Hello Guys
My first post in GMAT CLUB.
Background:
Indian Engineer: working in the Manufacturing field 6+ years Experience.
Schooling: Local Language (Not English)
Target: GMAT-650 (planning to apply march. next year), mostly European Business schools.
I started GMAT preparation last year Jan-19. My friend suggests me to start preparation from
MGMAT books, I read all these
MGMAT books in the span of 2 months and I thought I am ready for the actual test. I wrote the 1st
MGMAT mock. I scored 510 on my first mock. I don't know why but I thought I should get around 600 in the actual test. because some posted on the quora that actual mocks are easier than
MGMAT mocks. so I booked my first GMAT test on 16 March 2019. and I scored 380 with Q32 V7, I was really frustrated with this score. I did not understand what's going wrong.
I took 3-4 week break and after reading some posts on GMAT club, I registered for the
e-GMAT online verbal course, I thought I would be more focused on my verbal compared to Quant. I completed all the videos from
e-GMAT in around 3-4 months (June-19 to Sept-19).
And started solving the GMAT verbal problems from their
Scholarium platform. After completing all these videos Still, I get overall accuracy of (SC-40%, RC-40%, CR-30%).
Now I do not understand What went wrong??
After that, I revisited all of their videos in the next 1 months and again started solving their
Scholarium questions. This time I was more confident on SC and CR. I was able to solve easy level questions with 70-90 % accuracy Medium around 60% and hard around 40%.
At that time I did not prepare for the Quant part. I was only solving some Quant questions from the GMAT CLUB. and at that time I thought If I get more than 600 on the GMAT then I am eligible for applying to some of the B-Schools in Europe.
I wrote
MGMAT Mocks with a similar environment as per GMAT following are my scores
2nd
MGMAT: 500 V21 Q38
3rd
MGMAT: 530 V26 Q36
Now I do not understand what more I have to do. I thought I just didn't want to waste my time and money on this exam, I was not doing workout during my preparation so I was not in good shape, Most of the time I was spending on preparation. I used to work from 8.30 AM to 7.30 PM after that I was doing most of the prep. I thought I should write the GMAT Prep Official mock and based on that I should decide what next I have to do. In the Nov.19 I wrote Official Mock with similar GMAT like environment and following score I got
1st GMAT Prep Mock: 410 Q31 V16
I did not take the 2nd attempt or did not give the official GMAT because of this low score.
Now I literally gave up on this exam, I did not understand what more GMAT is asking? I was a good student in university. I was asking the question Is low GMAT score because I had never written any standardized test before or I was very anxious during the exam.
I took a break from GMAT preparation from Dec-2019 to Feb-2020 because there is no quick fix of the poor verbal score, so I did not prepare for next 2-3 months then COVID Padamic came into the picture our company has stopped working, and I went to my hometown, where I was working accessing my Office mail. I got some free time to think of GMAT once again.
Now it's March and I was doing my research for the GMAT Score improvement. I thought If I get a good score in GMAT Quant and If I manage Verbal in the 30s' then I can get around 630-640 in actual GMAT. So I thought I should prepare Verbal from GMAT Club and QG guide with the same question-solving approach as
eGMAT (Pre-Thinking on CR and Meaning based approach in SC). and for Quant, I registered for the
TTP course in March 2020 after their free 7days trial.
April-2020 to Mid-October -2020
I completed 86% of the lesson from the
TTP. (strategy lesson did not finish) and 88% of the Quant problems (2100+ Questions). My overall accuracy was 82 % and avg time was 2.14 Min.
During this time I allocate most of my time to the GMAT quant section. Now I was very confident that during solving the Quant questions. I was able to understand exactly what the question is asking and How to approach solving a medium to difficulty level question. I booked my GMAT exam on 20th Nov 2020.
Mid-Oct 2020 - Mid.Nov 2020
I spend most of the time on completing
TTP verbal lessons SC and CR. These are very detailed. I somehow completed a lesson and a couple of Verbal tests as well.
Now I plan to give the 2nd GMAT mock.
I write Official GMAT mock on 14th Nov 2020 in a similar GMAT like environment. I again scored 450 (Q39 V13).

Now I tried to postpone my actual GMAT exam but I could not postpone it for free of cost. I don't want to waste more money so I thought I should write on the 20th nov. and I score 440

in actual GMAT at test center (Q39 V13- same as my Mock)
Now, I am planning to complete my remaining
TTP quant and Verbal module, and QG questions apart from that please let me know How to improve my verbal score?
I am planning to give my next GMAT attempt in End of Feb so I have in total 3 months.