12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition with Lots of FunJoin us Dec 14 - 25 for 12 days of fun GMAT questions to help with your prep and to compete with your fellow GMAT Clubbers! Team-based competition | Solve Questions to Win Awesome Prizes GMAT Club 12 Days of Christmas is a 2nd Annual GMAT Club Winter Competition based on solving questions. This is the Winter GMAT competition on GMAT Club with an amazing opportunity to win over $20,000 worth of prizes! If you are a hard worker and dedicated, this is a great opportunity to convert your hard work into GMAT Courses while studying and improving your score all along! I really hope you will join us this year and use this opportunity.
The Competition Is Official Over!Congratulations 12 Days of Christmas Winners!As per the rules, the winning team has had the first pick of the prizes and then by teams based on the ranking of the teams. After the top 3 users of each of the teams have had a choice of the prizes, everyone else was arranged by the points order. So in case the sequence looks a bit off, that is because we had to follow this process.
Congratulations to
Kinshook for winning the Top Spot! Fantastic Job. I think I can give you the official title of "Grinch of GMAT Club"
I am also very thankful for Math Revolution, EMPOWERgmat, and Experts' Global for providing such wonderful prizes and to Experts' Global,
Manhattan GMAT and Dream Score for providing Practice Questions. Thank you - without your questions the competition would not happen and without the prizes, it would not be as fun.
Congratulations and thank you for being a part of the 12 Days of Christmas Winter competition!
Next Steps - Important:
I will be requesting access to courses and tests for everyone who won and passing your email information to the test company to activate your courses and prizes. This may take a few days but you should have it Next week at the latest and hopefully sooner. Please be kind and patient
Important DatesDec 1st: Registration Opens. Click Join the Competition Button below
Dec 14th: Competition Begins at 6 AM PST/9 AM EST/7:30 PM IST
Dec 25th: Last day of Competition
By Dec 29th: Winners Announced
How do I Participate? First, you need to register.
Then on Dec 14, you will be able to start competing by attempting questions with the timer and posting explanations to never-before-seen questions.
You and Your Team will receive points for a number of activities as well as opportunities for bonus points. See below the point earning table for details about activities and points. Team and Individual points earned will be reflected on this page below in your Dashboard.
What Do You Mean "Team-Based"? This competition is team-based, which means one of the 4 teams will win and
all winning team members will receive prizes.
What Prizes are Available? Big thanks to our sponsors (see the full list of sponsors below) we have lots of prizes for both the winning team and also the Top 3 players in each team.
GMAT Club Tests (2-week access) - $20 each | 500 licenses available for the winning team | Total Value: $10,000. -
GMAT Club tests are some of the best and well-known practice tests for those looking to improve their quant score. These tests were written by moderators such as Bunuel and others to help prepare you for the unexpected. These questions do
not force you to do excruciating calculations or needlessly waste your time.
GMAT Club tests focus on combining multiple concepts and present you with questions you have not seen before, just like the hard quant questions on the GMAT - forcing you to find a solution to a question you have never seen before.
- Your access will start on Dec 29th, right after the competition ends.
Math Revolution | 50 Courses available | Total Value: $10,000 - You can be the lucky winner of one of the 50 Math Revolution VIP courses. Your access will be valid for 3 months with access to over 2,100 challenging quant questions developed by some of the best minds at Math Revolution!
DreamScore | Question Sponsor | Total Value: Priceless We are thankful for DreamScore's support of the 12 Days of Christmas competition by providing unique, challenging, and very valuable questions to be used in the competition. This support truly means a lot to us!
Manhattan GMAT | Question Sponsor | Total Value: Priceless We are thankful for Manhattan's support of the 12 Days of Christmas competition by providing unique, challenging, and very valuable questions to be used in the competition. This support truly means a lot to us!
Experts' Global "Must Have" GMAT Review + 15 Practice Tests - $50 | 12 available | Total Value: $600 Question Sponsor | Total Value: Priceless - 15 Full-length tests
- Video and text solutions
- Set of 12 SC e-books.
- 200+ short GMAT concept videos.
EMPOWERgmat 3-Month GMAT Course - $299 | 8 available | Total Value: $2,400 - 3 Months Access to the Full Course
- 1000s of Interwoven Questions
- Includes
GMAT Club Tests 3-month access
- Does not include Exam Packs
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS OFFER: Get 5 Day Access to EMPOWERgmat course for just 1 penny with Code
5DAYS1PENNY!
GMAT Club Forum Quiz (1-month access) - $10 each | 500 licenses available for the winning team | Total Value: $5,000. - No ads or distractions
- GMAT-like UI
- Take multiple questions at a time on GMAT Club
- Timer auto-start
- Over 100,000 questions!
Total Prize value: $20,000+ The prize list is still expanding and we will update it as more prizes are added.Will Everyone Win Prizes?- Everyone on the winning team will!
