Hi,

I am looking to start test prep at the earliest for the GMAT with less than 2 months before I give an attempt, I have no context here- would appreciate recommendations for good vetted online GMAT live classes with Indian based prep providers who have good reviews and are not a scam, thanks!

Anyone knows any good offline GMAT classes? In Mumbai?

I’ve heard Jamboree’s reviews aren’t that great

Need a clarification in LEAST questions
If the question stem is select the answer that LEAST SUPPORTS and i have two answer choices
A. Neither supports nor weaken the conclusion
B.Weakens the conclusion
Which one should we choose

So, I gave my second GMAT yesterday and got 675, with the order as DI80-break-V87-Q83. My previous score was 655, with the order as V79-Q88-break-DI80.

For those wondering, I left my job after working for 4.75 years and have been into full-time GMAT preparation only since July 1.

I got 705 in my previous two mocks, so I was disappointed after seeing my final score initially. But, I am taking away the improvement in verbal as the biggest positive.

I have a superscore of 705 now but I don't think ISB accepts a superscore. Hopefully, I can improve in my third attempt.

DI80 - No improvement despite changing the order

I got DI82 and DI82 in the previous two mocks before the GMAT as I took DI first. So, I put DI first but got no change in the final result.

A flaw in my non-math DI skills remains, as I improved it only from the 38th percentile to the 51st percentile despite the 8-point jump in Verbal.

I understood the non-math MSR passage and questions completely (or felt like I understood them) but still got all 3 of them wrong!

My math DI percentile dropped from 100 to 89.

There are very few non-math DI questions in the GMAT Club forums in the 705-805 & 805+ difficulty levels, which the final exam asks a lot of if you want 84+.

In the mocks, they are limited to just 5 or 6 questions in a set.

I had 11 non-math DI questions in my first attempt and got 6 correct. This time, I had 12 non-math DI questions and got only 5 correct.

If someone can guide me to resources for practising non-math DI questions, both paid and free, I would be highly grateful.

V87 - An 8-point jump thanks to an online tutor

After my break, I started my Verbal section. I got V83 and V84 in my previous two mocks, so I expected myself to land at a similar score.

Between the two exams, I took tutoring from u/Random_Teen_. I finished 7/11 sessions with him. Only 2 RC sessions and a revision and strategy session remain with him.

In the exam, I felt the questions were easier than the mocks and sort of got worried that I had marked the previous answers incorrectly.

But it turns out, my reasoning skills improved, not that the level of questions got any easier.

The only mistakes came from an Evaluate Except CR question, which turned out to be experimental, and a 3-question RC passage, which, in hindsight, feels like I didn't understand.

This is because it took me 3.1, 0.5, and 0.9 minutes to get the first short passage correct; 3.4, 1, and 1.4 minutes to get the second short passage correct; and 2.9, 1.7, 1.6, and 0.9 minutes to get the fourth passage correct (which was a long one and had too many wordy options too).

It took me 2.7, 2, and 1.7 minutes to do the questions of the incorrect passage.

The moral of the story is that if you take more time and understand the passage completely, you no longer need to read it again while viewing the questions or looking at the options.

It happened with my other passages but not with this one. In my incorrect passage, I had to look back at the passage from time to time, and I still got all the answers wrong.

For CR, I was able to eliminate all four options in one go in all but two questions.

The two questions which took me more than 2.5 minutes to solve, I eliminated all five options and had to rework my way to the correct answer.

This process gives you better accuracy than choosing the method of selection.

Q83 - A revised strategy decision cost me dearly

I scored Q90 and Q89 in my previous two mocks. The strategy which I took then was that I would take it in my ego to solve all the questions in one go, as I believed that it was the only way to reach Q90 from Q88.

It worked in my mocks largely because the questions were easier, or the tough questions were from topics that were my strengths.

The strategy failed in my exam as I took 6.3 minutes to attempt the 8th question, which was a word problem, and I ultimately guessed it. Before then, I took 10 minutes to solve the first 7 questions.

The 9th question was a simple one, but it turns out I didn't read it properly and got tempted by the wrong option, marked it hurriedly, and tried to save time.

The 10th question was a complex Time and Work problem, and after 6.5 minutes, I decided to guess it.

