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alchya
Joined: 18 May 2020
Last visit: 03 Dec 2021
Posts: 19
Given Kudos: 36
Location: France
Schools: UniBocconi MiM "23 (A) ESSEC MiM "23 (A) ESCP MiM "23 (A) IE MiM (Sep 21 Start) (A) ESADE MSc Int'l Mgmt "22 (A) LSE MFin "22 (A)
GMAT 1: 700 Q47 V39
GPA: 4
Schools: UniBocconi MiM "23 (A) ESSEC MiM "23 (A) ESCP MiM "23 (A) IE MiM (Sep 21 Start) (A) ESADE MSc Int'l Mgmt "22 (A) LSE MFin "22 (A)
GMAT 1: 700 Q47 V39
Posts: 19
18 Jan 2021, 06:19
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Hi Everyone!! 
I just got my GMAT Online score and I scored 700! (Q47 V39)!
I want to share you a brief of my experience so that you do not discourage yourself!!
I am a 20yo Double Degree Bachelor Student in France and Germany. I have first looked at GMAT in June for Sept 2021 intakes.. quite late...
I took my first CAT just after 2 days of reading some basics in maths and grammar. I scored 310. And this score ultimately reflected my level at this time. English Grammar and Maths have always been the worst things in my life (as a french native, English is not usual). I looked at some topics and forums, and every one said to others "you know buddy from 300 to 700 will take 2 years, almost nobody achieves this blablabla". Perfect for motivation! (lol) But I had schools such as Bocconi, ESSEC, ESCP as target schools (MIM programs) and I needed this GMAT.
While doing my internship abroad this summer, I began to study the Verbal part during July for about 4hours every evening with E-Gmat. Then in August, I started the Quant Part with Target Tes Prep. I recommend Target Test Prep!! Not completely satisfied with E-Gmat but I didn't use another English resource so I cannot judge.
First issue: I am tired of studying this GMAT after working every day at 200%. You may imagine what mistake I made! I went through another lesson, even if I only scored about 60-70% during the previous part questions. I was not ready to jump from modifiers to parallelism, but I thought it would not affect my score.
Well, in September I began to take another CATs after being already so tired of GMAT and losing all my confidence because I wasn't able to understand adequately and have excellent scores (I am this type of guy who always succeeded in his area, best undergrad students, prizes, etc., who is a perfectionist and has difficulties in accepting failure...). So I made another mistake: not being in a real GMAT situation while doing CATs, making pauses to rest my brain, taking the calculator because "I would have answered it w/out troubles, but I don't have time to lose right now". Yes, this is the biggest mistake possible because I had pretty good scores and I was happy with it but they weren't real while I thought they were.
So I took GMAT in September, without any confidence because I knew my CATs scores were false because I knew I hadn't studied well and because everyone was saying that's impossible to do and if you want those schools you need 700.
So yeah, first official try I had 480. Full of stress, almost doing a stress crisis, unable to answer, I didn't even remember the asked questions! Urgh!
I questioned myself thoroughly. I hated this GMAT so much. I lost confidence. I was sad. I hadn't seen my friends and family since a while because of all this work and stress.
I almost gave up. I persuaded my mind that I would never succeed this GMAT. And I had just set up a new start-up abroad adding even more work.
But I always had a lot of willpower, and I never gave up, and I'm so thankful to be like this because it saved me during this period!
So I changed my pattern. First of all, less stress and more leisure. I began to see my friends and my family. Secondly, I did stress control exercises by consulting professionals in this area, reviewed the lesson where I had difficulties, took the CATs as I should have.
I accepted failure, difficulties, and began to see this as another challenge to overcome, as a challenge that I will beat no matter how and when. I conditioned my mind as I already had 650.
While doing all this, I began my third-year bachelor in Germany for the double degree: new apartment, new culture, new city, new friends but still covid huh. So it has been tough to make the right balance between courses and life in a new place and staying focus on GMAT.
I retook it online in Germany in November and had 610. Bad score but happy me! I saw some hope in this score. I noticed that I was close to my objective, which was at least 650. And then I continue to study, see my errors, learn, learn, train, never give up and find the right balance between free time, courses and GMAT.
In December I retook it online and eventually scored 700!!!
700 is maybe not enough for some people but arriving from a 310 to a 700 in 6 months while working all day long, while being overstressed and almost depressed, is something extraordinary for me!
And you know, I got accepted to some of those schools with the 610 score and not with the 700 one!!
So there are 2 things to understand here:
- No matter what is your level, you will one day achieve your GMAT goal if you have the willpower for it! IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE!
- No matter if you have a 630 GMAT and don't have any more energy to work more on it, you could be accepted to your target school! Do not listen to people who always say nah, only 1% chance to be accepted with this GMAT score! Listen, okay, I have a so-called "outstanding" profile for some thanks to my start-ups, undergrad, tough life background blabla, but I got into Top 10 MIM with 610 GMAT!!! Even my 700 was eventually not necessary! And a lot of people have better profiles than mine. If I listened to others, I would have never applied with a 610 because every applicant has 730 and because every applicant has done volunteering where they saved hundreds of lives!
Believe in yourself! Have confidence! Every day, imagine that you already scored 700! Take time for yourself! Never give up! And your targets will come to you!
Well, I made this topic from scratch. I didn't do this to talk about GMAT and my technics of study but more about giving you this necessary hope to succeed!
I wish you success, great scores and wonderful admissions!!!
I just got my GMAT Online score and I scored 700! (Q47 V39)!
I want to share you a brief of my experience so that you do not discourage yourself!!
I am a 20yo Double Degree Bachelor Student in France and Germany. I have first looked at GMAT in June for Sept 2021 intakes.. quite late...
