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Hello all! I just got done with GMAT on the 29th and got Q50 / V40. Thankful to the community where one can see that he isn’t the only one!
Background:
Indian Male Mechanical Engineer working with experience in the core domain, with automobile giants.
Disclaimer:
Apologies for the Looong Post. The basic take away is too..Improvise! Improvise! And Improvise. Otherwise retakes don’t matter a thing and you won’t budge an inch. I have tried to present it in the best possible way with the views that are solely mine. Please bear with me. I will be very subtle and short in my suggestions, no clutter.
Index:
-Introduction
-Phases of prep and life: Wave 1 to Wave 5: each wave tells the story, materials used and what I thought of them
-Calm before the Storm
-Storm
-Exam day 3: with all the details
-Quant Suggestions
-Verbal Suggestions
-General Suggestions
-Wrap up
I am no GMAT rockstar but would share my experience. I have been a lurker but I have been an avid reader of the topic and the awesome ways people have fought the odds and I wanted to reciprocate the gesture (even if it could help even one aspirant).
It’s going to be a fun ride (TLDR type for some lol). My story will be in various pulses of highs and lows so I will divide them into waves (and how I swam to survive haha)
Wave 1:
The GMAT DREAM begins.
So I thought of GMAT way back in 2016 when I was about to graduate from my engineering. But I was so busy with startups and my own venture ideas that I forgot all about it. After graduating and securing a job, In June of 2016, I took one GMATPrep CAT and got a 600 (Q48 V23). As an Indian male, I had a good laugh at myself. Then I started the job, moved to a new city and forgot all about GMAT.
Materials used:
-GMAT Official software (good ol’ days)
Wave 2:
I had my ups and downs and within that same year I quickly joined my dream employer and started working my ass off. I was quickly promoted to a sought after role but it came with its baggage of responsibilities. I was putting in 12 hours day on average.
Results: No time for GMAT even though it used to keep ringing in the back of my head. Near the New year 2018, I studied OG for a month and gave another mock. Got Q49 V30 (650). With a sour taste, I relaxed through the next month. I also bought the whole pack and tried my hands at the Veritas CATs and wasn’t satisfied with my performance still.
Materials used:
-OG 13
-Veritas CAT pack (Good for practice, don’t even look at the scores. Verbal is not upto the mark).
Wave 3:
Work-life was not getting any easier so I pulled up my socks once again. In Feb 2018, I restarted the journey with dedication. I started with OG and subscribed to E-Gmat verbal online as I had heard great reviews. I also started solving GMATclub math tests. I religiously studied for around the next 4-5 months but didn’t see much improvement in verbal. I kept screwing up and my scores in verbal didn’t see any desired improvements. I was disheartened. From knowledge point of view, I did learn some stuff about verbal but it wasn’t converting to a good test performance.
By July of 2018, I was sure I need to either change my approach or just stick to self study.
In that month, I was assigned more responsibilities and soon studying became a daydream and not a reality. I also became lazy and wanted a break from the heartbreak. This was around the time when I started looking at people APPLYING to schools (though I was younger than the lot of them, I felt that itch).
Materials used:
-OG 13, OG 17
-E-GMAT Verbal Online Course (I didn’t find it useful and didn’t see any satisfactory results. Seemed more like research to me, tbh. I respect the creator’s hardwork and some people do find it useful)
-Veritas mocks
-Read Economist, had the subscription
Wave 4:
By December of 2018, I was adamant of getting done with my score and set myself a target of Q50/51 because I had no idea where my verbal was going but I was lusting for that V40 club. I started daily hours of early morning studies. OG and Gmatclub Tests, Veritas CATs. That’s all. I had only met my family during Diwali in the last 6 months so we planned a New Year vacation. I took my break and then planned a 14th February GMAT (I know what y’all are thinking lol). I studied. I gave mocks. My GMATPREP scores varied between 690 to 720 and 730 (retake of exam 4). I was ready. All my gmatclub tests ranged from Q48 to Q51 with a few 44 and 46 in between to ground me down.
Exam Day 14th Feb 2019.
I remember thinking during quant that 5th and 6th question threw me really off. After 20 everything was too damn easy.
In verbal, I had no idea what’s going on and just went through the drill.
