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Hi everyone!
So maybe you're reading this post and are in the same situation I was in just a few months ago. When I found out I had to take the GMAT, I was working two jobs and a full time student and on top of that, the deadlines for the masters degree I wanted to apply to were moved up. All in all, I had about 10 weeks to achieve a 600+ score. Personally, I had never heard of the GMAT before and frankly was quite overwhelmed with all the information and learning materials. The GMAT Club really helped me through this all and the community was always happy to help and so motivating. I am hoping, by writing this post that I can give back a little.
This post will talk about my GMAT experience and strategy!
my practice test scores
2nt October: 400 (Q17/V26)
26th October: 510 (Q27/V34)
22nd November: 570 (Q37/V31)
30th November: 550 (Q31/V35)
5th December: 660 (Q44 / V37)
17th December (Test Date): 620 (Q40/V35)
Here were my three steps in creating my study plan:
1. What is my starting point? - taking a practice test and see what I need to work on
2. How much time do I have? - setting up a simple excel table to track the time I spent on preparation (especially as a working, full-time student I found this sheet also helpful to plan how many hours to complete when, especially with exam seasons)
3. Which materials do I need? - I found the Manhatten Prep Series (buy it used, the online materials are nice, but not necessary) in combination with the OG Guide extremely helpful
- looking back, I would definitely have spent more time on my verbal skills, since I am naturally better at languages than math
- I scored 5.0 on the AWA, but I did not spend mass amounts of time on preparation (only read through some threads on here!)
- Error Log: Keeping an error log was truly what helped me improve and I wish I would have been more consequent! Personally excel sheets did not help me, I used flash cards
Tips on mindset!
There are so many amazing threads on how to study, and what to study and I encourage everyone to read through them carefully. Again, I credit the GMAT community for my success. However, I feel I can give some insights on mindset
First, don't be discuraged by the amount of work that is comming up & keep in mind, that no advice one can find online can reliably predict if you can or cannot achieve your goal score in a certain amount of time. I was reading constantly that a score improvement from 400 to 600 is not possible which extremely stressed me out. Today, I would really try to remain calm and realistically assess my situation and remind myself, that panic is not productive and is not helping me achieve my goal.
Second, focus on the positives of the GMAT. It can be frustrating when the practice test scores do not show the results one was hoping for, or when a question just seems unsolvable. But in the end, you are doing it to get into your dream business school or job. Reminding myself of all the great experiences I will have if I can get into the masters degree of my choice really helped me to push through frustration. Also, I was convinced I could not achieve my goal score, but proving my self wrong and staying disciplined really gave me confidence in myself and at least some more assurance that any challenge is concurable if you have a strategy.
Maybe someone finds this post and finds it helpful!
Have a nice day, afternoon or evening!
So maybe you're reading this post and are in the same situation I was in just a few months ago. When I found out I had to take the GMAT, I was working two jobs and a full time student and on top of that, the deadlines for the masters degree I wanted to apply to were moved up. All in all, I had about 10 weeks to achieve a 600+ score. Personally, I had never heard of the GMAT before and frankly was quite overwhelmed with all the information and learning materials. The GMAT Club really helped me through this all and the community was always happy to help and so motivating. I am hoping, by writing this post that I can give back a little.
This post will talk about my GMAT experience and strategy!
my practice test scores
2nt October: 400 (Q17/V26)
26th October: 510 (Q27/V34)
22nd November: 570 (Q37/V31)
30th November: 550 (Q31/V35)
5th December: 660 (Q44 / V37)
17th December (Test Date): 620 (Q40/V35)
Here were my three steps in creating my study plan:
1. What is my starting point? - taking a practice test and see what I need to work on
2. How much time do I have? - setting up a simple excel table to track the time I spent on preparation (especially as a working, full-time student I found this sheet also helpful to plan how many hours to complete when, especially with exam seasons)
3. Which materials do I need? - I found the Manhatten Prep Series (buy it used, the online materials are nice, but not necessary) in combination with the OG Guide extremely helpful
- looking back, I would definitely have spent more time on my verbal skills, since I am naturally better at languages than math
- I scored 5.0 on the AWA, but I did not spend mass amounts of time on preparation (only read through some threads on here!)
- Error Log: Keeping an error log was truly what helped me improve and I wish I would have been more consequent! Personally excel sheets did not help me, I used flash cards
Tips on mindset!
There are so many amazing threads on how to study, and what to study and I encourage everyone to read through them carefully. Again, I credit the GMAT community for my success. However, I feel I can give some insights on mindset
First, don't be discuraged by the amount of work that is comming up & keep in mind, that no advice one can find online can reliably predict if you can or cannot achieve your goal score in a certain amount of time. I was reading constantly that a score improvement from 400 to 600 is not possible which extremely stressed me out. Today, I would really try to remain calm and realistically assess my situation and remind myself, that panic is not productive and is not helping me achieve my goal.
Second, focus on the positives of the GMAT. It can be frustrating when the practice test scores do not show the results one was hoping for, or when a question just seems unsolvable. But in the end, you are doing it to get into your dream business school or job. Reminding myself of all the great experiences I will have if I can get into the masters degree of my choice really helped me to push through frustration. Also, I was convinced I could not achieve my goal score, but proving my self wrong and staying disciplined really gave me confidence in myself and at least some more assurance that any challenge is concurable if you have a strategy.
Maybe someone finds this post and finds it helpful!
Have a nice day, afternoon or evening!
28 Dec 2021, 15:16
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Hi lisazb,
To start, raising a 400 to a 620 in just 10 weeks is a fantastic achievement (and it shows that you were likely already a really strong critical-thinker - and you just needed to learn more about the Exam)! Were you able to get your application to that Masters' Program in on time?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Contact Rich at: [email protected]
To start, raising a 400 to a 620 in just 10 weeks is a fantastic achievement (and it shows that you were likely already a really strong critical-thinker - and you just needed to learn more about the Exam)! Were you able to get your application to that Masters' Program in on time?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Contact Rich at: [email protected]
28 Dec 2021, 21:21
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Wow, what a score increase! Thank you for sharing your thoughts, and good luck with things moving forward.
