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Updated on: 10 Apr 2024, 03:59
Originally posted by Gprabhumir on 21 Mar 2024, 08:36.
Last edited by Gprabhumir on 10 Apr 2024, 03:59, edited 1 time in total.
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I am a 23 year old Indian female coming from a Risk Consulting background.
I started as an analyst with Deloitte, double promoted to Consultant within the first 6 months when I decided that I wanted to take GMAT. I started with searching for coaching institutions available in the nearby vicinity, enquired with IMS, Jamboree and other such coaching institutions in Pune. Searched online, came across a local Indian coaching platform. Enquired with them, found out various students who studied with them scored 730-740+. Impressed with the results, I went ahead with them.They conducted online classes on weekends, which I could barely attend with my Big4 job. They had recorded lectures which I used to watch in parts as and when I found time after work. This was mistake 1. Mere attending the lectures does not really help. You need a lot of practice.
I had initially scheduled my GMAT exam for Nov-22. I was not prepared however to take the exam as I had not studied enough. I could see my poor scores on the Jamboree dashboard. I took a month's leave in May-23 and appeared for my first GMAT attempt then. I used to study for 12 to 14 hours a day during that 1 month. However, I would only solve questions from official guide or Jamboree platform. Mistake 2! I was solving the same questions over and over again, without understanding why and where I went wrong. I would simply recall the answers from my memory and get them right, while seeing my results on the dashboard improve. This does not help. You need to understand the logic behing how you arrived at an answer. My quant abilities were pretty strong. But being an Indian, verbal abilities were severely poor. I only solved questions without understanding the logic. Neither did the tutors focus much on concepts. My experience was not that great with Jamboree. They changed the tutor in between the course. And the tutors were least interested in actually teaching. I had emailed my essays for correction and some doubts at that time, which are not checked till date. No body responds to your mails even after several top-ups.
And then arrived the exam day! 31st May 23.
The check-in process went well. I chose to take quant first, verbal second, then IR and AWA. Quant went well. But since I had not really understood the concepts for verbal, it was really daunting. After the 11th question, my brain gave up on understanding what was written. Every SC option looked the same. I could not spot any differences. I could not complete reading the RCs. We were teaught strategies, saying check the first few sentences and the last few sentences of the passage where you can find the primary purpose. That never worked. Mistake 3! Gimmics/short cuts don't really help you solve GMAT RCs. However, I understood this the harder way.
I had booked my exam with Pearson Vue test center in Bhosale Nagar, Pune. Mistake 4! I had not checked the test center reviews before booking my exam. Else, I would have taken it from home or maybe Mumbai. The keyboards at the test center were outdated and it took a lot of effort to press the keys. My typing speed turned slow, due to which I could not complete my essay. I was accustomed to good Dell/Hp/Macbook home and work laptops that have really good keyboards. Never noticed that typing speed can be affected with change in machines.
At last, when I was done with all the 4 sections, saw my unofficial scores - 610.
Scores cancelled! Totally disheartened! Back at work from the very next day. The score had hurt my confidence. It started impacting my everyday life and work. It took me 2 to 3 months to get back to normal.
This time, I had taken a break from office. I decided to take as much time required to prepare for the exam and get a good score. I took some time to cool down. Went on a vacation, relaxed and then started preparing for the exam. It was Dec 23. I was solving questions on GMAT Club. Hardest quant questions. Getting them right. But this still didn't help raise my confidence. After all, I had done the same thing last time.
Then I came across Target Test Prep. Took a 5 day trial! They have these strategy reading sections that actually appealed to me a lot.
At the very beginning of the course, they would tell you - We have put in a lot of effort to design this course for you. You better don't skip any lessons and follow the path that our course provides you with. They would also solve my doubts within 4 hours time of posting. Each and every teacher ensured that I understood what they said, and that I was satisfied with their explaination.
I was really impressed with the course. Purchased a month's plan for GMAT Focus in January 24, completed the course in a month's time. I am grateful to ScottTargetTestPrep for this course. It made me learn the concepts, practice a lot, take official mocks, and improve on my mistakes with the help of a very detailed error log. Verbal was always daunting, however, with this course, I learned what the questions were testing me on. Being a Chartered Certified Accounant, I was always disinterested in passages other than economics/business. However, at the end of this course, I found myself reading even science or history passages with a lot of interest. I have learned a skill of compartmentalisation that is helping me beyond the GMAT score.
