Patterns among those who have scored 750+

While your point is valid and well taken, here's another perspective.

Right now GMAT Club is the biggest GMAT site with the most active test takers. More importantly, users are willing to share details of their backgrounds, test scores, prep courses used, applications, results.

That makes it possible to gather and analyze the data and come up with projects and initiatives such as this one (kudos to SajjadAhmad for the painstaking effort!) that would be impractical on most other sites.

It would be very tough to collate samples from the bigger universe of data, right?

GMAC may have the superset of test takers. And while they come out with a lot of helpful reports (like the geographic trends), they don't gather the kind of information that's directly relevant to test takers like GC does.

Which is probably why reputed sites like Poets & Quants publish analytical articles based on data from GC.

Disclosure: My company is not into test prep.

Good to read your sensible remarks and that all make sense, going beyond GMAT Club is almost impossible and if it is possible it doesn't make any sense. No one can guarantee that the data collected out side of GC is representative and authentic, we have verified reviews and this is the real place for GMATers and MBA candidates so even if someone writing Thesis on GMAT prep resources cannot ignore GMAT Club at all, GC is a place you must take seriously if you are talking about GMAT and MBA Program.

thanks a lot for creating this thread. Inspire to 750+ range also!

So much of valuable information for those who are preparing for GMAT, this will give us of targeting mountain peaks. Thanks for creating and sharing this thread.

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This post is for you to glean from what others have done and compare it to your prep plans.

If you want personal advice, I would suggest getting more questions right.

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Even though GC is the source to go to for data on scores and applicants, I would still say that the population set here is skewed towards the international demographic. Having gone to Ross and met students and alumni at other programs, not as many people contribute content and their stats on forums, particularly domestic US candidates.

I can see why one would think that but the population is not skewed actually, the contributions are skewed.

Where is there data on the population set?

This is my thought process. GC forums can be viewed by anyone without a log-in, but contributions require a log-in. Hence, the population of people at GC are generally those who created a log in and contribute posts. I'm sure many people created a log-in to track posts and save things, so that's a subset of people who are an exception to my statement. (this is almost like a GMAT critical reasoning discussion, lol)

Like I said, my personal experience showed that GC wasn't as pervasive throughout the bschool world as I had expected. I was on here all the time back in 2015 and 2016 while I was applying, and I was quite surprised to hear from so many peers and classmates how they did not use these sites. And that subset of people was mostly not international students. GC is more insular than you think and that I originally thought.

for those that use OG as quant study, do you know how they use it? only doing questions, only doing the end questions, reading the book as well?

There is nothing to read in the OG. The book is about as helpful as a user manual for the iPhone. Do you have to use the official guide for questions. For Quant it is not as critical.

Based on your questions, it sounds like you’re trying to find a shortcut and cut a corner. Really really really bad idea for quant. It’s all built on top of each other. Going after hard questions before understanding how to solve easy ones, is equivalent to challenging Mike Tyson to fight at the beginning of your practice.... 😎😉

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thanks! good to know.

I'm just wondering which to use to put me over the 750 mark. I've got 710 already and i'm just trying to optimize time spent for the remaining 2 months for my next exam. I'll probably focus on the OG next along w the gmatclub tests. Do those have overlap?

Really liked that analogy!
What would you say is critical for quant then, if not OG?

I can not thank the e-gmat team enough. It seems that they have figured everything out with respect to GMAT. I liked the way they have structured their course, especially the Verbal part. I remember I got 660 in my first mock test (V28, Q50). Later, when I was introduced to e-gmat, it felt like someone was tutoring me and helping me in building building blocks of Verbal. Their course has helped me hone my skills and upgrade them significantly. In my last official test I got a score of 710 (V36, Q49) and a big reason for this improvement has been the e-gmat course.

During preparation, the concept application sections made sure that not only I understood the concept but also could apply them in real GMAT-like questions. Again, the way Payal breaks problems down, shows how to approach them and finally, selects the correct answer choice is super helpful. It is almost unreal from outside to believe that by only focusing on meaning, one can solve a lot of questions in GMAT. Scholaranium and Sigma-X Mocks are things which help you in figuring out your weak areas by detailing out every single insight using data.

I clearly remember one of the RC sessions organized by e-gmat during weekends. If you follow the steps to approach an RC problem as explained by e-gmat, your RC score is bound to increase. RC, from being one of the hardest topics at some point, is one of my favorite topics in the Verbal section today. Overall, I think the success one can have by preparing for GMAT the e-gmat way is very likely because the team uses proven methods to help you in the journey.

Hope this helps someone who is looking out for choosing their GMAT guide

Thank you for the information. It is really helpful. GMAT Club test are really helpful for Quants.

Wow thanks, this is very helpful.
Reading these success stories is so motivating

Hi Sajjad1994 - do we want to update this topic with the 2021 and 2022 stories - perhaps start a new one?
What do you think?

Hi bb

I am collecting raw data for this thread, I want to update it and post a new one around July 1st or 2nd so I can cover up data up to June 2022. What do you say?