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15 Jul 2024, 20:51
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Hello there, in the 10th of May I took my first try on the GMAT Focus, having a 695 score (98th percentile) consisting on the following:
Quant: 83 (81st percentile)
Verbal: 87 (99th percentile)
Data I: 83 (96th percentile)
My job is extremely time and energy consuming, reason why I did not want to study for the GMAT Focus while working, for it would have not been viable to do it efficiently. An accident related injury kept me home, with medical licence, for two months... which was the ideal opportunity to study for the test, since I did not have much else in which to keep my mind busy. That was the moment I decided to do an intensive prep, studying for only 6 weeks.
I needed a great score, but was not looking to get the most perfect score ever... The score is for me a means to get me into a great MBA program, and I did not want to loose any more time than strictly necessary for it. A 685 score would probably have been sufficient for me, and I value time and other things I can do with my life too much as to spend more time in preparation to take the test a 2nd time to get an even better score. Needless to say, I was extremely happy to see I could get the score I wanted, in what I consider to be a very short ammount of time, and not interfering with my work schedules.
First I had to decide how to study: probably best to prepare myself with somebody who knows how to get the job done, and not waste time inventing my own study system. I did a short research on market options, and saw that Target Test Prep offered just that, and had a very good score in reviews, so I took their service. I completed the whole course, including Q, V and DI. To be able to complete the course before test day, I had a pretty intense studying system: from monday to friday I started studying from 0730 to 0930, then had kinesiology therapy due to my injury, to resume studying from 1230 to 0200 (am, not pm), time at which I went to sleep. I only had short breaks for lunch and dinner, and 15 minute breaks when I felt I was reaching burnout. I had a few exceptions due to having family or friends comming over; at weekends I still studied, but probably half or a third of the time I dedicated on weekdays.
The course had a learning phase, going through all types of questions in detail, and a practice test phase, which implied taking all 6 official mock tests before the final one. Quant was not my strongest card, due to my university studies and job not being very math related. With TTP I got a strong base, which allowed me to face the test confidently. I had strong verbal skills, but I had to hone them, specially considering my first language (and the one I use everyday due to where I live) is Spanish. TTP gave me the skills I needed to understand the general logic underlying Verbal questions. It was also necessary for me to go through the DI part of the Course, to be able to face such questions in an orderly and quick manner.
I finished the learning phase only 7 days before the actual test, so I had to be fast in the practice test phase. I did and reviewed all 6 official mock tests in only 5 days, so that I could have 2 final days to rest.
On test day I took first the Quant section, in which I inmeddiately knew I had not done as well as in the mocks... However, I took in a disciplined manner the advices TTP gave me regarding test day, kept calm, took my break and went back for DI and V, confident on my capabilities. I finally got very good scores in those sections, which allowed me to happily go back home, with the score I needed.
I must thank TTP team, for their professionalism on preparing the study plan and materials, and for being available when having any inquires. I also hope, God willing, that anybody who reads this debrief and has not taken the test yet is able to get the score they need and enter their dream program.
Quant: 83 (81st percentile)
Verbal: 87 (99th percentile)
Data I: 83 (96th percentile)
My job is extremely time and energy consuming, reason why I did not want to study for the GMAT Focus while working, for it would have not been viable to do it efficiently. An accident related injury kept me home, with medical licence, for two months... which was the ideal opportunity to study for the test, since I did not have much else in which to keep my mind busy. That was the moment I decided to do an intensive prep, studying for only 6 weeks.
I needed a great score, but was not looking to get the most perfect score ever... The score is for me a means to get me into a great MBA program, and I did not want to loose any more time than strictly necessary for it. A 685 score would probably have been sufficient for me, and I value time and other things I can do with my life too much as to spend more time in preparation to take the test a 2nd time to get an even better score. Needless to say, I was extremely happy to see I could get the score I wanted, in what I consider to be a very short ammount of time, and not interfering with my work schedules.
First I had to decide how to study: probably best to prepare myself with somebody who knows how to get the job done, and not waste time inventing my own study system. I did a short research on market options, and saw that Target Test Prep offered just that, and had a very good score in reviews, so I took their service. I completed the whole course, including Q, V and DI. To be able to complete the course before test day, I had a pretty intense studying system: from monday to friday I started studying from 0730 to 0930, then had kinesiology therapy due to my injury, to resume studying from 1230 to 0200 (am, not pm), time at which I went to sleep. I only had short breaks for lunch and dinner, and 15 minute breaks when I felt I was reaching burnout. I had a few exceptions due to having family or friends comming over; at weekends I still studied, but probably half or a third of the time I dedicated on weekdays.
The course had a learning phase, going through all types of questions in detail, and a practice test phase, which implied taking all 6 official mock tests before the final one. Quant was not my strongest card, due to my university studies and job not being very math related. With TTP I got a strong base, which allowed me to face the test confidently. I had strong verbal skills, but I had to hone them, specially considering my first language (and the one I use everyday due to where I live) is Spanish. TTP gave me the skills I needed to understand the general logic underlying Verbal questions. It was also necessary for me to go through the DI part of the Course, to be able to face such questions in an orderly and quick manner.
I finished the learning phase only 7 days before the actual test, so I had to be fast in the practice test phase. I did and reviewed all 6 official mock tests in only 5 days, so that I could have 2 final days to rest.
On test day I took first the Quant section, in which I inmeddiately knew I had not done as well as in the mocks... However, I took in a disciplined manner the advices TTP gave me regarding test day, kept calm, took my break and went back for DI and V, confident on my capabilities. I finally got very good scores in those sections, which allowed me to happily go back home, with the score I needed.
I must thank TTP team, for their professionalism on preparing the study plan and materials, and for being available when having any inquires. I also hope, God willing, that anybody who reads this debrief and has not taken the test yet is able to get the score they need and enter their dream program.
16 Jul 2024, 10:07
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Nice. Congratulations on the great score.
16 Jul 2024, 10:23
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Congratulations man thats a good score!
