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Updated on: 24 Oct 2022, 19:43
Originally posted by msplmansit on 24 Oct 2022, 05:10.
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My Score - 720 v38 q49
Duration of prep - 4.5 months
My background - I come from an engineering background(graduated in 2020). I don't deal with quantitative reasoning, but my work wants me to deal with data day in and day out.
My Journey - (If you don't want to spend much time in this post, I would recommend to skip this section and head to Things that went right for me part)
I had been thinking to give GMAT exam by the start of this year, and I was evaluating options such as CAT, XAT, etc. One of my closest friends recommended taking up the course offered by eGMAT.
A little background to my friend, She is a brilliant student and gave an attempt at GMAT last year, but she scored badly (Later she gave GRE and scored good, though). Even if being academically strong, she made many things wrong, some of them were as followed-
1. Not following the process of the course(eGMAT) she took
2. Learning very haphazardly.
3. Giving too many mocks.
She told me- "If you want to give GMAT, take up a course and follow it diligently. Because I took eGMAT, I can vouch for its content and its content is quite comprehensive.".
Without a second thought, I took up the course.
To set the stage, I gave my first mock, and I scored around 650. My Verbal score was terrible. I scored 29. Having little interest in literature and being a non-native speaker, I never learned English the right way. So I had a lot of ground to cover. For quant I was confident, I can ace it pretty well.
I started my eGMAT course. At first, It went well, I was understanding what was being taught, but those things were not translating in my practice sets. I watched videos by eGMAT experts and everywhere they talked about was to trust the process.
So without further delay, I reached out to the eGMAT team with my problem. They were not obligated to reply to me and discuss things but within a day I got a reply from Rashmi- (one of the eGMAT experts). She addressed my issue and gave me a detailed plan of action to get me on track. She also pulled the user statistics details and showed me how irregular I was during my preparation, which I was taking for granted.
At the get-go, I didn't like the plan as most of them were to repeat what I did already done. But anyways I followed through, thinking to give it a try. From then on, things were starting to be on track. She also asked me to follow up, which made me follow the plan and get back to her.
My sub-sectional order in Verbal was- Sentence Correction(SC), Critical Reasoning(CR) and Reading Comprehension(RC). After all, the sub-sectionals were over, and when it was time for giving a sectional. I struggled a bit. I ignored it, which pushed my preparation to one more week. I also completed quant in no time as most of the concepts, I already knew.
Then when I started giving mocks I didn't see major score improvement, I scored somewhere around 670 in one. But I took time to correct my approach and with the time spent on each question, things came on track. In official mocks, I was touching 760s.
With this, I gave my GMAT exam, during the exam I struggled a lot, everything went wrong what can go wrong during the Verbal section. My mind was pivoting itself to think for the next attempt. I gave quant and finished 10 mins early.
Then suddenly, My screen popped - 720, Accept or Decline. I accepted the score, but I didn't believe the score. One thing that was very disheartening as I got 49 in quants and I was expecting a 51.
While analyzing, I got to know that in quant I made 3 questions incorrect and those were relatively easier.
Reflecting on my exam, I see a lot of scope for improvement and I can achieve it in minimum time. So, I decided to retake the exam. The ideal case would have been to give it now, but due to prior commitments, I am postponing it to the first quarter of 2023. To keep in touch with the subject, I am revising notes and solving a few questions every weekend.
Things that went right for me-
1. Continues support from the eGMAT expert.
2. Being regular and disciplined during my preparation.
3. Holding myself accountable.
4. Cumulatively revising all the concepts regularly.
5. Less mocks and proper time spent on analyzing and correcting the mistakes
6. Taking one step at a time.
Things that didn't go right for me-
1. Neglecting quant. I could have got at least a 10 points jump.
2. Not regular during initial days of my preperation.
3. Not spending proper time on each question while analyzing. (you may need to spend atleast 10-15 mins in each SC questions too, don't think twice spend time. Work on your first principles)
4. Time spend on each question in exam was not right.
My suggestions-
1. Focus on your first principles - You should have all the answers, why any option is right and why any option is wrong.
2. Don't forget the basics. Most of the questions especially in SC can be solved with the most important and limited concepts.
3. Don't take anything for granted. Always think that, What can happen wrong will happen wrong.
4. In GMAT discipline is the key. How academically strong you are doesn't matter, You have to respect the exam.
5. Don't blindly apply grammar rules and put things inside frameworks, have a meaning based approach.
6. Revise. Revise. Revise.
7. Have a mentor who continuously keeps you in check.(The way Rashmi was for me).
8. Don't be haphazard in your prep(where you randomly solve questions from GMAT club). Take a course to have some structure in place. I would recommend eGMAT. The course is very comprehensive, it won't leave any stones unturned.
Thank you for your patience to read through such a long de-brief.
Hope this helps.
