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19 Apr 2025, 13:28
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Firstly, thank you to this community for providing so many great resources and tips to keep me motivated during this long journey. Here is what my score progression looked like: 655 (Sept '24)->675 (Dec '24)->665 (March '25)->715 (April '25)
The Journey
I started preparing in February 2024 with TTP with the 6 month plan to build understanding of the concepts. Since I was working full time, it took me about 7-8 month to be fully prepared for my first attempt. I had a lot of test anxiety and knew I could do better so decided to give it another shot. I also changed my section order from QVD to DVQ. This was so I could start with a possibly easier DI section and end with my stronger section. I also got the official study guides, question banks, and mocks 3-6.
Despite exhausting all my mocks and getting 675 in my second attempt which is a great score, I knew I wanted to target a 700+ score to be competitive being an ORM. I took a couple weeks off since I was burnt out with all the studying. I gave a third attempt in March and scored lesser than before. I almost gave up but decided to give it one last shot since I was doing sectional mocks everyday and felt like I was at my best performance. I scheduled it after 18 days and boom, when I saw the 715 score (Q90, V85, DI82), I couldn't have been happier.
What did I do in those last 18 days? Absolutely nothing. I just didn't have any motivation to study and could barely solve a few questions before needing a break. I revised verbal and quant concepts, solved a few questions, and did a verbal or quant mock about 4-5 days before the test.
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The Journey
I started preparing in February 2024 with TTP with the 6 month plan to build understanding of the concepts. Since I was working full time, it took me about 7-8 month to be fully prepared for my first attempt. I had a lot of test anxiety and knew I could do better so decided to give it another shot. I also changed my section order from QVD to DVQ. This was so I could start with a possibly easier DI section and end with my stronger section. I also got the official study guides, question banks, and mocks 3-6.
Despite exhausting all my mocks and getting 675 in my second attempt which is a great score, I knew I wanted to target a 700+ score to be competitive being an ORM. I took a couple weeks off since I was burnt out with all the studying. I gave a third attempt in March and scored lesser than before. I almost gave up but decided to give it one last shot since I was doing sectional mocks everyday and felt like I was at my best performance. I scheduled it after 18 days and boom, when I saw the 715 score (Q90, V85, DI82), I couldn't have been happier.
What did I do in those last 18 days? Absolutely nothing. I just didn't have any motivation to study and could barely solve a few questions before needing a break. I revised verbal and quant concepts, solved a few questions, and did a verbal or quant mock about 4-5 days before the test.
Resources that I used
- TTP - this helped me a lot to understand different concepts and build a strong foundation
- Official MBA resources - The questions were more helpful than the conceptual part but it gave a great insight into the actual GMAT questions. Most of the quant questions felt comparatively easy than the actual test. Would highly recommend getting mocks 3-6 as they were closer to the actual test than mocks 1&2
- GMAT Club - The GMAT Club test were ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. Since it had the same design as the official exam, it helped me a lot with my test anxiety. The question bank also helped me to practice specific topics and levels of difficulty to better target different types of questions.
- Slowing down my pace - I struggled with the verbal section as I mostly got stuck between the last 2 choices and ended up selecting the trap answer. After my first 2 tests, I changed my strategy and spent most of the time slowly reading each word of the question and re-reading any part that I didn't understand before proceeding to the choices. Having a clear understanding of the conclusion, helped me eliminate the wrong choices. Focusing on eliminating 4 choices was more effective that trying to identify 1 wrong choice.
- Sectional Mocks - I used the GMAT club tests to do sectional mocks for each section everyday leading up to my 3rd attempt. This helped me work on my pace and develop the metal stamina to solve sections without feeling burnt out.
- Writing down every step for quant - Most of the errors I made on quant were silly mistakes since I was rushing through it. I slowed down and checked every step to make sure I didn't misinterpret any part of the question
- Luck - This is honestly such a big factor in the test that not many talk about. In my previous attempts, the verbal and quant sections felt trickier, and not being able to understand them messed it up for other easier questions. In my final attempt, I felt like I got questions that were easier to understand and from concepts that I was strong at. I had about 2-3 minutes at the end of the V and DI sections to edit answers and about 12 minutes at the end of the Q section (I was so surprised). I ended up changing 1 answer from incorrect to correct in each section that helped me boost my score.
- Test Timing - I gave all the tests at different times during the day and the last one worked out for me the most since I gave it in the evening. I had enough time in the morning to revise concepts, warm up with some questions, and get to the test center early to calm my nerves. Instead of viewing the test as a big deal, I thought of it like a mock test which helped me remain clam and focus on the question at hand
19 Apr 2025, 15:09
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19 Apr 2025, 15:25
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Thank you! I got 4 wrong in verbal (2CR and 2 RC) and 5 wrong in DI
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