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Hello everyone
As catchy as my title may be, I am not sure I will be able to provide much more advice than there already is on this forum
I started with the GMAT 7 months ago.
I found this forum and followed the rule of starting with a free GMAT prep test to see where I stood.
Surprisingly, I reached a 750.
After asking for advice on this forum, I then decided to pass the exam within 1 week to avoid the AWA section that was to be implemented on the online test a week later. The goal was to focus on Verbal since I had some room for improvement on Sentence Correction, the best benefice/effort category.
I did two additional tests and scored 760 and 750.
On the day of the test however I was not in a good state of mind
-> confused by too many rules I had read in the past week
-> not a fresh mind because I worked too much the days before + personal issues
-> stressed because I did some SC in the morning and I was wrong on one out of two questions
The test was online, I blew it right from the start by spending 10minutes (litterally
) on the second question in Quant section.
I blocked on this question partly because the protcore was repeatedly telling me my face was not in the center when I was writing on the board (stressing !), and worse because I really really wanted to give the right answer but I was not finding it ... I wanted perfect, the enemy of good
After this question, I totally lost confidence and spent too much time overthinking my answers, checking three times my answers and finished by guessing the last Quant.
On Verbal the same state of mind, I did only guessing.
On IR, I was totally lost... I even did not think about looking at all the tabulates when there were three of them
=> I got a 710
I knew I could do better but I really did not have the mind to work on the GMAT, I was almost burned out by my job so I didn't do anything for the following 3 months.
Also, I am usually quite fast to have good initial results on intuition but it takes me a lot of time to improve just a little so I knew I would need to be patient.
Afterward, in July and August I started to "prepare".
Every one or two day, when I felt like it, I would read a chapter of the official guide or of the manhattan advanced guide, taking notes of what I did not know, or I would answer some questions on the forum (with error log). I did only Quant and SC. Going back and forth was the only way for me to feel like improving at this stage.
Then I did a fourth GMAT prep test and got a 750.
I did not consider it as a good sign because I did not feel more confident in my answers: I was still relying on my intuition...
Mid September, I understood (finally) that I should only focus on Official mock questions, because the other ones were rather confusing me.
-> So I did ALL the SC from OG on the forum with the error log. Forcing myself to tell why I would not keep each "wrong" proposal and checking rapidly the answers of other members below. I re-did the ones I got wrong before. I saw my improvement, gaving me confidence
-> I also did some Quant but because this was quite of fun for me and help me keep my confidence.
-> I also did all the OG RC above 700 levels but was still confused on some aspects. What helped me most on this topic were the videos of GMAT ninja on Youtube. I understood I tended to extrapolate too much from the text. I learnt to strictly stick to what is said. I even simulated in my head how GMAT ninja would resolve the questions. It helped me being less intuitive and more rational, ultimately improving my score.
Finally in October, I barely worked the GMAT. But I read the Economist and it helped me a lot for the RC I believe.
I also passed two additional GMAT prep test and scored 780 and 770.
I realized I got that scores because I was really relax and because I strictly followed the timing rules without concern if I had to guess for a few questions.
My second online test was Sunday afternoon.
I did almost nothing this weekend, just reviewed a few quant rules and vocabulary on saturday (like 30-60-90 triangle and that rhombus in english is for losange in french ) and free time with fun activities
The exam was long to start, I had to wait more than 30minutes because the protcore had issues (I almost felt asleep so I went to the bathroom to put cold water on my face in the meantime)
-> I chose Verbal / Quant / IR&AWA because Verbal is my weakness. I believe this was the best choice.
-> Lot of lags on the exam but actually it helped me better manage my timing: I knew I did not have the luxury to lose time rechecking, so I did it only on the time between the click on next and the pop-up window for validating the next.
-> I was relax, knowing that it was ok to guess some questions on Quant,
-> on Verbal I was simulating in my head how Gmat ninja would have solved the question
So key messages :
- take the time you need to be well prepared with official guides and to find an approach that does "click" for you
- take real time to relax before the exam
- on the exam, drop the perfectionism
As catchy as my title may be, I am not sure I will be able to provide much more advice than there already is on this forum
I started with the GMAT 7 months ago.
I found this forum and followed the rule of starting with a free GMAT prep test to see where I stood.
Surprisingly, I reached a 750.
After asking for advice on this forum, I then decided to pass the exam within 1 week to avoid the AWA section that was to be implemented on the online test a week later. The goal was to focus on Verbal since I had some room for improvement on Sentence Correction, the best benefice/effort category.
I did two additional tests and scored 760 and 750.
