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[vaguefunda]

Originally Posted by cunnin cat

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so r u sufferin from a hangover too ??

[Psychodementia]

Hey,

Congrats !!!!!!!!!!!!

Needless to say, you know what a 770 score in the GMAT can ensure. It ensures that all doubts about your academic ability are wiped off with a single look at that three digit number.

I don't believe luck was a factor. You had bad luck last time to get a 700 (I read your description of the way verbal went for you.....pretty similar to mine ). But I was sure you had the power to deliver a 750+ punch.

All the best for your app-ing !!

Arun

[crazyfootballer]

Hey dude,

Awesome score. Its no way luck, its sheer hard work. Luck can be upto a certain point only. Enjoy!!!!

Will be waiting for your detailed post. Want to clarify some things.

[nucliomaniac]

TEST CENTRE EXPERIENCE :

sorry guys slightly late , but was out of town for a couple of days .

my test slot was on the 29th of nov , at 1700 - 2100 hours at prometric kolkata .
and some construction work was going on at a nearby site where heavy machinery is cranked up at 1900 hours , hence the chaps at prometric called me up and told me to come early and start by about 4 . i even wore the "ear muffs" , they are great and i would advise anybody who has a problem concentrating in a noisy environment to wear them .

awa:

pretty regulation stuff, started of with an analysis of an arguement followed by issue and wrote a couple of trite essays based on some plagiarized templates . wasnt really bothered much as i had scored a 5.5 when i had first appeared for my gmat. hence ended up writing some really long essays , which werent even edited for typos , (hope i at least get a 5 so it doesnt look too bad).

break: splashed water on the face, it has become quite a popular thing to do and let out a bellow in the washroom to get my adrenalin pumping and reminded myself that the real test starts now ....
it sort of worked in removing a sort of complacency which had set in due to the awa's

math:
math in short was ridiculously easy , in fact it was so easy that i was left wondering that am i doing anything right ,(probably they were experimental questions ).
math continued to be easy with 1 probab , 2 per/comb and lots of inequations and statistics , do brush up on stats .
finished with about 15-20 mins to spare .

traded in my scratch paper for a new one , made a grid for verbal got fresh pencils etc and went for my break .

consumed a red bull , (good stuff) , and a chocolate which i shared with the security guard .... more splashing of water and i was ready for the main section.

verbal:

started of with a shocker of an sc , spent about 4-5 mins until the picture became clearer. but a got a couple of sitters after that , so that helped to bring my timing back to normal .
4-6, 7-10 rc , pretty regualtion stuff i guess ,

got a boldfaced question really early on i thing sometime around 20th or so, the only one by the way, and it was really big , and i mean big. luckily the second statement was a conclusion and it made the choice of answer a lot quicker .

everything went fine till about the 37th question, when i had about 6 -7 mins left , pretty good pacing till then , but i got damn excited that i was doing well and sort of switched off , just switched off and lost quite a bit of time didnt help that it a tough and lengthy cr , followed by one of those 4 line sc's where everything was underlined . so had about 3 questions with about 60 secs left . so instinct in one of the sc's and blind guessing on 2 cr's ended the verbal.

finished the survey , filled it out properly , and was ready to see me score was expecting a 51 in math and about late 30's or 40's in verbal about 730 - 740 so was pleasantly surprised to see 770 , went mad , let out a stifled yelp and punched my fist, ( as is the norm , hehehe) and ran out to take my score report .................


test prep strategy to follow:

[better4worse]

ROCKING stuff !..........Congrats Buddy!