Result? 670 with Q47 V34. I was broken. I felt ashamed. “Your friggin diagnostic score was Q48, you fool!!”. I came back sad and decided to clear my head for the next 3 days. My journey was not over...it was far from over.
Materials used:
-OG 13, OG 17
-Veritas Mocks (retook all of them, just for stamina and nothing else this time)
-Official exam packs from MBA.COM (utilised half, saved half)
Wave 5:
I couldn’t sleep properly. Anxiety haunted me. Hurt ego from the Quant score, everything made it a nightmare. I even thought of canceling the scores but then I thought I shall keep this as a reminder and I want to show an honest picture to the adcoms that I am someone who fought the odds, right? By 19th Feb I decided to re-start and then I started getting help from the EmpowerGmat course. I did this because I had to face the harsh truth, something I was doing was WRONG! I had to weed out my weakness to become a GMAT ASSASSIN!
I was already in a very tight lifestyle and then I had to switch my flat as the owner was selling it and gave me a 15 day notice. I changed flats in that duration only. I was also looking for a change of job so as to grow my strengths and challenge myself and finally I also got an offer with an even more sought after place. All negotiations and interviews were going on but I kept up with my daily dose of preparation and practice. From Rich and Max, I was learning to TRAIN for the gmat. And how it is not a math / english test.
I resigned from the present role and near the end of my notice period, took up a test date in that city only (as I had to shift to a new city the very next to next day, bad timing huh?).
I was about to be free from my role on the 31st, join the next place the next week.
27th May. 11:00 PM in the night. Just a day before my GMAT 8 AM appointment, I get a call from the top mgmt of my company and they had a very illegitimate demand for me. Let’s just leave it there but let me tell you that I had a battle to fight not only on the test day but on other fronts too. I broke into cold sweats and felt like crying, and you can guess what happened?
28thMay. Exam Day 2: I went in, all prepped. Got a 690 Q49 V34. “WHAAAAT? Your verbal is JUST there even after getting 730 in mocks with V38?” I started thinking whether GMAT is for me, or not? Rich told me to not take this to my ego. But how can’t I? Indian Engineer who sucks at Math? Verbal stuck at 34? I was in rage. But like I said, I had a tough next 3 days.
Materials used:
-OG 13, OG 17
-Official exam packs
-EMPOWERgmat (Rich and Max have a different way to tell you things. Even though my score remained the same, I learned a great deal of Verbal from Max’s lectures. This is when I started solving Verbal on paper for some questions (RC Ladder, mainly). From Rich I leaned something I knew was true: Let some questions go and that I am a fool of I think GMAT is a math test cause its not)
End of the waves, silence before the storm:
I got to the new firm in June 1st week after 4 days if vacation to the mountains. I got busy with life, new job, fatter paycheck, closer to girlfriend and family, lots of travel and a thought that maybe I am not cut for it. But my parents, gf and my elder sibling, who is a genius and an inspiration for my MBA dream, reminded me of my dreams and how I should not run away from it.
STORM:
Suddenly in August 1st week I started losing sleep. GMAT is something which was left unconquered. I used to miss waking up at 5AM and having a purpose in life, at least for the next 2-3 hrs. I took my laptop. Booked the next available date and BAM! I just started studying from my notes. No course. And only solved one gmatclub math test a day along with verbal Official questions from MBA.COM pack.
I took my last 1 mock 2 days before the test and got 720 (Q49 V39)
Just a week before my GMAT, I wanted to chill a little at work. But no. Situations got critical, I had to work the whole weekend (along with 800kms worth of travel by road!!) and then 2 days of 12 hrs a day. Next day, 28th Aug, even the night before my GMAT, I came back home at 1AM after an 18 hr, 500km long day.
Talked with gf on phone, listened to music. Calmed me down. And I slept like a baby for the next 4 hours, not thinking anything. Woke up fresh and this is what happened.
Materials used this time: NOTHING! Just an official mock, 6 gmatclub tests which I re-took after shuffling and my notes. That is it!
7:30: Reached the centre.
8:00: Did the formalities for the next 10 minutes.
