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It was a fateful day in Sep'20 when months of procrastination and denial finally stared me in the face and i decided that if i wanted to see growth and movement in my career, getting an MBA was what i needed! I was 29, a mother to a 2-yr-old and a full time oil and gas professional. Taking this decision was difficult, to say the least. What kept me going, however, was the dream of making it to one of the top B-schools of the world and the unimaginable opportunities that it would present to me. A quick scan of the school websites revealed their median GMAT scores but if you are an Indian you know better than to put yourself in that bucket. 
An Indian engineer with a non IIT background, my only chance to place myself above the large pool of applicants from my country was a stellar GMAT score . I had to not only take the GMAT, but ace it! Given the fact that i am a mother and a full time working professional, i took the decision of seeking professional help and a quick word with my colleagues who successfully took the test led me to the e-gmat portal. It was surprising how unanimously positive the feedback for this course was! So i didnt waste a minute and immediately purchased the Egmat online quant and verbal package.
Getting back to studying after almost 7 yrs, I made an extremely rigorous schedule of 2 hrs pre and 1.5-2 hrs post work study everyday. I had no option but to stick to this schedule because any lapse meant a day gone due to post work mom duties. What really helped me in this journey was a structured course from e-gmat and the lack of stress that comes with having to figure out things for yourself. I took the next 2 months to go through the complete course. The quant at Egmat can be intimidating but my genuine advice is to keep at it. If you can do their quant, you can definitely do GMAT quant. Some additional resources that i used were the Manhattan guides for quant. I did feel the Egmat quant lacked some detail that Manhattan made up for but the updated courses (co-incidentally updated during my prep time) made up for it. However, i still recommend that one go through the Manhattan guides for completeness.
As for the verbal section, i believe I would just be one more happy customer amongst the already large fan base that this course has made for its prowess in this section. I believe that no other course tackles the verbal section in such a simplified yet structured manner.
Post completion of the course, i took sometime to answer the OG questions and when i felt ready, i started taking the official mocks. This, i believe, is where the real game starts. The official mocks are tempting to take and each week comes with a renewed hope of doing better than the last. However, one major feature they lack is ANALYTICS. What you get at the end of the test is just your final score but not much more. You dont get the much needed analytics to understand your areas of improvement. I took 5 out of the 6 tests and my scores ranged anywhere from 700 to 740. However, my target score was 750-760.My quant score was pretty stable at Q49-50 but the verbal score fluctuated a lot and i attributed this to the RC passages (how naive). So i went into my final test day just hoping for the best, completely ignoring any warning signs. Ofcourse that didnt land me at my target score and i got a 710 (Q50, V36). I rejected the score and walked out.
Disheartened, i got back home, completely lost and having no idea what my course of action should be. I asked for my ESR and set up a call with an Egmat representative (Archit Bhargava). This was a call that completely changed my outlook to my preparation. For the first time, i had some analytics in the form of my ESR and Archit advised me well on my problem areas. Iwas asked to maintain an error log (Cant believe i didnt take that seriously despite the community raving about it!).He also encouraged me to take the Egmat mock tests which come with the added benefit of analytics. I cannot stress how important it is to use this to boost your score! My SC was so terrible and this is something that i couldnt figure out at the time of the official mocks because as you start taking lesser difficulty questions, your ability seems falsely enhanced. My RC was also a problem area. I was advised to read 2 articles each day from "The Economist" and do a thorough analysis of them. I was supposed to identify the reason for the article, its tone and its assumptions. Just about a week into this exercise and i was already so much better at grasping RC passages!
Once i felt confident enough, i started taking the Egmat tests. These tests are slightly more difficult that the actual GMAT but come with the added benefit of performance analysis in terms of time taken for a question type, target scores and actual scores across each sub-section and problem areas within particular sections as well (e.g. parallelism in SC or humanities in RC. Yes, that level of detail!). This time around i felt way more confident. The analytics and the error logs helped me focus all my energy in the right direction. Finally my scores were within the target score range and in my final official mock (Prep 6) i scored a whooping 770 (Q49, V46). I booked my next test (duration between both was about 40 days) and this time i knew i would do well. Nothing was left to chance. Let me take a moment to specify the importance of this feeling. If you feel half-baked, you probably are. But if youve done your work well, no amount of "bad test day" questions can throw you off. Also, until your mock test scores arent within your target score range, please consider restructuring your strategy. This test is not kind to the underprepared.