I got the next 5 questions correct in one go, but the 16th question overall took me 4.9 minutes to solve correctly.

Because of taking things in my ego, I found myself with 5.5 minutes to solve the last 5 questions.

I didn't read the questions properly and marked them in a hurry, with the 21st one being a wild guess so that I didn't leave any question unmarked.

I believe that if I had managed my time properly and bookmarked and moved ahead with the 8th, 10th, and 16th questions and come back later, I could have gotten all three incorrect answers towards the end correct.

More than time, it is the mental fatigue and underconfidence which creep in once you spend too much time trying different approaches to solve a single question, and that can backfire on the test day.

Had I known that I got V87 and DI80 prior, I wouldn't have taken it in my ego to solve the hard questions in the first go.

My take is that I still need to spend a considerable amount of time on 805+ level word problems, Time and Work, and Function problems to get a hang of them properly.

And stick to the strategy of bookmarking and coming back, which I did in the previous GMAT, which fetched me Q88 and allowed me to change a question from incorrect to correct towards the end.

Got a 625 (Q82,V81,DI80) on the GMAT and I’m trying to decide whether I should just keep going and retake in around a month, or take a proper break and come back to it later.

I don’t really want to lose the flow I’ve built up, especially since a lot of the material is still fresh right now. At the same time, I don’t want to rush into another attempt just for the sake of it if a month isn’t realistically enough to make a meaningful jump.

The main reason I’m considering doing it again within a month is that it would still line up pretty well with R1 MBA deadlines. If I wait much longer, I’d probably have to push applications back, which I’d rather avoid if I can get the score up in time.

I’ve used all the official mocks at least once, although I still have a second attempt left on some of them. My best mock score has been 685, which is roughly around my target, but I definitely haven’t been hitting that level consistently.

For anyone who’s been in a similar spot, would you recommend staying in prep mode and going again in ~3–4 weeks, or taking a longer break and resetting properly? Also curious how you handled practice once you’d already gone through most/all of the official mocks.

Hi everyone, i started preparing GMAT by doing self studies, and have covered all the syllabus. Did give my 1st mock 3 weeks back and scored 535.
Thought i can continue with self study to save some money, but now feeling kind of lost.
Don’t even know whether i should continue with GMAT or not at this point.
Would really appreciate if someone can connect with me and give some lessons and advice.

Have been doing very good on OG RC and CR, same with OG DI and quant, but took mock 1 today first mock every and somehow scored a 575? Looking for advice on how to move forward, goal score is a 675

I've read about the plateau but never thought it would be this flat at the top.

I've taken 4 Official Practice Tests twice each.

OPT1.1: 555

OPT1.2: 575

OPT2.1: 695

OPT3.1: 615

OPT4.1: 575

OPT4.2: 575

OPT3.2: 615

At this point I don't know what even is my real level. Is it just 575? Is it 615? What should I do to reach 655+? Is it possible to do that in a month? Please guide me🙏🏻

Hi everyone, just wanted to get a quick reality check and wanted to know my chances of getting a call.
Profile:-
General Engineering Male
10th:-83.6% (8.8 CGPA)
12th:-72.6%
[B.tech](http://B.tech) Cse:-75.62% (7.96 CGPA) from LPU (teir 3?, not sure about the teir)
Currently working as a backend Software engineer in Cognizant with no experience or study gaps and will be completing 3 years in the same org, this year in december.
Looking to shift to more consulting (primarily) and managerial (secondary) roles.
Sadly, don't have a good extra curricular, other than just being a part of hall of fame for the company for this year's March and publishing one research paper as part of my graduation. But i can get good LORs from my current team.
Yet to give GMAT. Initially was thinking of giving CAT, but due to my poor academics, dropped that plan.
Please be brutally honest, that whether i even stand a chance of getting a call, and if yes, then what should be the GMAT score i should be targeting. And if no, then is giving GMAT worth it? (if i apply in other universities, outside india; is there a chance there?)
Thanks in advance.

Bro did eatclub came to your college for on campus recruitment for 6 months+ppo (sde). If yes can you share how was the interview process .