Like always, I chose Q-V-IR-AWA. My invigilator helped me fill my schools as my mouse was making issues suddenly. (I thought to myself, duckit! She is gonna see how ambitious I am and what if my score is laughable this time?) lol
Quant:
The first 4 questions were important but easy (with a major trap in the 4th one). The 5th one threw me off again. I marked something and was moving ahead but then I realized the REAL TRAP! I quickly marked the correct one and moved on. 9th was a Trap. 12th was a Danger one but I knew for sure I was nailing it. 18 to 23 were easy. I was at Q20 when 19 minutes were left. I sped up and did it with 1:20min remaining. Yes.
I took the break. Had my snicker bar. Did 20 pushups and 20 jumping jacks. Had water and went in.
Verbal:
The first question threw me off. I took 3.5 minutes to do it. It felt like diffusing a friggin bomb. I carried on and managed timing till I hit my first RC around 9th question. Long 1 para. The. Other RC was waiting just 2 questions away. I kept on going and thinking I am screwing it. I came to a very hard CR near Q21 and I froze. The clock had 26 minutes remaining. I left my pen. I closed my eyes. Took deep breaths for the next 20 seconds and counted. I opened my eyes and for the next 3 questions I blindly ticked the alternate ones (I only did this cause to manage time and the question was a tough CR anyway). Two LONG 4 para passages welcomed me. I took deep breaths and kept moving on. With 3 mins left I had one BOLD CR on the penultimate question. I wanted to be correct on this one to compensate for my fluke before.
I read it fast, answered it as per my instinct and went ahead. The next question was a very easy SC. I though, “You are never coming here again to make a fool of yourself man. You nailed Q but V is not for you”. I finished with 60 seconds to spare.
IR and AWA have always been fine (me getting 7 IR and 6 AWA both time).
I finished the sections and hit the NEXT BUTTON.
What do I see? A 730 with Q50 and V40.
“Whaaaat? You hit the magical break-up? Dude?” Although the 730 hurt (usually people get 740 at this benchmark. But well.)
The invigilator smiled at me as she handed me the score report. (She had seen such ambitious schools I was filling in on my list LOL)
I ran away with a smile. To never look back. Those 10 points should not matter anymore.
So guys.
Quant Suggestions:
1. Nothing beats practice. Read the OG once but practice as many authentic questions as you can
2. GMATCLUB test is a boon, take advantage rather than trying to get the free stuff everytime
3. Learn that a few topics might not be for you and you can leave them at the OG level only because no other questions will be thrown at you.
4. Timing is key
5. Try to depend on methods that YOU invented
Verbal Suggestions:
RC:
1. Be really interested in the content
2. Write down the hints (There are N no. of strategies for this. STOP / Ladder / etc)
3. Try to read in one go. Don’t skim. Don’t read the questions first. I did the same even with 8 minutes remaining and on question 30. Works like a charm.
4. Make it a habit to read stuff in general. You cannot expect to be easy with reading so much information under stress if you don’t do it on a regular basis
Sentence Correction:
1. The only place where grammar matters
2. Polish your basics if you are in the 20s even after 3 months of work. I am serious.
3. Be worried if you cannot do the SC questions in less than 90 minutes. I was worried and had to work very hard to gain confidence.
4. Idioms and parallelism are key. Don’t let people tell you otherwise.
Critical Reasoning:
1. Pre-think. Pre-Assume. Make a table. Call it what you may. The fact of the matter is: THINK YOURSELF FIRST. This single thing makes all the difference.
2. Try to have an eye for the bullshit options, there are 3 of them right in front of you, in every CR question, I can prove it to you. Lol
General Suggestions:
1. Never ever give up.
2. There is no point in retaking the exam if you just think of solving more questions. Think of new strategies, new viewpoints, new tricks, new ways if looking at this exam. Just solving dozens of questions a day will take you no where.
3. This exam is to teach you the value of time management, crisis management, working under pressure, stuff. Now you know why B-Schools need a GMAT score? I looked at gmat not like a math or english test but as a test of those things. And BAM!
4. Mindset and confidence matter a lot. They make a whole lot of difference. I didn’t study that hard this time around but the mindset mattered. Don’t go in there thinking your life depends on it. Think of it as another mock day.
Thanks to the community and the founders and to each and every active and lurker members.
So here I am. I have to now buckle up for applications!!!! Wish me luck.
Posted from my mobile device
Background:
Indian Male Mechanical Engineer working with experience in the core domain, with automobile giants.
