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03 Apr 2023, 07:39
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I neither come from a strong quant background like most of my engineering friends in India nor am I a native speaker. Yet, I persevered and got a 710, which to many people might not be an incredible score, but as a woman architect applying for MiM (not MBA) it's about exactly the kind of score I needed.
My journey has been stressful and rigorous, to say the least. As someone from a very atypical background, most people questioned the idea of pursuing a MiM itself. I started my prep in the end of January, took a random free mock test from the LBS website and scored a low range of 370-440. I didn't lose hope because I knew I had a lot of anxiety with testing and my quant was extremely rusty (I'd scored Q12-20 and V31-33). I decided to pursue prep and give the exam in 2 months while also going to work full-time. I needed to meet the deadlines of schools in April-may so I registered for the exam at the end of march accordingly. The next thing I did was sign up for the Magoosh course and start covering quant concepts, while also practising verbal every day. I averaged about 2.5 hours of prep on weekdays and 6-7 on weekends with a magoosh mock test every Sunday. I scored a 570 in my first magoosh mock test, with only 4 days of prep, which gave me hope.
I soon realised (after falling ill twice) that I wasn't able to manage the close deadline of the test with work and site visits. Since I was going to change my profession anyway, I resigned from work to focus solely on gmat for the last month and a half of prep. I was privileged to have supportive parents and a place to stay in rent free to prepare. I spent the next month rigorously practising primarily quant everyday, maintaining a physical error log, analysing my performance and covering weak concepts. I used magoosh exhaustively, then moved on to OG and balanced it with GMATClub as well. When I had 4 weeks to my test, I gave two mocks within 3 days of each other and scored 630 and 610. I was devastated that my extensive prep had only gotten me so far. However, my friend advised me to not lose hope as these were NOT official mocks. Regardless, I set up a meeting with eGMAT and was told that magoosh had not helped me at all and I should consider purchasing their month long product. I was almost convinced, but then I took the official mock and to my utter shock I scored a 690! My target score at the time was 680-690 so I was very relieved.
One of the biggest challenges I faced in my last month of prep and taking the mocks was test anxiety. I had trouble breathing, I used to sweat and my brain used to fog up. I watched a lot of videos online to see how to tackle it and started meditation. I won't say it made much of a difference as in my next mock my score dropped further to a 670. Then I came across a video about how to properly utilise the official mocks and one of the points was to use the mocks to gauge which section order suited you best. This is my biggest advice to my fellow anxious test takers: switch up the orders and see what works best for you! Switching the order of the mocks from QV to VQ made my score rise from 670 to 720 to 730 to 740. I was super confident about my progress and knew that I'd found a way to not DEFEAT my anxiety, but MANAGE it. My quant score was greatly affected by this score change, going from a Q46 to a Q49-50.
This is where everything sort of went downhill for me. I had planned to take my final official mock 2 days before my test date (27th march) and on 26th of March, I tested positive for COVID. I was devastated. I had put my everything into this exam: dedicated studying, barely going out for 3 weeks straight and yet somehow, in my house of 4 members, I was the only one who tested positive. I had no idea what the next steps were and I was worried I would have to book the test again, incurring a great fee. Thankfully I reached out to Pearson and was informed that due to medical emergencies, they would allow me a waiver to reschedule my exam (with a doctor's prescription and a positive covid result). Within 5 business days, I had rescheduled my exam to a week later on the 3rd of April. I wanted to reschedule it to a later date, but that would've made me miss some school deadlines. Even though I had tested negative, I hadn't fully recovered from the weakness that comes with covid. Regardless, I gave my final mock a day before my rescheduled test, scored a 710 (Q48, V40) and gave the test today.
While giving the test my focus and abilities were somewhat limited compared to the same a week ago and I did struggle with verbal due to a lowered attention span, but I feel given the circumstances, despite being bogged down by the big old obstacle that's COVID, I achieved my goals.
Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to Magoosh, especially mikemcgarry and GMATCLUB GMATNinja nightblade354 Bunuel and many many others for their videos I watched, explanations I read and interviews that inspired me to keep going, learn and improve myself. And of course to my parents and friends, who kept me motivated, believed in me and supported me through my countless whining sessions
This post is for architects, designers and artists like me (because I struggled to find many during my prep) and for those of you guys who encountered an unexpected obstacle during your prep. I'm the most pessimistic person EVER and if I could do it, you can too!