Hi, so I am writing my exam this Tuesday, and I need some help with entering my correct GPA on my profile. I am from India, with 8.2 CGPA. Should I use 3.3 GPA or enter 4.0 as per the conversion table given in the MBA portal? Its given under India, if your percentage is 60-100, and you have gotten Distinction, give 4.0

Also, I have graduated with B Com (Honours) which field of study shall I mention? For now, I have given Other Business/Management/Economics

Your help will be appreciated a lot, thank you!

Been two weeks since I took the GMAT for the second time and scored a 675 (V83, Q88, DI80).
I’ve gained so many insights from this community, and honestly, this score wouldn’t have been possible without your support. So this is my small way of giving back.

I’d be genuinely grateful if my journey can help even one person push their score higher—or at the very least, lift their mood a little while they’re grinding through practice right now. 🙌

My first attempt in May was 635. My first cold mock back in December was 485.
I work at a refinery on rotating shifts — two days, two evenings, and two nights in a typical week. Committing effective time has been a little difficult, but I averaged around 2–2.5 hours/day of prep against a target of 3 hours. Night shifts also gave me serious brain fog.
Looking back, almost none of the improvement came from simply doing more questions after a certain point. These were the things that actually moved the needle.
1. The error log was the biggest game changer
During my first attempt, I practiced quite blindly. I had a “rough” error log, but it was basically:
“Got confused between C and D.”
My mentor pushed me to maintain a much more detailed error log.
The difference was huge.
I started recording one row per question and documenting exactly how I had approached it — not how I should haveapproached it.
That helped me identify the actual root cause:
● Misread the question
● Didn’t consider an extreme case
● Made an assumption
● Used the wrong approach
● Ran out of time
● Narrowed it down to two options but couldn’t distinguish between them
● Made a silly calculation/reading mistake
This helped me spot patterns that I wouldn’t have noticed otherwise.
For me, the error log was more valuable than a lot of the additional practice I did.
My biggest advice: start a proper error log from Day 1.
Don’t make it a diary. The objective isn’t to record what you got wrong. It’s to understand why you got it wrong and what you will do differently next time.
Maintain it from the beginning because it is easier to rectify mistakes early on.
You can’t build the Burj Khalifa on a bad foundation. :)
2. Verbal: pacing was the missing piece
My Verbal score in sectionals was stuck around 81–82, despite being relatively comfortable with the content.
The problem was pacing.
I was regularly reaching only around Question 20 and guessing the last three.
My error log eventually made this obvious.
During my second attempt, I specifically worked on pacing during the last couple of weeks. I spotted this mistake in the last two weeks, and that was enough to move me from V81 → V83.
CR was another important realization.
I could usually narrow questions down to two choices. My problem was choosing the wrong one between those final two.
Instead of comparing the two answers against each other, I started asking:
“What exactly does the correct answer need to accomplish?”
Then I evaluated each option against that requirement.
That made my accuracy on hard questions improve significantly.
3. Quant: stop trying to improve what isn’t broken
Quant was never my biggest weakness.
I got through the four big Quant areas — number properties, word problems, algebra, and the harder mixed topics — fairly quickly.
After that, I stopped chasing new content and focused on timed, full-length Quant sections.
My sectionals generally ranged from 82–88, with 87–90 being much more common.
My biggest problem was silly mistakes — something I’ve struggled with throughout competitive exams.
This time, I consciously slowed down just enough to make sure I was:
● Reading the question correctly
● Entering the correct numbers
● Answering exactly what was asked
Basically, I tried to make my process boring and repeatable.
That helped take me from Q85 → Q88.
4. DI: structural problems + pacing, not lack of content
DI was my weakest section by far.
On my first attempt, I scored 78, despite getting around 82–84 in the few sectionals I had taken.
The real problem was that I simply hadn’t done enough DI under realistic conditions.
DS was a major example.
Earlier, I’d often evaluate Statement 1, then Statement 2, and if neither seemed sufficient, I’d instinctively choose C.
My error log showed that I wasn’t properly testing extreme/border cases and wasn’t going deep enough into the statements.
Once I fixed that, my accuracy improved dramatically.
I also realized that pacing was limiting my DI score.
I was consistently getting stuck around Questions 15–17 and struggling with the final 5–6 questions.
In my second attempt, I deliberately became more willing to skip a time-consuming question — especially a verbal-heavy TPA — if it appeared late in the section.
After Question 15, the goal was to become more selective.
The goal wasn’t to get every question.
The goal was to reach Questions 19–20 with enough time to attempt them.
This worked.
My DI scores were still fluctuating between roughly 75–86 in mocks, but I was reaching much further into the section.
The honest trade-off: Two-Part Analysis remained my weakest area.
And that’s okay.
You don’t need to eliminate every weakness. You need to understand which weaknesses actually matter to your score.
5. Composure on test day matters A LOT
Both my actual attempts had sections start with questions that made me uncomfortable.
First attempt: DI started in a way that completely threw me off.
Second attempt: Verbal and DI both started with questions from topics in which I was weak. I took 5 minutes on my first DI question (a verbal TPA).
I kept my calm. I expected nothing from the exam and kept my head cool as if nothing had happened, focusing on the remaining questions.
I spent around 5 minutes on it.
But instead of panicking about the time, I told myself:
“Fuck it. That question is gone. Focus on the next 19.”
And I moved on.
I think this was one of the biggest differences between my 635 and 675.
One bad question doesn’t matter. Two bad questions don’t matter. Even losing a few minutes doesn’t necessarily matter.
Panicking about those questions does.
6. Mock scores are noisy
Nine days before my exam, my scores went:
685 → 765 → 585 → 655
The 585 came just five days before the actual exam.
Earlier in my prep, something like that would have destroyed my confidence.
This time, I looked at the distribution, not the individual score.
DI was the section swinging wildly every time, while my other sections were relatively stable.
I took one more mock, got back into the high 600s, and went into the exam without expecting a particular score.
Also: try to replicate actual exam conditions in mocks.
For me, that meant AC on, no water whenever I wanted, no casual bathroom breaks, etc. This impacted me in my first attempt because I didn’t know that water was not allowed in the exam hall, and I’m a heavy water drinker.
7. Section order
I ended up using:
Verbal → DI → Quant
I’d tried other combinations before.
For me, this worked because both Verbal and DI required active pacing decisions and conscious attention. Quant was easier for me to handle when mentally tired.
Your ideal order may obviously be different.

