Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Apr 2610:00 AM EDT
-11:00 AM EDT
The Target Test Prep course represents a quantum leap forward in GMAT preparation, a radical reinterpretation of the way that students should study. Try before you buy with a 5-day, full-access trial of the course for FREE!
Apr 2711:00 AM EDT
-12:00 PM EDT
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors
Apr 2808:00 AM PDT
-11:00 AM PDT
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.
AditPlusK
Joined: 22 Jan 2019
Last visit: 18 Apr 2023
Posts: 6
Given Kudos: 117
Location: India
Schools: ESADE (A) Imperial (D) IESE '25 (D) Melbourne (D)
GMAT 1: 710 Q47 V41
GPA: 3.5
Products:
28 Jan 2023, 04:33
Kudos
Bookmarks
I recently gave my GMAT and scored a 710 (V41,Q47). Sharing my experience with you all.
I started my journey by giving the first mock test from mba.com. I scored 550. That was depressing because 700 seemed far. I got Kalyan's reference from a GMAT Club Forum. Had a talk with 1-2 of his previous students and then decided to start with the classes.
I enrolled myself into their 1-2-1 Verbal program and it has been a game changer for me. I started with the morning 7:30- 9 AM class daily.
One of the things I really liked was the special attention given to me. Kalyan spent time understanding my strengths and weaknesses, and helped me to develop a strategy that was tailored to my specific requirements.
One thing I slowly started realising is: Direction is very important for this exam. I got this needed direction ScoreLeap.
Key to this exam in my opinion is:-
For Verbal (OGs and mba.com tests are enough):-
----------------------
1) SC -
For me, Sentence Correction was where I needed the maximum help. Personally, I felt Sentence correction was more like quants. You need to know which rule to apply inorder to eliminate the wrong answer choice. And ScoreLeap really helped me with it. I strictly followed Kalyan’s deadlines,instructions and timetable. I was daily spending 3 hrs doing the OG (trust me don’t even think of any other book. OG is more than enough). In the beginning it was really difficult. All my answers were wrong
. But slowly I started understanding what was required. I began to identify the pattern and understood what the question is asking for.
Need to just follow rules that were mentioned in the class. Going anything beyond these rules will only impact the score negatively. I have found almost all questions on actual GMAT are crackable by applying these rules and you can definitely complete each SC question under 60 sec. Please be ready to skip SCs on the actual exam and definitely keep the SCs under 60 sec (from the beginning of the exam till the end). Otherwise, you will definitely be short of time.
2) RC - Need to 100% follow FIRE approach. Give importance to analysing the passages rather than giving importance to doing more and more passages. Analysis is the KEY. Analyse each question and each choice for traps even though you got the answer right. One thing I learnt over time: Most of these passages follow the same basic patterns; even the questions are also framed using the same set of finite Patterns.
3) CRs - I found the CR questions relatively harder on the exam. Last 2 choices are always tricky. By following the proper elimination strategy taught in class, we can reduce the number of mistakes. While reading the argument, look for the basic skeleton and keep your full focus on conclusion.
On the D-day.
Went to the center with only one thought. Just give your best shot and don't worry about score. Specially don't let the mistakes prey on your mind. The AWA writing was straight forward and with the template in place that was a piece of cake. Then started the Math. I skipped the first question itself. Rest went pretty well. Completed math with 1.2 minutes remaining. Skipped around 2-3 questions there. Took a break. Thought to myself, math was pretty decent. Now in verbal just keep your cool and get the first two RC's right.
Started well with verbal. With SC I kept it very simple. Just reading the question once will tell you whether you have identified the rule it’s testing. If you could identify that spend time on it otherwise skip it. Gave special attention to my RC's. I did spend a few seconds more on every RC question, just to be sure. Got 2 long passages first. Third one was a short passage. I was expecting the fourth one to be short as well. But that was a long passage. That took me by surprise, but I had sufficient time left so I did that easily. In the end I completed verbal section with 13 minutes remaining.
My Final score - 710, (Math - 47, Verbal - 41), improved verbal from V28 to V41 but I know, I should have scored better in math.
The emotional journey of preparing for the GMAT can be tough, but with ScoreLeap, I was able to stay motivated and focused on GMAT. The team at ScoreLeap was always supportive and encouraging, which helped me to push through the difficult times. I also appreciated the fact that they were always available to answer my questions and provide guidance, even outside of the tutoring sessions.
