Hi guys,
Some points about my preparation :
Books referred :
OG10
Kaplan
Princeton Review
Software:
Kaplan
Powerprep
GMATPrep
My preparation:
Verbal:
For strategies I referred to Kaplan and Princeton (any one will do).
For practice I solved OG10 completely.
OG is in general the best resource for GMAT.The verbal in my estimation is very close to the actual GMAT.
Sent Correction is one area where, with proper focus one can improve a lot.Keep a detailed error log for SC especially and not down common idioms and phrases .This helps a lot in the final few days as a revision resource.
Quant:
GMAT quant is tougher than quant in any of the avaiable softwares/books.Prob and P and C are not covered adequately in any book.
For these topics I referred to some old CAT material I borrowed from a friend .It was IMS material.
For practice once again I solved OG 10.
Tests:
I gave 2 Kapan, 2 GMATPrep and 2 Powerprep tests.
Kaplan tests are good and especially Maths is somewhat similar to GMAT level.
There is a bit of overlap between GMATPrep and Powerprep.
In my case, my Powerprep scores (780 and 780) were identical to my actual GMAT score (780). I think overall powerprep scores will be a good indicator for your eventual score.
AWA:
My study for this was around 4 hours total
I developed my templates based on the ones in Princeton Review.
To be perfectly honest, I did not get any time to practice AWA at all.I wrote AWA for the first time in the actual GMAT
Some advice for the test:
Expect tough Quant early on.Do not get flustered if you are not able to solve a very diff problem.Just do POE, guess and move on.
To be frank I found verbal easy .It was basically very much OG level, nothing more.
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Another Indian IT guy
B.E. Bombay University
Working in IT , total experience 3.5 years
Been onsite for the past 1 year.
Looking for your suggestions and help on college selection guys!!Any ideas .Am looking at US only.
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