GMAT takers JUL/AUG 2008

[Aspirant008]

Originally Posted by jpmadhav

Hi ankit/Prateetr,

Just wanted to add to the Kaplan Devil's Nat-Khut....I gave my Kaplan 1st exam today(Kaplan 2009 edition CD), got score of 550(48q, 23v). I completely agree with Ankit because...if compare scores of mine and Prateetr....there is almost 10 diff in Quant...but still the score is relatively same....Seriously I am unable to figure out KAPLAN....This is goin to kill our confidence like anythin.....And regarding toughness...I got a RC which was 30 odd lines...but it was very tough to understand...SC's were ok types ans CR's were monstrous......

Regards
Phani Madhav

RC is like a big arguement passage be very careful in reading , mastering rc is mastering verbal section

[Dreams_are_real]

Originally Posted by jpmadhav

Hi ankit/Prateetr,

Just wanted to add to the Kaplan Devil's Nat-Khut....I gave my Kaplan 1st exam today(Kaplan 2009 edition CD), got score of 550(48q, 23v). I completely agree with Ankit because...if compare scores of mine and Prateetr....there is almost 10 diff in Quant...but still the score is relatively same....Seriously I am unable to figure out KAPLAN....This is goin to kill our confidence like anythin.....And regarding toughness...I got a RC which was 30 odd lines...but it was very tough to understand...SC's were ok types ans CR's were monstrous......

Regards
Phani Madhav

I also took the Kaplan CAT1 today morning, same story here.. got 580 (Q42, V29)... Math was supposedly my forte, but the pillars are shaken now...Verbal was really tough, first few qs were easy, but when they started the RC, it was all down hill from there.... Even if we add 80 or 100 to this score, its still pathetic... Hitting the basics again... One month to go.. AUG 30

[gargsiddharth]

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Originally Posted by gargsiddharth (GMAT takers JUL/AUG 2008)
hi,,, i took my GMAT today and got 770.. qunat 50 verbal 44...i felt the level of quant to be on a higher side. i was too confident on quant so didn't practice much,, but it was tougher than powerprep or the gmat prep,,,, as far as verbal is concerned, the level was much like that of these test,, not much higher and the passages were ok,, ya,, one thing,, plz dont get scared by the lenght of the passage,, i got 2 very long passages, but they were quite easy,,,, one good reading was enough,,, usually one gets scared when one see a long passage,, but you shoule be happy to see a long one, coz they are generally easy!!! hope this helps in some way and doesnt sound shit to you!!

Hey Siddharth,
Congrats on the awesome score. Can you share your details regarding your prep strategy like the books that you refferred and the CAT's that you took. And what according to you were the key insights that you think would help others like me in preparation for GMAT.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers !!
NiDo.

"ThOsE wHo DoN't TaKe RiSkS, aCtUaLlY rIsK mOrE"





Hi NiDo,

sorry for the late reply..
thanks
ya, regarding the study material.
i believe the most important part is to follow a step by step methodology. below is the sequence which i followed

1. princeton review
2. kaplan premier program
3. OG GMAT
4. manhattan sentence correction
5. kaplan verbal
6. OG Verbal
7. kaplan 800


the test that i took were
1. kaplan
2. princeton
3. powerprep
4. gmat prep

now, this doesn't mean that u do each and everything from this list. just do what you feel will benefit you most. like in my case, i was confident of quant, so i totally skipped quant part. i did quant only from kaplan 800 and some part of OG gmat.


something regarding test...
plz plz plz,, dont tate score of kaplan to you heart,,, they are real moral sinkers,,, they are no way correct indicators of one's level. i got 580 and 600 in it. there must be some logic why those people made their test like this, but it is out of my comprehension limits.
power prep tests are good,,, but u might find repetition in tests. whereas you can safely give gmat prep each papre twice and still will encounter very few repeated questions.

Hope this helps in some way to somebody.

and also hope i am not breaking any copyright or law,,,

regards,
Siddharth

[gargsiddharth]

Hi Nikolai,

Thanks
congo to u also man,,

dude,, u have got something which very few people have,,, --- exp in invest banking,, i think that can be a strong point in ur application, though 2 years exp is kind of short,.
dude, i am really sorry i dont have that much idea about the b schools and 'chances'. i am doing research these days for myself,, not sure which bschools i should apply to ,,, but at first glance, it does look like u might make it to the schools u have applied already..

best of lucks!!

cheers!!
siddharth garg

[monica4mba]

hi frnds,

Can someone please help me?

Please suggest 5 colleges that i can apply, assuming that i will get something around 710-730...and considering that i want to focus primarily on the colleges that are oriented in FINANCE or are renouned for finance...i have 2 yrs of work ex in heathcare sector.


ps : i'd really appreciate if its a practical suggestion...rather than a glimpse of a distant possibility like Harvard or LBS

[iLive_GMAT]

hey folks...
G-day on 6th sept...
I am looking for the princeton full length test. Could anyone please help where to find those....?????

[vahsteve]

Originally Posted by iLive_GMAT

hey folks...
G-day on 6th sept...
I am looking for the princeton full length test. Could anyone please help where to find those....?????

Hey me giving on 27th me too searching for princeton not getting it pl let me know if u ll get it and so will i...all d best

[karan4444]

Originally Posted by Dreams_are_real

I also took the Kaplan CAT1 today morning, same story here.. got 580 (Q42, V29)... Math was supposedly my forte, but the pillars are shaken now...Verbal was really tough, first few qs were easy, but when they started the RC, it was all down hill from there.... Even if we add 80 or 100 to this score, its still pathetic... Hitting the basics again... One month to go.. AUG 30

Hi guys!

I took the Kaplan CD Test1 today and got 610. M-50, V-31. My confidence is shattered. I don't know how to gauge this score. Any comments?

Regards

Karan

[karan4444]

Originally Posted by vahsteve

Hey me giving on 27th me too searching for princeton not getting it pl let me know if u ll get it and so will i...all d best

Hey guys!
Just go to the princeton website for one free full length test. You can take that online. Others, you can download them from esnips.com.
Cheers!
Karan

[c00|guy]

Hi guys!

I took the Kaplan CD Test1 today and got 610. M-50, V-31. My confidence is shattered. I don't know how to gauge this score. Any comments?

Regards

Karan

Hey Karan,

Dont worry about the Kaplan scores dude. You must add 100 to the Kap test to get an idea on the actual score you might get ( plus or minus 50 ). So that places u @ 710. If you practice a little more u could score better. I used to get an avg. of 620 in the Kap tests - finally scored 750. So dont worry dude.

Cheers,
c00|guy