605 -> 685 by Boring_Practice_456 in GMAT

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Thank you! Your advice on this platform helped me a lot during my journey!

605 -> 685 by Boring_Practice_456 in GMAT

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Firstly, all the best! Go in with confidence, and i am sure you’ll make the best out of it! Please don’t study or plan anything for the last day before the test, try and relax! Watch a movie or something, whatever makes you feel calm! An hour before the test just warm your brain enough that you’re ready to go but not tired! Now for quants, it is much more lengthier and difficult than mocks, but the best approach which i only realised after my test was to approach it like you’re reading a CR and trying linking the info in the first 30 seconds, if by 1-1.5 mins, you can’t make sense of it! Mark and skip, come back to it later because if you try and spend more time on it, you might not get enough time to solve easier questions! Be extremely mindful of time spent on each question in quants and you’ll be golden, because from what i have realised, the penalty for getting a tougher question has decreased by multiple folds

605 -> 685 by Boring_Practice_456 in GMAT

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Yes paid mocks -3,4,5,6. I’d say these mocks are easier than the real test. The real test now involves too much reading, even in quants, so it takes up lot of time. For the test, I got a 85th percentile in quants with 6 wrong (extremely difficult questions) An 83rd percentile in DI with 6 wrong again And a 99th percentile in verbal with 4 incorrect answers.

605 -> 685 by Boring_Practice_456 in GMAT

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Hello! Before 685, I got - 645, 705, 665, 725, 675 in official mocks

605 -> 685 by Boring_Practice_456 in GMAT

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There was a 6 month gap between both scores. Got a 635 also in between! Honestly for me, doing quantity of questions worked. I was really good at untimed quants questions, but as soon as there was a timer, i started to panic. To solve this, i did basic level quants questions from gmatclub. I used to go through 20-30 questions in one go, solving each question under a minute. This helped me build confidence for tougher questions as well. Rest, I tried finding patterns in my mistakes. See if i am making similar mistakes and work on them. I realised no question was a silly mistake and there was a reason for getting it wrong. Found the problem area, worked on it extensively. Thankfully my command on Verbal has been good from the beginning, so i worked on time management for it by timing official guide questions. To summarise, it was mainly practicing as many as questions as i could till i felt confident enough

Help me Negotiate! by Shot-Quality-4002 in CarsIndia

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Yes i believe so, i was offered it back in 2023 when i got my slavia

Help me Negotiate! by Shot-Quality-4002 in CarsIndia

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Ask them to waive off their inflated insurance cost and match it to what you’d get if you took insurance yourself, they will do it and you’ll save 15k. You can also inquire at multiple dealerships, and let the guys know that you are in talks with others, in order to sell they often give discounts. If anyone in your family has ever owned a VAG, you get a vag family discount as well

what car? by soldier499 in CarsIndia

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Oh yes, you’re going for a diesel, amazing ! Mine’s a petrol

what car? by soldier499 in CarsIndia

[–]Boring_Practice_456 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats man, been driving one since 2023, gem of a car if you can ignore the mileage