Very low diagnostic score

Dear Kartikparekh,

I'm happy to respond.

My friend, right now, you are below the 30th percentile and you want to get above the 90th percentile. In order to do that, you are going to have to outperform more than half the GMAT test-taking population. In other words, whatever other people do, in terms the material they use, the study strategies they employ, etc.---all of that, the maximum of what other people do, has to be the absolute bare minimum of what you do.

If this is going to be possible, you have to devote your life to the GMAT. You have to generate diligent & dedication & commitment & will-power far beyond what most people studying for the GMAT are able to manifest. You have to push yourself 100 times harder then you have ever pushed yourself for anything before. In no part of your studying can you settle for what other people would do; in every aspect, you will have push yourself to the point of blood, sweat, and tears.

You see, no study plan alone, no magic set of books or collection of tips is going to be sufficient. Yes, find all the tips you can, follow a good study plan, but all that is the bare minimum. If you are going to accomplish this, you will have to embrace that habits of excellence in every aspect of your life. Again, for each one of those, you have to pursue it more assiduously than almost everyone else taking the GMAT.

If you are going to do this, basically you have to abandon almost all leisure activities. This will cut into the time in all your personal relationships. You will need to eat with the GMAT, commute with the GMAT, etc. Every moment of every day needs to be reoriented to the habits of excellence.

Even with all that, even with the utmost of effort, you may not break that 700 threshold. You can't even attach to that. If you push yourself as hard as you can, then you will know that you have done your very best.

The question really is: how badly do you want this? How hard are you willing to work? What are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this goal? You have to be brutally honest with yourself about these questions, because if you are not 100% in, then it won't be worth it.

Feel free to ask if you have any more questions.

Does all this make sense?
Mike