Disclaimer:
Apologies for the Looong Post. The basic take away is too..Improvise! Improvise! And Improvise. Otherwise retakes don’t matter a thing and you won’t budge an inch. I have tried to present it in the best possible way with the views that are solely mine. Please bear with me. I will be very subtle and short in my suggestions, no clutter.
Index:
-Introduction
-Phases of prep and life: Wave 1 to Wave 5: each wave tells the story, materials used and what I thought of them
-Calm before the Storm
-Storm
-Exam day 3: with all the details
-Quant Suggestions
-Verbal Suggestions
-General Suggestions
-Wrap up
I am no GMAT rockstar but would share my experience. I have been a lurker but I have been an avid reader of the topic and the awesome ways people have fought the odds and I wanted to reciprocate the gesture (even if it could help even one aspirant).
It’s going to be a fun ride (TLDR type for some lol). My story will be in various pulses of highs and lows so I will divide them into waves (and how I swam to survive haha)
Wave 1:
The GMAT DREAM begins.
So I thought of GMAT way back in 2016 when I was about to graduate from my engineering. But I was so busy with startups and my own venture ideas that I forgot all about it. After graduating and securing a job, In June of 2016, I took one GMATPrep CAT and got a 600 (Q48 V23). As an Indian male, I had a good laugh at myself. Then I started the job, moved to a new city and forgot all about GMAT.
Materials used:
-GMAT Official software (good ol’ days)
Wave 2:
I had my ups and downs and within that same year I quickly joined my dream employer and started working my ass off. I was quickly promoted to a sought after role but it came with its baggage of responsibilities. I was putting in 12 hours day on average.
Results: No time for GMAT even though it used to keep ringing in the back of my head. Near the New year 2018, I studied OG for a month and gave another mock. Got Q49 V30 (650). With a sour taste, I relaxed through the next month. I also bought the whole pack and tried my hands at the Veritas CATs and wasn’t satisfied with my performance still.
Materials used:
-OG 13
-Veritas CAT pack (Good for practice, don’t even look at the scores. Verbal is not upto the mark).
Wave 3:
Work-life was not getting any easier so I pulled up my socks once again. In Feb 2018, I restarted the journey with dedication. I started with OG and subscribed to E-Gmat verbal online as I had heard great reviews. I also started solving GMATclub math tests. I religiously studied for around the next 4-5 months but didn’t see much improvement in verbal. I kept screwing up and my scores in verbal didn’t see any desired improvements. I was disheartened. From knowledge point of view, I did learn some stuff about verbal but it wasn’t converting to a good test performance.
By July of 2018, I was sure I need to either change my approach or just stick to self study.
In that month, I was assigned more responsibilities and soon studying became a daydream and not a reality. I also became lazy and wanted a break from the heartbreak. This was around the time when I started looking at people APPLYING to schools (though I was younger than the lot of them, I felt that itch).
Materials used:
-OG 13, OG 17
-E-GMAT Verbal Online Course (I didn’t find it useful and didn’t see any satisfactory results. Seemed more like research to me, tbh. I respect the creator’s hardwork and some people do find it useful)
-Veritas mocks
-Read Economist, had the subscription
Wave 4:
By December of 2018, I was adamant of getting done with my score and set myself a target of Q50/51 because I had no idea where my verbal was going but I was lusting for that V40 club. I started daily hours of early morning studies. OG and Gmatclub Tests, Veritas CATs. That’s all. I had only met my family during Diwali in the last 6 months so we planned a New Year vacation. I took my break and then planned a 14th February GMAT (I know what y’all are thinking lol). I studied. I gave mocks. My GMATPREP scores varied between 690 to 720 and 730 (retake of exam 4). I was ready. All my gmatclub tests ranged from Q48 to Q51 with a few 44 and 46 in between to ground me down.
Exam Day 14th Feb 2019.
I remember thinking during quant that 5th and 6th question threw me really off. After 20 everything was too damn easy.
In verbal, I had no idea what’s going on and just went through the drill.
Result? 670 with Q47 V34. I was broken. I felt ashamed. “Your friggin diagnostic score was Q48, you fool!!”. I came back sad and decided to clear my head for the next 3 days. My journey was not over...it was far from over.
