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This is long over due.
My Gmat journey started in 2018 when I was finishing up for undergrad college. I made a few bad choices that prolonged my prep and messed up my base for sure. However, I managed to overcome the challenges of finding the right resources and finished with a score of 710( from 610 to 690).
Journey: I joined an offline Test Center – Top 1 percent in Delhi. Needless to say, the classes seemed very rosy. They taught us tips and tricks that will help in tackling the questions on GMAT. They gave every resource out in the world to you. If your base was weak, you were expected to go through the books before the classes on the weekends. It simply didn’t work. The problem is that tips and tricks might work for a few questions, but there can never be consistency in your approach. I would be lying if I say that the material on Quant was not good, but the material on Verbal was pathetic. There was a question bank on SC that had more than 1000 questions. The answers to these questions were conflicting, further adding to the confusion. Thankfully Math had only one answer, but unfortunately Verbal was a huge pain point for me. THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS TO SUCCESS ON THE GMAT EXAM. THERE ARE NO TIPS OR TRICKS. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ON THE EXAM IS THE PROCESS.
I has this realisation when I was looking for resources and found egmat. If there is any test taker out looking for resources, E-Gmat is the best resource for VERBAL. Trust me. I have looked at it all. The best part about E-gmat was consistency in its approach and answers. I took 1 month to complete its SC module. I studied for 6-7 hours a day. I made notes on each module and every question. I remember in one of the modules or online webinars that E-gmat had, we were told that the only way to improve on SC was to make the rules part of your writing style.This advice helped me tremendously. I believe that I was not only prepared for the test, but for life. I know that my writing style has improved a lot. Many of my friends who knew the two versions of my style were surprised at my improvement. Probably all those hours did help me.
I am no expert, but I feel there are certain things in my 8-month long journey that could easily cut one’s preparation time. I will try to outline them, and hopefully it will be helpful for all the prospective test takers.
1. DON’T GO FOR PRIVATE GMAT TEST INDIAN COACHING CENTERS.
When you hear about their achievements of students overcoming challenges to score from 500 to 700, please take it with a pinch of salt. In any given batch, it is possible to find at least 1 student who will scale the 700 mark. Hence, if you are running multiple batches, you will get many such students every 3-4 months.
However, a teacher is not judged on her/his successes but on her/his failures. The failure rate is far more important. I believe it is very high in the case of any GMAT coaching centers in India. Their resources are simply not effective.
2. PROCESS IS KEY.
As I said earlier, there are no shortcuts. Every question has a process that you need to follow. For instance: For any RC passage, I made summaries for every paragraph before writing a summary for an entire passage. Only after I did it, I jumped to the questions. When you read tips about reading the first and the last line of the passage and starting the questions, let me enlighten you, it simply doesn't work. egmat taught me to always follow a process. Please do it if you want to succeed.
3. RESOURCES ARE KEY.
After finishing with my modules on Egmat, there were some concepts that needed tweaking. GMAT CLUB is a treasure trove that made it possible. I owe a special thanks to Veritas Karishma. I asked her so many Critical reasoning doubts to her, and she answered every time. Not even once was I dissatisfied with her responses. Probably if I could afford Veritas, I would have hired her as a personal tutor. She was amazing. Thank you VeritasKarishma
Videos of GMATNinja helped me build on my basics. His articles and videos were very insightful and made you rethink your approaches. His additions to my preparation were extremely valuable.
I feel in one has to ace verbal, a combination of E-gmat for basics and of VertiasKarishma and Gmat Ninja will give you a very good score.
4. GMAT CLUB Math Tests
If you are through with your basics, and want to get a Q50, please get these tests. I was lucky to get a subscription of these tests when I paid for the E-gmat module. I then extended it by 2-3 months by winning some or the other quiz. I attempted close to 25 Quant tests. While I started with Q46, I slowly crept up to Q50. One time, I touched Q51 also. (Extremely proud of this score). The important thing is not just doing these tests, but also analyzing them. I went through all questions, and I solved all of them again. @Bunnuel's approach to questions and solutions are just amazing. I could find his questions copied in the Gmat coaching center resources with very poor reasons for solutions.
Thanks to his help, on the 3 GMAT Official exams my score was Q49, Q50, Q50.
