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09 Jan 2024, 13:29
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Hi everyone,
I attempted my 4th and last GMAT classic exam in October 2023 and score a 720(Q50,V39). I know I am late to the party, but better late than never.
I started my Journey back around Feb 2022. When I took my first attempt and got a 630(Q48,V28). Although, I was shocked by this score since I had been scoring 700 in the mocks. But the issue was they were unofficial mocks of a test prep company and were not at all representative of the real GMAT.
I started my prep again, and practiced questions from GMAT club. I came across wonderful explanations by KarishmaB and GMATNinja. But I think my foundations were still weak and hence I ended up scoring a 640 with the same breakup of (Q48,V28). Why did I think I can get a 700? because I did score 700+ in the Gmat Prep mocks. What I did not realize is, since they used to get hanged a lot at the time I was attempting the mocks, I practically attempted the mocks under unrealistic conditions.
I was so disappointed that I almost felt like giving up, but soon I decided to give it a last shot and started with this post. I met EducationAisle , and enrolled in his verbal course. That was the time when I got to know that I was missing so many concepts that I should have known. The study materials and classes provided by Ashish sir were full of learnings. Within a few months, I attempted the GMAT again. I think this time I was pretty calm, and did not suffer through as much anxiety as I did during the first 2 attempts. Yet, I ended up scoring a 670(Q49,V33). To this day, I don't know what exactly went wrong. How did get those RC questions wrong. Regardless, I was dejected by this score since I thought that I should have scored at least a 730 the way I attempted. But, this was another learning, never try to gauge your performance during the test. Even if you do, there are high chances your interpretation is wrong.
Even though I thought that 3rd attempt would be my last attempt, it was not my fate. I again posted on gmat club for some advice in this post. Due to the work pressure I decided to pause my prep and restart it after several months. So I paused in Jan 2023 and restarted in July 2023. Unable to figure out whether it was just a bad day or I was actually lacking something the last time, I started my prep from scratch. I again used resources and lectures by Ashish sir EducationAisle . Further, I took mentoring from ChiranjeevSingh by connecting with him for 30 minutes at the end of every week. I used to talk to him very openly about my problems, and he used to question me back , making me realize the answer to my problems is with me, I am just not digging enough. His calls also ensured I am not digressing towards a prep where I am not learning from my mistakes. I remember a week before my 4th attempt, I reattempted one of the Gmat Prep mocks and scored a 710. I said to myself if I am scoring 710 in reattempt(repeated qs) what am I gonna score in the actual GMAT. However, I realized that I had scored 750 in mocks as well, so I should not let this one mock influence my behaviour and motivation for test day.
Then comes the test day. Again, I did not feel very anxious, I had the same feeling as I had last time, but just more confidence. As always I started with verbal, then quant, followed by IR and AWA. I felt very comfortable with the first few questions in verbal, but as I progressed I started investing more and more time and realized I was 4 minutes behind than what I planned. I thought maybe I'll recover but I was not able to and remained 4 minutes behind my plan till the last few questions. I remember attempting the some of the last CR questions in 50 seconds and last RC in about 3 minutes. I had faced similar situations in mocks as well so I had trained myself to stay calm in such situations. But I still felt that I had bombed the verbal section. I was so sad that when I came out of the testing room for break, I had lost all confidence, but my learning my previous attempts came in handy, "never gauge your performance". I thought, what's done is done, let's try to cover up in quant section and try to get a Q51. I took only a 3 minute break while I was lost in these thoughts. My quant section went pretty good, but you never know when you might end up getting a Q51, Q50 or Q49. I took another break and started with IR and AWA, my IR did not go well but I was very confident in AWA. After submitting my essay, I was ready to be disappointed again, thinking about my verbal section. But as soon as I submitted , I SAW A 720!!!!! Q50, V39. I couldn't believe and I was literally shaking because that was so unexpected. I never expected a V39 for this attempt!! I literally held my head and sighed in relief. The proctor thought that I was not happy and almost gonna cry so he asked my "Are you accepting the score?"
. and I said "yes, of course".
This was so unbelievable that while I was going to collect my unofficial report, I thought maybe I saw a 270 and not a 720. But wait, that's not possible haha.
I am very thankful to ChiranjeevSingh and EducationAisle for helping me conclude this 1.5 year long journey. Special thanks to bb, Bunuel, AjiteshArun, KarishmaB, GMATNinja, MartyTargetTestPrep, ScottTargetTestPrep, GmatKnightTutor, EMPOWERgmatRichC and many more for their invaluable contributions for this community.
Wishing all the best to everyone appearing for GMAT in future. I know my score is below what many would be aiming for over here, but I'll be happy to help in whatever way I can.
Over to applications now.