Materials used:
-OG 13, OG 17
-Veritas Mocks (retook all of them, just for stamina and nothing else this time)
-Official exam packs from MBA.COM (utilised half, saved half)
Wave 5:
I couldn’t sleep properly. Anxiety haunted me. Hurt ego from the Quant score, everything made it a nightmare. I even thought of canceling the scores but then I thought I shall keep this as a reminder and I want to show an honest picture to the adcoms that I am someone who fought the odds, right? By 19th Feb I decided to re-start and then I started getting help from the EmpowerGmat course. I did this because I had to face the harsh truth, something I was doing was WRONG! I had to weed out my weakness to become a GMAT ASSASSIN!
I was already in a very tight lifestyle and then I had to switch my flat as the owner was selling it and gave me a 15 day notice. I changed flats in that duration only. I was also looking for a change of job so as to grow my strengths and challenge myself and finally I also got an offer with an even more sought after place. All negotiations and interviews were going on but I kept up with my daily dose of preparation and practice. From Rich and Max, I was learning to TRAIN for the gmat. And how it is not a math / english test.
I resigned from the present role and near the end of my notice period, took up a test date in that city only (as I had to shift to a new city the very next to next day, bad timing huh?).
I was about to be free from my role on the 31st, join the next place the next week.
27th May. 11:00 PM in the night. Just a day before my GMAT 8 AM appointment, I get a call from the top mgmt of my company and they had a very illegitimate demand for me. Let’s just leave it there but let me tell you that I had a battle to fight not only on the test day but on other fronts too. I broke into cold sweats and felt like crying, and you can guess what happened?
28thMay. Exam Day 2: I went in, all prepped. Got a 690 Q49 V34. “WHAAAAT? Your verbal is JUST there even after getting 730 in mocks with V38?” I started thinking whether GMAT is for me, or not? Rich told me to not take this to my ego. But how can’t I? Indian Engineer who sucks at Math? Verbal stuck at 34? I was in rage. But like I said, I had a tough next 3 days.
Materials used:
-OG 13, OG 17
-Official exam packs
-EMPOWERgmat (Rich and Max have a different way to tell you things. Even though my score remained the same, I learned a great deal of Verbal from Max’s lectures. This is when I started solving Verbal on paper for some questions (RC Ladder, mainly). From Rich I leaned something I knew was true: Let some questions go and that I am a fool of I think GMAT is a math test cause its not)
End of the waves, silence before the storm:
I got to the new firm in June 1st week after 4 days if vacation to the mountains. I got busy with life, new job, fatter paycheck, closer to girlfriend and family, lots of travel and a thought that maybe I am not cut for it. But my parents, gf and my elder sibling, who is a genius and an inspiration for my MBA dream, reminded me of my dreams and how I should not run away from it.
STORM:
Suddenly in August 1st week I started losing sleep. GMAT is something which was left unconquered. I used to miss waking up at 5AM and having a purpose in life, at least for the next 2-3 hrs. I took my laptop. Booked the next available date and BAM! I just started studying from my notes. No course. And only solved one gmatclub math test a day along with verbal Official questions from MBA.COM pack.
I took my last 1 mock 2 days before the test and got 720 (Q49 V39)
Just a week before my GMAT, I wanted to chill a little at work. But no. Situations got critical, I had to work the whole weekend (along with 800kms worth of travel by road!!) and then 2 days of 12 hrs a day. Next day, 28th Aug, even the night before my GMAT, I came back home at 1AM after an 18 hr, 500km long day.
Talked with gf on phone, listened to music. Calmed me down. And I slept like a baby for the next 4 hours, not thinking anything. Woke up fresh and this is what happened.
Materials used this time: NOTHING! Just an official mock, 6 gmatclub tests which I re-took after shuffling and my notes. That is it!
7:30: Reached the centre.
8:00: Did the formalities for the next 10 minutes.
Like always, I chose Q-V-IR-AWA. My invigilator helped me fill my schools as my mouse was making issues suddenly. (I thought to myself, duckit! She is gonna see how ambitious I am and what if my score is laughable this time?) lol
Quant:
The first 4 questions were important but easy (with a major trap in the 4th one). The 5th one threw me off again. I marked something and was moving ahead but then I realized the REAL TRAP! I quickly marked the correct one and moved on. 9th was a Trap. 12th was a Danger one but I knew for sure I was nailing it. 18 to 23 were easy. I was at Q20 when 19 minutes were left. I sped up and did it with 1:20min remaining. Yes.
