot box which is gonna assume u r dumb if u miss first 10..Just u can equate GMAT to a gal and can take call.... first few words on a blind date will fix whether to HANG ON or to MOVE ON!!

If teh guy stutters/stammers / doesnt make" PROPER EYE CONTACT" , then u know what the gal is gonna react!!

SAme is with GMAT...Dating a gal and a dating a GMAT is one and the same for me....Both are cool and both have to dealt very seriously( offcourse with passion LOL)

I a pretty sure other takers will accept my understanding...

Hey, I am not saying do first 15 superbly and do all the last 20 in a shabby way...( dont take CONTRAPOSITIVES)
I just said, GMAC will assume u dumb if u miss first 10....and it's not EASY to convince in that short term to put u back in main league...
Becox once u get easy RC, that's it..forget 40 in Verbal....RC are DETERMINERS in Verbal..

Key is try to take ur exam where GMAC can throw tough RC.... and hey u have to again do well on the given task too...

Quants.....I will write more to share my GYAN....

Regards
Govi...

All the best Adi, U will rock...comeon man...What's life without Wharton or Kellogg..Just comeback and bang this MONSTER!!

Wow, A fantastic explanation by Gmatmachoman.
thanks

Hi adi_800.. sorry to hear about your unexpected GMAT experience. If it makes you feel any better, I took the test on the 25th as well, and seriously was quite surprised to see the kind of questions I saw. Particularly in Quant, since a few of them were problems that I had never seen before and I had practiced OG 11/12, Manhattan GMAT (all 6 tests) and Grockit. So you arn't alone if you think that it has gotten tougher.
Just don't lose hope and start afresh, there's nothing that you can't do

I will suggest you, if next time also you don't get good score then give GRE. Number of business schools in US consider GRE as well.

nehs wrote:Hi Aditya,
Sorry to hear of your GMAT experience. I had a very similar experience - again on the 25 sept (was that day meant to be a doomed one for many of us?

I completely agree with you that the test has definitely changed!!! Also, I personally feel that the GMAT prep is no more an indicator of our ability by + or - 30 points (as it used to be) on the real test . For me it was -80 or more difference on the prep tests. LOL
To me it looks like the algorithm on the real test may have changed but not on the prep tests.
I too found math to be tricky. IF we don't concentrate then we will pick the wrong answer. The math questions were similar to GMAT prep and OG 12/11. I only found the way they were presented to be different and tricky. Although, it was tricky I still found the Quant section to be manageable. And for DS, I too got a lot of inequalities and 2 very very confusing Geometry problems.
Verbal was a BOMB for me. I just could not figure out the question type. For me 3 Rc's were very very long. I have never seen such long passages. After reading so many posts here, I've come to conclude that longer RC means an easier question type so we are not performing well LOL.

It seems to me that GMAC is experimenting a lot with us (and playing with our lives)! Sometimes ,I feel tha GMAC guys are here and reading our posts too just to get to know the mentality of test takers

About your applications - Are you looking at top schools? If it is not the top 25 or so (in US schools) then I think your 590 will be enough. So, go ahead and apply. Many schools have averages of 580-600. And you very well fall in that range.

All the best

Hi nehs,

Thanks for the reply..
Well... I might not apply to the likes of Wharton or Kellogs...but 590 is not my reflection...
Btw...if any skool gives me an admit to this score... I will suspect that skool first...

While I was on my way to home from office, I was thinking...we can not go and shout continuously that GMAT has changed...I think I need to change my style/my abilities/my strategies to be able to adopt to the 'changed' GMAT...

Btw...25th was not a date of poor score....beatthegmatinsept scored descent 680...
N they will never ever change the algorithm...algorithm is same..questions have changed...

adi_800 wrote: I was thinking...we can not go and shout continuously that GMAT has changed...I think I need to change my style/my abilities/my strategies to be able to adopt to the 'changed' GMAT...

I agree to this.. I was just so depressed with my performance that I typed out whatever came to my mind
We have to put in a different strategy/effort to crack it the next time.
All the best to you.

hey aditya

never fear abt third attempt..
i am one of the guys who asked u abt indian schools .for people who do not know me, i might give XAT for XLRI...
GMAT is also on the cards
anyways ...u can do it...be determined...
u got good writing talents and gmatmachoman has given u dating tips

take some time off and come back with a bang..we will be in our dream schools if we are determined

gmatmachoman wrote:Ok Adi,

Read ur Version of the story//felt sad... AGAIN as abhay ( Albatross83) said

GMAT IS NOT a TRUE INDICATOR of the REAL in YOU


here I go...I can pinpoint where u messed up...

I have done exhaustive study of GMAT algorithm for past say 3months taking it not less than 30-35 times with various trial and error options( More on that...)

Bottom line is..GMAC assumes RC as very important and defines your upper control & lower control limit.
You will never see rc before 8 th question in GMAT. why so??

there is a reason: Luckily if u hit first 8 as correct ( both CR & SC) u will certainly see a qualified/ deserving RC to test your UCL( Upper Control limit)

Now if u r gonna miss "continuous: questions in that particular RC, believe me GMAT will penalize u .

