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I have been wanting to share my GMAT journey for a long time. I can say this story has been long overdue.
Since I have been reading a lot about people who have had bad luck during their exams, I hope my story gives hope to some upcoming test takers.
I bought the E-GMAT complete set in May of 2020; I went through all their resources but was extremely demoralized because of how bad I was performing. Even though I understood the concepts, I wasn't getting many practice set questions correct, hovering around 55% accuracy overall on easy/medium/hard sets. My verbal was really poor. It got to a point where I had almost lost hope of a good score.
I was doing self-study and I wasn't able to pinpoint my issues with verbal at all. By this time, it was almost Sept and I wanted to set a date for the exam so that I can apply by 2nd round of deadlines. While searching for a 1-2-1 mentor, I came across an interesting success story on Youtube of a MSx Graduate from Stanford GSB (unfortunately I am not able to recollect his name). In the video, he had shared his experience with Mr Kalyan in a very detailed manner (Had no clue who Kalyan was at this point). I was intrigued and wanted to know more about Kalyan and that’s how I landed on the website of ScoreLeap. I went through a few more testimonials, connected with their counselor and decided to join their GMAT 1-2-1 Verbal program.
Due to corona I had moved back to stay with my parents but my classes at ScoreLeap went well even though it was ONLINE. I began to understand GMAT better because a lot of emphasis is given on the fundamentals / basics in the initial days of the class. Kalyan, who was my verbal trainer, made me see GMAT from different lenses. Sentence Correction grammar rules helped me eliminate 2/3 of answer choices in the first 30 seconds. A lot of homework was given and there are days set aside to check the homework (Basically doubt clearing sessions). By the end of SC classes, I was feeling very confident and motivated as I was getting most of my questions correct.
Also, let me be very frank here. RC with ScoreLeap was initially very scary. The ScoreLeap’s FIRE approach was very different from how I was solving RC passages earlier. Initially, I was very doubtful about the strategy ( though I haven’t mentioned this to Kalyan) because I wasn’t sure whether time would be sufficient. But, after solving over 15 passages using the FIRE approach I could see the results. This was something he had openly told in the class that I would not be able to see the results until I practice more passages using the approach. I was hitting 6 out of 7 questions correctly even in hard passages. FIRE approach helped me overcome the fear of the complex passages and built my confidence. And for CR, the diagramming technique was very unique. I could understand the confusing statements easily. I focused more on eliminating the irrelevant answer choices, which helped me narrow down to the correct answer choice comfortably.
On the last day of my class (Which is called the Test Taking Strategy Class) ,Kalyan provided me with a very specific study plan, and over the next few weeks, I was doing 3 hours of Quant/ Verbal question sets from the Official practice set.
I decided to take my first official mock on Oct 15th. I had taken 2 mocks before this, both of them from e-Gmat Scholaranium, I scored 580 on July 26th and 590 on 16th Aug so I was really nervous about the official mock. Oct 15th I took the official mba mock but got cut short because of some maintenance that they had not mentioned when I started the test, so I finished the test the next day and to my surprise scored a 710! But I took it with a pinch of salt since I had not tested under realistic conditions.
At this point, with no clear score range, I was getting really nervous as I wanted to score 700+ no matter what! Somehow Kalyan would understand my anxiety and would schedule a class just to talk to me. These tiny gestures made me realise that he is genuinely interested in my success. That’s exactly the kind of MENTOR that I NEEDED. Because sometimes, its not just about the strategy or score, it is also about someone understanding you and motivating you when you are down.
I went ahead and booked my Online at home GMAT for the 1st of Dec. I wanted to book it a bit early but wasn't able to, no dates were available for the last 2 weeks of Nov. Once I booked the date, I began to take official mocks regularly and got them thoroughly analysed by Kalyan. I was STRICTLY INSTRUCTED to maintain an error log that tracked my mock test results. The error log format that he gave also kept track of my mistakes ( silly and conceptual) and TRUST ME, THIS HELPS A LOT! Because most of the time you know how to solve it, but due to anxiety you commit a silly mistake. My silly mistakes reduced significantly as Kalyan would sit down with me and check my answers after EVERY MOCK TEST! The gyan sessions after the analysis would motivate me a lot to be honest.
Time management was another big issue at one point. But using ScoreLeap’s Mind controlling technique, I learned not to spend too much time on the questions I knew I could not solve within the time and moved past them. This helped me fix the time management issue too. I took my last mock on 28th Nov, did it in normal testing conditions, ended up scoring a 720 (V38, Q49), I had around 3 min left after quants and finished verbal right on the dot. So I was hoping to score a 700+ at this point since it had been quite a lot of mental struggle to get here.
On the exam day, I was fully focused. Everything went smoothly, but to my surprise, I had 10 min left after I finished the first quant section, I was dumbstruck. Took a couple of minutes off from the last question to compose myself for verbal. I finished verbal with almost 3-4 min left. Lastly, for IR the alarm on my phone started ringing! I forgot to switch it off, I tried not to pay attention to it, so that I don't look away from the screen and end up with a cancelled exam, in all the panic I ended up missing my last IR question.
I was dreading the situation, afraid I might have my test canceled. But when I saw 730 (Q49 V40) on the screen, I was very happy that I could improve my verbal score from V 21 to V 40.
ScoreLeap guidance contributed significantly to my success on GMAT. I would definitely recommend them for GMAT. But I would like to just add one point: join them only if you can follow their strategies 100% .