5. Final Mocks
It is not advised to give more than 4-5 mocks for the exam. Well, I attempted close to 20 mocks. I fully utilized the question bank in Scholaranium on the Egmat platform. I attempted all the Veritas’s 10 mocks, with scores ranging from 690 to 710. Why do you think it took me 8 months?
I had to do so much because I didn’t believe myself. After my first Gmat attempt in which I scored a 610 (V28, Q49), I was depressed and extremely disappointed. I had worked very hard, only to fail. The only thing that I didn’t do properly was to have a right strategy. There was no time management. My verbal still sucked.(Thanks Top 1 percent).
In order to not fail again, I made sure I did everything possible. Mocks just boosted my confidence and gave me hope to do better. I don’t recommend taking so many mocks. Take the 6 official mocks and complete the question bank on scholaranium. In my humble opinion, this strategy should be sufficient for Verbal for test practice.
6. Official Questions
Last but definitely not the least, please exhaust all the official questions. I have bundles of notes only on SC that critically examines every official question. For instance: On attempting any SC question, I used to have a checklist to check for all possible error: S-v, Verb, Pronouns, Modifiers, Parallelism, Meaning, Others. I diligently followed this order for every question. The results were truly remarkable. From 120 second average for every question on SC, I could solve any SC question in under 75 seconds max. In my final exam, SC was my strongest suit.
There are a lot of things that I couldn’t write in my experience. However, If anyone needs my humble opinion or advice, I am here for the community. It feels good to be of anybody’s help.
THANK YOU AGAIN Gmatclub! THIS JOURNEY COULD NEVER BE COMPLETE WITHOUT YOU.
My Gmat journey started in 2018 when I was finishing up for undergrad college. I made a few bad choices that prolonged my prep and messed up my base for sure. However, I managed to overcome the challenges of finding the right resources and finished with a score of 710( from 610 to 690).
Journey: I joined an offline Test Center – Top 1 percent in Delhi. Needless to say, the classes seemed very rosy. They taught us tips and tricks that will help in tackling the questions on GMAT. They gave every resource out in the world to you. If your base was weak, you were expected to go through the books before the classes on the weekends. It simply didn’t work. The problem is that tips and tricks might work for a few questions, but there can never be consistency in your approach. I would be lying if I say that the material on Quant was not good, but the material on Verbal was pathetic. There was a question bank on SC that had more than 1000 questions. The answers to these questions were conflicting, further adding to the confusion. Thankfully Math had only one answer, but unfortunately Verbal was a huge pain point for me. THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS TO SUCCESS ON THE GMAT EXAM. THERE ARE NO TIPS OR TRICKS. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ON THE EXAM IS THE PROCESS.
I has this realisation when I was looking for resources and found egmat. If there is any test taker out looking for resources, E-Gmat is the best resource for VERBAL. Trust me. I have looked at it all. The best part about E-gmat was consistency in its approach and answers. I took 1 month to complete its SC module. I studied for 6-7 hours a day. I made notes on each module and every question. I remember in one of the modules or online webinars that E-gmat had, we were told that the only way to improve on SC was to make the rules part of your writing style.This advice helped me tremendously. I believe that I was not only prepared for the test, but for life. I know that my writing style has improved a lot. Many of my friends who knew the two versions of my style were surprised at my improvement. Probably all those hours did help me.
I am no expert, but I feel there are certain things in my 8-month long journey that could easily cut one’s preparation time. I will try to outline them, and hopefully it will be helpful for all the prospective test takers.
1. DON’T GO FOR PRIVATE GMAT TEST INDIAN COACHING CENTERS.
When you hear about their achievements of students overcoming challenges to score from 500 to 700, please take it with a pinch of salt. In any given batch, it is possible to find at least 1 student who will scale the 700 mark. Hence, if you are running multiple batches, you will get many such students every 3-4 months.
However, a teacher is not judged on her/his successes but on her/his failures. The failure rate is far more important. I believe it is very high in the case of any GMAT coaching centers in India. Their resources are simply not effective.
