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Retook GMAT after using e-GMAT for TWO weeks and went from 690 to 740

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Retook GMAT after using e-GMAT for TWO weeks and went from 690 to 740 [#permalink] New post   30 Aug 2017, 17:57
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After studying Princeton GMAT books (was given them - and not highly recommended) and using Ready4GMAT on my Android (very good first casual effort before getting serious) and taking the two free official practice tests (scoring 710 and 730), I took the GMAT four weeks ago and scored a 690 with 43 quant and 41 verbal. Having been out of any real math studies for quite a number of years, both of those were good basic foundations for a high 600 score, but that is not what I was striving for. The weekend after that test, I tried two free sessions from e-GMAT, and I immediately signed up for their math and verbal (without live sessions because I knew I wouldn't have time to really take advantage of them).

In two weeks, I jammed through every lesson and question for math and select sections for verbal. I didn't do much else those two weeks! I also took all of their scholarium tests, reviewed my weak areas, and took a couple GMAT club tests. I also purchased two additional official practice tests (scored 720 and 750). Actual practice tests are HIGHLY recommended.
On 19 August (two Saturdays ago), I retook the GMAT and scored a 740 with 48 quant and 44 verbal. I studied very hard, but e-GMAT's lessons were the most complete of any - between that and their scholorium tests (which showed my weakest areas) applied much needed discipline to my compacted study efforts - and their suggested problems from the official GMAT study guides were incredibly helpful. Considering GMAT is certainly a factor in school acceptance - I highly recommend e-GMAT if you are looking to score in the 700's - it's worth every penny!

In case anyone is wondering - this is not a paid endorsement - I fully paid for e-GMAT. I was impressed enough to write them and leave a comment here. Thank you also to GMAT Club members for working through problem solutions when not available elsewhere - that was also very helpful.
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Re: Retook GMAT after using e-GMAT for TWO weeks and went from 690 to 740 [#permalink] New post   01 Jun 2018, 08:04
CAPTJon92 wrote:
After studying Princeton GMAT books (was given them - and not highly recommended) and using Ready4GMAT on my Android (very good first casual effort before getting serious) and taking the two free official practice tests (scoring 710 and 730), I took the GMAT four weeks ago and scored a 690 with 43 quant and 41 verbal. Having been out of any real math studies for quite a number of years, both of those were good basic foundations for a high 600 score, but that is not what I was striving for. The weekend after that test, I tried two free sessions from e-GMAT, and I immediately signed up for their math and verbal (without live sessions because I knew I wouldn't have time to really take advantage of them).

In two weeks, I jammed through every lesson and question for math and select sections for verbal. I didn't do much else those two weeks! I also took all of their scholarium tests, reviewed my weak areas, and took a couple GMAT club tests. I also purchased two additional official practice tests (scored 720 and 750). Actual practice tests are HIGHLY recommended.
On 19 August (two Saturdays ago), I retook the GMAT and scored a 740 with 48 quant and 44 verbal. I studied very hard, but e-GMAT's lessons were the most complete of any - between that and their scholorium tests (which showed my weakest areas) applied much needed discipline to my compacted study efforts - and their suggested problems from the official GMAT study guides were incredibly helpful. Considering GMAT is certainly a factor in school acceptance - I highly recommend e-GMAT if you are looking to score in the 700's - it's worth every penny!

In case anyone is wondering - this is not a paid endorsement - I fully paid for e-GMAT. I was impressed enough to write them and leave a comment here. Thank you also to GMAT Club members for working through problem solutions when not available elsewhere - that was also very helpful.



Hey,
I am retaking the test in 2 weeks too! Just bought e-gmat and their verbal is so extensive. how did you go through those in 2 weeks? Did you just work on your weak areas or wen through all the lessons and questions?
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Re: Retook GMAT after using e-GMAT for TWO weeks and went from 690 to 740 [#permalink] New post   01 Jun 2018, 10:39
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bondtradercu - thank you for being a student. Success comes not from completing the course but from fixing your weakness. Hence, if you are already at a decent ability level (65 percentile+), you probably need to focus your energy on just 40% of the course (we call this precision targeting).

Did you take a look at YourStudyPlan course within your e-GMAT account? It outlines how to do this?

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Retook GMAT after using e-GMAT for TWO weeks and went from 690 to 740 [#permalink] New post   02 Jun 2018, 07:50
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bondtradercu - thank you for being a student. Success comes not from completing the course but from fixing your weakness. Hence, if you are already at a decent ability level (65 percentile+), you probably need to focus your energy on just 40% of the course (we call this precision targeting).

Did you take a look at YourStudyPlan course within your e-GMAT account? It outlines how to do this?

-Rajat



Hi Payal,

I did look at the Study Plan but it was not super helpful. Please see below for my ESR. From this ESR, looks like my weakest area is in CR so I should at least try to go through as much CR as possible and supplement with some SC and no need to study RC?

Thanks again! I did reach out to the customer support but the answers were very generic and not helpful at all.
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Retook GMAT after using e-GMAT for TWO weeks and went from 690 to 740 [#permalink] New post   02 Jun 2018, 15:47
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bondtradercu – thank you for sharing the ESR. You are already at V40 – 91 percentile. To improve to V45+ you need to focus on the “few” conceptual gaps. Here is what you need to do:

General Strategy
You have a solid foundation and just need to focus on application. Your general strategy should be to attempt the application files, practice files, and medium and difficult questions on Scholaranium. Spend time on reviewing solutions of questions in which you make a mistake. Ask yourself – why did you choose a particular answer choice and how will you ensure that you don’t repeat the mistake. Do make notes as you do this.

Applying this Strategy to Critical Reasoning (~20 hours)
Start with inference application and practice files. Then go to the assumption module. This is the only module in which I would ask you to attempt the concept files. Start with Prethinking Concept 1 – logical gap and do till Prethinking concept 5 – Quant. Now your goal here is to learn to prethink, imbibe this methodology as this is the foundation of rest of the course. Then go on to application files, and practice files in the Assumption module. Apply prethinking approach while solving questions.
From here on, do just the application and practice files in Evaluate, Strengthen, Weaken, etc. modules. This should reduce the time required on CR course to about ~15 hours.

Applying this strategy to Sentence Correction and Reading Comprehension (~20 hours)
You are already at ~90 percentile in these sub-sections. Hence, I would utilize the custom quiz feature in Scholaranium and attempt medium and difficult questions, spending time on reviewing solutions of questions in which I make a mistake. Again, do take notes.

Use the skill data section in Scholaranium (it’s a separate tab) to see if you are faltering in a particular concept in Sentence Correction and only review the corresponding concept/application files in the corresponding module. However in SC and RC, 90% of your time should be spent on Scholaranium.

I hope the above helps.

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