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25 Jul 2021, 03:58
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I thank the community for all the success stories. It has been an amazing and rewarding journey to a 760!
My work: I have 10 plus years of professional experience working in the domain of sales and marketing. I began my career in sales and then transitioned into marketing.
My story is a little unusual in comparison to other people who make it to a high score!
In December 2019, with self-study I took the GMAT for the first time. I had too many things on my mind. I was looking for a job switch, and had a couple of offers too. I thought with whatever prep I was doing I would end up with a good score. I ended with a 570!
That’s when I realised I had to look at the test differently. I needed help. However, with work I did not get much time to research the best fit for me. After the pandemic in March 2020, I enrolled with CrackVerbal. I started going through and understanding a lot of stuff. So for example, in quant after practice I realised I was not good at DS and was good at Problem Solving. My accuracy in problem-solving was around 75%, but barely 25% in Data sufficiency.
I worked on my prep for a good 6-7 months and retook it again. This time again something went wrong - it was more around my test taking strategy. After sometime into the test - I had a feeling I was not doing well on the test. I cancelled my score and decided to retake.
My focus was to be consistent and analyse my questions well. I used to have long working days including saturdays. A lot of time was also being consumed in cooking food for myself, culinary skills being a new skill recently learned amidst pandemic for survival. I made sure I studied for at least 2 hours every day post 11pm. I used to watch my course videos on the weekends. There was a lot of discipline required. I had just moved to a new city and I had a lot of friends. However, I decided to part all the fun for a while and focus on my prep only. I stopped partying, visiting friends, whatever time I could save, I put it back into studying.
After taking a few mocks I started seeing the desired scores on my mocks. My scores were ranging from 680, 690 and 700 in my mocks. I was targeting a 730. I figured I was ready and wanted to take the test now. I always preferred giving the GMAT in an offline mode, but given the conditions in Maharashtra, I was pretty sure that I won't be having an option of giving an offline mode for another couple of months.
I still remember on the day of the test there were some issues with the WIFI. The exam crashed and I couldn't complete the test. I wrote to GMAC for help writing to them about the issues and they came back after 7 days asking me to reschedule after 16 days.
So within those 16 days, I worked a little more on identifying and fixing my gaps for the test. I borrowed a better laptop from my friend particularly for the test and bought a power backup for wi-fi router etc. My focus this time was to finish quant well within the time limits so that I could proceed with confidence for the verbal section. I was double prepared for Quant this time. For Verbal, I actually put a lot of effort & time in Sentence Correction.
I felt good after the test! I had given my best and that was all that mattered to me! I just wanted this phase of GMAT to be over!
On the day of my birthday, I was sitting in a Virtual Conference with my official colleagues, when an email from GMAC popped up! I was ecstatic to see a 760 score!
My learnings
1. It’s important to strategise your prep. Make sure you identify your need for help soon enough. The first time I took GMAT, I was in the CAT mindset - this was a mistake.
2. It’s important to take mock tests before your actual exam. Make sure once you are done with your prep, you take the GMAT prep tests to understand where you are. These tests will help you identify your strengths and weaknesses.
3. Especially for someone who has a lot of experience like me, the biggest challenge is getting back to studying. This requires a lot of sacrifice and dedication to keep the prep consistent. It might be a matter of a few months for some people, or longer like for me.
4. GMAT is a different test. While going through my prep course with CrackVerbal, I understood how it is not always about how the sentence sounds to me. I needed to look at it from the perspective of the test. My SC skills improved a lot. In fact I started enjoying SC and spent a lot of time on it.
5. DS was my weakness - but I also knew I couldn’t conquer it 100%. I focused on improving it as much as I could.
6. My prep strategy focused more on accuracy first. I did not time myself on the questions I solved. I just made sure I got them right. I wanted to get to 85% accuracy before timing myself. During my prep, I also realized that my algebra was stronger than other topics. I consciously spent lesser time on Algebra and focused more on topics that needed improvement.
7. When I analysed my test - every time I went back to revisit the concepts on the questions I got wrong.
8. Managing your time during the test. I made sure I timed my quant section to finish faster. So that I am a lot more confident to get started with Verbal.
9. I made it a habit! Like I remember to brush everyday - I made sure I studied every day for a couple of hours for GMAT
10. Unlike most success stories that see through an approx 3 months preparation for GMAT, I actually under went through preparation of more than 1 year. So one has to personally figure it out for oneself mentally, there’s no same fixed route for all.
Seeing a 760. I felt I surpassed my own expectations, it was amazing!
Perseverance and Patience is the key to succeeding on the GMAT. All the best to everyone.
