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Whether you are just beginning your MBA journey or fine-tuning your path to a 700+ score, GMAT Day is designed to give you a competitive edge.
20 Jan 2021, 11:58
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This GMAT debrief would be misleading if I mentioned "700 to 770 in a month" as the subject. As it turns out, building the ability that the GMAT tests isn't sufficient to get a score that truly represents that ability. Despite scoring 750+ consistently in GMAT prep mocks, I could only manage a 700 on my first GMAT attempt. This came as no surprise as the mocks I appeared for a couple of days before my first attempt were signaling at what was to come - a sudden drop in scores thanks to ineffective stress control as well as overstraining myself with excessive mocks. It was a vicious cycle, to check my anxiety before the slot, I tried to validate my preparation by taking mocks - only to overstrain myself and stress more about the drop I saw in the scores.
My judgment got so clouded that I started doubting whether my preparation was even adequate. With the help of some guidance from DJ sir at e-GMAT, I started preparing for the reattempt. This was one of the cases where accurate expert guidance at the perfect moment does the trick for you. I took a 15 days break and booked a slot for 15 days later. Following the plan shared by DJ sir, I focused on timing strategies and keeping my mind as unburdened as possible.
On my second and final attempt, I was able to finish my Verbal Section with over 6 mins to spare. Moving forward with the additional confidence added by this surplus time, Quant seemed like a cakewalk and I finally got the score I wanted.
Taking the GMAT is a stressful experience and it is as important to learn to manage stress in the days leading to the test days as building the abilities GMAT tests. This entire experience surely taught me how to manage stress better.
My judgment got so clouded that I started doubting whether my preparation was even adequate. With the help of some guidance from DJ sir at e-GMAT, I started preparing for the reattempt. This was one of the cases where accurate expert guidance at the perfect moment does the trick for you. I took a 15 days break and booked a slot for 15 days later. Following the plan shared by DJ sir, I focused on timing strategies and keeping my mind as unburdened as possible.
On my second and final attempt, I was able to finish my Verbal Section with over 6 mins to spare. Moving forward with the additional confidence added by this surplus time, Quant seemed like a cakewalk and I finally got the score I wanted.
Taking the GMAT is a stressful experience and it is as important to learn to manage stress in the days leading to the test days as building the abilities GMAT tests. This entire experience surely taught me how to manage stress better.
20 Jan 2021, 12:29
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Thanks for your debrief and congrats on your score! So to ask about the big elephant in the room, how many practice tests did you take before the second attempt and how did you practice your timing and other strategies?
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