Planned my exam for Feb end. However, I now have hyperhidrosis. I cannot scan my palms at the test center. My skin is all peeled.
I took around 13th March that I should take the exam from home to avoid palm scanning, when I booked my exam for 15th March 24.
It was Exam day 2! 15th March 24.
Used all the strategies suggested by TTP course for deling with anxiety. Did meditation in the morning. Did some wam up questions before the exam. Had a small cup of coffee. Ate a protein rich meal at lunch. And then quitely sat down in front of my laptop at 2:00 pm. The check in process began at 2:15. The proctor made me show each and every detail around me, around the laptop, below the desk, everywhere! It took 30 mins to check in and start the exam.
I chose to take DI first, verbal second and quant last. Since I was good at quant, I found it better to solve it last when I was tired. It would not hurt my score as much. Started with DI. But after approximately 20 minutes, the exam crashed. the proctor was helpful, he took measures to relaunch the exam. I had to restart my device once, conduct the room and desk pan check again and then the exam could be relaunched. All of this took about 25-30 minutes. Once relaunched, I realised that the calculator function was missing. I tried to speak with the proctor, but maybe there was no one around. At last, I ended up solving long numericals on my whiteboard that left me with only 2 and a half minutes to review my answers. Its okay! I calmed myself down. I had verbal coming next. I let everything go and moved on. Solved verbal section with entire focus on the question on screen. Totally engaged with each and every passage/paragrah coming in front of me. It went very well.
Took a 10 minutes break. Used the washroom, drank water. After all it was essential to stay hydrated. This took about 4 minutes. Conducted the room and desk pan again with the proctor, completed the check in and then I sat in front of my laptop. Relaxed. I did not end the break beforehand, so that I could take enough time to refresh myself. Used breathing techniques to calm myself.
Then comes quant. This section also went well. I was left with 12 and half minutes for review. This was surprising. It never happened during any of my mocks. Checked the questions that I did not solve completely because I thought it was taking longer than 2 minutes. Corrected the answers.
And then comes my unofficial score - 655. 93rd percentile.
So happy! Completed my exam. Happy with the score. Now sending them to universities. Grateful to my teachers.
I started as an analyst with Deloitte, double promoted to Consultant within the first 6 months when I decided that I wanted to take GMAT. I started with searching for coaching institutions available in the nearby vicinity, enquired with IMS, Jamboree and other such coaching institutions in Pune. Searched online, came across a local Indian coaching platform. Enquired with them, found out various students who studied with them scored 730-740+. Impressed with the results, I went ahead with them.They conducted online classes on weekends, which I could barely attend with my Big4 job. They had recorded lectures which I used to watch in parts as and when I found time after work. This was mistake 1. Mere attending the lectures does not really help. You need a lot of practice.
I had initially scheduled my GMAT exam for Nov-22. I was not prepared however to take the exam as I had not studied enough. I could see my poor scores on the Jamboree dashboard. I took a month's leave in May-23 and appeared for my first GMAT attempt then. I used to study for 12 to 14 hours a day during that 1 month. However, I would only solve questions from official guide or Jamboree platform. Mistake 2! I was solving the same questions over and over again, without understanding why and where I went wrong. I would simply recall the answers from my memory and get them right, while seeing my results on the dashboard improve. This does not help. You need to understand the logic behing how you arrived at an answer. My quant abilities were pretty strong. But being an Indian, verbal abilities were severely poor. I only solved questions without understanding the logic. Neither did the tutors focus much on concepts. My experience was not that great with Jamboree. They changed the tutor in between the course. And the tutors were least interested in actually teaching. I had emailed my essays for correction and some doubts at that time, which are not checked till date. No body responds to your mails even after several top-ups.
And then arrived the exam day! 31st May 23.
The check-in process went well. I chose to take quant first, verbal second, then IR and AWA. Quant went well. But since I had not really understood the concepts for verbal, it was really daunting. After the 11th question, my brain gave up on understanding what was written. Every SC option looked the same. I could not spot any differences. I could not complete reading the RCs. We were teaught strategies, saying check the first few sentences and the last few sentences of the passage where you can find the primary purpose. That never worked. Mistake 3! Gimmics/short cuts don't really help you solve GMAT RCs. However, I understood this the harder way.