I took the break. Had my snicker bar. Did 20 pushups and 20 jumping jacks. Had water and went in.
Verbal:
The first question threw me off. I took 3.5 minutes to do it. It felt like diffusing a friggin bomb. I carried on and managed timing till I hit my first RC around 9th question. Long 1 para. The. Other RC was waiting just 2 questions away. I kept on going and thinking I am screwing it. I came to a very hard CR near Q21 and I froze. The clock had 26 minutes remaining. I left my pen. I closed my eyes. Took deep breaths for the next 20 seconds and counted. I opened my eyes and for the next 3 questions I blindly ticked the alternate ones (I only did this cause to manage time and the question was a tough CR anyway). Two LONG 4 para passages welcomed me. I took deep breaths and kept moving on. With 3 mins left I had one BOLD CR on the penultimate question. I wanted to be correct on this one to compensate for my fluke before.
I read it fast, answered it as per my instinct and went ahead. The next question was a very easy SC. I though, “You are never coming here again to make a fool of yourself man. You nailed Q but V is not for you”. I finished with 60 seconds to spare.
IR and AWA have always been fine (me getting 7 IR and 6 AWA both time).
I finished the sections and hit the NEXT BUTTON.
What do I see? A 730 with Q50 and V40.
“Whaaaat? You hit the magical break-up? Dude?” Although the 730 hurt (usually people get 740 at this benchmark. But well.)
The invigilator smiled at me as she handed me the score report. (She had seen such ambitious schools I was filling in on my list LOL)
I ran away with a smile. To never look back. Those 10 points should not matter anymore.
So guys.
Quant Suggestions:
1. Nothing beats practice. Read the OG once but practice as many authentic questions as you can
2. GMATCLUB test is a boon, take advantage rather than trying to get the free stuff everytime
3. Learn that a few topics might not be for you and you can leave them at the OG level only because no other questions will be thrown at you.
4. Timing is key
5. Try to depend on methods that YOU invented
Verbal Suggestions:
RC:
1. Be really interested in the content
2. Write down the hints (There are N no. of strategies for this. STOP / Ladder / etc)
3. Try to read in one go. Don’t skim. Don’t read the questions first. I did the same even with 8 minutes remaining and on question 30. Works like a charm.
4. Make it a habit to read stuff in general. You cannot expect to be easy with reading so much information under stress if you don’t do it on a regular basis
Sentence Correction:
1. The only place where grammar matters
2. Polish your basics if you are in the 20s even after 3 months of work. I am serious.
3. Be worried if you cannot do the SC questions in less than 90 minutes. I was worried and had to work very hard to gain confidence.
4. Idioms and parallelism are key. Don’t let people tell you otherwise.
Critical Reasoning:
1. Pre-think. Pre-Assume. Make a table. Call it what you may. The fact of the matter is: THINK YOURSELF FIRST. This single thing makes all the difference.
2. Try to have an eye for the bullshit options, there are 3 of them right in front of you, in every CR question, I can prove it to you. Lol
General Suggestions:
1. Never ever give up.
2. There is no point in retaking the exam if you just think of solving more questions. Think of new strategies, new viewpoints, new tricks, new ways if looking at this exam. Just solving dozens of questions a day will take you no where.
3. This exam is to teach you the value of time management, crisis management, working under pressure, stuff. Now you know why B-Schools need a GMAT score? I looked at gmat not like a math or english test but as a test of those things. And BAM!
4. Mindset and confidence matter a lot. They make a whole lot of difference. I didn’t study that hard this time around but the mindset mattered. Don’t go in there thinking your life depends on it. Think of it as another mock day.
Thanks to the community and the founders and to each and every active and lurker members.
So here I am. I have to now buckle up for applications!!!! Wish me luck.
Posted from my mobile device
01 Sep 2019, 02:39
Kudos
Bookmarks
Dear fighter,
Best of luck for your future endeavors.
Can you share your ESR?
Regards
Posted from my mobile device
Best of luck for your future endeavors.
Can you share your ESR?
Regards
Posted from my mobile device
01 Sep 2019, 02:47
Kudos
Bookmarks
Basim2016
Hey! Sure, will let you know if and when I get hold of these. ?
