Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Diagnostic

I kick-started my GMAT prep by taking a diagnostic test to see where I stand without any preparation.

To get an appropriate appraisal of the situation, I went for the GMAT ProwerPrep software which gives us the closest indication.

How much did I score? 640

Quant: 47

Verbal: 31

Total: 640

I just went through the questions which I got wrong to do an analysis of the xam.

The Quant topics which I need to concentrate are:

ratios, Cordinate Geometry(more), Simple Interest(more), Sets, Profit and Loss

In Verbal more than 85% of the questions which I got wrong are Sentence Correction. One found revelation I got was I am pretty good at Critical Reasoning.

Result: I need to improve my score by more than 100 points to reach my target score: 750

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  1. RatiMay 7, 2009 at 6:06 AM

    A lot of students get questions wrong in Sentence Correction is because they directly jump on solving the questions. My questions are
    1. Have you studied the 8 errors that are checked in sentence correction?
    2. Is the idiom list at the back of your hand?
    3. Are you able to distinguish between which/that, as/like, whether/if?
    4. Are you able to detect the modifiers clearly or they still hassle you?

    If any of the above answers in no, then it is time to dig into the basics. Solving questions from OG or other material is just testing you on your basics. So if basics are not right, how can expect to get your answers correct? Can you?

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  2. H A R IMay 7, 2009 at 3:48 PM

    Its actually good that most of the questions in verbal that you got wrong were in SC because SC is the only area in verbal which can be learnt and improved 100%. Its like quant, know the rules and formula and you can nail it.

    Good luck.

    P.S. Thanks for visiting my blog.

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  3. indeyyMay 7, 2009 at 9:07 PM

    @Dagny I did not even start my preparation...I wanted to take a diagnostic to see where I stand and how much I have to prepare...

    @Hari...Thats the only reason I was happy though I got a bit less score...that SC is easy to pickup...

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  4. RatiMay 11, 2009 at 5:30 AM

    When are you planning to take GMAT?

    I prepared this GMAT resources sheet some time back.This might help you:

    http://www.totalgadha.com/gmat/2009/01/hundreds-of-gmat-prep-resources/

    Good luck with your prep.:)

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  5. indeyyMay 12, 2009 at 1:18 AM

    @Dagny...I am planning to take GMAT in August.
    Thank you for the resources link...they seem pretty gud.

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  6. RatiMay 14, 2009 at 8:41 PM

    Hi Indeyy,

    Thanks for adding TotalGadha GMAT in your resource list. I have also added your blog in our Zing Roll. :)

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