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Hi all,
Some of you may remember that 2 weeks ago I sat for the gmat online and it was an horrible experience due to the proctor's misbehaviour.
Today I have sat for the gmat at the test centre in Milan and everything went smoothly. Got a 720 and i am pretty satisfied because I know that, despite having studied more than 300 hours over 40 days (a lot, i know), today I couldn't achieve an higher score. The strategy I adopted was wrong from the very beginning and therefore I wasted too much time on Preps.
In fact, the reason why i am here to write this thread is to warn all the prospective GMAT test takers to avoid wasting money on preps, as I did with Magoosh and TTP, and instead work out only on gmat club, which is free and is much more insightful.
Also, I've hated every second of my prep because of the unnecessary FOMO around this exam. Reading blogs and forums it seems that if you don't take at least 700 you are the most stupid person ever, and this logic has been created by all the Prep companies with their rhetoric of "cracking" or "acing" the gmat, while at the end this exam is only an exam and not a reason of existence.
This is my take on the future of the GMAT:
1. In a couple of years it will cost like the CFA level 1;
2. Indian prep companies will come up with a course on how to train your mindset for the gmat;
3. The Quant percentiles will become much more inflated, and therefore GMAC will start to make the section harder
4. At the test centres they will start to search also in the underwear of test takers during the check-in
I wish all of you best of luck on your future endeavours,
The Gmat Tycoon
Some of you may remember that 2 weeks ago I sat for the gmat online and it was an horrible experience due to the proctor's misbehaviour.
Today I have sat for the gmat at the test centre in Milan and everything went smoothly. Got a 720 and i am pretty satisfied because I know that, despite having studied more than 300 hours over 40 days (a lot, i know), today I couldn't achieve an higher score. The strategy I adopted was wrong from the very beginning and therefore I wasted too much time on Preps.
In fact, the reason why i am here to write this thread is to warn all the prospective GMAT test takers to avoid wasting money on preps, as I did with Magoosh and TTP, and instead work out only on gmat club, which is free and is much more insightful.
Also, I've hated every second of my prep because of the unnecessary FOMO around this exam. Reading blogs and forums it seems that if you don't take at least 700 you are the most stupid person ever, and this logic has been created by all the Prep companies with their rhetoric of "cracking" or "acing" the gmat, while at the end this exam is only an exam and not a reason of existence.
This is my take on the future of the GMAT:
1. In a couple of years it will cost like the CFA level 1;
2. Indian prep companies will come up with a course on how to train your mindset for the gmat;
3. The Quant percentiles will become much more inflated, and therefore GMAC will start to make the section harder
4. At the test centres they will start to search also in the underwear of test takers during the check-in
I wish all of you best of luck on your future endeavours,
The Gmat Tycoon
10 Feb 2023, 18:24
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Hey,
thanks for your insight but i believe test prep companies definitely do help...maybe in some or the other way.
Regardless there are some real valid points that you have made but all the best in your future endeavours.
10 Feb 2023, 18:34
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Congratulations on ending your GMAT journey and moving on to the next phase. There is more work to be done!
Glad to hear your test went smoothly and you did not a crazy proctor from hell or disruptions. That's great!
I love your predictions - I think these are fun (i will update your debrief title a bit to give them credit).
1. I am not sure I know of CFA1 costs so I had to look it up: $350. Yes. We are going to get up there. GMAC has raised the fees over the past few years from 250 up to $275 and $300 in some areas, esp with taxes
2. Interesting - I welcome that - I think that would be helpful for any test or exam. I am looking forward to what AI can do in this space...
3. The quant assault has been happening for years now - 20 years now and it is quite inflated at this point but it is not hurting anything to be inflated. There is no reason or push or desire on GMAC's side to change their scores.... they are actually motivated and sort of stuck in keeping the test consistent. That's one of the value propositions that GMAT has offered is that no matter when you took the test in the past 5 years, the scores are consistent. However, we have seen GRE change their test and scoring and structure recently (GMAC has done a bit of that with removing one of the essays and replacing it with IR section - so much for that change)
4. LOL. I am not looking forward to that one
I can perhap see metal detector screening or scanning but that is also driven more so by the overall industry of test-taking since the test centers provide environment for more than the GMAT. Lots of tests are taken so they would be screening other GRE, TOEFL, and MCAT applicants as well. Nothing new for the pre-med MCAT test takers to see folks in underwear but it may upset one of those stuck up LSAT wanna-be types 🤷♂️ 
Glad to hear your test went smoothly and you did not a crazy proctor from hell or disruptions. That's great!
I love your predictions - I think these are fun (i will update your debrief title a bit to give them credit).
1. I am not sure I know of CFA1 costs so I had to look it up: $350. Yes. We are going to get up there. GMAC has raised the fees over the past few years from 250 up to $275 and $300 in some areas, esp with taxes
2. Interesting - I welcome that - I think that would be helpful for any test or exam. I am looking forward to what AI can do in this space...
3. The quant assault has been happening for years now - 20 years now and it is quite inflated at this point but it is not hurting anything to be inflated. There is no reason or push or desire on GMAC's side to change their scores.... they are actually motivated and sort of stuck in keeping the test consistent. That's one of the value propositions that GMAT has offered is that no matter when you took the test in the past 5 years, the scores are consistent. However, we have seen GRE change their test and scoring and structure recently (GMAC has done a bit of that with removing one of the essays and replacing it with IR section - so much for that change)
4. LOL. I am not looking forward to that one
I can perhap see metal detector screening or scanning but that is also driven more so by the overall industry of test-taking since the test centers provide environment for more than the GMAT. Lots of tests are taken so they would be screening other GRE, TOEFL, and MCAT applicants as well. Nothing new for the pre-med MCAT test takers to see folks in underwear but it may upset one of those stuck up LSAT wanna-be types 🤷♂️ gmatycoon