2. PROCESS IS KEY.
As I said earlier, there are no shortcuts. Every question has a process that you need to follow. For instance: For any RC passage, I made summaries for every paragraph before writing a summary for an entire passage. Only after I did it, I jumped to the questions. When you read tips about reading the first and the last line of the passage and starting the questions, let me enlighten you, it simply doesn't work. egmat taught me to always follow a process. Please do it if you want to succeed.
3. RESOURCES ARE KEY.
After finishing with my modules on Egmat, there were some concepts that needed tweaking. GMAT CLUB is a treasure trove that made it possible. I owe a special thanks to Veritas Karishma. I asked her so many Critical reasoning doubts to her, and she answered every time. Not even once was I dissatisfied with her responses. Probably if I could afford Veritas, I would have hired her as a personal tutor. She was amazing. Thank you VeritasKarishma
Videos of GMATNinja helped me build on my basics. His articles and videos were very insightful and made you rethink your approaches. His additions to my preparation were extremely valuable.
I feel in one has to ace verbal, a combination of E-gmat for basics and of VertiasKarishma and Gmat Ninja will give you a very good score.
4. GMAT CLUB Math Tests
If you are through with your basics, and want to get a Q50, please get these tests. I was lucky to get a subscription of these tests when I paid for the E-gmat module. I then extended it by 2-3 months by winning some or the other quiz. I attempted close to 25 Quant tests. While I started with Q46, I slowly crept up to Q50. One time, I touched Q51 also. (Extremely proud of this score). The important thing is not just doing these tests, but also analyzing them. I went through all questions, and I solved all of them again. @Bunnuel's approach to questions and solutions are just amazing. I could find his questions copied in the Gmat coaching center resources with very poor reasons for solutions.
Thanks to his help, on the 3 GMAT Official exams my score was Q49, Q50, Q50.
5. Final Mocks
It is not advised to give more than 4-5 mocks for the exam. Well, I attempted close to 20 mocks. I fully utilized the question bank in Scholaranium on the Egmat platform. I attempted all the Veritas’s 10 mocks, with scores ranging from 690 to 710. Why do you think it took me 8 months?
I had to do so much because I didn’t believe myself. After my first Gmat attempt in which I scored a 610 (V28, Q49), I was depressed and extremely disappointed. I had worked very hard, only to fail. The only thing that I didn’t do properly was to have a right strategy. There was no time management. My verbal still sucked.(Thanks Top 1 percent).
In order to not fail again, I made sure I did everything possible. Mocks just boosted my confidence and gave me hope to do better. I don’t recommend taking so many mocks. Take the 6 official mocks and complete the question bank on scholaranium. In my humble opinion, this strategy should be sufficient for Verbal for test practice.
6. Official Questions
Last but definitely not the least, please exhaust all the official questions. I have bundles of notes only on SC that critically examines every official question. For instance: On attempting any SC question, I used to have a checklist to check for all possible error: S-v, Verb, Pronouns, Modifiers, Parallelism, Meaning, Others. I diligently followed this order for every question. The results were truly remarkable. From 120 second average for every question on SC, I could solve any SC question in under 75 seconds max. In my final exam, SC was my strongest suit.
There are a lot of things that I couldn’t write in my experience. However, If anyone needs my humble opinion or advice, I am here for the community. It feels good to be of anybody’s help.
THANK YOU AGAIN Gmatclub! THIS JOURNEY COULD NEVER BE COMPLETE WITHOUT YOU.
09 May 2020, 10:57
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Despite the initial setback, you did not take a U turn and made sure that you reached the destination. That makes you my Hero for the day. Hearty Congratulations mate !!!
13 May 2020, 00:04
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Hi
THank you for the kind comments.
I used the following checklist:
Meaning
Subject-Verb Errors
Verb Errors
Pronouns
Modifiers
Parallelism
Comparisons
Idioms
Miscellaneous
I used to write it down initially. After a time I sort of memorized it. I used to check in this order.
if you need more help, let me know!
Thanks
THank you for the kind comments.
I used the following checklist:
Meaning
Subject-Verb Errors
Verb Errors
Pronouns
Modifiers
Parallelism
Comparisons
Idioms
Miscellaneous
I used to write it down initially. After a time I sort of memorized it. I used to check in this order.
if you need more help, let me know!
Thanks
Gmatcake