My work: I have 10 plus years of professional experience working in the domain of sales and marketing. I began my career in sales and then transitioned into marketing.
My story is a little unusual in comparison to other people who make it to a high score!
In December 2019, with self-study I took the GMAT for the first time. I had too many things on my mind. I was looking for a job switch, and had a couple of offers too. I thought with whatever prep I was doing I would end up with a good score. I ended with a 570!
That’s when I realised I had to look at the test differently. I needed help. However, with work I did not get much time to research the best fit for me. After the pandemic in March 2020, I enrolled with CrackVerbal. I started going through and understanding a lot of stuff. So for example, in quant after practice I realised I was not good at DS and was good at Problem Solving. My accuracy in problem-solving was around 75%, but barely 25% in Data sufficiency.
I worked on my prep for a good 6-7 months and retook it again. This time again something went wrong - it was more around my test taking strategy. After sometime into the test - I had a feeling I was not doing well on the test. I cancelled my score and decided to retake.
My focus was to be consistent and analyse my questions well. I used to have long working days including saturdays. A lot of time was also being consumed in cooking food for myself, culinary skills being a new skill recently learned amidst pandemic for survival. I made sure I studied for at least 2 hours every day post 11pm. I used to watch my course videos on the weekends. There was a lot of discipline required. I had just moved to a new city and I had a lot of friends. However, I decided to part all the fun for a while and focus on my prep only. I stopped partying, visiting friends, whatever time I could save, I put it back into studying.
After taking a few mocks I started seeing the desired scores on my mocks. My scores were ranging from 680, 690 and 700 in my mocks. I was targeting a 730. I figured I was ready and wanted to take the test now. I always preferred giving the GMAT in an offline mode, but given the conditions in Maharashtra, I was pretty sure that I won't be having an option of giving an offline mode for another couple of months.
I still remember on the day of the test there were some issues with the WIFI. The exam crashed and I couldn't complete the test. I wrote to GMAC for help writing to them about the issues and they came back after 7 days asking me to reschedule after 16 days.
So within those 16 days, I worked a little more on identifying and fixing my gaps for the test. I borrowed a better laptop from my friend particularly for the test and bought a power backup for wi-fi router etc. My focus this time was to finish quant well within the time limits so that I could proceed with confidence for the verbal section. I was double prepared for Quant this time. For Verbal, I actually put a lot of effort & time in Sentence Correction.
I felt good after the test! I had given my best and that was all that mattered to me! I just wanted this phase of GMAT to be over!
On the day of my birthday, I was sitting in a Virtual Conference with my official colleagues, when an email from GMAC popped up! I was ecstatic to see a 760 score!
My learnings
1. It’s important to strategise your prep. Make sure you identify your need for help soon enough. The first time I took GMAT, I was in the CAT mindset - this was a mistake.
2. It’s important to take mock tests before your actual exam. Make sure once you are done with your prep, you take the GMAT prep tests to understand where you are. These tests will help you identify your strengths and weaknesses.
3. Especially for someone who has a lot of experience like me, the biggest challenge is getting back to studying. This requires a lot of sacrifice and dedication to keep the prep consistent. It might be a matter of a few months for some people, or longer like for me.
4. GMAT is a different test. While going through my prep course with CrackVerbal, I understood how it is not always about how the sentence sounds to me. I needed to look at it from the perspective of the test. My SC skills improved a lot. In fact I started enjoying SC and spent a lot of time on it.
5. DS was my weakness - but I also knew I couldn’t conquer it 100%. I focused on improving it as much as I could.
6. My prep strategy focused more on accuracy first. I did not time myself on the questions I solved. I just made sure I got them right. I wanted to get to 85% accuracy before timing myself. During my prep, I also realized that my algebra was stronger than other topics. I consciously spent lesser time on Algebra and focused more on topics that needed improvement.
7. When I analysed my test - every time I went back to revisit the concepts on the questions I got wrong.
8. Managing your time during the test. I made sure I timed my quant section to finish faster. So that I am a lot more confident to get started with Verbal.
9. I made it a habit! Like I remember to brush everyday - I made sure I studied every day for a couple of hours for GMAT
10. Unlike most success stories that see through an approx 3 months preparation for GMAT, I actually under went through preparation of more than 1 year. So one has to personally figure it out for oneself mentally, there’s no same fixed route for all.
Seeing a 760. I felt I surpassed my own expectations, it was amazing!
Perseverance and Patience is the key to succeeding on the GMAT. All the best to everyone.
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25 Jul 2021, 08:51
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Great score and definitely an inspiration for all working professionals who spent over 10+ years in their jobs.
Wish you very best for your applications and 760 score is amazing
Wish you very best for your applications and 760 score is amazing
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