Patterns among those who have scored 685+

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Hello everyone!

Welcome to the latest edition of our GMAT Prep Patterns analysis. This edition is based on a curated dataset of approximately 80 GMAT Focus Edition debriefs from test-takers who achieved scores of 685 or higher between February 1, 2024, and November 30, 2025. The analysis identifies the common GMAT FE prep material and strategies employed by recent high achievers. This post will be helpful for members to identify the prep material patterns among the test takers who scored the best.

			Prep Material Used
No.	Test Taker	GMAT FE Score	Quantitative	Verbal	Data Insights	Tests
1.	Mpmunoz	705	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT + Official
2.	tavishi1901	725	Magoosh	Magoosh	Magoosh	Official + Magoosh
3.	alphaNew13	695	GMAT Club	GMAT Club	GMAT Club	GMAT Club
4.	alphaNew13	705	@SpeedGMAT	e-GMAT + Vivian [GMAT Rockstar]	@SpeedGMAT	-
5.	fadi_aka_fadi	715	Self + Target Test Prep [TTP]	GMATninja + Official Q Bank	Official + TTP	Official GMAC
6.	utkarsh27	695	Self Prep	Self + PowerScore	GMAT Club + GMATninja	Official GMAC
7.	Heidi_Lee	695	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	Official + e-GMAT
8.	Rounak996	715	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	Official + GMAT Club Quiz
9.	Kanha.sodani97	695	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	-
10.	Akbhadoriya	695	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT + Official
11.	Rahul_Sharma23	695	Official Guide	GMATninja + LSAT	Official Guide + GMAT Club	Official + GMAT Club Quiz
12.	FenyvesiT	725	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Official + Target Test Prep
13.	NaveenGJ	695	Manhattan Prep+ GMAT Club	-	Manhattan Prep+ GMAT Club	Official GMAC
14.	Piyush14ry	735	Self	e-GMAT + TTP + TopOnePercent	Self	Official GMAC
15.	Rishitha0311	695	GMAT Club Quiz	e-GMAT	Official + GMATninja	Official + Free available
16.	gargi1729	685	e-GMAT	Self	e-GMAT	-
17.	shashwatb	715	Official + e-GMAT + GMAT Club	Official + e-GMAT	Official + e-GMAT	Official + e-GMAT
18.	bhavyatayal1833	695	Official + e-GMAT	Official + e-GMAT	Official + e-GMAT	Official + e-GMAT + GMAT Club
19.	AAXPJ7677B	715	Jamboree + Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Official + Target Test Prep	-
20.	Gaurav_	685	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT + Official
21.	AkshatS7	695	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT + Official
22.	pmaples	695	Free Official Material	Magoosh + GMAT Club	Magoosh + GMAT Club	Free Official Tests
23.	aayushipt	745	Manhattan Prep	Official + GMATninja	GMATninja + GMAT Club	Official GMAC
24.	mellowmev	685	OG + GMAT Club	Official + GMATninja	OG + GMAT Club	Official GMAC
25.	SPM1234	745	Official Guide	Official Guide	Official Guide	Official GMAC + Experts Global
26.	gls18	705	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	Official GMAC + e-GMAT
27.	mimosa1712	685	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT
28.	mba0throwaway	775	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep + Official
29.	GMATAssassin99	775	e-GMAT	e-GMAT + GMATNinja	e-GMAT + GMATninja	e-GMAT + GMAT Club + Official
30.	devashish.joshi92	695	Krishma Bansal + TTP	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Official GMAC
31.	karanbadalia	755	Magoosh +GMAT Club	Magoosh + GMATNinja	Magoosh + GMAT Club	Official + GMAT Club + Expert Global
32.	bumblebee9898	725	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	Official + e-GMAT
33.	Souravi99	735	GC Math Book + GC Forum + GC Tests	PowerScore CR + GMATninja	GMAT Club + GMATninja	Official + GMAT Club
34.	vatsalkhemani	715	OG + GC Forum Quiz + GC Tests	OG + GMAT Club Quiz	OG+ GMAT Club	Official + GMAT Club
35.	kshitijapatel97	705	e-GMAT + GMAT Club	e-GMAT + PowerScore LSAT	GMAT Club QB	e-GMAT+ Official
36.	rohilnrl	775	OG +TTP + GMAT Club	OG +TTP + GMAT Club	OG +TTP + GMAT Club	Official +TTP + GMAT Club
37.	Aayush2103	715	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	Official + e-GMAT
38.	ayush_pranav_10	715	Official Guide + GMAT Club	Official Guide + GMAT Club + TTP	Official Guide + GMAT Club	Official + GMAT Club
39.	shiv23	685	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep + Manhattan CR	Target Test Prep	Official + GMAT Club
40.	shamil13ss	715	e-GMAT + GMAT Club	e-GMAT + GMAT Club	e-GMAT + GMAT Club	Official + GMAT Club
41.	GoyalAmit	685	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	Official + e-GMAT
42.	windie123	695	GMAT Club Forum	GMAT Club + GMATninja	GMAT Club	Official + GMAT Club
43.	Kessler1703	695	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	Official + e-GMAT
44.	prathamarora	755	Manhattan Prep	Manhattan Prep + PowerScore CR	Manhattan Prep	Official + GMAT Club
45.	cric_fan	755	Official Guide	Official Guide	Official Guide	Official + Experts Global
46.	bellsprout24	715	Official Guide + GMAT Club	Official Guide + GMAT Club	Official Guide + GMAT Club	Official + GMAT Club
47.	Souravi99	755	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Official GMAC
48.	GMAT_Experience	795	OG + TTP	OG + GMATNinja	OG + TTP	Official GMAC
49.	Whoisdmx15	725	TopOnePercent + GMAT Club	OG + Top one Percent	OG + GMAT Club	Official + GMAT Club
50.	cg123	705	OG + Experts Global + GMAT Club	OG + Expert Global	OG + GMAT Club + Experts Global	Official + Expert Global
51.	LamboWalker	735	OG + Manhattan + GMAT Club	OG + Manhattan + GMATNinja	OG + Manhattan + GMAT Club	-
52.	Hank_McElroyTutor	775	OG + GMAT Club	OG + GMAT Club	Official + GMAT Club	-
53.	unnati157	715	TTP + OG + GMAT Club	TTP + OG + GMAT Club	TTP + OG + GMAT Club	Official + GMAT Club
54.	IanTW2002	685	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Official GMAC
55.	manrasingh	685	GMAT Intensive	GMAT Intensive	GMAT Intensive	Official GMAC
56.	rdundar	775	OG + GMAT Club	OG + GMAT Club	OG + GMAT Club	Official GMAC + GC Tests
57.	Shrutav	805	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	Official GMAC
58.	Mayanksureka	715	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	Official GMAC
59.	josebeharb	725	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Official GMAC
60.	Ghost333	735	OG + TTP + GMAT Club	OG + TTP + GMAT Club	OG + TTP + GMAT Club	Official + GMAT Club
61.	theAssassin	715	GMAT Club + Experts Global	GMAT Club + GMATninja	GMAT Club + GMATNinja	Official + GMAT Club
62.	QQum	695	OG + Experts Global + GMAT Club	OG + Experts Global + GMAT Club	OG + Experts Global + GMAT Club	Official + GMAT Club + Experts Global
63.	briansiuv	695	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Official GMAC
64.	movehs	685	OG + Ian Stewart	OG + Ian Stewart	OG + Ian Stewart	Official GMAC
65.	hr1212	775	OG + Manhattan + GMAT Club	LSAT + GMAT Club	OG + GMAT Club	Official GMAC + GMAT Club
66.	lanurkathem	775	OG + TTP + MAT Club	OG + TTP + PowerScore CR	OG + TTP + GMAT Club	Official GMAC + GMAT Club + Expert Global
67.	Swagatalaxmi	775	TTP + MAT Club	TTP + GMAT Club	TTP + GMAT Club	Official GMAC + GMAT Club
68.	anushkatew	715	Target Test Prep	TTP + GMAT Club	Target Test Prep	Official GMAC + GMAT Club
69.	Riyansh7	685	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT + GMAT Club
70.	de1234	695	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT + Official
71.	PivotKing	695	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT + Official
72.	abhiwolf	695	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT + Official
73.	vyom3215	715	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT + Official
74.	Jkaner2020	715	OG + Magoosh + GMAT Club + TTP	OG + Magoosh + GMAT Club + TTP	OG + Magoosh + GMAT Club + TTP	Official + GMAT Club
75.	boybread5	755	Marty Murry + TTP	Marty Murry + TTP + GMATninja	Marty Murry + TTP	Official + GMAT Club
76.	amateynil	695	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Official + TTP
77.	MJ1710	685	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Target Test Prep	Official + TTP
78.	Kishlay_Singh	745	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	Official + e-GMAT
79.	shivampaul	685	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	Official + e-GMAT
80.	ButterPepper	705	OG + GMAT Club [Self-Prep]	OG + GMAT Club [Self-Prep]	OG + GMAT Club [Self-Prep]	Official + GMAT Club.
81.	chaitanyab109	725	e-GMAT	e-GMAT	e-GMAT [Self-Prep]	Official + e-GMAT + GMAT Club

