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parth124
Joined: 10 Jan 2018
Last visit: 17 Feb 2022
Posts: 1
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Location: India
Schools: LBS MiM "22 (D)
GMAT 1: 640 Q44 V34
GMAT 2: 680 Q47 V36
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28 May 2021, 09:36
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I started my GMAT journey back in the second half of 2019. Through offline coaching, months of preparation, and multiple mock tests, I only managed a 630 (Q46 V30) in my first official test. Even worse in my second attempt, I scored an even lower 620 with a Q45. I lost hope and gave up on preparing anymore for the test. But late next year, the year of the lockdown, I found out about the Masters in Management program. I found that it is geared towards recent graduates with usually less than 2 years of work experience. Since I wanted to grow in the field of marketing and business and be surrounded by people from different walks of life that would lead to great potential and possibilities, I restarted my preparation for GMAT in early 2021.
This time I was way more dedicated and genuinely curious while solving and practicing questions in Quant than the first two times. I self-prepared for a month using my past resources but only managed a 640 (Q47 V31). I realized if I improve my score in verbal, I'll be able to improve my overall score by a much more significant amount. Then I came across e-GMAT webinars on YouTube. I saw how they used Pre-thinking in Critical Reasoning, my weakest area in verbal, to increase accuracy. After reading various reviews and watching interviews of people successful with e-GMAT, I bought their product. I diligently worked on gaining new skills in verbal, especially CR. After spending hours on the platform learning concepts, I started putting in the hours practicing in Scholaranium which is a very effective tool to track progress.
After about 2 months and 2 Sigma mock tests with an average score of 680, I booked a date for my 4th attempt. I chose to go to a test center to write the test since I was skeptical of consistent electricity supply at my place but the test at the center this time felt really tough, especially Quant. The difficulty level seemed higher even in Verbal. Sentence correction was my strongest part but I remember the first question was an SC question which took me about 4 minutes to answer. It didn't take me long to realize that the score this time will not be very different than the previous times, and I was right. Yet again, I scored a 640. This time my Quant score had reduced by 3 points to Q44 and my Verbal score had increased by 3 points to V34. It was shattering. I remember coming out of the test center completely dejected. I thought of giving up again very seriously as I felt I had given everything I had to the test. My performance in the 4th attempt was just marginally better than my performance in the first attempt. But after getting hope from my mother and gathering myself a bit, I decided to write the test again. I gave a Sigma mock test and scored only a 630 (Q46 V30). But I was genuinely unable to concentrate during that test so I knew that I could have done better than that. After a few days of more preparation, I wrote my last Sigma Mock and scored a 730 (Q47 V42). I was happy with my verbal score but I knew the score was a little inflated as I had guessed a lot of the Quant questions that miraculously turned out to be correct. With so much variation in scores, I was unable to see the light at the end of the tunnel, so I wrote to e-GMAT asking for guidance.
The next day I got reached out by Archit, an e-GMAT mentor, who was willing to provide me mentorship. I readily accepted the offer and we began the very next day. Archit looked at my performance history in Scholaranium and even though my accuracy was respectable in medium and hard-level questions in verbal, he still found areas to improve. He also pointed out that I just had not practiced enough in Quant and laid out a plan to adequately practice quant. I diligently followed what he said but time was running out for me. I wanted to apply to LBS MIM the deadline for which was less than a week far. So Archit considering such a peculiar situation immediately gave me fruitful advice to have the best attempt. I followed his advice and wrote the test, this time online due to lockdown. The test felt easy this time but my test was lagging and I was unable to register my answer on the last question in the Quant section even though there were about 10 seconds left. This made me really worried as I thought I'd be penalized severely. Although during the 8-minute break, I tried to calm myself as much as I could to be laser-focused in the verbal section. The verbal section went pretty smoothly but I had to guess about 3 questions of an RC at the end due to time constraints and the fear of the test lagging again, preventing me from choosing answer choices. But soon I saw the score and it said 680 (Q47 V36 IR 5). I was elated. I had definitely performed better in mocks but in an official test, this was my best performance. Plus 680 was the average score for the LBS MIM program and I had met it just 2 days before the application deadline. I immediately called Archit after the test and thanked him.
