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Updated on: 13 Oct 2024, 21:35
Originally posted by abhichatur on 13 Oct 2024, 06:38.
Last edited by abhichatur on 13 Oct 2024, 21:35, edited 1 time in total.
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Hi everyone,
Thank you gmatclub for being my most visited website for the last 2 months(and maybe for longer). Just wanted to share a debrief from my GMAT I wrote 2 days ago. Sorry if its not super well written since I have been struggling with bad health for the last few days. My final score was 675 with a Q86, V83, DI82. While my prep was on and off, the range of how much time I may have studied would be 2.5 months, but the real work was mostly over 1.5 months. I went for a long 22 day vacation after 2-2.5 weeks of prep(of mostly just quant) and came back and forgot everything
First and most important tip: Commit to the exam.
Unless you are very good test taker, the GMAT is challenging. You will need to make it an important part of your life for sometime. I tried studying for the GMAT 3 times before this for a week or so, but I kept finding reasons why I shouldn't do it now. This time I committed. You must commit.
Resources used: Magoosh, Gmat Ninja, Gmat Club, OG guides.
Quant:
I am an engineer with decent math acumen from childhood, so I would assume that I was looking at a high score here but I had to work for it, especially since the algorithm and time constraints are so punishing. I found the magoosh content very helpful, and would recommend it to you even if you are a beginner. What you need to do is mostly(This is for folks with a decent math background)(Sorry I guess the path would be different for someone who will need to start with more of fundamentals):
1. Cut out silly mistakes: Try to practice as much as possible. Improve your mental zone and alertness. I would be sitting at Q90 and my target score if not for them.
2. Revise all the basics: You will probably remember a lot of things you studied years ago while studying, learn them, understand them, use them, they will save you time on the test.
3. Learn to try and solve the questions in the best possible way: Oh yes you can surely go all out and break the question down by making long 6 minute equations, but it will hurt you later in the test. See gmatclub solutions and try to implement the best ways to solve questions. I substituted values in 3 of my questions on the real exam and that helped a lot.
4. If you are struggling with fundamentals on a topic, deep dive on it: I felt like I wasnt too sure on some combinatorics questions. I would half the answer sometimes incorrectly, I would double it, blah blah, so I just spent a good 3-4 hours on it one day till I felt okay about it. Searched up this video on gmat club and it helped me figure out what I was not getting right decently quick :
Verbal:
I feel that a lot of verbal is just understanding what is written and using logical skills to deduce the answer. I tried using methods explained on the internet to do better but they just slowed me down (But again, in all honesty I didnt practice those methods as much as they would have asked me to). However, I came to believe that if you practice enough, can read okay(I am not a great reader or anything, but I have the ability to understand tough words in the sense as to get a feel I guess) you can get them correct more often than not, esp for CR.
1. Read well, understand what's written, ask yourself the question, use your head, you will get good numbers of questions right.
Thats my take.
2. Practice OG questions and mocks : They looked the most similar to what I found on the real exam.
I didn't practice enough, hence the V83
Data Insights:
I worked in data for a good 3 years and am usually good with such stuff, but damn, this **** is tough. Dont beat yourself up if your not doing too well, I got a DI75 in my first mock.
What to do?
1. Watch all of GMAT Ninja : These videos are great, they get you going as to what you really need to do.
2. Buy the OG DI book and start solving: Do these questions under time constraints.
3. If you are 80% sure, mark the answer: Now this is controversial advice, but perfectionist me kept getting stuck finding the exact answers and then having 10 questions to go in 15 minutes. I dont do perfect anymore, get a bit more wrong up front, but atleast end up with doable amount of time to read questions ahead in the test.
4. Try to see patterns in Data Sufficiency: With the trends, you may not always have to solve the whole question, but you may save 2 mins and put an answer with 80% odds. To give an example for what I mean, mean median Data sufficiency questions are usually trying to trick you into thinking that these will certainly be the numbers, but a lot of times there is some case which kills that idea. Hence E would be a good bet to save time.
Test day:
Be calm, I woke up on my exam day with 5 hours of sleeping with a 45 minute sneezing attack. Was feeling quite down and drained, but I just stayed calm. Just keep telling yourself positive stuff. Just be calm. Nothing was ideal on my test day. I was calm.
Do definitely check out GMAT clubs forum quizzes. Unfortunately I was unable to do as many questions as I would have liked due to time constraints.
Also gmatclub is awesome, I know everyone has spoken extensively about how to use hence not saying much here.
Been rambling for too long. Will stop it here. Here to answer/elaborate further if anyone needs anything! I may give the exam again since I am an Indian IT male so I feel like I have to make up for that!
Also a huge thanks to @GmatClub Magoosh and GMATNinja
Thank you gmatclub for being my most visited website for the last 2 months(and maybe for longer). Just wanted to share a debrief from my GMAT I wrote 2 days ago. Sorry if its not super well written since I have been struggling with bad health for the last few days. My final score was 675 with a Q86, V83, DI82. While my prep was on and off, the range of how much time I may have studied would be 2.5 months, but the real work was mostly over 1.5 months. I went for a long 22 day vacation after 2-2.5 weeks of prep(of mostly just quant) and came back and forgot everything
First and most important tip: Commit to the exam.
Unless you are very good test taker, the GMAT is challenging. You will need to make it an important part of your life for sometime. I tried studying for the GMAT 3 times before this for a week or so, but I kept finding reasons why I shouldn't do it now. This time I committed. You must commit.