Since I have been reading a lot about people who have had bad luck during their exams, I hope my story gives hope to some upcoming test takers.
I bought the E-GMAT complete set in May of 2020; I went through all their resources but was extremely demoralized because of how bad I was performing. Even though I understood the concepts, I wasn't getting many practice set questions correct, hovering around 55% accuracy overall on easy/medium/hard sets. My verbal was really poor. It got to a point where I had almost lost hope of a good score.
I was doing self-study and I wasn't able to pinpoint my issues with verbal at all. By this time, it was almost Sept and I wanted to set a date for the exam so that I can apply by 2nd round of deadlines. While searching for a 1-2-1 mentor, I came across an interesting success story on Youtube of a MSx Graduate from Stanford GSB (unfortunately I am not able to recollect his name). In the video, he had shared his experience with Mr Kalyan in a very detailed manner (Had no clue who Kalyan was at this point). I was intrigued and wanted to know more about Kalyan and that’s how I landed on the website of ScoreLeap. I went through a few more testimonials, connected with their counselor and decided to join their GMAT 1-2-1 Verbal program.
Due to corona I had moved back to stay with my parents but my classes at ScoreLeap went well even though it was ONLINE. I began to understand GMAT better because a lot of emphasis is given on the fundamentals / basics in the initial days of the class. Kalyan, who was my verbal trainer, made me see GMAT from different lenses. Sentence Correction grammar rules helped me eliminate 2/3 of answer choices in the first 30 seconds. A lot of homework was given and there are days set aside to check the homework (Basically doubt clearing sessions). By the end of SC classes, I was feeling very confident and motivated as I was getting most of my questions correct.
Also, let me be very frank here. RC with ScoreLeap was initially very scary. The ScoreLeap’s FIRE approach was very different from how I was solving RC passages earlier. Initially, I was very doubtful about the strategy ( though I haven’t mentioned this to Kalyan) because I wasn’t sure whether time would be sufficient. But, after solving over 15 passages using the FIRE approach I could see the results. This was something he had openly told in the class that I would not be able to see the results until I practice more passages using the approach. I was hitting 6 out of 7 questions correctly even in hard passages. FIRE approach helped me overcome the fear of the complex passages and built my confidence. And for CR, the diagramming technique was very unique. I could understand the confusing statements easily. I focused more on eliminating the irrelevant answer choices, which helped me narrow down to the correct answer choice comfortably.
On the last day of my class (Which is called the Test Taking Strategy Class) ,Kalyan provided me with a very specific study plan, and over the next few weeks, I was doing 3 hours of Quant/ Verbal question sets from the Official practice set.
I decided to take my first official mock on Oct 15th. I had taken 2 mocks before this, both of them from e-Gmat Scholaranium, I scored 580 on July 26th and 590 on 16th Aug so I was really nervous about the official mock. Oct 15th I took the official mba mock but got cut short because of some maintenance that they had not mentioned when I started the test, so I finished the test the next day and to my surprise scored a 710! But I took it with a pinch of salt since I had not tested under realistic conditions.
At this point, with no clear score range, I was getting really nervous as I wanted to score 700+ no matter what! Somehow Kalyan would understand my anxiety and would schedule a class just to talk to me. These tiny gestures made me realise that he is genuinely interested in my success. That’s exactly the kind of MENTOR that I NEEDED. Because sometimes, its not just about the strategy or score, it is also about someone understanding you and motivating you when you are down.
I went ahead and booked my Online at home GMAT for the 1st of Dec. I wanted to book it a bit early but wasn't able to, no dates were available for the last 2 weeks of Nov. Once I booked the date, I began to take official mocks regularly and got them thoroughly analysed by Kalyan. I was STRICTLY INSTRUCTED to maintain an error log that tracked my mock test results. The error log format that he gave also kept track of my mistakes ( silly and conceptual) and TRUST ME, THIS HELPS A LOT! Because most of the time you know how to solve it, but due to anxiety you commit a silly mistake. My silly mistakes reduced significantly as Kalyan would sit down with me and check my answers after EVERY MOCK TEST! The gyan sessions after the analysis would motivate me a lot to be honest.
Time management was another big issue at one point. But using ScoreLeap’s Mind controlling technique, I learned not to spend too much time on the questions I knew I could not solve within the time and moved past them. This helped me fix the time management issue too. I took my last mock on 28th Nov, did it in normal testing conditions, ended up scoring a 720 (V38, Q49), I had around 3 min left after quants and finished verbal right on the dot. So I was hoping to score a 700+ at this point since it had been quite a lot of mental struggle to get here.
On the exam day, I was fully focused. Everything went smoothly, but to my surprise, I had 10 min left after I finished the first quant section, I was dumbstruck. Took a couple of minutes off from the last question to compose myself for verbal. I finished verbal with almost 3-4 min left. Lastly, for IR the alarm on my phone started ringing! I forgot to switch it off, I tried not to pay attention to it, so that I don't look away from the screen and end up with a cancelled exam, in all the panic I ended up missing my last IR question.
I was dreading the situation, afraid I might have my test canceled. But when I saw 730 (Q49 V40) on the screen, I was very happy that I could improve my verbal score from V 21 to V 40.
ScoreLeap guidance contributed significantly to my success on GMAT. I would definitely recommend them for GMAT. But I would like to just add one point: join them only if you can follow their strategies 100% .
11 Feb 2023, 07:52
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Congratulations bro...would love to connect with you regarding the same