- The team that gets the most points at the end of the competition, will win. Every member on the winning team will receive access to the GMAT Club Tests for 2 weeks.
- The top 3 players on each of the 4 teams will have a choice of the top prizes (the winning team's 3 top users will have the first pick), and then the next 9 will choose their prizes based on the point ranking
- The remaining prizes will be distributed among the users based on the points earned. Each user is limited to 1 prize. We have a lot of prizes and expect over 500+ people getting something (Full disclosure: the majority of those, will be getting GMAT Club tests for the winning team). In other words, 9 people from non-winning teams will also win prizes based on the above.
How Many Teams Are There?There is a total of 4 teams:
Team Santa,
Reindeer,
Elves, and
Team GrinchCan I Choose My Team?No, the assignment is random. You will be given your team name when you Join the Competition. Also, your avatar will reflect your team's colors
Which Team am I on?You can review the roster for the teams:
Team Santa,
Reindeer,
Elves, and
Team GrinchYou can also look at your avatar and the label at the top - the color corresponds to one of the 4 teams
Earning Points:Here is a detailed explanation of how you can earn points and bonus opportunities that exist.
Every day, GMAT Club Moderators will post 3-5 new questions (we will provide their listing in this topic) and we will identify them in the forum to make them easy to find.
Important: Questions will be posted ONLY at 6 AM PDT / 9 AM EDT / 14:00 BST /19:30 IST
CHRISTMAS Points | Action Required | Eligible Questions |
10 Points per timer | Timer Taken & Correctly Answered Question (awarded within 24 hrs) | New questions that GMAT Club Moderators will post starting Dec 14 |
Bonus 1: 10 CHRISTMAS Points | Taking the Timer in the first 120 minutes (2 hours) of question posting time (Points awarded within 5 mins of posting) | New questions that GMAT Club Moderators will post starting Dec 14 |
Bonus 2: 10 CHRISTMAS Points | Posting an explanation (Points awarded within 5 mins of posting) | New questions that GMAT Club Moderators will post starting Dec 14 |
Bonus 3*: 100 CHRISTMAS Points | Getting a Kudos from a moderator for a posted Explanation (Points awarded within 24 hrs ) | New questions that GMAT Club Moderators will post starting Dec 14 |
Bonus 4: 50 CHRISTMAS Points | Taking 30 timers in one day (Points awarded at Noon PST the following day) | Any questions in the DS/PS/CR/SC forums (RC is not eligible) taken during competition days |
Max daily CHRISTMAS points per person per question: 120
Max daily timer Bonus: 50*The kudos are at the discretion of the moderators that may choose to give them or not to for any reason or no reason at all When will the Competition Questions be Posted?- We will start posting questions on Tue December 14th and will end on Dec 25th .
- Questions will be posted Monday through Friday (no questions on Sat or Sun)
- Questions will be posted in the CR, SC, DS, and PS forums (no RC)
- Questions will be posted at 6 AM Pacific Standard US Time
How will I find the Competition Questions?Competition questions will be posted in the second post of this discussion (currently being held) and they will also bear the competition badge/icon such as this example:
Can I see Other Replies? Can I edit mine?You will not be able to see other user's replies to the competition questions. They will be hidden until the following day. 24 hours after posting, the OA will be revealed and other user's answers will become visible. Note that you will not be able to edit your posts/explanations once you submit, so make sure you proof-read your work. There are no exceptions to this rule.
Any Other Questions?Please post them here, just reply in this topic. Thanks!
Competition Rules & Fine Print:- When you join the competition, you agree to abide by these rules
- GMAT Club reserves the right to modify the terms and conditions of this competition at any time.
- Any registered user can participate. Registration is required; only points earned after registration will be counted.
- Experts, Instructors, Tutors, Moderators, and Administrators are not eligible to earn points (though they can still participate in the competition - their points will not be used)
- Please make sure to post your replies and solutions to the questions as text. You can use diagrams and images if appropriate for the question such as Geometry but please do not post hand-written or typed up notes as the answer. The answer should be typed with text and not a screenshot/photo/image. These explanations will NOT receive moderator Kudos after 8/24
- Please do not give Kudos to competition posts you cannot read
- Choices of Prizes will be available to the users with the highest scores first; if multiple users are eligible, we will draw randomly
- Cheaters and users try to illegitimately gain points will be excluded and may be deactivated
- All moderator decisions are final and are not eligible for public discussion. These guys work hard, please be kind
- Prizes are not transferable and cannot be sold or bartered; they will be void if traded
- Prizes must be activated/claimed by Feb 1, 2022
- No refunds will be provided
- GMAT Club reserves the right in its sole discretion to determine who wins prizes, for what activity, and other prize decisions
- This is a very unique and complex competition and we appreciate your support; we may modify it if we notice irregularities or ways we can optimize it