一战 680 二战750， 在职人士2个月备战策咯

VeyronDeng

Hi all, I am Veyron, like to share with you some overall opinion in short point.

My background

• CET6 594 in 2008; Toefl 101 in2009
• MBA degree from Hong KongBaptist University in 2011 (Distinction award)
• Managing a largest Data Centerconstruction project  in HK  as Project Manager during the whole GMAT process
  • Manage to get half Friday offevery week for study
  • Daily around 2 hour max forstudy
  • Start preparation from 10 Sep2016;
    • 1st war on 14 Oct2016 for 680
    • 2nd war on 11 Nov2016 for 750
      
      
    
    
• GMAT (750,  98 percentile|  Q50, 87 percentile |  V41, 94 percentile)
  • Notice that my score isactually boosted up by the Verbal
    
    
  
  

Overallstrategy

• Read around 50 experience sharingpost from Chase Dream buddies and get a feeling of what you shall pay attentionas a break-in point.
• Spend time only on items thatcount
  • Focus your resource onQUANTITATIVE and VERBAL
  • I personally only spend lessthan 4 hour on the AWA just to build 1 framework
  • NO time given for IR
    
    
• Find out your strength and weaknessfrom the free mock up test when you bookGMAT
  • Strong point---less trainingbut keep it great
  • Weak point---strengthen it withmore focus training and may consider skip it during the test for desperate situation.  (Usually Chinese are strong at Quantitativebut weak at Verbal; Me too)
    
    
    
    
  
  

Elaborationon each part

• AWA
  • I personally believe this isnot important and pay minimum attention
    • Mind that my AWA only got 5 in1st war
      
      
  • Spend just a few hours (I spent4 hour) to build one fix framework for every AWA
    • Opening + link words for 3parts of the reasoning from the AWA argument
    • Attack words for 1streasoning
    • Attack words for 2ndreasoning
    • Attack words for 3rdreasoning
    • Ending
      
      
  • My framework already occupies160 words so it shall be adequate to finish the rest to add 250 words in therest of 25 minutes (I usually spend around 5 mins to type that 160 words in thebeginning----quite slow)
    
    
• IR
  • I pay absolute no attention andno practice
    
    
• Quantitative
  • Strong suggestion to directlyuse JJ as your practice material if your Quantitative foundation still remain80% level of your high school period
    • DO read and practise all the JJbefore the exam
    • I have 20+ mins remain whenfinished this section. Recommend to just sit and relax for this 20 mins toregain your stamina for Verbal part
      
      
    
    
• Verbal  (I did quite a lot of practice in this sectionas it is my weakness)
  • CR
    • The PowerScore only helps a bitto me with those 300+ page to read
    • DO read all the JJ before theexam
      
      
  • RC
    • DO read all the JJ before theexam
      
      
  • SC
    • RON’s print screen is GREAT;his video…….I did not have enough patient to listen to even one of them
    • PREP 07 & 08---good stuffto give you some guiding technic (but I only have time to finish the 08 andaround 5 page of 07)
    • Manhattan SC----I don’t feelthis teaches me any great idea but strangely my SC actually improve to a newlevel after I finish reading this
    • During the exam the SC is veryhard for me that I could only use instinct to make final decision (I believe itis in a different score pool)
    • Use one of your hand to signalthe decision for choice A to E (Palm down; retract corresponding finger whenthat choice is ruled out)
    • Also use your leg to signalSingular or Plural (Crossed leg for Singular, 2 feet on the ground for Plural)
    • I feel the GWD practice is notthat in-line with the exam;
      
      
    
    
  
  

Others

• As the exam takes 3hours and 30minutesto finish, you need to boost up and save your stamina
  • I take a 4km run on everyWednesday and Sunday night at 11:00pm
    • It can also release the stressin your head especially when you have studied for quite long time just sittingthere
      
      
    
    
• JJ DOES play important role inmy score for Quantitative, CR and RC
  • JJ can help add back the lossof brain power when you are stressed during the exam
  • Mind that it did interfere myway of reading the RC, you will have pre-conception which might be wrong if youdon’t have good JJ or understand it wrong
    
    
• Bring a SHORT coat with you tokeep you warm during the exam, it is 25 Celsius but you do feel cold when youare stressed (LONG coat is not allowed in the exam)
• And bring some food for rechargeduring break  
• I have not purchase anymaterial and have not read OG---nothing to boast about. Just want to mentionthere’re a lot of paths to reach your destination.
  My word for you:  
  坚守心中的完美，每一个平凡的灵魂都可以看见旧的自我离开，新的自我诞生。
  If you have further enqury, can find me here http://www.weibo.com/3631393342/profile?topnav=1&wvr=6&is_all=1
  
  

cserwell

总结的非常细致，and  赞英文写作!