Better4worse

[dhruvv]

Originally Posted by nucliomaniac

TEST CENTRE EXPERIENCE :

sorry guys slightly late , but was out of town for a couple of days .

my test slot was on the 29th of nov , at 1700 - 2100 hours at prometric kolkata .
and some construction work was going on at a nearby site where heavy machinery is cranked up at 1900 hours , hence the chaps at prometric called me up and told me to come early and start by about 4 . i even wore the "ear muffs" , they are great and i would advise anybody who has a problem concentrating in a noisy environment to wear them .

awa:

pretty regulation stuff, started of with an analysis of an arguement followed by issue and wrote a couple of trite essays based on some plagiarized templates . wasnt really bothered much as i had scored a 5.5 when i had first appeared for my gmat. hence ended up writing some really long essays , which werent even edited for typos , (hope i at least get a 5 so it doesnt look too bad).

break: splashed water on the face, it has become quite a popular thing to do and let out a bellow in the washroom to get my adrenalin pumping and reminded myself that the real test starts now ....
it sort of worked in removing a sort of complacency which had set in due to the awa's

math:
math in short was ridiculously easy , in fact it was so easy that i was left wondering that am i doing anything right ,(probably they were experimental questions ).
math continued to be easy with 1 probab , 2 per/comb and lots of inequations and statistics , do brush up on stats .
finished with about 15-20 mins to spare .

traded in my scratch paper for a new one , made a grid for verbal got fresh pencils etc and went for my break .

consumed a red bull , (good stuff) , and a chocolate which i shared with the security guard .... more splashing of water and i was ready for the main section.

verbal:

started of with a shocker of an sc , spent about 4-5 mins until the picture became clearer. but a got a couple of sitters after that , so that helped to bring my timing back to normal .
4-6, 7-10 rc , pretty regualtion stuff i guess ,

got a boldfaced question really early on i thing sometime around 20th or so, the only one by the way, and it was really big , and i mean big. luckily the second statement was a conclusion and it made the choice of answer a lot quicker .

everything went fine till about the 37th question, when i had about 6 -7 mins left , pretty good pacing till then , but i got damn excited that i was doing well and sort of switched off , just switched off and lost quite a bit of time didnt help that it a tough and lengthy cr , followed by one of those 4 line sc's where everything was underlined . so had about 3 questions with about 60 secs left . so instinct in one of the sc's and blind guessing on 2 cr's ended the verbal.

finished the survey , filled it out properly , and was ready to see me score was expecting a 51 in math and about late 30's or 40's in verbal about 730 - 740 so was pleasantly surprised to see 770 , went mad , let out a stifled yelp and punched my fist, ( as is the norm , hehehe) and ran out to take my score report .................


test prep strategy to follow:

gr8 score man and a gr8 post 2, hope u post in ur strategy as soon as possible cheers

[MurTuzA]

Originally Posted by nucliomaniac

hi everyone ,

770 ( m 50 , v44)

unbelieveable , i have no idea how , a fluke i guess ..

awesome am too happy .

THANKS a lot guys , i really owe you one ....

will write an extremely detailed post later , am too drunk to type coherently .

yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Wow...awesome score dude.

770!!!!!!!!!!!...wow ....

So u r from nammu bengaloruu ....u know wot this calls for

[xyz]

Wow thats an awesome score man !!!! Congrats buddy

[dhruvv]

finished the survey , filled it out properly , and was ready to see me score was expecting a 51 in math and about late 30's or 40's in verbal about 730 - 740 so was pleasantly surprised to see 770 , went mad , let out a stifled yelp and punched my fist, ( as is the norm , hehehe) and ran out to take my score report .................


test prep strategy to follow:[/quote]

hi is there neway we can predict the range???? just gave a practice test in powerprep got2 wrong in quant 14th and 17th and got 50.. 10 pts deducted for 2 wrong ans in the middle of the paper while i have been told generally mistakes earlier on and in the end cost u dear

[ketanm]

Originally Posted by dhruvv

hi is there neway we can predict the range???? just gave a practice test in powerprep got2 wrong in quant 14th and 17th and got 50.. 10 pts deducted for 2 wrong ans in the middle of the paper while i have been told generally mistakes earlier on and in the end cost u dear

I dont think you can predict the pattern, since I would guess that it would even be dependent on the time of the year, number of test takers during that period, experimental questions etc....

Ofcourse the powerprep etc would use a standard algorithm...but I dont think it would be same[may be similar but not same] as what the actual GMAT uses....

Ketan