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Equanimity
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Schools: Stanford '27 MIT '27 NYU Stern INSEAD '26 ISB '27
GMAT Focus 1: 715 Q90 V85 DI82 
GPA: 3.33
Updated on: 26 Jul 2024, 12:30
Originally posted by Equanimity on 26 Jul 2024, 11:35.
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Folks, gave my GMAT focus on July 24th and got 715 which is 99 percentile.
This is not a post on materials, sources or concepts. Lot of folks would have written on it and I probably won't be able to add more. I'm writing this to provide some other aspects of the exam which are equally important if not more. May be you guys already know this, yet even if one point can help all of you, take that one point.
Small things which have made a lot of difference.
Exam is as much psychological as it is conceptual. So focus on that aspect too. This can make or break your journey.
Hope this helps!
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This is not a post on materials, sources or concepts. Lot of folks would have written on it and I probably won't be able to add more. I'm writing this to provide some other aspects of the exam which are equally important if not more. May be you guys already know this, yet even if one point can help all of you, take that one point.
Small things which have made a lot of difference.
- Treat every mock test as final exam. After every mock, I wrote down - "Why would I fail in GMAT". Be ruthless here. There are no ifs and buts. Don't think that if you had managed something better you could have got better score. You didn't and hence you couldn't, period. This I did even when I scored 695 on my mocks. Focus on every mistake and sweat the small stuff. Below is one of my example failure sheet:
- Its okay to let go of questions where you don't want to spend time on. I marked MSR questions in DI randomly which were all wrong. I still got 94th percentile in DI. This was my strategy in mocks and I stuck with it in final exam. If any question is stopping you for long, just guess it and go ahead. Don't let 5-6 questions ruin your whole exam to satisfy own ego!
- Book an appointment date which aligns with your timing. My previous classic exam was at 8 AM. On a normal non GMAT day, I wake up around that time. So on the GMAT day of previous attempt, my mind was not working at all as I didn't sleep well. This time my exam was at 3 PM. Got great sleep and exercise prior to exam to keep me in top mental state.
- On the day of the exam. In my previous attempt of classic tried to revise everything again frantically which created unnecessary anxiety. This time did absolutely nothing. A calm mind will do more wonders than probably revision on last day.
- Also on the exam day, I primed my self to do the right things by writing what I'm going to do in the exam. This is not in terms of concepts. This is in terms of my psychological response to the questions. Sharing the same here:
Exam is as much psychological as it is conceptual. So focus on that aspect too. This can make or break your journey.
Hope this helps!
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26 Jul 2024, 11:38
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Thank you so much for sharing your debrief!
Congratulations on your awesome score!!! What was your split if you don’t mind me asking.
Quick question, did you also make notes as you prepared? Chapters or mistakes or anything else?
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Congratulations on your awesome score!!! What was your split if you don’t mind me asking.
Quick question, did you also make notes as you prepared? Chapters or mistakes or anything else?
Posted from my mobile device
Equanimity
Joined: 13 Dec 2023
Last visit: 20 Aug 2024
Posts: 5
Given Kudos: 2
Location: India
Schools: Stanford '27 MIT '27 NYU Stern INSEAD '26 ISB '27
GMAT Focus 1: 715 Q90 V85 DI82
GPA: 3.33
26 Jul 2024, 12:10
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Split:
- Quant - 90(100th percentile)
- Verbal - 85(96th percentile)
- DI - 82(94th percentile)
- In quant, primarily focused on formulas or approaches like wavy curve method I need to know. Also some questions for which I couldn't even think of approach to solve in mocks.
- In verbal, primarily on approach for each type of question. A method of thinking about each type of question which should help me arrive at answer faster. Sourced from Manhattan and modified as per my own experience in the mocks.
- In DI, I wrote down what common traps are as well as what common estimation tips are.
