710 (50Q 36V) AWA 5.0

[vivekmalhotra]

Hi All,

I would take this opportunity to thank all the members of this wonderful community who helped me a lot in my preparation for the GMAT.

I took the test on 12th July (I know I am very late for this post...lazy..) and managed a 710. I was hitting 730-740 in my MGMAT, so i was expecting my score in more or less this range, but I think I messed up my Verbal section big time.

AWA Section:

I spent the minimum time preparing for the essays and 5 represents the time and efforts I put preparing for this. I wrote only 3 moc tests with AWA section and went through the topics in Official Guide in the last weekend before the exam. Though I will not recommend putting lot of efforts in AWA, but I strongly recommend taking the complete tests with AWA section. This will build up your stamina to be fully concentrated during the last 10-15 minutes of the dreadful (Verbal Section).

Quant:

I took my 8 minutes break after AWA and started quant a minute later as the scanning machine was not recognizing my palm scan and they were not allowing me to enter. Quant section started with 73:20 remaining. (I was freaked out!!!). Took 10-15 seconds to regain my calm and took up the charge. Thanks to that time spent, I think I did pretty good in first 6-7 questions as was hitting probability and sets pretty early, even a cuboid problem in geometry. GMATPREP is the closest to what you may get on your D-Day.

Verbal:

This was the monster of all. I prepared a lot for Verbal but I think must have left some windows up-opened as I struggled a lot from 1st question itself. I found all three of them (SC, CR and RC) on a higher level of difficulty against any moc tests. As per my experience, be ready for a challenging verbal section. I did all the MGMAT mocs and was hitting 39-40 in verbal.

Preparation:

1. MGMAT mocs
2. GMAT PREP
3. Official Guide 11th Edition
4. Official Guide (Verbal Section)

730 would have been more satisfying, but I am happy.
Took 2 weeks off the GMAT and application processes. Enjoyed the time and now starting with my application.

Thanks again to BTG community!!!
Vivek

[indiantiger]

Awesome score

[ptandon]

Great score! Could you please include your scores on the Practice tests as well?

[Victory_GMAT]

Vivek!
congratulations on score! I think your verbal part was monster because you did great on quant section and if we consider the GMAT application's scoring algorthim in mind, correct answers lead to tougher questions. Though I used to think that there is no link between the two sections but now it seems that doing great on first part will not throw average 300-500 difficulty level but few first question may be 500-600 level in verbal section if quant went well.

[skins81]

how did you prepare for Quant? what books did you use?

[vivekmalhotra]

@ptandon:

Following were my MGMAT scores:

CAT1 --> 720
CAT2 --> 720
CAT3 --> 740
CAT4--> 730
CAT5--> 760 (some questions were repeated)
CAT6 --> 770 (some questions were repeated)

GMAT PREP
1 --> 730
2 --> 740

@Victory_GMAT:

I always thought that the sections are exclusive of each other, but seeing the first SC in Verbal, same thought struck me, may be it depended how my last quant question went, but again its only my guess!!

@skin81

I did the OG, MGMAT, KAPLAN 800 and GMATPREP. As I wrote, I felt GMATPREP and OG the closest representation of GMAT quant.

[selango]

Congrats..Good score..

[skins81]

did you study all the MGMAT books for Quant?

[vivekmalhotra]

I did MGMAT moc tests. No books other than OG and KAPLAN 800.

[skins81]

how was Kaplan 800? which books did you study for verbal? thanks.

[klusener]

Sorry if this is a novice question, can someone please tell me what is "GMATPREP"

thanks,
Klusener