My advices to all the test takers- Just follow Kalyan's rules religiously and only work with OG's. That's more than sufficient for getting a good score.
Posted from my mobile device
I started my journey by giving the first mock test from mba.com. I scored 550. That was depressing because 700 seemed far. I got Kalyan's reference from a GMAT Club Forum. Had a talk with 1-2 of his previous students and then decided to start with the classes.
I enrolled myself into their 1-2-1 Verbal program and it has been a game changer for me. I started with the morning 7:30- 9 AM class daily.
One of the things I really liked was the special attention given to me. Kalyan spent time understanding my strengths and weaknesses, and helped me to develop a strategy that was tailored to my specific requirements.
One thing I slowly started realising is: Direction is very important for this exam. I got this needed direction ScoreLeap.
Key to this exam in my opinion is:-
For Verbal (OGs and mba.com tests are enough):-
----------------------
1) SC -
For me, Sentence Correction was where I needed the maximum help. Personally, I felt Sentence correction was more like quants. You need to know which rule to apply inorder to eliminate the wrong answer choice. And ScoreLeap really helped me with it. I strictly followed Kalyan’s deadlines,instructions and timetable. I was daily spending 3 hrs doing the OG (trust me don’t even think of any other book. OG is more than enough). In the beginning it was really difficult. All my answers were wrong
. But slowly I started understanding what was required. I began to identify the pattern and understood what the question is asking for.Need to just follow rules that were mentioned in the class. Going anything beyond these rules will only impact the score negatively. I have found almost all questions on actual GMAT are crackable by applying these rules and you can definitely complete each SC question under 60 sec. Please be ready to skip SCs on the actual exam and definitely keep the SCs under 60 sec (from the beginning of the exam till the end). Otherwise, you will definitely be short of time.
2) RC - Need to 100% follow FIRE approach. Give importance to analysing the passages rather than giving importance to doing more and more passages. Analysis is the KEY. Analyse each question and each choice for traps even though you got the answer right. One thing I learnt over time: Most of these passages follow the same basic patterns; even the questions are also framed using the same set of finite Patterns.
3) CRs - I found the CR questions relatively harder on the exam. Last 2 choices are always tricky. By following the proper elimination strategy taught in class, we can reduce the number of mistakes. While reading the argument, look for the basic skeleton and keep your full focus on conclusion.
On the D-day.
Went to the center with only one thought. Just give your best shot and don't worry about score. Specially don't let the mistakes prey on your mind. The AWA writing was straight forward and with the template in place that was a piece of cake. Then started the Math. I skipped the first question itself. Rest went pretty well. Completed math with 1.2 minutes remaining. Skipped around 2-3 questions there. Took a break. Thought to myself, math was pretty decent. Now in verbal just keep your cool and get the first two RC's right.
Started well with verbal. With SC I kept it very simple. Just reading the question once will tell you whether you have identified the rule it’s testing. If you could identify that spend time on it otherwise skip it. Gave special attention to my RC's. I did spend a few seconds more on every RC question, just to be sure. Got 2 long passages first. Third one was a short passage. I was expecting the fourth one to be short as well. But that was a long passage. That took me by surprise, but I had sufficient time left so I did that easily. In the end I completed verbal section with 13 minutes remaining.
My Final score - 710, (Math - 47, Verbal - 41), improved verbal from V28 to V41 but I know, I should have scored better in math.
The emotional journey of preparing for the GMAT can be tough, but with ScoreLeap, I was able to stay motivated and focused on GMAT. The team at ScoreLeap was always supportive and encouraging, which helped me to push through the difficult times. I also appreciated the fact that they were always available to answer my questions and provide guidance, even outside of the tutoring sessions.
My advices to all the test takers- Just follow Kalyan's rules religiously and only work with OG's. That's more than sufficient for getting a good score.
Posted from my mobile device
30 Jan 2023, 06:24
Kudos
Bookmarks
Congratulations on the amazing score. I liked your D-Day advice of "don't let the mistakes prey on your mind"
All the best!
AditPlusK
All the best!
AditPlusK
31 Jan 2023, 06:02
Kudos
Bookmarks
Your GMAT preparation strategy seems impressive and well-structured. It's clear that you have put in a lot of time and effort to identify your weak areas and work on them. I am about to give my attempt this year.
Could you suggest some tips to improve my score in Sentence Correction questions?
Could you suggest some tips to improve my score in Sentence Correction questions?