Then follows couple of CR & SC again to test ur UCL..SO key is NEVER NEVER take RC lightly...

Try to get all 8 correct to get the golden RC so that u r very sure that u r in that 700 league.

Ok...again DONT MAKE CONTINUOUS MISTAKES;and that too in RC.

What i understood is GMAC never distiguishes ur skills in SC/RC/CR, but it guages your UCL on ur RC responses.

Now ask yourself why there is NO consective RC??? There is a reason... CR & SC are the pathmakers towards a qualified that ulitametly fix your Upper control limit.

I am sure u have missed the track in RC.... and couple of continuous mistakes... See u have to think like what a algorithm will do..

It's like a "boon giving machine..".depending upon ur "RESPONSE" only it can REACT...but that reaction time depends on your PERFORMANCE in RC...

U can question y RC and y not CR's? See, CR & SC are just drivers and RC is the bus which is gonna take u to the destination.

If u have bad driver, ultimately u are not in good bus and u r not gonna reach ur destination, assuming that good drivers drive only good buses!!

To explain in simple terms if u have messed ur CR/ SC in first 8, then u wont get right bus and u wont reach ur place...

My suggestion is: Do ur R&D on GMAT prep

What i did is: after finding my levels, i spoke with Rajat Sadana/ Payal of e-gmat and they suggested me to do R&D on GMAT prep.

Last thing is: Algorithm is all same..they cant CHANGE just like u said, that is NOT POSSIBLE.

Anyways, Now u relax and bhai, this GMAT is NOT your real LEVEL.... Just that u got TRIPPED off by that exam..spare her this time ..may be u can DATE her when u r in form....!!

Last suggestion is do OG again and understand the patterns...GMAT in china or in Russia or in India or in US or in Nepal should be of SAME LEVEL becox GMAT is a STANDARISED /NORMALISED EXAM.....

I am sure, few errors in the begining will RIP u off the track.. again to quote, IF u make mistakes in first 10..so u will NATURALLY get easy questions..so again to get back on the track u have to sacrifice 3-4 questions..and now ur badluck if u make any wrong in the second path..thats th end of path to 700.

If u want me write more on how to to R&D in GMAT prep, i can do it... but but but, first 10 u can't take chances..becox GMAT is really blind dumb idiot box which is gonna assume u r dumb if u miss first 10..Just u can equate GMAT to a gal and can take call.... first few words on a blind date will fix whether to HANG ON or to MOVE ON!!

If teh guy stutters/stammers / doesnt make" PROPER EYE CONTACT" , then u know what the gal is gonna react!!

SAme is with GMAT...Dating a gal and a dating a GMAT is one and the same for me....Both are cool and both have to dealt very seriously( offcourse with passion LOL)

I a pretty sure other takers will accept my understanding...

Hey, I am not saying do first 15 superbly and do all the last 20 in a shabby way...( dont take CONTRAPOSITIVES)
I just said, GMAC will assume u dumb if u miss first 10....and it's not EASY to convince in that short term to put u back in main league...
Becox once u get easy RC, that's it..forget 40 in Verbal....RC are DETERMINERS in Verbal..

Key is try to take ur exam where GMAC can throw tough RC.... and hey u have to again do well on the given task too...

Quants.....I will write more to share my GYAN....

Regards
Govi...

All the best Adi, U will rock...comeon man...What's life without Wharton or Kellogg..Just comeback and bang this MONSTER!!

Govi Bhai...Tera ek Thanks badh gaya...sometimes I donno why you ask for thanks...But anyways..this post surely deserved one...
That is something like a home work done by you on the software of GMAT... I think you have cracked the software of Gmat Prep....
Btw..I did get one RC in first 8 itself...N did dat rite...By the 12th question... I had done around 10 questions right...So, the difficulty level raised to a level where I coudnt solve the qs at that level...N i missed those questions...To make the matter worse, these were RC ones n i must have had consecutive wrong...Dat pulled the score down n rest is history...

So takeaways would be:
1. RC is imp. A mistake in RC would b treated with a high penalty...
2. Consecutive mistakes will be given a high penalty...
3. For getting tough RCs, you will have to score high in Cr/SC so that you will get tough RCs and once you get tough RCs and if you do mistake on tough RCs, you will be penalized to a lesser degree compared to u getting a easy RC n missing questions on that one...
Please update if these takeaways are wrong...

Perfect analogy between GMAT n Gal...
Thanks for the words of encouragement dude...For retake...i have nothing finalized...but i think it wont happen soon... I need some time to get off the ride... I might date this beast when i m in full form...

Keep on studying for GMAT and when you are at peak scoring comfortably beyond 720s...go and take a date of lets say 3-4 days gap n kill the exam...Hardik did it the same way...I think that seems to be a strategy these days for many...

So, that would be a takeaway as well... N yes.. im waiting for your quant homewrk ofGMAT prep software...

I'll go straight to the point to keep things short. If MBA is your goal, I strongly suggest you not to take too long of a break from GMAT, and get back on the horse soon. We all need a break, but be careful and don't lose your momentum.

Aditya bhai,

U rightly got the Verbal big picture. Yeah u did hit the BULL's eye!!

Quant..yes i will post by EOD...