Feel free to post your comments here, or DM me
Duration of prep - 4.5 months
My background - I come from an engineering background(graduated in 2020). I don't deal with quantitative reasoning, but my work wants me to deal with data day in and day out.
My Journey - (If you don't want to spend much time in this post, I would recommend to skip this section and head to Things that went right for me part)
I had been thinking to give GMAT exam by the start of this year, and I was evaluating options such as CAT, XAT, etc. One of my closest friends recommended taking up the course offered by eGMAT.
A little background to my friend, She is a brilliant student and gave an attempt at GMAT last year, but she scored badly (Later she gave GRE and scored good, though). Even if being academically strong, she made many things wrong, some of them were as followed-
1. Not following the process of the course(eGMAT) she took
2. Learning very haphazardly.
3. Giving too many mocks.
She told me- "If you want to give GMAT, take up a course and follow it diligently. Because I took eGMAT, I can vouch for its content and its content is quite comprehensive.".
Without a second thought, I took up the course.
To set the stage, I gave my first mock, and I scored around 650. My Verbal score was terrible. I scored 29. Having little interest in literature and being a non-native speaker, I never learned English the right way. So I had a lot of ground to cover. For quant I was confident, I can ace it pretty well.
I started my eGMAT course. At first, It went well, I was understanding what was being taught, but those things were not translating in my practice sets. I watched videos by eGMAT experts and everywhere they talked about was to trust the process.
So without further delay, I reached out to the eGMAT team with my problem. They were not obligated to reply to me and discuss things but within a day I got a reply from Rashmi- (one of the eGMAT experts). She addressed my issue and gave me a detailed plan of action to get me on track. She also pulled the user statistics details and showed me how irregular I was during my preparation, which I was taking for granted.
At the get-go, I didn't like the plan as most of them were to repeat what I did already done. But anyways I followed through, thinking to give it a try. From then on, things were starting to be on track. She also asked me to follow up, which made me follow the plan and get back to her.
My sub-sectional order in Verbal was- Sentence Correction(SC), Critical Reasoning(CR) and Reading Comprehension(RC). After all, the sub-sectionals were over, and when it was time for giving a sectional. I struggled a bit. I ignored it, which pushed my preparation to one more week. I also completed quant in no time as most of the concepts, I already knew.
Then when I started giving mocks I didn't see major score improvement, I scored somewhere around 670 in one. But I took time to correct my approach and with the time spent on each question, things came on track. In official mocks, I was touching 760s.
With this, I gave my GMAT exam, during the exam I struggled a lot, everything went wrong what can go wrong during the Verbal section. My mind was pivoting itself to think for the next attempt. I gave quant and finished 10 mins early.
Then suddenly, My screen popped - 720, Accept or Decline. I accepted the score, but I didn't believe the score. One thing that was very disheartening as I got 49 in quants and I was expecting a 51.
While analyzing, I got to know that in quant I made 3 questions incorrect and those were relatively easier.
Reflecting on my exam, I see a lot of scope for improvement and I can achieve it in minimum time. So, I decided to retake the exam. The ideal case would have been to give it now, but due to prior commitments, I am postponing it to the first quarter of 2023. To keep in touch with the subject, I am revising notes and solving a few questions every weekend.
Things that went right for me-
1. Continues support from the eGMAT expert.
2. Being regular and disciplined during my preparation.
3. Holding myself accountable.
4. Cumulatively revising all the concepts regularly.
5. Less mocks and proper time spent on analyzing and correcting the mistakes
6. Taking one step at a time.
Things that didn't go right for me-
1. Neglecting quant. I could have got at least a 10 points jump.
2. Not regular during initial days of my preperation.
3. Not spending proper time on each question while analyzing. (you may need to spend atleast 10-15 mins in each SC questions too, don't think twice spend time. Work on your first principles)
4. Time spend on each question in exam was not right.
My suggestions-
1. Focus on your first principles - You should have all the answers, why any option is right and why any option is wrong.
2. Don't forget the basics. Most of the questions especially in SC can be solved with the most important and limited concepts.
3. Don't take anything for granted. Always think that, What can happen wrong will happen wrong.
4. In GMAT discipline is the key. How academically strong you are doesn't matter, You have to respect the exam.
5. Don't blindly apply grammar rules and put things inside frameworks, have a meaning based approach.
6. Revise. Revise. Revise.
7. Have a mentor who continuously keeps you in check.(The way Rashmi was for me).
8. Don't be haphazard in your prep(where you randomly solve questions from GMAT club). Take a course to have some structure in place. I would recommend eGMAT. The course is very comprehensive, it won't leave any stones unturned.
Thank you for your patience to read through such a long de-brief.
Hope this helps.
Feel free to post your comments here, or DM me
24 Oct 2022, 09:33
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A focussed approach always pays great dividends. Indeed, the eGMAT course provided you the desired 'focussed approach' guiding your preparations.
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Thanks for the nice debrief. Did you use more product other than eGMAT?