My journey has been stressful and rigorous, to say the least. As someone from a very atypical background, most people questioned the idea of pursuing a MiM itself. I started my prep in the end of January, took a random free mock test from the LBS website and scored a low range of 370-440. I didn't lose hope because I knew I had a lot of anxiety with testing and my quant was extremely rusty (I'd scored Q12-20 and V31-33). I decided to pursue prep and give the exam in 2 months while also going to work full-time. I needed to meet the deadlines of schools in April-may so I registered for the exam at the end of march accordingly. The next thing I did was sign up for the Magoosh course and start covering quant concepts, while also practising verbal every day. I averaged about 2.5 hours of prep on weekdays and 6-7 on weekends with a magoosh mock test every Sunday. I scored a 570 in my first magoosh mock test, with only 4 days of prep, which gave me hope.
I soon realised (after falling ill twice) that I wasn't able to manage the close deadline of the test with work and site visits. Since I was going to change my profession anyway, I resigned from work to focus solely on gmat for the last month and a half of prep. I was privileged to have supportive parents and a place to stay in rent free to prepare. I spent the next month rigorously practising primarily quant everyday, maintaining a physical error log, analysing my performance and covering weak concepts. I used magoosh exhaustively, then moved on to OG and balanced it with GMATClub as well. When I had 4 weeks to my test, I gave two mocks within 3 days of each other and scored 630 and 610. I was devastated that my extensive prep had only gotten me so far. However, my friend advised me to not lose hope as these were NOT official mocks. Regardless, I set up a meeting with eGMAT and was told that magoosh had not helped me at all and I should consider purchasing their month long product. I was almost convinced, but then I took the official mock and to my utter shock I scored a 690! My target score at the time was 680-690 so I was very relieved.
One of the biggest challenges I faced in my last month of prep and taking the mocks was test anxiety. I had trouble breathing, I used to sweat and my brain used to fog up. I watched a lot of videos online to see how to tackle it and started meditation. I won't say it made much of a difference as in my next mock my score dropped further to a 670. Then I came across a video about how to properly utilise the official mocks and one of the points was to use the mocks to gauge which section order suited you best. This is my biggest advice to my fellow anxious test takers: switch up the orders and see what works best for you! Switching the order of the mocks from QV to VQ made my score rise from 670 to 720 to 730 to 740. I was super confident about my progress and knew that I'd found a way to not DEFEAT my anxiety, but MANAGE it. My quant score was greatly affected by this score change, going from a Q46 to a Q49-50.
This is where everything sort of went downhill for me. I had planned to take my final official mock 2 days before my test date (27th march) and on 26th of March, I tested positive for COVID. I was devastated. I had put my everything into this exam: dedicated studying, barely going out for 3 weeks straight and yet somehow, in my house of 4 members, I was the only one who tested positive. I had no idea what the next steps were and I was worried I would have to book the test again, incurring a great fee. Thankfully I reached out to Pearson and was informed that due to medical emergencies, they would allow me a waiver to reschedule my exam (with a doctor's prescription and a positive covid result). Within 5 business days, I had rescheduled my exam to a week later on the 3rd of April. I wanted to reschedule it to a later date, but that would've made me miss some school deadlines. Even though I had tested negative, I hadn't fully recovered from the weakness that comes with covid. Regardless, I gave my final mock a day before my rescheduled test, scored a 710 (Q48, V40) and gave the test today.
While giving the test my focus and abilities were somewhat limited compared to the same a week ago and I did struggle with verbal due to a lowered attention span, but I feel given the circumstances, despite being bogged down by the big old obstacle that's COVID, I achieved my goals.
Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to Magoosh, especially mikemcgarry and GMATCLUB GMATNinja nightblade354 Bunuel and many many others for their videos I watched, explanations I read and interviews that inspired me to keep going, learn and improve myself. And of course to my parents and friends, who kept me motivated, believed in me and supported me through my countless whining sessions
This post is for architects, designers and artists like me (because I struggled to find many during my prep) and for those of you guys who encountered an unexpected obstacle during your prep. I'm the most pessimistic person EVER and if I could do it, you can too!
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03 Apr 2023, 10:23
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thanks for the review, congratz on the score!
03 Apr 2023, 13:00
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Gratz on the 710. Hope you recover soon.
