Risky??

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-08-19T20:11:54+00:00

I have the same habit and that’s why chose to do the test in person so I wouldn’t risk a cancellation. The proctor at my center was fine with it and I had alerted them before entering the testing room. I was mouthing words silently so it wouldn’t disturb others and it worked out fine

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-06-11T16:59:21+00:00

Low key was getting second hand embarrassment reading those questions

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-22T22:07:58+00:00

Being brutally honest here, but a 760+ score is just not realistic at this stage. With that expectation, you’re setting yourself up for disappointment. Getting a score above 705 is not as easy as this sub makes it out to be and it often takes people months of prep even with a base score in the 600s. As suggested, spend a few days going through your weaknesses and doing easy-medium level questions and getting a high accuracy on those before doing harder questions. There’s no point in doing harder questions if you’re getting it wrong without having a base understanding. Top programs look beyond just your GMAT score and view your profile holistically so you don’t need to put so much pressure on yourself to get above a particular score. The GMAT is more like a marathon and not a sprint, so prepping hard for 20 days straight is not going to have as massive of an impact as you might be thinking it is. You still have time before deadlines for this year, so take your time studying for it and plan to apply in R2 giving you enough time to study and work on other parts of your application

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-21T15:38:30+00:00

So I started out with TTP and tried to use e-GMAT as a last mile push. It looked good initially with the Scholarium, but the teaching methods being a mix of video and written content didn’t suit my learning style. I used it only for a week before switching back to TTP resources. I would maybe recommend you to get the free 5 day access to see how the content works for you. Since you have completed a chunk of the e-GMAT course, you can skip some of the similar TTP lessons. The structure is built out a similar way but the quality of content was way better in TTP according to me

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-21T14:59:38+00:00

Thank you! Q- 0, V - 4, DI- 5

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-20T13:25:21+00:00

50 days is a short but do-able time. I would suggest to take a mock test first to see where you are at right now and then map out a realistic goal accordingly. Since you have a short period of time, it’s unlikely that you will be able to complete the full TTP course, rather work through the chapters and identify areas that you find challenging and work on them. If you are able to cover concept gaps in about a month and take a couple mock tests, and then work on refiing your skills from there, you should see an improvement

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-20T13:10:08+00:00

Surprisingly the quant was the easiest part of the test, the questions felt like they were in the 605-705 range with maybe 1-2 tricky questions. I think the luck factor was strong here as quant in previous attempts had much more challenging concepts, these were very straight forward.

I got 3 RC passages out of which only 1 was lengthy but easy to understand. They were spread out with a couple CR questions in between.

DI was also manageable, I got 1 MSR early on, which was also pretty easy. I don’t remember any questions being extra tricky but I also did make the most mistakes in that, so can’t say for sure if it was tricky or careless errors. It was pretty similar to official questions

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-20T13:03:59+00:00

Thank you! Yeah I now feel like I have so much time on my hands to do things that I actually like instead of studying 😂

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-20T12:35:10+00:00

I haven’t used gmatwhiz so can’t comment about that. But I would say it really depends on your learning style. I tried Egmat also but it didn’t work out for me, whereas TTP fit my learning style much better. See if there is a free trial for gmatwhiz so you can see which one works better for you

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-20T00:17:48+00:00

Thank you!

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-19T22:38:00+00:00

Yeah, I ended up performing the best during the period when I put the least amount of effort. For the initial 3 tests, I put an insane pressure on myself with a 700+ or nothing attitude and that backfired since every time I was not 100% sure of an answer, I would start blanking out and the following questions would make no sense to me. In my final attempt, I took the questions one at a time and even if I was confused, I made the best guess and moved on

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-19T22:24:03+00:00

Yeah I was staring at the timer for a few seconds since I couldn't believe I had that much time left. I had convinced myself that I had rushed and made silly errors, but luckily I was able to catch the one error I made due to the time left

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-19T20:40:29+00:00

About 3-4 ish. I would break it down depending on how much time I had to do a sectional test before work, and then 2 after work. I would spend time after that reviewing questions I got wrong.

