690 (Q48, V36). did I beat the GMAT.. I think so.. do you?

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Well, Initially I thought I will not write my debrief because I didn't manage a stellar score... but then I thought how do I thank this wonderful community for helping me out through my journey? So here I am writing one and expressing my heart felt gratitude to www.beatthegmat.com.

When I started this journey around 3 months back, I thought I should aim for 730+ but then reality stuck me pretty early in my preparation and I realized that if I can manage 700 then it should be fine. (Finally @690... I guess I lost 10 points on the way).

I also realized that coming to structured study after 9-10 years (the last time I did study for an exam was during my final year of engineering in late 2000) is tough and requires a real test of character and lot of dedication.

Exam:

As regards the exam is concerned there were not too many surprises. AWA, Quant and Verbal were on the same lines as that of OG 12... I guess my concepts for Verbal were not complete and thorough and as a result I might have lost out on score. I will reinforce the belief that doing OG completely and thoroughly will sail you through and that too with good score.

Resources for preparation:
- OG 12
- MGMAT SC Guide
- Beat the GMAT forum
- CR Bible
- Knewton course

Finally my sincerest thanks to beat the gmat community for helping me out, both explicitly (via all the articles) and implicitly (I won the Knewton course via a contest on BTG, I used the flash cards and all the forums) in my preparation...

Thank you guys... You Rock !
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by kvcpk » Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:11 am
Congrats Gaurav.. 690 is a good score!!

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by indiantiger » Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:31 am
great score. Do you mind sharing your practice test scores?
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by selango » Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:51 am
Good score..Congrats
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by skins81 » Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:47 am
great score! how did you study for Quant?