Back in May, before I even began my preparation for GMAT, I attempted the first official practice test and scored 410, which in a way created a mental barrier about how much I could possibly score in the actual test, even with sufficient preparation. While I was trying out a few courses, I spoke to Piyush from GMATWhiz and told him about the aforementioned score. Based on my profile, he recommended a target of 680, which honestly, I was sceptical about achieving. Nevertheless, I went ahead with GMATWhiz as my choice of course since I found the video lessons very engaging as well as immensely useful on account of the content covering every topic right from the absolute basics. The feature that pretty much sealed the deal was the personalized analytics and recommendation engine (my job involved making recommendations to my company’s business partners based on individual performance metrics, which made this quite relatable).

I started my preparation and used the course in the exact sequence that it asks to, focussing on one section at a time. Saquib, who had been assigned to me as the strategic mentor guided me on conquering my weaknesses, especially with Quant, where I needed assistance the most. His recommendations on individual concepts, on external sources for questions as well as a detailed review of one of the official practice tests that I took, helped me identify and plug gaps. The verbal section, especially CR, is explained beautifully and trains the student very well on spotting fallacies and flaws in reasoning, which is what critical reasoning is all about. The recently added Score Predictor provides a fairly accurate range of what one’s actual score can be and was very useful. After a gruelling four-month preparation marathon, I scored 680 on the actual exam, which is exactly what Piyush had recommended. I’m highly satisfied with the score and with GMATWhiz and I recommend the course anyone who aims to tame the beast called GMAT.

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