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27 Sep 2021, 00:43
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Hello All!
I took the GMAT exam recently and score a 770 (Q51 V44). It was a pretty great end to the journey, and I wanted to share my experiences with everyone here. My journey was basically divided into 2 phases.
PHASE 1 (March - June)
I started my prep as everyone does: by giving the free GMAT Prep exam. I scored a 740 on that (Q51 V39). Naturally, seeing the score I was pretty confident that with little practice I would be able to score the coveted 750+ score. I started by browsing on GMAT Club for advice on preparation, and ultimately came to the conclusion that I would solve the complete Official Guide. I was pretty inefficient in this phase of my prep, because I had other work at the side as well. So I finished the OG in about 2.5 months. I focused majorly on Verbal, given that I was fairly comfortable with Quant because of my maths intensive education background. I gave another GMAT Prep mock after that, in which I scored a 730. I was pretty surprised with this result and came to the conclusion that this was because I didn't have enough practice with tough questions. So I started practicing LSAT and GMAT Advanced questions on GMAT Club. After what I thought was sufficient prep, I decided to give the GMAT. I scored a 740. Naturally, I was not at all happy with this score.
PHASE 2 (August)
After taking a break for 3-4 weeks, I started searching for holes in my prep and ways to improve them. I eventually decided to enroll in an online course for a month and see if that helped. I chose e-GMAT, primarily because they seemed to have a really good data driven product. I then started by giving a mock, in which I scored a 710, post which the product and a mentor that they had assigned to me did a deep dive into my mistakes and hypothesised why I was making them. The idea was to identify patterns in my attempts. The conclusion was that I wasnt clear with SC concepts and was slow on CR Questions (>140 seconds), albeit with good accuracy. The product had both self learning and practice features. I made full use of them, improving SC, CR and finally RC.
SC: The self learning modules had videos that were absolutely on point with the GMAT rules. This helped clarify a lot of doubts I had, and I could instantly see a drastic improvement within a week.
CR: All credit here goes to the e-GMAT team in helping me find out inefficiencies in my approach. This was not as much about the product as it was about the mentors. Huge shoutout to Aditee and Harsha. I tweaked my approach of solving CR questions using their input, and was ultimately able to do much better.
RC: RC was bound to improve with improvements in CR.
In short, after this experience I feel it is better to consult the experts once before diving into an exam like GMAT. Even if you're doing well at the start, it doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to get your desired score. For me, e-GMAT really worked out. Really thankful to them for creating the amazing product. And a big thanks to the GMAT Club community as well!
I took the GMAT exam recently and score a 770 (Q51 V44). It was a pretty great end to the journey, and I wanted to share my experiences with everyone here. My journey was basically divided into 2 phases.
PHASE 1 (March - June)
I started my prep as everyone does: by giving the free GMAT Prep exam. I scored a 740 on that (Q51 V39). Naturally, seeing the score I was pretty confident that with little practice I would be able to score the coveted 750+ score. I started by browsing on GMAT Club for advice on preparation, and ultimately came to the conclusion that I would solve the complete Official Guide. I was pretty inefficient in this phase of my prep, because I had other work at the side as well. So I finished the OG in about 2.5 months. I focused majorly on Verbal, given that I was fairly comfortable with Quant because of my maths intensive education background. I gave another GMAT Prep mock after that, in which I scored a 730. I was pretty surprised with this result and came to the conclusion that this was because I didn't have enough practice with tough questions. So I started practicing LSAT and GMAT Advanced questions on GMAT Club. After what I thought was sufficient prep, I decided to give the GMAT. I scored a 740. Naturally, I was not at all happy with this score.
PHASE 2 (August)
After taking a break for 3-4 weeks, I started searching for holes in my prep and ways to improve them. I eventually decided to enroll in an online course for a month and see if that helped. I chose e-GMAT, primarily because they seemed to have a really good data driven product. I then started by giving a mock, in which I scored a 710, post which the product and a mentor that they had assigned to me did a deep dive into my mistakes and hypothesised why I was making them. The idea was to identify patterns in my attempts. The conclusion was that I wasnt clear with SC concepts and was slow on CR Questions (>140 seconds), albeit with good accuracy. The product had both self learning and practice features. I made full use of them, improving SC, CR and finally RC.
SC: The self learning modules had videos that were absolutely on point with the GMAT rules. This helped clarify a lot of doubts I had, and I could instantly see a drastic improvement within a week.
CR: All credit here goes to the e-GMAT team in helping me find out inefficiencies in my approach. This was not as much about the product as it was about the mentors. Huge shoutout to Aditee and Harsha. I tweaked my approach of solving CR questions using their input, and was ultimately able to do much better.
RC: RC was bound to improve with improvements in CR.
In short, after this experience I feel it is better to consult the experts once before diving into an exam like GMAT. Even if you're doing well at the start, it doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to get your desired score. For me, e-GMAT really worked out. Really thankful to them for creating the amazing product. And a big thanks to the GMAT Club community as well!
27 Sep 2021, 07:02
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mukul278
Wow! So, you got a 740 on GMAT Prep, completely cold (without any GMAT preparation)?
That's just phenomenal. Curious to know what your background is Mukul.
p.s. When any of our students gets a 740 (after full preparation), we celebrate that student as a success story