This time I was way more dedicated and genuinely curious while solving and practicing questions in Quant than the first two times. I self-prepared for a month using my past resources but only managed a 640 (Q47 V31). I realized if I improve my score in verbal, I'll be able to improve my overall score by a much more significant amount. Then I came across e-GMAT webinars on YouTube. I saw how they used Pre-thinking in Critical Reasoning, my weakest area in verbal, to increase accuracy. After reading various reviews and watching interviews of people successful with e-GMAT, I bought their product. I diligently worked on gaining new skills in verbal, especially CR. After spending hours on the platform learning concepts, I started putting in the hours practicing in Scholaranium which is a very effective tool to track progress.
After about 2 months and 2 Sigma mock tests with an average score of 680, I booked a date for my 4th attempt. I chose to go to a test center to write the test since I was skeptical of consistent electricity supply at my place but the test at the center this time felt really tough, especially Quant. The difficulty level seemed higher even in Verbal. Sentence correction was my strongest part but I remember the first question was an SC question which took me about 4 minutes to answer. It didn't take me long to realize that the score this time will not be very different than the previous times, and I was right. Yet again, I scored a 640. This time my Quant score had reduced by 3 points to Q44 and my Verbal score had increased by 3 points to V34. It was shattering. I remember coming out of the test center completely dejected. I thought of giving up again very seriously as I felt I had given everything I had to the test. My performance in the 4th attempt was just marginally better than my performance in the first attempt. But after getting hope from my mother and gathering myself a bit, I decided to write the test again. I gave a Sigma mock test and scored only a 630 (Q46 V30). But I was genuinely unable to concentrate during that test so I knew that I could have done better than that. After a few days of more preparation, I wrote my last Sigma Mock and scored a 730 (Q47 V42). I was happy with my verbal score but I knew the score was a little inflated as I had guessed a lot of the Quant questions that miraculously turned out to be correct. With so much variation in scores, I was unable to see the light at the end of the tunnel, so I wrote to e-GMAT asking for guidance.
The next day I got reached out by Archit, an e-GMAT mentor, who was willing to provide me mentorship. I readily accepted the offer and we began the very next day. Archit looked at my performance history in Scholaranium and even though my accuracy was respectable in medium and hard-level questions in verbal, he still found areas to improve. He also pointed out that I just had not practiced enough in Quant and laid out a plan to adequately practice quant. I diligently followed what he said but time was running out for me. I wanted to apply to LBS MIM the deadline for which was less than a week far. So Archit considering such a peculiar situation immediately gave me fruitful advice to have the best attempt. I followed his advice and wrote the test, this time online due to lockdown. The test felt easy this time but my test was lagging and I was unable to register my answer on the last question in the Quant section even though there were about 10 seconds left. This made me really worried as I thought I'd be penalized severely. Although during the 8-minute break, I tried to calm myself as much as I could to be laser-focused in the verbal section. The verbal section went pretty smoothly but I had to guess about 3 questions of an RC at the end due to time constraints and the fear of the test lagging again, preventing me from choosing answer choices. But soon I saw the score and it said 680 (Q47 V36 IR 5). I was elated. I had definitely performed better in mocks but in an official test, this was my best performance. Plus 680 was the average score for the LBS MIM program and I had met it just 2 days before the application deadline. I immediately called Archit after the test and thanked him.
28 May 2021, 14:51
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Thank you for sharing, parth124. Your perseverance paid off. I was especially pleased to read the part at the end, about your mentor Archit. It is good to see that a large prep company would also be willing to offer personalized assistance. Those small touches can make all the difference.
Good luck with your LBS application. Hang in there.
- Andrew
Good luck with your LBS application. Hang in there.
- Andrew
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