Deception

It is surprising how effective focussed effort can be - still in GMAT mode, and can't help feeling that I've overcorrected verbal, and not allotted sufficient time for Quant.

On GMATPREP 2 today, I improved on most counts. Here are stats:

GMATPREP 2: 780 (Q50, V47) and (Q6,V3)

The score is deceptive - on GMATPREP 1, an insipid performance (Q7,V11) got me a 760. Relatively, this is much more 'solid' - it is based on a fewer number of mistakes. I'm beginning to think that the mistake scale is a good indicator of improvement while preparing. On a bad day, mistakes on key questions could lower your score to 720 despite the same (Q7,V11) pattern. It suffices to say that the Q6,V3 is much more satisfying to me than the 780. The 780 is just an extension of Q6,V3, and cannot be the primary goal, atleast during the prep-period.

On a separate note, Q6 is embarrassing. I thought I was a quant person. Oh well, hubris punctured. Time to strike back at Q.

kickStart

Admittedly, it's been a late start for my B school roller-coaster. GMAT's within 3 weeks. Feeling fairly comfortable so far. I've about 1.5 months of straight prep work behind me.

I've consistently followed a strategy of focussing on mistakes than scores. This strategy is a double-edged sword - it pinpoints weaknesses amazingly well, but never allows me to feel happy about things. I believe that any experience must be enjoyed, and this strategy does not allow me to enjoy the 'process'.

Stats so far: GMATPREP 1: Taken 3 weeks ago: 760 (Q50, V41); but on my mistake-scale, I scored Q7, V11. Quite poor.

The numbers are improving though. This week, I scored Q2,V5 and Q0, V5 on 2 GMAT Sets.