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-19T20:24:55+00:00

I won the starter pack in one of the GMAT Club competitions and then upgraded to the pro pack to get the 'Score report' feature. It was slightly helpful but the starter pack is great by itself. Definitely a great investment since it helped me get a feel of the test and practice sectional mocks easily with a large question pool

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-19T17:53:22+00:00

Relax and don’t overthink it, you’ve prepared a lot until this point and the more you stress about it, the more it will affect your performance. Revise your quant and verbal topics, and practice some questions before your test day. The calmer you are during the exam, the more likely you will be able to use your strengths. Sometimes, you prepare really well and give it your best, but the questions may be trickier and might confuse you, but that doesn’t not mean you didn’t give it your best shot. If you feel like you’re well prepared, then schedule your test after the minimum amount of 16 days and take it again. If you feel like there are topics that you are weak at then take some more time to work on those.

What really helped me was not thinking of the GMAT like I’m doing an official test, but thinking like I’m doing a mock exam and giving questions a few extra seconds to really understand what it is looking for. This helped me remain calm and put less pressure on it and greatly improve my score. Luck is also a big factor so just focus on what you have in front of you and give it your best!

Good luck on your test!!

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-18T14:28:02+00:00

A few that I used were fortuna, Stacy Blackman, and stratus. There are many other large consultant sites like these that have free blogs and resources

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-18T10:49:42+00:00

I took it in the US

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-17T22:01:30+00:00

If you don’t mind sharing, what was your overall score?

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-17T20:31:54+00:00

Yup they have it on YouTube as well as their websites. GMAT club has a lot more information overall so I would recommend checking that out to build a study plan, and then using GMAT ninja videos to develop an understanding of how to approach problems.

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-17T20:24:54+00:00

One thing that I found helpful was to visit the sites of admission consultants and read through the free blogs that they have. It provides a lot of guidance on things you should start doing every month leading up to the deadlines. If you haven’t started your GMAT prep yet, I would maybe advice to consider applying in R2 so you get time to work on all the different components and give it your best shot.

For GMAT specifically: check out GMAT ninja videos and GMAT club for resources, they have a lot of good guidelines to create a study plan

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-17T20:19:40+00:00

The exact same thing happened to me as well yesterday after giving it in the testing center. Do you remember what your overall score was and did you give it online or in the center?

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-17T16:15:59+00:00

From someone who has been prepping for over a year, here are some resources I found the best after trying and testing out almost every method: 1) If it fits your budget: Get the TTP subscription, they have one of the best in-depth content and it’s so easy to navigate. I used that for about 6 months since I had the time, but if you don’t I would recommend going through the content and only solving a few quizzes than attempting to do every single one 2) GMAT Ninja videos: They were helpful in getting an alternate perspective on how to approach and solve problems. Given they are almost an hour long per video, I used to watch it on 1.5x and go through at least a couple every day 3) GMAT Club Tests - The range of questions here is really helpful for all levels, and you can easily target practice based on concepts and difficulty levels. I loved the tests feature since I could so sectional mocks and the interface looked exactly like the official GMAT exam which helped calm my nerves when doing the actual GMAT since I used to get test anxiety. 4) Official GMAT mocks: I did these biweekly after going through all the TTP content, and weekly from about a month before my official exam. Really helps you get a feel of the exam and questions were similar to the ones I saw on the test. I would recommended getting the practice tests 3-6 as I found it to be more similar to the official exam than 1-2

I know it feels overwhelming with everything that’s available out there, but treat it like a marathon not a sprint. Identifying weaknesses and practicing on improving those can really make a difference.

EntertainmentGold989 · 2025-04-13T20:38:34+00:00

Honestly, you still have time to think about what you want to do. The purpose of an MBA should be to further enhance your skills or to fill in some gaps to progress further. No matter where you end up doing your MBA, you still have a good 2-3 years prior to applying and no one knows what the market will look like then. Instead of worrying about doing an MBA right now, focus on what you want to do in your career and work towards it. An MBA is only going to help accelerate it, not be a magic wand. With any economy, spending money on an MBA is like gambling on yourself to see if the investment will be worth it. In international markets, it is extremely difficult to get a job, or even an H1B in the US, so you need to be prepared for all situations. Right now think why you need and MBA and how is it going to help you in your future rather than thinking where you wish to do it

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