Experiences with Executive Assessment - Post Your EA Experience Here

Thank you! Do you know, if some practise tests in this collection? I want to pass practice test first to understand my level

I just used the first couple tests to assess my level with some studying and then the last two test shortly before I took the exam. Unlike the GMAT, there is not a plethora of study resources available specifically for the Executive Assessment. That said, there is significant overlap between the EA and GMAT, so you can use selected GMAT materials in areas you feel particularly weak.

Thank you, its very helpful! Now its more clear for me!

This is an excellent article, covering the adaptive testing format and scoring. Perfect scores are 18 per section, for a maximum score of 120 + 18 + 18 + 18 = 174. This formula is validated for every posted EA score.

https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/about-executive-assessment/

Hi,

Thank you so much for your detailed post. This is what my clients also find -- that the GMAC materials prepare them well. Most of them use all the GMAC materials first and pace themselves in taking the GMAC mock exams. There are four total mock exams, and many times the mock exam's projected score ends up being about three points higher than the real score. So I tell my clients to prepare until they are getting a mock score three points higher than what they want in reality. That means that if they get a 158 on the mock exam, they might get a 155 on the real exam. After exhausting all GMAC materials, some of my clients use GMAT materials to study-- either GMAT self-study via books or an online course. You were diligent and scored well. Congratulations! Good luck in your admissions process.

Best wishes,
Dr. Shel
MBA Admit.com

Hi,

Thank you for this post. This is great advice for candidates. Your experience is consistent with what we are finding with our candidates at MBA Admit.com. Many people reading here will be happy to know that you studied for three weeks and found that you could prepare in that time. It is also great that you detail how important it is to have a test strategy during the actual test. Glad things went well for you!

Best wishes,
Dr. Shel
MBA Admit.com

Hi,

Thanks for this post. At this time, there are now four GMAC practice EA tests, which is much better than just two (for the first few years after its introduction, there were only two GMAC mock EA exams). So, you are able to take the four mock exams provided by GMAC and project your score.

Good luck to all!

Best wishes,
Dr. Shel
MBA Admit.com

Hi,

Yes, this is an approach many of my clients take also. Many of them take one GMAC practice EA exam early on to assess their skill level. They then study and pace when they take the remaining three GMAC practice EA exams. They use GMAC materials to study and supplement that with GMAT prep materials as needed.

Good luck to all as you prepare!

Best wishes,
Dr. Shel
MBA Admit.com

Hi,

Wharton will usually ask someone to re-take the exam when they score in the low-150 range (there are some exceptions, of course). It should be fine at Booth if you present a good application (essay and recs). With Yale, whether this score is good enough will depend on your overall credentials (GPA, work experience+) and quality of your application (essay and recs).

Good luck in your admissions process!
Best wishes,
Dr. Shel
MBA Admit.com

I took the EA yesterday. It seemed harder than the practice tests. I was usually able to finish the practice tests in about an hour. I found myself using up almost all the allotted on the real exam.

I would say that the practice exam questions were trickier than the real exam. There were lots of opportunities to slip up on the practice questions if you didn't read them very carefully. The real exam questions were more straightforward. The content of the questions on the real exam was more difficult than the practice exams; I completed a couple practice exams without resorting to a pen and pad, but I had to use the pen and pad extensively for the QR section of the real exam.

The adaptive difficulty kind of messes with your head. Getting an easier question makes you wonder what you messed up on the previous section.

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This is a basic question about testing environment itself, but wanted to confirm that calculator for IR section is only a computer calculator on the screen? They do not give you a real calculator?

Anyone have trouble asking for additional notepad or pens from test site staff before the exam?

Hi jj925, The calculator in IR section is an on screen one. You can get comfortable with it while taking your practice gmat tests 1&2, which are free when you register at mba.com

Notepad is an erasable, laminated one. Pens are like felt pens. You raise your hand and can ask for a replacement pad at any time. It takes around 1 min for the examiner to come, understand your request and then replace your notepad. When you are nearing the end of the pad, raise your hands so that you do not lose any time waiting.

My test center started me with two laminated sheets and I asked for an extra pen, which they gave me without a problem. I really did not end up needing very much scratch space for my bank of questions.

Had been lurking in this site and thread for a while. I took the EA test today and wanted to share my experiences.
Started studying 1 month ago, mostly from official GMAT books from Library and also took the official gmac package.

Took 2 practice tests 15 days ago and scored 151 and 152. Took practice tests 3 and 4 couple of days ago and scored 155 and 154.

Today took the actual test and scored 162 ( ir:18, verbal:12, quant:12).
IR turned out to be easier than the practice tests. I was actually second guessing myself at the end of IR section as almost had 3 minutes remaining, which had never happened in practice tests.
Vebal is generally my weak point, and the sentence correction was really hard in the first half of the section. In the second half, got a rc with a really lengthy difficult to understand passage. At this stage I was thinking I would get a bad score in verbal, but looks like a couple of educated guesses seemed to be right based on final score.
When I reached quant, it was harder than any of the practice tests. Even the second half was hard and I finished right on time. In the practice tests, I always finished with plenty of time. Even the 100 practice questions in ea prep, my average was 1.4 minutes.

Overall was pleasantly surprised at the final result. I guess the easier IR helped in this case. Hopefully this score should help overcome other negatives in my application (over represented Indian male from tech background).

As others have suggested, request for 2 pens beforehand. Made the mistake of taking just 1 which was not writing well, so requested one while I was doing verbal, but waste of 30 seconds.
The user interface is a bit dated compared to prep materials, especially the review screen. Also got annoying popups of 10 minute / 5 minutes alerts.

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Prepping for EA exam. Can anyone share how they did when they took GMAT, and then decided to take EA?
like if you are scoring:

500-600 = estimated EA score? or,
600-700 = estimated EA score?

Just trying to see, lets say if I scored a 600-650 on GMAT, with the same knowledge, can a person score 160 on EA?

I'll take a practice test, just curios if anyone tried that or not.

Thanks!