Thank you Gmatclub (and maybe a lesson for others)

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I will save all the details unless someone happened to be legitimately interested. The short version is about 12 months ago I began my GMAT journey, originally under the false presumption I would breeze right through it with minimal preparation. After about 25 hours worth of studying from the OG, I sat for the exam and scored a 550 (35Q/30V/5AWA/5IR). I realized it was going to be a much longer process, so I invested in the Manhattan prep books and continued my studying into 2018. In June i sat for the second time and ended up with a 680 (44Q/39V/6AWA/7IR) and if not for running out of time on the math section with about 4 problems left, I likely would have done better. Convinced I was on the cusp, I sat again 2-3 weeks later and to my dismay my score went down to 660. At that point I regrouped, considered going with my 680 and applying anyway (targeting ~5 of top 8 and 1 in the 15-20 range). After some receiving some advice on my actual viability of getting into such a program with that score (none) I decided to pass up deadline 1 and dig back in. It was at this point I began utilizing GMAT club, as I had already went through all of the Manhattan prep books multiple times and completed the OG. I must have spent 20-30 hours a week on here for the last 10 weeks straight, completing some 1,000-2,000 problems and spending even more time evaluating the logic behind the problems I organized favorite directories based on problem types, bookmarked problems I found tricky to review at later points, etc. Today, I sat for the GMAT for the 4th time and mind you, I would have had maybe 1 more chance in the next 3 weeks if I legitimately wanted to apply by R2 deadline. I still ran out of time in the math section and panicked a bit, but thankfully up until that point I must have been near perfect because I scored a 730 (Q48/V42/AWA?/IR7) and have given myself a fighter's chance for acceptance into one of my desired programs. I still have a lot of work to do on my applications as I had completely put that all on timeout as I gave the GMAT everything I had, so I will likely still frequent here for tips and advice in this last crucial part of the process. With that said, I am very thankful for all of the contributors on here who continue to help people such as myself every day. Maybe this will resonate with someone experiencing something remotely comparable, or maybe not,but I'd be reminisced if I didn't at least share my experience.

-T

-T

bb · Answer

Thanks for posting. Glad it works. However, it is very hard to read without line breaks or paragraphs. I would encourage you to format it.

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