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22 Sep 2025, 06:16
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I had been away from GMAT for around a year due to certain other professional and personal commitments. When I decided last week to make GMAT, which has been a passion for years now, as a career, the first thing I did was to get out of the procrastination trap. Here I will share certain practical tips and issues that resulted in a 100 percentile score but much lower than what I thought I should get.
Procrastination: I did help the forum in creation of DI last year, which meant diving into the tricks and traps that DI could throw at you. So, I would have been at much more ease last year when I was scoring in range of 785 and plus than now when I had left GMAT completely. Don't wait for the perfect moment. The right time now may turn out to be that perfect moment you were waiting for. You never know what may catch up and force you to shelf your prep for some time.
Scheduling an exam: I decided on the night prior that I would take the exam next day at 1030h. I was pretty confident that it will be a cakewalk. But realized soon that the short span of 10-12 hours led to anxiety and affected the exam. Do not plan too much in advance but have sufficient time to be mentally prepared for the exam. Two to three weeks should be ideal.
Sequence: My strength has always been Quant and then DI. So, I started with quant but got completely thrown off by a probability question. The question was fourth or fifth and after spending three minutes, I moved ahead after making an intelligent guess. I still had eight to nine minutes and came back to this question and solved it although the guess work turned out to be correct. There are two ways to look at it and would depend on how you are feeling that moment. If you are stressed and not focused properly, take the section that you love to do. Most likely after few questions, rational and logical thinking will replace the anxiety on seeing some known topics. On the other hand, if you are focused already, choose the subject which requires maximum concentration from your side.
Timing: The importance of letting go of a question if stuck cannot be overstated. You cannot spend more than three minutes on any question unless it includes reading RC or a MSR question.
Prepare your mind: Tell yourself it is just another mock test and you have another chance ahead. Avoid SM for last 24 hrs or for that matter anything that can increase your stress and anxiety levels.
Using forum: Use the forum to identify the best solution. Maybe the expert too would have spent some time on writing that solution, after all it is not timed. So, you have to practice a particular strategy, for example using options or weighted average method, continuously during mocks or preparation so as to be able to use it in the actual exam.
Finally have faith in yourself and train your mind. Your mind is the biggest asset you have.
I did score a 100 percentile but feel completely let down by the DI score. There was nothing that seemed difficult but concentration levels were at the lowest. Finally the score read
Quant - 90
DI - 81
Verbal - 89
Chetan Sharma
Procrastination: I did help the forum in creation of DI last year, which meant diving into the tricks and traps that DI could throw at you. So, I would have been at much more ease last year when I was scoring in range of 785 and plus than now when I had left GMAT completely. Don't wait for the perfect moment. The right time now may turn out to be that perfect moment you were waiting for. You never know what may catch up and force you to shelf your prep for some time.
Scheduling an exam: I decided on the night prior that I would take the exam next day at 1030h. I was pretty confident that it will be a cakewalk. But realized soon that the short span of 10-12 hours led to anxiety and affected the exam. Do not plan too much in advance but have sufficient time to be mentally prepared for the exam. Two to three weeks should be ideal.
Sequence: My strength has always been Quant and then DI. So, I started with quant but got completely thrown off by a probability question. The question was fourth or fifth and after spending three minutes, I moved ahead after making an intelligent guess. I still had eight to nine minutes and came back to this question and solved it although the guess work turned out to be correct. There are two ways to look at it and would depend on how you are feeling that moment. If you are stressed and not focused properly, take the section that you love to do. Most likely after few questions, rational and logical thinking will replace the anxiety on seeing some known topics. On the other hand, if you are focused already, choose the subject which requires maximum concentration from your side.
Timing: The importance of letting go of a question if stuck cannot be overstated. You cannot spend more than three minutes on any question unless it includes reading RC or a MSR question.
Prepare your mind: Tell yourself it is just another mock test and you have another chance ahead. Avoid SM for last 24 hrs or for that matter anything that can increase your stress and anxiety levels.
Using forum: Use the forum to identify the best solution. Maybe the expert too would have spent some time on writing that solution, after all it is not timed. So, you have to practice a particular strategy, for example using options or weighted average method, continuously during mocks or preparation so as to be able to use it in the actual exam.
Finally have faith in yourself and train your mind. Your mind is the biggest asset you have.
I did score a 100 percentile but feel completely let down by the DI score. There was nothing that seemed difficult but concentration levels were at the lowest. Finally the score read
Quant - 90
DI - 81
Verbal - 89
Chetan Sharma
22 Sep 2025, 06:25
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Congrats on the 735. Nice debrief.
22 Sep 2025, 09:58
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Wow! Congratulations!!!
P.S. If you got 81 on DI, who can get higher?
P.S. If you got 81 on DI, who can get higher?
