2014 GMAT Prep and Strategies

Hi , 
I am about start my gmat prep . 
Have taken 3 benchmark exams as of now . 
here are the scores 
MGMAT 610 (Q44,V31) (didnt write IR/AWA)
Veritas Prep 650 (Q43, V36) (didnt write IR/AWA)
Kaplan 560 (dont know sectionals ) (wrote IR and AWA)
I found kaplan test literally brutal among all three tests . 
Kaplan verbal was hopeless ... CR's were long and one RC was totally out of the world . Also i found kaplan Quant tougher than MGMAT quant.
Is real GMAT gonna be like kaplan ?  
Also why there is so much variation in my 3 test scores ? what is my level as of now ?
I have 2 Gmat prep free tests but not sure if i should exhaust one of them now .

TIA

Can someone please suggest some good GMAT coaching classes?

Hey Guys, 

So i have decided to give the GMAT in the month of July/August. 

How soon should i book my date of exam as in to reserve the date? I am pretty sure that i will give during that time but just in case how much time can i wait to book a slot in July/August? 

Thanks. 

Hi,

I want to start math studies in GMAT. Can you suggest whcih is the best book to understand concepts

Hi,

I have around 7.5 years of IT experience.I am planning to give the GMAT in August.I hope to join the 1 year executive MBA program of the IIMs.

It's difficult for me to join any coaching classes.So i am mostly banking on online studying and books and prep tests.


Can anyone please suggest how i can start preparing for the exam?

                                                                                 Thanks in Advance.

Hi Puys

I am done with OG 15 and OG verbal review, I still need more practice exp in verbal.

Please suggest which books i should go for. 

Hi guys,

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Others - Certficate course in Project Management & Six Sigma Green Belt.

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I intend to get into a US University for MBA - Supply Chain Mgt.

Require your review, feedback on preparation for GMAT. This would be my first attempt at GMAT. 

Puys, if anybody is starting prep for GMAT. There are some articles which I wrote that can help immensely for starters.


http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/gmat-prep-all-you-are-required-to-know-about-gmat-preparation-29...

I am organizing a meet in Bangalore on 10th May evening. I can talk about GMAT prep and applications from applicant point of view. If interested, please reply on this.

i am  preparing for gmat through online course. plz suggest a good online class. manya abroad gmat online or time correspondence class.

Does anyone have the soft copy of the following books:

1. Kaplan Verbal Workbook

2. Kaplan Math Workbook

3. Princeton Math workbook

4.  Kaplan 800

5. Official Guide- Verbal Review

Please email it to me at [email protected] in case someone has access to any of the above. Thanks 😃


There is a pretty comprehensive post on GMAT here 

http://essaysapps.com/everything-about-gmat/

It provides all information you would need about GMAT, from explaining the format to free GMAT practice tests, recommended GMAT preparation books, and even GMAT success stories from some of the 700+ achievers. Enjoy!

hiii..puys! I have started my preparation days back.. the problem is i cant carry the book to office, so if u have any PDFs please share!

Hi Guys,

I gave my exam GMAT yesterday and was disheartened to see a score of 530 with Quant 44 and Verbal 22. After the debrief, I understood the reason for the low score might have been the lack of the analysis of the results after the exam and I was very slow and had to randomly mark the last few questions in both the sections. So, this time around I am planning to fine-tune my preparation by further strengthening the fundamentals and give around 5-6 mock tests before the next Gmat exam in real exam conditions(i.e with 8 min breaks and answering AWA and IR sections) and analysing the result after every mock test and measure the progress. I need some guidance in further fine tuning the preparation.

Are there any persons from Pune who can help me, I would love to have a guidance from you to get a better score.

Hi I am finding Quant Questions from OG quite easy. I got to know that quant question in OG are 650 level. Can any body suggest what is the level of Manhattan Quant question . I f the level is 700-750 than I will refer the Manhattan for Quant. Please guide

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 What is the maximum marks for GMAT, LATEST PATTERN? 

Princeton Anna Nagar is that a good place for GMAT coaching

for Guys who are looking to try GRE in plce of GMAT; Be careful of online coachings like GREedge etc.


Please communicate !


 1. Never ever go for GREedge; they are just into marketing and selling their products with minimal assistance once you are enrolled.2. First, they will try to get you enroll in some courses for GRE preparation post that they will say; now upgrade to E-Class which is just avg online classes, better tutorial Classes are available on You-Tube for free. (Why not they told about the same in the first go; why they want you to upgrade just to get extra bucks)3. They will force you to buy the courses/classes and tell you some discount coupon is available, later you will realize that these coupons are available throughout the year.4. Their large chunk of profit is coming for admission support; where they will play with your insecurities and intimidate you to buy their course so that you can apply for US universities.5. They would keep calling or keep following you over Whatsapp to the level to intimidate you to buy their products.6.They have fake Quora profile too by which they publicize their achievements.7. They are regularly conducting Webinars which are repetitive as well by which half of the time they are interested in getting data such as your name, Mobile no and email ids so that in future they can harass you by giving you call to make you buy their products.8.They are into online courses with minimal assistance but good in playing with students' emotion and will tell GRE is online and adaptive so GREedge is the only good choice.If you buy GREedge product:1.Most of the assistance through their SFSa are copy-pasted stuff, without any individual assistance.2.They will not update their feedback for weeks; you have to remind them, again and again, to get your feedbacks ready.3.They will not be available on call as well, they would try to delay.4.GRE, in general, asks for good vocabulary building, but their word-bot don't have any catch way to make you learn new words. (like mnemonics etc.)5. More than 50% of the exercise questions are repetitive so you are not getting new questions.Don't go with GREedge if you want good GRE Score and peace of mind. 


I have suffered a lot. 

 GMAT official guide 2018, Official quantitative review 2018 and official verbal review 2018 - all for sale in PDF format at a very nominal price.  If interested, please inbox me