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Concentration: General Management, Entrepreneurship
Schools: Yale '27 Columbia '27 Wharton '27
GMAT Focus 1: 685 Q83 V79 DI74 
GMAT 1: 690 Q58 V52
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Schools: Yale '27 Columbia '27 Wharton '27
GMAT Focus 1: 685 Q83 V79 DI74
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17 Jan 2025, 05:58
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755 GMAT Focus Debrief (Retake 1)
Found this brief helpful
Testing Experience
Hey everyone, earlier this month I posted this debrief on my first attempt at the GMAT Focus, receiving a 715. Lots of details there covering my prep and the test itself.
Earlier this evening, I walked out of the exam room with a 755! I can’t describe how happy I am to be moving on from the GMAT to focus on my applications. This matches the score of my best mock, so when that score appeared on the screen I was stunned. I was in such shock that I didn’t really take a great look at the percentiles on the screen, but here are my scores (in sequential order) and best guess for percentiles:
DI: 83 (96th percentile?)
Quant: 89 (98th percentile?)
Break (focused on mental composure and drank water)
Verbal: 90 (“100th” percentile)
Overall I found the difficulty to be the same as last time, but I refined my GMAT skills a bit since my first try. I focused a lot on data sufficiency in my prep for the second retake, which may or may not have aided my score (overall my DI score actually went down), but it was a good opportunity to review some concepts where I displayed some weakness. I think the main improvement I made that boosted my score was time management. On all three sections I came back to problems that I either knew would be especially time-consuming, or wasn’t totally sure on initially.
Aside from study prep, I think a possible difference maker was my physical prep, which was a little different this time around. I got solid, but not too much, sleep last night and I drank a substantial amount of water yesterday and today, just as I did last time. Beyond that though, were some key differences.
I went for a run for about 30 minutes a few hours before the test this time, which I would highly recommend to others especially if, like me, you are not getting regular exercise. During the test I took deep, slow breaths anytime I felt my heart rate elevate. It was much more noticeable than usual because I had these super tight noise-cancelling headphones on, haha. On top of all that, I scheduled the test for later in the day than I had my last one - 3pm today instead of 8am. Drove 20 minutes to the test center, got amped up to some music, killed a small Red Bull, and walked into the test center knowing I had controlled for nearly every possible variable.
Some notes about the test itself:
There was no repeated passage on this iteration of the exam. But, again there was one that was so noticeably denser than all the others. Really tough to get through that one.
It seemed like on all three sections, one of the first three questions was a difficult one that was designed to be time-consuming. Had to take a quick crack and come back to them all. Might just be chance rather than by design.
I found that the most time-consuming verbal questions were “apply the concept” (? can’t remember the exact TTP lingo) questions where the question would resemble something like: “which of the following phenomena most closely resembles the one described in the passage?” I would recommend getting speedy at those to save some time.
This time I had spare time on all three sections. Cut it a little close on DS so I didn’t go back to 2/3 questions I had bookmarked, but I was able to review all on verbal and quant. Changed my answer to a verbal and quant question and I’m confident this improved my score.
I could feel that I improved on quant and honestly it got me pretty nervous for verbal because I didn’t want to mess it up. Had to compose myself during my break and tell myself, “time to bring it home.”
I’m sure there is more info I could pass on but my brain is a little dead at this point. Please feel free to ask as many questions as you want either via comment or PM. I’d love to do what I can to help others! Shout out to TTP once again!
Found this brief helpful
Testing Experience
Hey everyone, earlier this month I posted this debrief on my first attempt at the GMAT Focus, receiving a 715. Lots of details there covering my prep and the test itself.
Earlier this evening, I walked out of the exam room with a 755! I can’t describe how happy I am to be moving on from the GMAT to focus on my applications. This matches the score of my best mock, so when that score appeared on the screen I was stunned. I was in such shock that I didn’t really take a great look at the percentiles on the screen, but here are my scores (in sequential order) and best guess for percentiles:
DI: 83 (96th percentile?)
Quant: 89 (98th percentile?)
Break (focused on mental composure and drank water)
Verbal: 90 (“100th” percentile)
Overall I found the difficulty to be the same as last time, but I refined my GMAT skills a bit since my first try. I focused a lot on data sufficiency in my prep for the second retake, which may or may not have aided my score (overall my DI score actually went down), but it was a good opportunity to review some concepts where I displayed some weakness. I think the main improvement I made that boosted my score was time management. On all three sections I came back to problems that I either knew would be especially time-consuming, or wasn’t totally sure on initially.
Aside from study prep, I think a possible difference maker was my physical prep, which was a little different this time around. I got solid, but not too much, sleep last night and I drank a substantial amount of water yesterday and today, just as I did last time. Beyond that though, were some key differences.
I went for a run for about 30 minutes a few hours before the test this time, which I would highly recommend to others especially if, like me, you are not getting regular exercise. During the test I took deep, slow breaths anytime I felt my heart rate elevate. It was much more noticeable than usual because I had these super tight noise-cancelling headphones on, haha. On top of all that, I scheduled the test for later in the day than I had my last one - 3pm today instead of 8am. Drove 20 minutes to the test center, got amped up to some music, killed a small Red Bull, and walked into the test center knowing I had controlled for nearly every possible variable.
Some notes about the test itself:
There was no repeated passage on this iteration of the exam. But, again there was one that was so noticeably denser than all the others. Really tough to get through that one.
It seemed like on all three sections, one of the first three questions was a difficult one that was designed to be time-consuming. Had to take a quick crack and come back to them all. Might just be chance rather than by design.
I found that the most time-consuming verbal questions were “apply the concept” (? can’t remember the exact TTP lingo) questions where the question would resemble something like: “which of the following phenomena most closely resembles the one described in the passage?” I would recommend getting speedy at those to save some time.
This time I had spare time on all three sections. Cut it a little close on DS so I didn’t go back to 2/3 questions I had bookmarked, but I was able to review all on verbal and quant. Changed my answer to a verbal and quant question and I’m confident this improved my score.
I could feel that I improved on quant and honestly it got me pretty nervous for verbal because I didn’t want to mess it up. Had to compose myself during my break and tell myself, “time to bring it home.”
I’m sure there is more info I could pass on but my brain is a little dead at this point. Please feel free to ask as many questions as you want either via comment or PM. I’d love to do what I can to help others! Shout out to TTP once again!
17 Jan 2025, 06:42
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Gratz on the 755. Stellar score. Consider writing a profile review in the Ask Admissions Consultants subforum. You could include your scoring info, the types of schools you're targeting, and any queries you may have. All the best going forward.
17 Jan 2025, 08:13
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Congrats for the score
can you tell me the sources or prep courses you used for preparation?
can you tell me the sources or prep courses you used for preparation?
