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Re: The PG Hyderabad Dream Team :gm: :gm: 08-09 - 25-08-2008, 10:14 AM

And I missed the meet.
Despite it being at a venue a stone's throw away from my home.

Was all the way over in Dilsukhnagar with a friend that day and couldn't get back in time. Sounds like everybody had a great time. More incentive for us to make the meets more regular.


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Re: The PG Hyderabad Dream Team :gm: :gm: 08-09 - 25-08-2008, 10:17 AM

Finally an AIMCAT that contained less/more than 75 questions. Someone was listening.

The test went okay for me barring a dismal performance in VA. Gave it 55min+ and ended up with an average score. And no matter what the TIME analysis says, it wasn't that easy. And much trickier than the VA sections of the last two AIMCATs which were of an average/slightly below average difficulty. DI was pretty straightforward and I didn't make the most of it thanks to my obsession with scoring in verbal. Same with Quant, and the lack of practice clearly shows. Couldn't remember basic formulae and had to resort to derivations in the exam hall.

Anyway, content with the final scores, except for the verbal part. Approached the VA with a target score in mind which might've blinded me to the other opportunities at hand. Didn't even look at the first two pages of the Quant section, which is absolutely unforgivable. (I approached the section backward from the last page )

The scores -

VA (24R, 15W) - 19 [60 min]
QA (21R, 2W) - 20.33 [50 min]
DI (27R) - 27 [40 min]

OA (72R, 17W) - 66.33

As is to be expected from a VA section that seems difficult, the answers to a few of the questions are contentious. I know better than to argue with the papersetters over subjective RC questions and tricky sentence completion questions but the key for Q.71 has to be changed from (1) to (2) simply because 'confidentially' doesn't quite mean the same as 'confidently'.


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Re: The PG Hyderabad Dream Team :gm: :gm: 08-09 - 26-08-2008, 12:21 PM

During the meet I promised to post the list of best books for each section. Here goes

Quant

1.Think without Ink - by K Venkataraman ... A must read
2.For practice problems, book by Arun Sharma is quite good


RC
1. Use your Head by Tony Buznan.... Helps in understanding the process of reading and effecting changes at a fundamental level

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1.Word Power by Norman Lewis
2.All about words by Rosenblum and Nurnberg
3. Words of power by Wilfrid Funk

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1. pre-2000 Barron's GRE guide
   
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Re: The PG Hyderabad Dream Team :gm: :gm: 08-09 - 27-08-2008, 02:00 AM

Results out sooner than expected. And no changes in RC answers as expected.

My Scores -

QA - 19 (98.79 %ile)
VA - 19 (97.91 %ile)
DI - 27 (99.78 %ile)

OA - 65 (99.87 %ile)

AIR - 49
CR - 4

Very bad accuracy in VA. And I seem to have marked a question wrong in QA. A loss of 1.33 as a result. And 10 ranks.

Anyway, all the best for 0909. Love the number.


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Re: The PG Hyderabad Dream Team :gm: :gm: 08-09 - 27-08-2008, 08:38 PM

Hey.. Can someone tell me which of CL and IMS allow you to take tests on Saturday?
   
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Re: The PG Hyderabad Dream Team :gm: :gm: 08-09 - 28-08-2008, 09:08 AM

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CL does. Saturday evening 4 30 to 7 at begumpet, I think.


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Re: The PG Hyderabad Dream Team :gm: :gm: 08-09 - 28-08-2008, 12:02 PM

@Dheeraj. Thanks

Yep.. Checked with CL. They allow you and give you a lot of take home tests as well.
   
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Re: The PG Hyderabad Dream Team :gm: :gm: 08-09 - 28-08-2008, 07:31 PM

what is the fees they r taking for CL mocks??


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Re: The PG Hyderabad Dream Team :gm: :gm: 08-09 - 28-08-2008, 08:29 PM

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Pegasus Test Series (PTS) Program for MBA Entrance Preparation – Mock Tests For Common Admission Test (CAT), XAT, SNAP, FMS, NMAT, IRMA, CET etc.

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Re: The PG Hyderabad Dream Team :gm: :gm: 08-09 - 29-08-2008, 09:22 AM

10 mocks for 1000 bucks is an awesome deal. All those who are scoring well consistently in TIME mocks, I strongly suggest you should go for this. If you score 99+ clearing all sectional cutoffs 4 times in succession, that particular mocks series has lost its value for you. Think about switching.
   
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