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Beat The GMAT!

Beat The GMAT is a day-to-day blog detailing how I studied for and beat the Graduate Management Admission Test™ (GMAT). This site shall serve as a study guide for future GMAT test takers.



Debriefing from a guy who scored a 790


The following is one of the most influential posts I've ever seen on GMAT strategy. "TwinnSplitter," the guy who wrote this post, had an incredible strategy for attacking the GMAT. I borrowed heavily from his strategy in forming my own study plan.

TwinnSplitter applied principles of high-performance athletic training to GMAT Prep. It's a fantastic methodology for approaching the GMAT.

Enjoy! http://www.urch.com/forums/just-finished-my-gmat/26097-790-gmat-q50-v51-4.html#post152529

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Anonymous Guy who hopes to score above 700 said at 5:42 PM

Thank you...
That's really all I can say right now!!!

You've said much...you've probably done a lot too (790) but now its my turn...

Thanks for the WOW! (Words of Wisdom)    



Anonymous Anonymous said at 6:40 PM

Fantastic !! Extremely helpful comments .. However the links (eg. manhattan cd, paper tests) are not working for me. Does anyone know why ?    



Blogger Eric said at 1:28 AM

I agree, it's an amazing post. Some of the links do not work anymore because it's a somewhat older post and refers to some resources that are no longer available.    



Anonymous Anonymous said at 4:01 AM

Hi...
I was just wondering how much the changing of the vendor from ETS to pearsons (or was it some other??) would change the difficulty and trends of the gmat? the material discussed is awesome and i really appreciate the work that every1s put in to upload and share material and experience...but this would all be in vain in case the test designers decide to change strategies...just putting in a word of caution that all dudes preparing for the test should go in expecting the unexpected.....    



Blogger Eric said at 11:44 AM

The content on this blog is still relevant. I've seen the new test, and the changes had to do mainly with the UI. The topics, questions, and strategies in the new test are the same as the old test.    



Anonymous Anonymous said at 8:34 AM

hello, first let me say thanks for the information - completely awesome. second, i'm trying to decide between testmasters gmat prep course and manhattan gmat. testmasters is 60 hours and manhattan gmat is only 27. the thing is that i hear manattan gmat teaches fundamentals, where as testmasters teaches strategies. do you know anything about this - or do you have any insight?

thanks!    



Blogger Eric said at 8:43 AM

Unfortunately, I can't comment on the Testmasters or Manhattan GMAT courses--I don't have exposure to either. My advice is to pose this question the Beat The GMAT! Forum community at: http://www.beatthegmat.com

Best of luck!    



Anonymous Sonu said at 6:35 PM

I happened to stumble upon this post while I was searching for something else on Google and cant thank enough. That was an amazing and detailed post. Thank you very much for spending your valuable time in writing and pointing us in the right direction. This post has really made me think seriously about approaching GMAT in an organized manner. Thanks again.    



Blogger Nadia said at 4:25 PM

This posting made all the difference to me. Thank God for blogs like Beat the GMAT.

Just a week ago, I had finished my 2-month self-study of the OG and Princeton Review (I didn't know much about other resources), and found that my score on the GMATPrep CAT had not budged a point above 650, which is the score I started off with. Stunned and frustrated, I Googled "My GMAT scores have not improved", and this blog came up.

I realized after reading the Debriefing that I had not developed any practice strategies or taken any notes, and that's why I was repeating the same mistakes.

With only 3 days to go before the actual test, I pinned up blank charts on my wall and made notes of the concepts that I was getting wrong. Just by reviewing these concepts, I managed to get a 700 on the actual test.

If only I had found this blog when I started my practice! It is really helpful.

(Test-taker from Bangladesh)
September 2007.    



Blogger Eric said at 6:33 PM

Glad to hear that this blog has made a difference for you. :) Check out http://www.beatthegmat.com for some more resources. Good luck with your prep!    



Anonymous Anonymous said at 11:42 AM

This is probably the most comprehensive write-up I've even seen on the GMAT exam. You had a great strategy in tackling the exam and your score proves it. I'm a future test-taker and this post has given me some really good pointers. Thanks for sharing this.    



Blogger kishore said at 11:46 PM

Thanks a lot for sharing your valuable information with us.your strategy of doing quants everyday and its reasoning is awesome. I admire the way you think about it.    



Anonymous Vinay said at 4:04 PM

Hi,
First of all thanks to Beat The GMAT and its founder. This blog really made my job easy in finding the prep material and test taking strategy. I have paucity of words to say thanks to this blog.The information provided in this debriefing is really commendable. I was just reading without any strategy but now I prepare a strategy and get good score out of it.    



Blogger vinay said at 9:01 PM

Hi ,
I'll just like to thank Beat the GMAT for the wonderful strategies and esp. the links ..
The stuff is really of great help..    



Anonymous Anonymous said at 5:07 AM

Thanks a lot....
It really helps to get such a detailed analysis which suits most of the people...    



Anonymous Anonymous said at 5:19 AM

Hi
I am completely new to GMAT. I have just started to surf the sites 2 days ago, so my comment might seems strange. But what is OG?    



Anonymous Naina said at 1:44 PM

OG = Official Guide.

Great blog, really helping me narrow what and how to study for the GMAT! Hope I crack it as you did.. :)    



Anonymous Anonymous said at 10:44 PM

Thanks Eric!    



Blogger tarun said at 8:28 AM

Brilliant post!! Thanks alot!!    



Anonymous Anonymous said at 1:38 PM

Just curious, after reading all the postings, is it worth using OG 11 edition?? or should I get the Kaplan books to prepare.

Up to this point I have been using the OG 11th edition as my study guide, though I do find the questions quite difficult!

Also, what do you think about the OG GMAT Quantitative and Verbal Review guides as a resource to the OG 11th edition?

Gus    



Anonymous Anonymous said at 3:14 PM

the link wont work for me, is there anyway i can view your strategy i am beginning to prepare myself with a Kaplan course and a book but any advice would be helpful    



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