On the day of the test however I was not in a good state of mind
-> confused by too many rules I had read in the past week
-> not a fresh mind because I worked too much the days before + personal issues
-> stressed because I did some SC in the morning and I was wrong on one out of two questions
The test was online, I blew it right from the start by spending 10minutes (litterally
) on the second question in Quant section. I blocked on this question partly because the protcore was repeatedly telling me my face was not in the center when I was writing on the board (stressing !), and worse because I really really wanted to give the right answer but I was not finding it ... I wanted perfect, the enemy of good
After this question, I totally lost confidence and spent too much time overthinking my answers, checking three times my answers and finished by guessing the last Quant.
On Verbal the same state of mind, I did only guessing.
On IR, I was totally lost... I even did not think about looking at all the tabulates when there were three of them
=> I got a 710
I knew I could do better but I really did not have the mind to work on the GMAT, I was almost burned out by my job so I didn't do anything for the following 3 months.
Also, I am usually quite fast to have good initial results on intuition but it takes me a lot of time to improve just a little so I knew I would need to be patient.
Afterward, in July and August I started to "prepare".
Every one or two day, when I felt like it, I would read a chapter of the official guide or of the manhattan advanced guide, taking notes of what I did not know, or I would answer some questions on the forum (with error log). I did only Quant and SC. Going back and forth was the only way for me to feel like improving at this stage.
Then I did a fourth GMAT prep test and got a 750.
I did not consider it as a good sign because I did not feel more confident in my answers: I was still relying on my intuition...
Mid September, I understood (finally) that I should only focus on Official mock questions, because the other ones were rather confusing me.
-> So I did ALL the SC from OG on the forum with the error log. Forcing myself to tell why I would not keep each "wrong" proposal and checking rapidly the answers of other members below. I re-did the ones I got wrong before. I saw my improvement, gaving me confidence
-> I also did some Quant but because this was quite of fun for me and help me keep my confidence.
-> I also did all the OG RC above 700 levels but was still confused on some aspects. What helped me most on this topic were the videos of GMAT ninja on Youtube. I understood I tended to extrapolate too much from the text. I learnt to strictly stick to what is said. I even simulated in my head how GMAT ninja would resolve the questions. It helped me being less intuitive and more rational, ultimately improving my score.
Finally in October, I barely worked the GMAT. But I read the Economist and it helped me a lot for the RC I believe.
I also passed two additional GMAT prep test and scored 780 and 770.
I realized I got that scores because I was really relax and because I strictly followed the timing rules without concern if I had to guess for a few questions.
My second online test was Sunday afternoon.
I did almost nothing this weekend, just reviewed a few quant rules and vocabulary on saturday (like 30-60-90 triangle and that rhombus in english is for losange in french
) and free time with fun activitiesThe exam was long to start, I had to wait more than 30minutes because the protcore had issues (I almost felt asleep so I went to the bathroom to put cold water on my face in the meantime)
-> I chose Verbal / Quant / IR&AWA because Verbal is my weakness. I believe this was the best choice.
-> Lot of lags on the exam but actually it helped me better manage my timing: I knew I did not have the luxury to lose time rechecking, so I did it only on the time between the click on next and the pop-up window for validating the next.
-> I was relax, knowing that it was ok to guess some questions on Quant,
-> on Verbal I was simulating in my head how Gmat ninja would have solved the question
So key messages :
- take the time you need to be well prepared with official guides and to find an approach that does "click" for you
- take real time to relax before the exam
- on the exam, drop the perfectionism
05 Nov 2021, 15:14
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Hi Virginie,
That's fantastic news - and an outstanding overall Score! With a 770, you can comfortably apply to any Schools that interest you, so you should not hold back when it comes to your applications! I'm curious - what were your Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores on each of your 2 Official GMATs?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
That's fantastic news - and an outstanding overall Score! With a 770, you can comfortably apply to any Schools that interest you, so you should not hold back when it comes to your applications! I'm curious - what were your Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores on each of your 2 Official GMATs?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
VMBA2023
Joined: 16 Mar 2021
Last visit: 10 May 2023
Posts: 18
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Location: France
Schools: INSEAD Aug'23 intake (A)
GMAT 1: 710 Q48 V39
GMAT 2: 770 Q50 V45 (Online)
GPA: 3.6
06 Nov 2021, 03:13
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EMPOWERgmatRichC
Hello
Yes sure, below my scores
GMATprep
Mar 26 2021 - 760 - Q50 V42 IR8
Apr 01 2021 - 750 - Q49 V44 IR6
Apr 03 2021 - 760 - Q51 V42 IR7
GMAT online
Apr 05 2021 - 710 - Q48 V39 IR6
GMATprep
Sep 22 2021 - 750 - Q49 V42 IR8
Oct 22 2021 - 780 - Q51 V48 IR8
Oct 30 2021 - 770 - Q51 V45 IR8
GMAT online
Nov 03 2021 - 770 - Q50 V45 IR8 AWA6
