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Updated on: 19 Oct 2021, 09:44
Originally posted by AnirudhBazari153 on 28 Sep 2021, 08:06.
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Almost every debrief in GMAT Club which I came across had a story of failure or setback very close to the exam. I too faced something similar, while most debriefs talk about the entire journey, I want to specify this one aspect. The aspect of keeping my cool and trusting the process.
First, some basics which I took away form the entire process.
1. Listen to the experts. Sometimes the things they say might seem counterproductive, but they are never actually. In my experience of GMAT, every single time i rejected the strategy which was suggested to me initially and then eventually fell back on it at the end of the day. Yes, no strategy would work from day one, you need to give it some time to build on you but within a week or so, you will be up and running. A few EXTREMELY USEFUL STRATEGIES WHICH I REJECTED EARLIER AND EVENTUALLY ENDED UP USING-
1. Pre-thinking- I ALWAYS thought that this will just waste my time. But pre-thinking turned out to be one of the most effective strategies i came across. YES, in the first week of you trying to master it, it will take a lot of time. You will be spending around 45 seconds per question in pre-thinking. But as time passes by, you will just get used to it and it will start happening naturally as and when you read the question. After a point of time, you would have pre-thought already by the time you are done reading the question!
2. Passage Reading- Spend a MINIMUM of 3.5 mins reading the passage. AGAIN, we tend to think that it will waste time, but actually it does not. WHat it does is, it gives you a deep sense of understanding the passage. And then you can simply rip through the questions with that MUCH needed confdence.
TYPICAL BREAKUP- 2 Mins reading. 1.25 Mins per question. 7 MINS TOTAL.
In depth passage reading breakup- 3.5 Mins Reading. 0.75 Mins per question. 6.5 MINS TOTAL
Result- Lesser time and better accuracy. The passage reading approach really helped me get to that 90% in RC.
3. SC- FOCUS ON MEANING. What all of us get wrong in SC is the Grammar aspect. People keep stressing on grammar, however, grammar is almost never the issue. One needs to focus on the meaning aspect. But intuitively we end up focusing on Grammar. An exercise which I followed was DO NOT THINK ABOUT GRAMMAR FOR THE FIRST 45 SECONDS NO MATTER WHAT. We often think we know less grammar, but more often than not we know too much grammar.
I went from 50% accuracy to 95% accuracy in SC once I started focusing on Meaning.
In the third last week of my preparation, my performance fell, and i got very under confident. I had scored good scores in my previous attempts, but had just started doing the OFFICIAL QUESTIONS at that time. And was really struggling. But then I contacted the team at E-Gmat and got Archit as my mentor. Alongside Archit, I had Stacey and Harsha as additional help. The role of a teacher never seemed more important to me. I can say with confidence that it was only because of them that I trusted myself again and was eventually able to score a 750.
Lesson learnt- That final push is extremely important in any journey. If you ever feel like you can't do it anymore just talk to someone and tell them your problems. Even if they don't say anything, you'll just feel lighter. Lighter is easier, and easier is better.
Almost every debrief in GMAT Club which I came across had a story of failure or setback very close to the exam. I too faced something similar, while most debriefs talk about the entire journey, I want to specify this one aspect. The aspect of keeping my cool and trusting the process.
First, some basics which I took away form the entire process.
1. Listen to the experts. Sometimes the things they say might seem counterproductive, but they are never actually. In my experience of GMAT, every single time i rejected the strategy which was suggested to me initially and then eventually fell back on it at the end of the day. Yes, no strategy would work from day one, you need to give it some time to build on you but within a week or so, you will be up and running. A few EXTREMELY USEFUL STRATEGIES WHICH I REJECTED EARLIER AND EVENTUALLY ENDED UP USING-
1. Pre-thinking- I ALWAYS thought that this will just waste my time. But pre-thinking turned out to be one of the most effective strategies i came across. YES, in the first week of you trying to master it, it will take a lot of time. You will be spending around 45 seconds per question in pre-thinking. But as time passes by, you will just get used to it and it will start happening naturally as and when you read the question. After a point of time, you would have pre-thought already by the time you are done reading the question!
2. Passage Reading- Spend a MINIMUM of 3.5 mins reading the passage. AGAIN, we tend to think that it will waste time, but actually it does not. WHat it does is, it gives you a deep sense of understanding the passage. And then you can simply rip through the questions with that MUCH needed confdence.
TYPICAL BREAKUP- 2 Mins reading. 1.25 Mins per question. 7 MINS TOTAL.
In depth passage reading breakup- 3.5 Mins Reading. 0.75 Mins per question. 6.5 MINS TOTAL
Result- Lesser time and better accuracy. The passage reading approach really helped me get to that 90% in RC.
3. SC- FOCUS ON MEANING. What all of us get wrong in SC is the Grammar aspect. People keep stressing on grammar, however, grammar is almost never the issue. One needs to focus on the meaning aspect. But intuitively we end up focusing on Grammar. An exercise which I followed was DO NOT THINK ABOUT GRAMMAR FOR THE FIRST 45 SECONDS NO MATTER WHAT. We often think we know less grammar, but more often than not we know too much grammar.
I went from 50% accuracy to 95% accuracy in SC once I started focusing on Meaning.
In the third last week of my preparation, my performance fell, and i got very under confident. I had scored good scores in my previous attempts, but had just started doing the OFFICIAL QUESTIONS at that time. And was really struggling. But then I contacted the team at E-Gmat and got Archit as my mentor. Alongside Archit, I had Stacey and Harsha as additional help. The role of a teacher never seemed more important to me. I can say with confidence that it was only because of them that I trusted myself again and was eventually able to score a 750.
Lesson learnt- That final push is extremely important in any journey. If you ever feel like you can't do it anymore just talk to someone and tell them your problems. Even if they don't say anything, you'll just feel lighter. Lighter is easier, and easier is better.
28 Sep 2021, 10:14
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Congrats on achieving a great score of 750. I do agree with you that becoming under confidant before the exam is not rare. Can share how your mentors were able to get you confidence back? This way many people who are and will face the same issue can have some guidance.
28 Sep 2021, 19:02
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Sure! Just a few basics to take care of, firstly look at the positive side of things. Think about it in this way, if you had not made those mistakes in your practice, you would've eventually made them on the final day.So just be happy that you are able to see those mistakes before the actual exam, the more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in war.
Secondly, stop looking back. One may have a bad test or two, but if you keep focusing on that only, then you will simply get stuck. You cannot move forward if you keep looking back.
And thirdly, instead of doing 100s of sums every day, just do 20-30 sums of those topics which you are under confident about. People think GMAT is about quantity of practice, but in reality it's about the quality of practice. Sometimes, less is more.
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Secondly, stop looking back. One may have a bad test or two, but if you keep focusing on that only, then you will simply get stuck. You cannot move forward if you keep looking back.
And thirdly, instead of doing 100s of sums every day, just do 20-30 sums of those topics which you are under confident about. People think GMAT is about quantity of practice, but in reality it's about the quality of practice. Sometimes, less is more.
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