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Hey all,

I started studying for GMAT in April 2020 and appeared for my 1st GMAT in August 2020: Score 620.I was shattered as I used to score in the range of 700-750 in official mock tests.

Took second attempt(GMAT online) in Dec 2020 and scored 580. This time I was even more shattered as I scored 770 in Mock test 5 and 760 in Mock Test 6(gave Official mock 5 and 6 for the first time). I had brushed up on certain errors and was satisfied with my preparation. Also, purchased mock test of a provider and scored in the range of 720-740 there.

Also, I took 3 mins for the first quant question and I was bit in state of frenzy but I didn't think that this would lower my score to meagre 580. I never scored 580, not even when I gave my first official mock. Also, as it was GMAT online, I don't even have the ESR.

Now, I want to appear again in end of Feb 2021(coz have other professional commitments later). I don't think I struggle with the understanding of any concept. I just don't know where to start and I'm worried a lot as I have exhausted my resources of prep. Have solved OG, did a lot of practice questions from the Advanced OG and have exhausted all the 6 official mock tests. Also, gave like 12 mock test from other service provider during the period of April 2020 till now.

PLEASE SUGGEST A STUDY PLAN. I can dedicate 3-4 hours on weekdays and a total of 12-14 hours on weekend. Any help or suggestion is appreciated. Thanks for reading.


Hi Fledgling,

Test day pressure can have a huge impact on your performance but I doubt if it can happen twice and it's shocking to see such a huge drop in the score. I'm sure you must have revised the concepts many times but I'm not sure if you have learnt the right methodology to solve questions. I need to know whether you followed the right approach to solve questions in the mocks or you got lucky with a few questions that is you somehow got the right answer without using the right methodology.

If you didn't, I suggest you to focus on learning the methodology and the strategies because they play a huge role in scoring well on GMAT. I would like to have a detailed discussion with you so that I can analyze your approach of solving questions and identify the flaw if there's any. This will help me understand your weak areas and guide you in a better way. You can get in touch with me using the below link.

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