Resources used: Magoosh, Gmat Ninja, Gmat Club, OG guides.
Quant:
I am an engineer with decent math acumen from childhood, so I would assume that I was looking at a high score here but I had to work for it, especially since the algorithm and time constraints are so punishing. I found the magoosh content very helpful, and would recommend it to you even if you are a beginner. What you need to do is mostly(This is for folks with a decent math background)(Sorry I guess the path would be different for someone who will need to start with more of fundamentals):
1. Cut out silly mistakes: Try to practice as much as possible. Improve your mental zone and alertness. I would be sitting at Q90 and my target score if not for them.
2. Revise all the basics: You will probably remember a lot of things you studied years ago while studying, learn them, understand them, use them, they will save you time on the test.
3. Learn to try and solve the questions in the best possible way: Oh yes you can surely go all out and break the question down by making long 6 minute equations, but it will hurt you later in the test. See gmatclub solutions and try to implement the best ways to solve questions. I substituted values in 3 of my questions on the real exam and that helped a lot.
4. If you are struggling with fundamentals on a topic, deep dive on it: I felt like I wasnt too sure on some combinatorics questions. I would half the answer sometimes incorrectly, I would double it, blah blah, so I just spent a good 3-4 hours on it one day till I felt okay about it. Searched up this video on gmat club and it helped me figure out what I was not getting right decently quick :
Verbal:
I feel that a lot of verbal is just understanding what is written and using logical skills to deduce the answer. I tried using methods explained on the internet to do better but they just slowed me down (But again, in all honesty I didnt practice those methods as much as they would have asked me to). However, I came to believe that if you practice enough, can read okay(I am not a great reader or anything, but I have the ability to understand tough words in the sense as to get a feel I guess) you can get them correct more often than not, esp for CR.
1. Read well, understand what's written, ask yourself the question, use your head, you will get good numbers of questions right.
Thats my take.
2. Practice OG questions and mocks : They looked the most similar to what I found on the real exam.
I didn't practice enough, hence the V83
Data Insights:
I worked in data for a good 3 years and am usually good with such stuff, but damn, this **** is tough. Dont beat yourself up if your not doing too well, I got a DI75 in my first mock.
What to do?
1. Watch all of GMAT Ninja : These videos are great, they get you going as to what you really need to do.
2. Buy the OG DI book and start solving: Do these questions under time constraints.
3. If you are 80% sure, mark the answer: Now this is controversial advice, but perfectionist me kept getting stuck finding the exact answers and then having 10 questions to go in 15 minutes. I dont do perfect anymore, get a bit more wrong up front, but atleast end up with doable amount of time to read questions ahead in the test.
4. Try to see patterns in Data Sufficiency: With the trends, you may not always have to solve the whole question, but you may save 2 mins and put an answer with 80% odds. To give an example for what I mean, mean median Data sufficiency questions are usually trying to trick you into thinking that these will certainly be the numbers, but a lot of times there is some case which kills that idea. Hence E would be a good bet to save time.
Test day:
Be calm, I woke up on my exam day with 5 hours of sleeping with a 45 minute sneezing attack. Was feeling quite down and drained, but I just stayed calm. Just keep telling yourself positive stuff. Just be calm. Nothing was ideal on my test day. I was calm.
Do definitely check out GMAT clubs forum quizzes. Unfortunately I was unable to do as many questions as I would have liked due to time constraints.
Also gmatclub is awesome, I know everyone has spoken extensively about how to use hence not saying much here.
Been rambling for too long. Will stop it here. Here to answer/elaborate further if anyone needs anything! I may give the exam again since I am an Indian IT male so I feel like I have to make up for that!
Also a huge thanks to @GmatClub Magoosh and GMATNinja
13 Oct 2024, 19:34
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Hi abhichatur, thanks so much for the debrief!
Really appreciate you sharing the process and tips! Awesome job with 675!!! Awesome score and improvement in all sections 💪💪💪
Are you applying in R2?
P.S. I have tweaked the formatting (bold, and font size) a bit and embedded the YouTube video better (but no other changes of any kind were made to the content). I did not add any links or modified any of the words 😇
Really appreciate you sharing the process and tips! Awesome job with 675!!! Awesome score and improvement in all sections 💪💪💪
Are you applying in R2?
P.S. I have tweaked the formatting (bold, and font size) a bit and embedded the YouTube video better (but no other changes of any kind were made to the content). I did not add any links or modified any of the words 😇
13 Oct 2024, 21:34
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Hi bb,
Happy to see your comment on my post! Thanks for the congratulations. I have honestly spent time being in two minds - Everyone congratulates me but some part of me is disappointed to not hit a 695/705. Any advice on how much 20/30 points would realistically change things? (I know this is extremely open ended as a question but yes any insight is appreciate)
Thank you for your improvement in the post! It looks much nicer now.
Yes, the plan is to give R2 a proper shot!
Thanks,
Abhimanyu
Happy to see your comment on my post! Thanks for the congratulations. I have honestly spent time being in two minds - Everyone congratulates me but some part of me is disappointed to not hit a 695/705. Any advice on how much 20/30 points would realistically change things? (I know this is extremely open ended as a question but yes any insight is appreciate)
Thank you for your improvement in the post! It looks much nicer now.
Yes, the plan is to give R2 a proper shot!
Thanks,
Abhimanyu