Fast forwarding to clicking on the "Finish" button and a score of 750 (Q50, V41) appearing on my screen! Ofcourse i was ecstatic. Months of hard work and time away from my family had finally paid off.
An Indian engineer with a non IIT background, my only chance to place myself above the large pool of applicants from my country was a stellar GMAT score . I had to not only take the GMAT, but ace it! Given the fact that i am a mother and a full time working professional, i took the decision of seeking professional help and a quick word with my colleagues who successfully took the test led me to the e-gmat portal. It was surprising how unanimously positive the feedback for this course was! So i didnt waste a minute and immediately purchased the Egmat online quant and verbal package. Getting back to studying after almost 7 yrs, I made an extremely rigorous schedule of 2 hrs pre and 1.5-2 hrs post work study everyday. I had no option but to stick to this schedule because any lapse meant a day gone due to post work mom duties. What really helped me in this journey was a structured course from e-gmat and the lack of stress that comes with having to figure out things for yourself. I took the next 2 months to go through the complete course. The quant at Egmat can be intimidating but my genuine advice is to keep at it. If you can do their quant, you can definitely do GMAT quant. Some additional resources that i used were the Manhattan guides for quant. I did feel the Egmat quant lacked some detail that Manhattan made up for but the updated courses (co-incidentally updated during my prep time) made up for it. However, i still recommend that one go through the Manhattan guides for completeness.
As for the verbal section, i believe I would just be one more happy customer amongst the already large fan base that this course has made for its prowess in this section. I believe that no other course tackles the verbal section in such a simplified yet structured manner.
Post completion of the course, i took sometime to answer the OG questions and when i felt ready, i started taking the official mocks. This, i believe, is where the real game starts. The official mocks are tempting to take and each week comes with a renewed hope of doing better than the last. However, one major feature they lack is ANALYTICS. What you get at the end of the test is just your final score but not much more. You dont get the much needed analytics to understand your areas of improvement. I took 5 out of the 6 tests and my scores ranged anywhere from 700 to 740. However, my target score was 750-760.My quant score was pretty stable at Q49-50 but the verbal score fluctuated a lot and i attributed this to the RC passages (how naive). So i went into my final test day just hoping for the best, completely ignoring any warning signs. Ofcourse that didnt land me at my target score and i got a 710 (Q50, V36). I rejected the score and walked out.
Disheartened, i got back home, completely lost and having no idea what my course of action should be. I asked for my ESR and set up a call with an Egmat representative (Archit Bhargava). This was a call that completely changed my outlook to my preparation. For the first time, i had some analytics in the form of my ESR and Archit advised me well on my problem areas. Iwas asked to maintain an error log (Cant believe i didnt take that seriously despite the community raving about it!).He also encouraged me to take the Egmat mock tests which come with the added benefit of analytics. I cannot stress how important it is to use this to boost your score! My SC was so terrible and this is something that i couldnt figure out at the time of the official mocks because as you start taking lesser difficulty questions, your ability seems falsely enhanced. My RC was also a problem area. I was advised to read 2 articles each day from "The Economist" and do a thorough analysis of them. I was supposed to identify the reason for the article, its tone and its assumptions. Just about a week into this exercise and i was already so much better at grasping RC passages!
Once i felt confident enough, i started taking the Egmat tests. These tests are slightly more difficult that the actual GMAT but come with the added benefit of performance analysis in terms of time taken for a question type, target scores and actual scores across each sub-section and problem areas within particular sections as well (e.g. parallelism in SC or humanities in RC. Yes, that level of detail!). This time around i felt way more confident. The analytics and the error logs helped me focus all my energy in the right direction. Finally my scores were within the target score range and in my final official mock (Prep 6) i scored a whooping 770 (Q49, V46). I booked my next test (duration between both was about 40 days) and this time i knew i would do well. Nothing was left to chance. Let me take a moment to specify the importance of this feeling. If you feel half-baked, you probably are. But if youve done your work well, no amount of "bad test day" questions can throw you off. Also, until your mock test scores arent within your target score range, please consider restructuring your strategy. This test is not kind to the underprepared.
Fast forwarding to clicking on the "Finish" button and a score of 750 (Q50, V41) appearing on my screen! Ofcourse i was ecstatic. Months of hard work and time away from my family had finally paid off.
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