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Verified GMAT Classic score:
740 Q50 V40 (Online)
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When I started my Gmat preparation, I thought I don’t need any coaching as I have previously aced many exams by doing self-study. I prepared using OG questions and free sources available online. I finished my prep and started giving mock exams just to realize that my score was fluctuating between 660 and 700 and even my highest score was nowhere near to my desired score. I had no idea how to improve my score further and that’s when I decided that I need some professional help.
I started reading the reviews of various courses available and after thorough research I decided to go for e-gmat. I Knew that being non-native English speaker, I don’t have ear for the right answer. But being engineer, I was logically strong and that’s what e-gmat’s approach is based on. Instead of mugging the rules and then relying on ear, they have structured, step-by-step and logical approach to solve the questions. Their meaning-based approach magically improved my SC score. Now, instead of my Achilles' heel, it became my strong point where I could save time to utilize on tougher CR questions. I was already good at CR, but their pre-thinking approach helped me fasten the process of question solving. For RC, I tried various approaches from fast reading to slow reading. But either my accuracy was suffering, or I was taking too long to solve the questions. E-Gmat’s reading strategy helped me find the sweet spot of solving question with good accuracy and in optimal time. after solidifying my concepts, I moved towards solving more and more questions. E-Gmat’s Scholaranium was pretty useful in this regard. Each question was followed by detailed answers and many had detailed video solutions. Even after going through the solution, I sometimes had few more doubts. I did post those doubts and e-gmat’s team was quick enough to reply them. Their Sigma-X mock tests were also helpful in assessing the ability.
Towards the end, I opted for their last mile program, in which a dedicated expert overviewed my progress, strategy, and weaknesses and suggested personalized improvement plans. The expert even overviewd my progress till the actual gmat exam. This further helped me to improve my confidence and score. All these efforts helped me achieve a score of 740 (Q50 V40).
Even during my preparation, many of my friends asked me for prep tips and I told them just to blindly follow the e-gmat course. I would give same advice to everyone. I hope this review would help more of my fellow aspirants.
Dear AkashYewale,
Congratulations on the 740! With this, you are among the top 3% of the GMAT test-takers. What an achievement! It has been a pleasure working with you in this journey toward excellence.
As you have rightly said, SC is not just about rules and grammar. It is the logical application of certain fundamental processes that will help you consistently answer all types of SC questions with good accuracy. See how internalizing this logical ‘Meaning-based approach’ helped transform your ‘Achilles Heel’ to your armour by helping improve to a 75% + accuracy across all topics in SC:
https://success.e-gmat.com/AkashYewales-excellent-SC-ability
Recognizing that there were timing issues in CR that needed to be addressed, you started from the foundation up and mastered the pre-thinking approach by working on GMAT-like questions on scholaranium . See how this structured attitude helped you improve to 90th%ile ability in CR while helping reduce overall time for hard questions to 1 min 48 sec.
https://success.e-gmat.com/AkashYewales-CR-accuracy-vs-timing
I appreciate how you recognized that the biggest challenge in RC is to “find the sweet spot of solving questions in optimal time with good accuracy.” Having done this, by working on your reading strategies, you were able to find this balance and excel in RC.
Rome was not built in a day – similarly, excellence is not achieved through a single quiz. It is an iterative process where you need to review each question to find those incremental improvement areas. I am glad that through reviewing the solutions – both in quizzes and mocks – you were able to strategically work towards solidifying your ability.
You are a prime example of how you do not need to be a native speaker to ace the GMAT verbal.
I am so happy that all the effort paid off! I, on the behalf of the entire e-GMAT family, wish you all the best in this new journey that you have embarked upon.
Best Regards,
Rashmi Vaidya