I had booked my exam with Pearson Vue test center in Bhosale Nagar, Pune. Mistake 4! I had not checked the test center reviews before booking my exam. Else, I would have taken it from home or maybe Mumbai. The keyboards at the test center were outdated and it took a lot of effort to press the keys. My typing speed turned slow, due to which I could not complete my essay. I was accustomed to good Dell/Hp/Macbook home and work laptops that have really good keyboards. Never noticed that typing speed can be affected with change in machines.
At last, when I was done with all the 4 sections, saw my unofficial scores - 610.
Scores cancelled! Totally disheartened! Back at work from the very next day. The score had hurt my confidence. It started impacting my everyday life and work. It took me 2 to 3 months to get back to normal.
This time, I had taken a break from office. I decided to take as much time required to prepare for the exam and get a good score. I took some time to cool down. Went on a vacation, relaxed and then started preparing for the exam. It was Dec 23. I was solving questions on GMAT Club. Hardest quant questions. Getting them right. But this still didn't help raise my confidence. After all, I had done the same thing last time.
Then I came across Target Test Prep. Took a 5 day trial! They have these strategy reading sections that actually appealed to me a lot.
At the very beginning of the course, they would tell you - We have put in a lot of effort to design this course for you. You better don't skip any lessons and follow the path that our course provides you with. They would also solve my doubts within 4 hours time of posting. Each and every teacher ensured that I understood what they said, and that I was satisfied with their explaination.
I was really impressed with the course. Purchased a month's plan for GMAT Focus in January 24, completed the course in a month's time. I am grateful to ScottTargetTestPrep for this course. It made me learn the concepts, practice a lot, take official mocks, and improve on my mistakes with the help of a very detailed error log. Verbal was always daunting, however, with this course, I learned what the questions were testing me on. Being a Chartered Certified Accounant, I was always disinterested in passages other than economics/business. However, at the end of this course, I found myself reading even science or history passages with a lot of interest. I have learned a skill of compartmentalisation that is helping me beyond the GMAT score.
Planned my exam for Feb end. However, I now have hyperhidrosis. I cannot scan my palms at the test center. My skin is all peeled.
I took around 13th March that I should take the exam from home to avoid palm scanning, when I booked my exam for 15th March 24.
It was Exam day 2! 15th March 24.
Used all the strategies suggested by TTP course for deling with anxiety. Did meditation in the morning. Did some wam up questions before the exam. Had a small cup of coffee. Ate a protein rich meal at lunch. And then quitely sat down in front of my laptop at 2:00 pm. The check in process began at 2:15. The proctor made me show each and every detail around me, around the laptop, below the desk, everywhere! It took 30 mins to check in and start the exam.
I chose to take DI first, verbal second and quant last. Since I was good at quant, I found it better to solve it last when I was tired. It would not hurt my score as much. Started with DI. But after approximately 20 minutes, the exam crashed. the proctor was helpful, he took measures to relaunch the exam. I had to restart my device once, conduct the room and desk pan check again and then the exam could be relaunched. All of this took about 25-30 minutes. Once relaunched, I realised that the calculator function was missing. I tried to speak with the proctor, but maybe there was no one around. At last, I ended up solving long numericals on my whiteboard that left me with only 2 and a half minutes to review my answers. Its okay! I calmed myself down. I had verbal coming next. I let everything go and moved on. Solved verbal section with entire focus on the question on screen. Totally engaged with each and every passage/paragrah coming in front of me. It went very well.
Took a 10 minutes break. Used the washroom, drank water. After all it was essential to stay hydrated. This took about 4 minutes. Conducted the room and desk pan again with the proctor, completed the check in and then I sat in front of my laptop. Relaxed. I did not end the break beforehand, so that I could take enough time to refresh myself. Used breathing techniques to calm myself.
Then comes quant. This section also went well. I was left with 12 and half minutes for review. This was surprising. It never happened during any of my mocks. Checked the questions that I did not solve completely because I thought it was taking longer than 2 minutes. Corrected the answers.
And then comes my unofficial score - 655. 93rd percentile.
So happy! Completed my exam. Happy with the score. Now sending them to universities. Grateful to my teachers.
21 Mar 2024, 09:01
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Hi Gprabhumir.
Nice work, and great insights.
Congrats!
Nice work, and great insights.
Congrats!
22 Mar 2024, 00:36
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