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04 May 2026, 03:02
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Dear Experts,
Hope you are well.
I am writing this post seeking your opinion on what I should do going forward.
A little about me, I have been prepping for the GMAT on and off for the past 2 years now. I gave an official attempt last August and scored 545. I was not shocked because the mocks were never better than that. I had booked the exam earlier and just gave a shot. After that it was on and off till February 2026.
I have started to prep full time from March 2026 and was genuinely putting in lots of efforts consistently. I solved question topic wise and difficulty wise and was focusing much on Quant and Verbal alone. Because I wanted to get a strong hold on this before moving to DI. I almost exhausted all of the gmat offical CR questions. LSAT feels a lot hard. And I know answers to many of the OG questions. So, i don't know how to prep for verbal going forward. The verbal review guide questions, are tagged as OG-guide in gmatclub? Please verify this, so I can decide about purchase them.
I gave an official mock 1 yesterday and scored the same 545 (Q78, DI78, V75) I ran out of time in verbal, and the last question was unmarked. I am exhausted and tired and not sure what to do going forward. I need to apply for the applications this year and August is very near and **** scared. I don't what I am doing wrong in gmat or how I should prep to ace this.
I also took the gre cold mock today, because I wanted to see if that will work. I scored a 300 in GRE (V147 and Q153)
The cold mock score is not that great and many schools I aim for has an average GRE of 325+ (t-15 schools)
I honestly don't know if 25+ point in gre is realistic in the next 60-75 days.
Help me please! Help me choose one and give me tips and suggestions, whatever you think will help me. The standardized tests are new to me and make me feel completely dumb. I am an engineer and did great in Math in my undergrad and I know that is irrelevant to the gmat/gre but I am just trying to understand why/where am i lacking.
For context, I am 25F with 3.5 years of work experience and have a fast-track promotion in my career, but I am no IITian or NITian (Indian B schools) and I come from a basic pool of IT professional, so I don't think gmat/gre waiver is gonna happen to me. This is year is the last year my parents are giving me to pursue my higher studies because the marriage pressure is getting really bad.
I need this! I don't wanna give up but I genuinely don't know what to do, and I'd really appreciate any of your help. Should I continue GMAT or switch to GRE? Any suggestions on how to get a decent score please...
Attaching my score card below for your reference. I have also attached detailed screenshots in the word document below. Please advice.
Thanks and Regards,
Swetha Reddy L
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Hope you are well.
I am writing this post seeking your opinion on what I should do going forward.
A little about me, I have been prepping for the GMAT on and off for the past 2 years now. I gave an official attempt last August and scored 545. I was not shocked because the mocks were never better than that. I had booked the exam earlier and just gave a shot. After that it was on and off till February 2026.
I have started to prep full time from March 2026 and was genuinely putting in lots of efforts consistently. I solved question topic wise and difficulty wise and was focusing much on Quant and Verbal alone. Because I wanted to get a strong hold on this before moving to DI. I almost exhausted all of the gmat offical CR questions. LSAT feels a lot hard. And I know answers to many of the OG questions. So, i don't know how to prep for verbal going forward. The verbal review guide questions, are tagged as OG-guide in gmatclub? Please verify this, so I can decide about purchase them.
I gave an official mock 1 yesterday and scored the same 545 (Q78, DI78, V75) I ran out of time in verbal, and the last question was unmarked. I am exhausted and tired and not sure what to do going forward. I need to apply for the applications this year and August is very near and **** scared. I don't what I am doing wrong in gmat or how I should prep to ace this.
I also took the gre cold mock today, because I wanted to see if that will work. I scored a 300 in GRE (V147 and Q153)
The cold mock score is not that great and many schools I aim for has an average GRE of 325+ (t-15 schools)
I honestly don't know if 25+ point in gre is realistic in the next 60-75 days.
Help me please! Help me choose one and give me tips and suggestions, whatever you think will help me. The standardized tests are new to me and make me feel completely dumb. I am an engineer and did great in Math in my undergrad and I know that is irrelevant to the gmat/gre but I am just trying to understand why/where am i lacking.
For context, I am 25F with 3.5 years of work experience and have a fast-track promotion in my career, but I am no IITian or NITian (Indian B schools) and I come from a basic pool of IT professional, so I don't think gmat/gre waiver is gonna happen to me. This is year is the last year my parents are giving me to pursue my higher studies because the marriage pressure is getting really bad.
I need this! I don't wanna give up but I genuinely don't know what to do, and I'd really appreciate any of your help. Should I continue GMAT or switch to GRE? Any suggestions on how to get a decent score please...
Attaching my score card below for your reference. I have also attached detailed screenshots in the word document below. Please advice.
Thanks and Regards,
Swetha Reddy L
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04 May 2026, 04:01
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SwethaReddyL I am not a GMAT tutor, but if you have already spent two years preparing, something fundamental in your approach likely isn’t working. Long back when I was preparing, I improved by 90 points (legacy GMAT) by giving GMATClub’s quant mocks. I am not sure how they are perceived now, but at the time, after I had exhausted most study material, they were the most brutal but effective way for me to quickly lift my quant score, in 6 months. That said, simply taking mocks won’t help unless you are doing the real work around them such as maintaining detailed error logs, revisiting questions to check if you are repeating the same mistakes, and truly internalizing the underlying concepts. The same applies to verbal. Track your errors in an excel file, identify patterns in the types of questions you consistently get wrong, and work toward correcting those systematically.
Having said that, it may be more efficient for you to consider the GRE. Moving from a 300 to a 320 can be faster on the GRE than achieving the equivalent jump required on the GMAT for T20 programs. If you would like to discuss your profile in more detail, I would be happy to help you think through where to focus your efforts (quant vs. verbal) and which schools would be realistic targets.
We had a similar discussion sometime back so linking that thread here: When to switch to GRE from GMAT? Consider these to evaluate your plan : ISB
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Aanchal Sahni (INSEAD MBA alumna, former INSEAD MBA admissions interviewer)
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Having said that, it may be more efficient for you to consider the GRE. Moving from a 300 to a 320 can be faster on the GRE than achieving the equivalent jump required on the GMAT for T20 programs. If you would like to discuss your profile in more detail, I would be happy to help you think through where to focus your efforts (quant vs. verbal) and which schools would be realistic targets.
We had a similar discussion sometime back so linking that thread here: When to switch to GRE from GMAT? Consider these to evaluate your plan : ISB
Wondering how your profile stacks up? Get a free profile evaluation and discuss a tailored MBA plan that aligns with your goals.
Best wishes
Aanchal Sahni (INSEAD MBA alumna, former INSEAD MBA admissions interviewer)
Founder, MBAGuideConsulting
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aanchal-sahni-83b00819/ |WEBSITE: https://mbaguideconsulting.com/| Message(WA): +91 9971200927| email- [email protected]
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