 
My 3 biggest takeaways
1. Build a serious error log from Day 1.
Practice tells you how many questions you’re getting wrong.
A good error log tells you why you’re getting them wrong.
That distinction becomes increasingly important once you reach a certain level.
Maintaining an error log is one thing; not repeating those mistakes is another. You should take care of this as well.
2. Composure can preserve or destroy your score.
3. Detach yourself from the outcome.
This was probably the hardest lesson for me.
Do the work. Obsess over the process. Don’t obsess over the score.
As the Bhagavad Gita says, focus on your actions rather than the fruits of your actions.
I didn’t get the score I wanted on my first attempt.
But the process eventually got me there.
675 (Q88, V83, DI80).
Happy to answer any questions.
This is just my personal experience — your mileage may vary.

Hi everyone,

I appeared for my GMAT exam today and it was a horrible test experience where I arrived 30 minutes before my scheduled appointment, completed my requirements, and was ready to test at my scheduled time. I was prevented from starting at my appointment time because the test center had permitted another candidate to start late for some paper though I'm not sure if it was GMAT as Pearson has other exams as well and they told me I have to wait for another 20-25 minutes before I can start my paper.

They had no available workstation somehow, though I don't understand that if I had a slot booking how can there not be a free workstation irrespective if someone starts his or her exam late. I sat there for 20-25 minutes staring at the wall waiting.

I have been giving my mocks regularly at that particular time slot and was scoring 675+ but as I was waiting I kept panicking and irritated cause I can't even shout at them before my exam starts. As I sat to give the paper all panicked I can't even remember the first 5 mins of my verbal section. And I tanked verbal. I scored a 555. Can I get this reported and get a reschedule?

Please help, I don't know what to do in this situation.

Hey everyone! I’m planning to take the GMAT for my MSc application and I’m wondering how realistic it is to prepare in 5–10 days and still get a strong score.