I took my first CAT just after 2 days of reading some basics in maths and grammar. I scored 310. And this score ultimately reflected my level at this time. English Grammar and Maths have always been the worst things in my life (as a french native, English is not usual). I looked at some topics and forums, and every one said to others "you know buddy from 300 to 700 will take 2 years, almost nobody achieves this blablabla". Perfect for motivation! (lol) But I had schools such as Bocconi, ESSEC, ESCP as target schools (MIM programs) and I needed this GMAT.
While doing my internship abroad this summer, I began to study the Verbal part during July for about 4hours every evening with E-Gmat. Then in August, I started the Quant Part with Target Tes Prep. I recommend Target Test Prep!! Not completely satisfied with E-Gmat but I didn't use another English resource so I cannot judge.
First issue: I am tired of studying this GMAT after working every day at 200%. You may imagine what mistake I made! I went through another lesson, even if I only scored about 60-70% during the previous part questions. I was not ready to jump from modifiers to parallelism, but I thought it would not affect my score.
Well, in September I began to take another CATs after being already so tired of GMAT and losing all my confidence because I wasn't able to understand adequately and have excellent scores (I am this type of guy who always succeeded in his area, best undergrad students, prizes, etc., who is a perfectionist and has difficulties in accepting failure...). So I made another mistake: not being in a real GMAT situation while doing CATs, making pauses to rest my brain, taking the calculator because "I would have answered it w/out troubles, but I don't have time to lose right now". Yes, this is the biggest mistake possible because I had pretty good scores and I was happy with it but they weren't real while I thought they were.
So I took GMAT in September, without any confidence because I knew my CATs scores were false because I knew I hadn't studied well and because everyone was saying that's impossible to do and if you want those schools you need 700.
So yeah, first official try I had 480. Full of stress, almost doing a stress crisis, unable to answer, I didn't even remember the asked questions! Urgh!
I questioned myself thoroughly. I hated this GMAT so much. I lost confidence. I was sad. I hadn't seen my friends and family since a while because of all this work and stress.
I almost gave up. I persuaded my mind that I would never succeed this GMAT. And I had just set up a new start-up abroad adding even more work.
But I always had a lot of willpower, and I never gave up, and I'm so thankful to be like this because it saved me during this period!
So I changed my pattern. First of all, less stress and more leisure. I began to see my friends and my family. Secondly, I did stress control exercises by consulting professionals in this area, reviewed the lesson where I had difficulties, took the CATs as I should have.
I accepted failure, difficulties, and began to see this as another challenge to overcome, as a challenge that I will beat no matter how and when. I conditioned my mind as I already had 650.
While doing all this, I began my third-year bachelor in Germany for the double degree: new apartment, new culture, new city, new friends but still covid huh. So it has been tough to make the right balance between courses and life in a new place and staying focus on GMAT.
I retook it online in Germany in November and had 610. Bad score but happy me!
I saw some hope in this score. I noticed that I was close to my objective, which was at least 650. And then I continue to study, see my errors, learn, learn, train, never give up and find the right balance between free time, courses and GMAT.In December I retook it online and eventually scored 700!!!
700 is maybe not enough for some people but arriving from a 310 to a 700 in 6 months while working all day long, while being overstressed and almost depressed, is something extraordinary for me!
And you know, I got accepted to some of those schools with the 610 score and not with the 700 one!!
So there are 2 things to understand here:
- No matter what is your level, you will one day achieve your GMAT goal if you have the willpower for it! IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE!
- No matter if you have a 630 GMAT and don't have any more energy to work more on it, you could be accepted to your target school! Do not listen to people who always say nah, only 1% chance to be accepted with this GMAT score! Listen, okay, I have a so-called "outstanding" profile for some thanks to my start-ups, undergrad, tough life background blabla, but I got into Top 10 MIM with 610 GMAT!!! Even my 700 was eventually not necessary! And a lot of people have better profiles than mine. If I listened to others, I would have never applied with a 610 because every applicant has 730 and because every applicant has done volunteering where they saved hundreds of lives!
Believe in yourself! Have confidence! Every day, imagine that you already scored 700! Take time for yourself! Never give up! And your targets will come to you!
Well, I made this topic from scratch. I didn't do this to talk about GMAT and my technics of study but more about giving you this necessary hope to succeed!
I wish you success, great scores and wonderful admissions!!!
18 Jan 2021, 08:38
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Felicitations, alchya. That is one of the most remarkable six-month turnarounds I have seen. You did provide some insight into what helped you in your journey: Target Test Prep for Quant, e-GMAT for Verbal, dedication to the task at hand, and, not to be overlooked, relaxation. I know it is hard for a perfectionist to accept setbacks, but your persistence paid off.
Thank you for sharing your story. I wish you the best of fortune in your MiM program.
- Andrew
Thank you for sharing your story. I wish you the best of fortune in your MiM program.
- Andrew
alchya
Joined: 18 May 2020
Last visit: 03 Dec 2021
Posts: 19
Own Kudos:
Given Kudos: 36
Location: France
Schools: UniBocconi MiM "23 (A) ESSEC MiM "23 (A) ESCP MiM "23 (A) IE MiM (Sep 21 Start) (A) ESADE MSc Int'l Mgmt "22 (A) LSE MFin "22 (A)
GMAT 1: 700 Q47 V39
GPA: 4
Schools: UniBocconi MiM "23 (A) ESSEC MiM "23 (A) ESCP MiM "23 (A) IE MiM (Sep 21 Start) (A) ESADE MSc Int'l Mgmt "22 (A) LSE MFin "22 (A)
GMAT 1: 700 Q47 V39
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18 Jan 2021, 09:38
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AndrewN
Thank you Andrew for this kind message!
I wish you the best in your life!! 