I attempted my 4th and last GMAT classic exam in October 2023 and score a 720(Q50,V39). I know I am late to the party, but better late than never.
I started my Journey back around Feb 2022. When I took my first attempt and got a 630(Q48,V28). Although, I was shocked by this score since I had been scoring 700 in the mocks. But the issue was they were unofficial mocks of a test prep company and were not at all representative of the real GMAT.
I started my prep again, and practiced questions from GMAT club. I came across wonderful explanations by KarishmaB and GMATNinja. But I think my foundations were still weak and hence I ended up scoring a 640 with the same breakup of (Q48,V28). Why did I think I can get a 700? because I did score 700+ in the Gmat Prep mocks. What I did not realize is, since they used to get hanged a lot at the time I was attempting the mocks, I practically attempted the mocks under unrealistic conditions.
I was so disappointed that I almost felt like giving up, but soon I decided to give it a last shot and started with this post. I met EducationAisle , and enrolled in his verbal course. That was the time when I got to know that I was missing so many concepts that I should have known. The study materials and classes provided by Ashish sir were full of learnings. Within a few months, I attempted the GMAT again. I think this time I was pretty calm, and did not suffer through as much anxiety as I did during the first 2 attempts. Yet, I ended up scoring a 670(Q49,V33). To this day, I don't know what exactly went wrong. How did get those RC questions wrong. Regardless, I was dejected by this score since I thought that I should have scored at least a 730 the way I attempted. But, this was another learning, never try to gauge your performance during the test. Even if you do, there are high chances your interpretation is wrong.
Even though I thought that 3rd attempt would be my last attempt, it was not my fate. I again posted on gmat club for some advice in this post. Due to the work pressure I decided to pause my prep and restart it after several months. So I paused in Jan 2023 and restarted in July 2023. Unable to figure out whether it was just a bad day or I was actually lacking something the last time, I started my prep from scratch. I again used resources and lectures by Ashish sir EducationAisle . Further, I took mentoring from ChiranjeevSingh by connecting with him for 30 minutes at the end of every week. I used to talk to him very openly about my problems, and he used to question me back , making me realize the answer to my problems is with me, I am just not digging enough. His calls also ensured I am not digressing towards a prep where I am not learning from my mistakes. I remember a week before my 4th attempt, I reattempted one of the Gmat Prep mocks and scored a 710. I said to myself if I am scoring 710 in reattempt(repeated qs) what am I gonna score in the actual GMAT. However, I realized that I had scored 750 in mocks as well, so I should not let this one mock influence my behaviour and motivation for test day.
Then comes the test day. Again, I did not feel very anxious, I had the same feeling as I had last time, but just more confidence. As always I started with verbal, then quant, followed by IR and AWA. I felt very comfortable with the first few questions in verbal, but as I progressed I started investing more and more time and realized I was 4 minutes behind than what I planned. I thought maybe I'll recover but I was not able to and remained 4 minutes behind my plan till the last few questions. I remember attempting the some of the last CR questions in 50 seconds and last RC in about 3 minutes. I had faced similar situations in mocks as well so I had trained myself to stay calm in such situations. But I still felt that I had bombed the verbal section. I was so sad that when I came out of the testing room for break, I had lost all confidence, but my learning my previous attempts came in handy, "never gauge your performance". I thought, what's done is done, let's try to cover up in quant section and try to get a Q51. I took only a 3 minute break while I was lost in these thoughts. My quant section went pretty good, but you never know when you might end up getting a Q51, Q50 or Q49. I took another break and started with IR and AWA, my IR did not go well but I was very confident in AWA. After submitting my essay, I was ready to be disappointed again, thinking about my verbal section. But as soon as I submitted , I SAW A 720!!!!! Q50, V39. I couldn't believe and I was literally shaking because that was so unexpected. I never expected a V39 for this attempt!! I literally held my head and sighed in relief. The proctor thought that I was not happy and almost gonna cry so he asked my "Are you accepting the score?"
. and I said "yes, of course".This was so unbelievable that while I was going to collect my unofficial report, I thought maybe I saw a 270 and not a 720. But wait, that's not possible haha.
I am very thankful to ChiranjeevSingh and EducationAisle for helping me conclude this 1.5 year long journey. Special thanks to bb, Bunuel, AjiteshArun, KarishmaB, GMATNinja, MartyTargetTestPrep, ScottTargetTestPrep, GmatKnightTutor, EMPOWERgmatRichC and many more for their invaluable contributions for this community.
Wishing all the best to everyone appearing for GMAT in future. I know my score is below what many would be aiming for over here, but I'll be happy to help in whatever way I can.
Over to applications now.
09 Jan 2024, 13:43
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Gratz on the 720. All the best going forward.
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09 Jan 2024, 22:36
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GautamKhanduja
Glad you hit your target score! Best wishes for the applications!