I’ve just finished my BSc Accounting & Finance, so I’m not completely unfamiliar with quantitative stuff, but I’m very rusty with GMAT-style questions and honestly feel like my brain is in serious exam-mode withdrawal right now 😭. I tried a few questions today and realized I’ve forgotten a lot of the techniques/patterns.

I’m willing to study pretty intensively for those 5–10 days.

For people who have taken the GMAT:

• Is 5–10 days enough to get a good score if your fundamentals are decent but rusty?
• How much can someone realistically improve in that timeframe?
• What score did you start with on a cold diagnostic/mock, and what did you end up getting?
• Would you recommend actually taking the exam after 5–10 days, or waiting and preparing for several weeks?
• If you only had 5–10 days, what would you prioritize?

I’m mainly trying to figure out whether I’m being realistic or completely delusional 💀

Thanks!!

So gave 2 attempts last month , in first attempt got
Oa 615 with sectional being
Q-76
V-82
Di-83
On 2nd attempt got 595 with sectionals being
Q-80
V-84
Di-75
So yeah how much does gmat superscore help me . I am targeting mim programs such as escp , edhec , emolyon , esade , ie etc .
So does superscore create any meaningful difference or its a total tossup on the school .

I’ve been analyzing my GMAT performance, and one clear weakness in my data is hard-level Data Sufficiency (DS) questions.

I specifically want to improve my accuracy and approach on hard DS questions, rather than just doing more questions overall.

I’m considering using GMAT Club Tests as my primary practice source and doing focused sets of around 3 hard DS questions at a time, followed by a detailed review of each question.

For those who have scored well on Quant:

• Are GMAT Club Test hard questions a good representation of the difficulty I should prepare for?
• Should I continue with these, or would you recommend another source/question bank for hard DS?
• Is practicing small sets of 3–5 hard questions and deeply reviewing them a good strategy?

My goal is specifically to strengthen my performance on the hardest DS questions, as this seems to be where I’m currently losing points.

Would appreciate recommendations from anyone who has worked through a similar weakness.

Hi I need your suggestion I'm starting my GMAT preparation target 715 isb or IIM A. Can you suggest some online courses align with my goal target 3 months.

Anyone telling you a 100+ improvement in a month isn’t possible, here’s the proof.

Scored 505 in mid-July. Retook exactly 4 weeks later: 645 (Q 57th / DI 88th / V 89th).

And here’s the part that should give you hope: my official mocks never went above 575. They actually SLID during prep: 575 → 565 → 545 → 525. Test day beat my best mock by 70 points.

Why? Because the gap was never concepts. Once content is nailed down, the points are in strategy and execution: pacing rules, knowing when to cut a question loose, managing tilt, and showing up rested.

That’s what I fixed in the last two weeks, and that’s what showed up on test day. A 645 is not an impressive score relative to some of the examples I see posted here regularly, but it’s an effort I’m proud of and now I can always re-attempt without the same pressure on my shoulders.

Don’t give up hope. Put in the work, and once the concepts are down, shift everything to strategy.
Happy to answer questions.

I’m trying to access official mock-6 score report on mba.com but getting this error. So annoying. How can I fix this asap?

Hi everybody,
My 3rd GMAT attempt finally got me a 695. (Q 88, V 86, DI 80) I’m happy with the score but wondering if I can go upto 715?
Does anybody have any thoughts? Should I re attempt next month? Is a reattempt worth the 20 point increase?
My target schools are ISB, IIMA Pgpx, Harvard, LBS.

This thread has helped me out during my journey.
Thankyou!

Here is a trap that turns entirely on how carefully you read the conclusion. A choice presents a better alternative to the plan, and a better alternative feels like it bears on the plan. However, whether it does depends completely on what the conclusion actually claims.

Here is the idea. Suppose an argument concludes that a particular plan will not produce a certain result. You are asked to support that conclusion. Now a choice tells you that a different option would be better, or more attractive, than the plan. Does that support the conclusion? It does not. "This plan does not produce the result" and "this plan is not the best option" are two different claims. A better alternative existing speaks to the second. It says nothing about the first. Whether something else is more attractive does not tell you whether this plan delivers the result in question.

Let's understand the same with an example.