I hope this post will be helpful for GMAT Club members. If you find any typo/error/issue please let me know via PM.

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bb · Answer

Wow. That's quite a table!
Thank you  Sajjad1994

hr1212 · Answer

Great analysis! There’s real potential here to uncover useful patterns and highlight the main resources strong scorers rely on, provided the reviews are representative overall.

Edskore · Answer

This is incredibly valuable data, Sajjad1994! What stands out to me as someone who scored 725 is how this analysis confirms some patterns I've seen consistently among high scorers.

Three insights that jump out:

1. The e-GMAT dominance for non-natives 
Looking at your table, e-GMAT appears repeatedly across Quant, Verbal, and especially Data Insights. This makes sense — their structured approach to sentence correction and their "meaning-based" framework really clicks for people who need systematic rules rather than intuition. If you're scoring below 80th percentile in Verbal and English isn't your first language, this data suggests e-GMAT is worth serious consideration.

2. The Official Guide is non-negotiable 
Almost everyone in your dataset used Official GMAC material for practice. There's a reason: third-party questions can teach you concepts, but only official questions teach you GMAC's exact testing style. The way they word trap answers, the specific logical gaps they test in Critical Reasoning — you can't learn that from anywhere else.

3. Target Test Prep's heavy presence in the 700+ range 
For Quant specifically, TTP shows up constantly among your high scorers. Their approach is almost encyclopedic — they don't just teach shortcuts, they build deep understanding. If someone plateaus at Q80-82 and can't break into Q85+, this data suggests TTP might be the missing piece.

One thing I'd add:  While this shows  what  materials people used, the real differentiator for 685+ scores is usually  how  they used them. The pattern I've seen is that high scorers don't just consume content — they actively diagnose their specific gaps and target them ruthlessly. Someone might use e-GMAT, but the magic happens when they identify that  they  specifically struggle with modifier placement and drill only that until it's automatic.

Thanks for compiling this — it's going to help a lot of people make smarter prep decisions instead of just buying everything and hoping something works.

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hyunchan · Answer

This is quite interesting

pumpkinluvr · Answer

Thank you for sharing! I haven't heard of E-GMAT before so I'll need to look into that.

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