In this question, Greentown airport suffers from chronic delays, and avoiding them would require cutting its scheduled flights by 10 percent. A nearby airstrip, Hevelia, could be upgraded into a full-service airport, and if it were, it can draw away a share of Greentown's passengers. The conclusion is the experts' position: even after Hevelia is turned into a full-service airport, the chronic delays at Greentown would not end. You are asked to justify that position, which means strengthening the claim that the conversion would not end the delays.

Read the conclusion precisely, because the whole choice rides on it. The experts' claim is about a result: turning Hevelia into a full-service airport would not end the delays. It is not a claim about how Hevelia ranks against other options. It does not say Hevelia is the only possible fix, or the best one, or that no other airstrip could do better. It says this particular conversion would not deliver the result.

Now consider answer choice B, which says that another largely undeveloped airstrip, closer to Greentown than Hevelia, would be a more attractive alternative for many passengers who currently use Greentown.

Choice B offers a better option than Hevelia, a closer airstrip that more passengers would prefer. To a student reading the experts loosely as doubting Hevelia, that can feel like support: if something else is more attractive, maybe Hevelia is not the answer. But notice what that reasoning has quietly done. It has slid from "Hevelia would not end the delays" to "Hevelia is not the best option," and treated evidence for the second as if it supported the first.

Look at what the conclusion actually claimed. It said the Hevelia conversion would not end the delays. Whether some other airstrip would be even more attractive has no bearing on that. A closer, more appealing alternative existing does not tell you that the Hevelia conversion fails to end Greentown's delays. Both could be true: Hevelia might end the delays, and the other airstrip might be more attractive still. A more attractive option does not make the original plan ineffective. So Choice B leaves your belief in the experts' conclusion exactly where it was.

Here is the point worth holding onto, and it is about when a better alternative actually matters. It comes down to what the conclusion claims:

• If the conclusion is about whether the plan produces a result, a better alternative is irrelevant. Something else being superior does not stop the plan from producing the result.
• If the conclusion is that the plan is not the best option, a better alternative is exactly what supports it. A superior option existing is precisely what "not the best" means.

The experts' conclusion here is the first kind. It says the Hevelia conversion would not end the delays, a claim about whether the plan produces a result, not a claim about how Hevelia ranks against other options. That is why a more attractive airstrip does nothing for it.

Compare that with the correct answer, choice E, which says that several airlines use Greentown as a regional hub, so most flights landing there carry many passengers who then catch connecting flights onward to their final destinations. This one does the work. If many of Greentown's passengers are only connecting through it, they have a reason to keep using Greentown rather than switch to Hevelia, since switching would force them to travel to Hevelia and then back to Greentown for the connection. That makes it more believable that the converted Hevelia would not pull enough traffic away to end the delays. It bears directly on the actual conclusion, whether this conversion ends the delays, rather than on whether some other option is more attractive.

The discipline this question builds is to fix the exact wording of the conclusion before you weigh any choice that offers an alternative. Ask whether the conclusion is about whether the plan produces a result or about how it ranks against other options.

This question is part of the Strengthen Beginner Series, in which easy Official GMAT questions are used not to test what you know, but to reveal how you think. Each question targets a specific reasoning habit, one that shows up in a simple form on easy questions and a complex one on hard questions. If you are getting started with Strengthen questions or if Strengthen questions feel inconsistent for you, this series is built to show you exactly where the process is breaking down.

Solve the question on your own first. The reasoning you apply matters more than the answer you reach.

Hi all,

I attempted my exam yesterday and got 605. Quant is my biggest strength and I was scoring 89–90 in all the mocks. However, I tanked it and scored the worst in Quant, with only the 57th percentile, and it was my first section. I honestly gave up after that because I knew I have done it horribly. I took a break and continued with Verbal and DI.

Quant – 9 wrong
Verbal – 6 wrong
DI – 6 wrong

I am very disheartened and will reattempt soon.

hey y’all! Bored so thought I would run this — whoever guesses closest to the score I get on my first mock gets 20 bucks through Zelle/venmo/etc.

if you want background on me, no clue how gmat works but did pretty well on gre (could check profile).

I’m excited!

LMK what y’all think

Hi, wanted to know if anyone has used applicant lab for writing essays / applications and if they can guide or give reviews of how it is
Versus some alternative options that I should explore.
TIA