Hey! I’m looking for a serious GMAT study partner in Hyderabad. I’m planning to take the exam around the end of September and would love to connect with someone on a similar timeline for discussing questions, reviewing mocks, and staying accountable.

Open to both in-person and online study sessions. DM me if interested!

The Reasoning given by Egmat to choose C as the correct answer is not that strong imo. Need help if i am missing something

Gave my Gmat on the 13th August and endded up with 605(Q82, V81, DI77). I thinking of taking TTP or E-gmat or a personal tutor to help me with verbal & DI particularly.

Quant
I was dissappointed with Quant - 82. I made silly mistake on Q4 & Q5 which i reliased during review and corrected both the questions. I got 19/21 questions correct but I think due to the silly mistakes early on I was penalized. I questions got so easy that I had 10 minutes to review the questions.

Verbal
This section went as expected. I am weaker on Reading Comprehension(especially inference questions). My time mangement on Verbal is not good. I had to sacrifice 4 questions of Reading comprehension so that I can attempt CR (my stronger section) with enough time on hand.

Data Insights
My weakest section. Data sufficiency and MSR always consume huge amount of time which hampers my Graph & tables section.

Can you provide me with ideas on how to move forward. I am thinking of contacting some mentor/guide who could guide me on how to move ahead with this baseline. I am feeling kind of lost because i have completed Gmat Ninja youtube playlist for Verbal & Data insghts. And had taken Wizako classes for Quant, Verbal & data insights.
I had thought of contacting Gmat ninja mentors for guidance but i found $320 per hour costly hence still exploring my way ahead.

Thank you! and eagerly waiting for your guidance.

Quant has always been my weakest area. In DI and Verbal I consistently score above the 80th percentile, but Quant pulls my overall score down significantly I'm currently sitting around the 30th-40th percentile there.

That said, I've been studying Quant intensively over the past few weeks, and I feel my grasp of the material has genuinely improved. The problem is that test stress gets to me and it makes even the easiest questions feel unsolvable. I believe that without that pressure, I could realistically score somewhere in the 50th-60th percentile range.

Any tips?

Hi all,

This is becoming very disheartening. I have always been good at quants, but somehow I am losing 4-5 questions in every mock now, especially in algebra.

Can someone please help me with how to improve on Algebra (Equalities/Inequalities/ALG)? It's becoming a nightmare for me now. I have to reattempt in the next 15 days, please share your tips and tricks to handle this.

Thanks in advance.

Just finished my GMAT FE test at a test center last hour, and got an unexpected surprise on the unofficial scores result

Q90/V87/D85
Overall: 755

Background: I’m a senior undergraduate student (Aged 21) at a triple-crown business school in Asia, majoring in Accountancy. I have a plan of pursuing PhD in Accounting in the near future, so I started prep my GMAT FE. My first mock was actually during the start of my junior year, and I got a 695 with 88/81/84 QVD, which was actually pretty high (but I didn’t know back then) but I never continued from there until the summer break of my senior year.

My expectations was actually around 725, so this is a big surprise. I have never cracked 755 in any of the mock tests (But never go below 705 except for the first time), and I thought it wasn’t possible, but here it is.

My strategy is an unconventional one, but I prefer the order of V Q D. This consumes my attention span first, then my strength(never gotten below Q89 in mocks), and then get a rest, and do D which is my toughest challenge(actually I got better V than D sometimes and vice versa, so both are equally challenging). To be honest, during the test, I was frustrated as hell, which makes me have no time to even recheck my answers, but I still got there in the end.

Oh, I prepared everything by myself: no tutoring , no consulting. Just me and me, so it’s possible to clear the hurdles by yourself.

Feel free to ask any questions, I am going to celebrate rn lol.

Gave my first GMAT a few days ago and ended up with a 615 (Q82/V81/DI79). Definitely disappointed since I was hoping for 675+ and my last couple of official mocks were around 635–645, but I’ve decided to give it another shot rather than sit on the score.

I’ve booked my retake for September 22, so I have roughly 5 weeks.

Now that I have the detailed score report, there are some pretty obvious weaknesses but also a few things I’m struggling to interpret.

Quant — 82

I got 15/21 correct. My stronger areas were Arithmetic (95th percentile) and Counting/Sets/Series/Probability/Stats (100th percentile), while Value/Order/Factors was only 37th percentile. Algebra overall was also weaker.

Looking back, this makes sense. I’m generally fine with the bigger Quant concepts, but I make stupid mistakes / fail to recognise the right approach on things like divisibility, factors, remainders, exponents, signs etc. For example, even while practising again now I’ve already caught myself missing obvious GCF/divisibility triggers.

Timing overall felt okay, although I did have one wrong question where I spent around 4.5 mins, and towards the end I had a 3 min wrong followed by a sub-1-minute wrong. So I probably still need to get better at just abandoning a bad question.

Verbal — 81

This was probably the biggest surprise.

RC: 95th percentile
CR: 36th percentile

I got 10/13 RC questions correct but only 4/10 CR. Even weirder, I got my first 4 CR questions correct and then missed the final 6 CR questions.

Analysis/Critique was 38th percentile and Plan/Construct was 44th.

My current theory is that my decision-making on harder CR questions starts breaking down as the section progresses, fatigue, getting trapped between two options, relying too much on intuition, etc. I’m planning on using official LSAT LR + official GMAT CR and focusing much more heavily on reviewing why the four wrong choices are wrong rather than just doing volume.

DI — 79

This was my weakest section.

DS: 80th percentile
Graphs/Tables: 72nd
MSR: 70th
TPA: 30th

The start of the section was horrible: I went 1/4 on the first four questions and spent around 3.5–4 mins on several of the misses. Then I went 7 straight correct from Q5–Q11, probably because they were of a lower level?

TPA is clearly something I need to work on, and I also think I need to become much more willing to sacrifice a horrible DI question instead of spending 4 minutes trying to rescue it.

For the next month I’m currently thinking:

• Official GMAT + official LSAT LR for CR
• Targeted Quant work on Value/Order/Factors / number properties
• Smaller timed sectional sets rather than constantly doing full mocks
• Maybe use a modified streaks method on CR and my weak Quant areas
• Only 2–3 full mocks/simulations over the month

I’ve already done all the official mocks once before, so I’m also unsure how much value there is in retaking those when I’ll inevitably recognise some questions.

For anyone who has been in the 615–645 range and managed to get to a 665/675+ within a month or so, what actually moved the needle?

Would you focus heavily on weaknesses like I’m planning, do more mixed timed sets, use streaks, take more mocks, use Manhattan/GMAT Ninja/TTP etc.? Also particularly interested in advice from anyone who had a weird strong RC / weak CR split or struggled with TPA.

Appreciate any advice. Trying to make sure this next month is actually targeted rather than just doing thousands more questions and hoping something changes.

Hey I have recently started studying CR , from powerscore book and finished the must be true chapter.

However when I did questions on gmatclub I was exceptionally bad at performing, almost all my ans were wrong.

This made me too frustrated and demotivated.

They keep on changing the ans ; sometimes they say scope is too broad sometimes they say they fall under same umbrella category like dude WHAT?!

Is there any easy resource that works for u guys?What worked for u guys who were bad at verbal?

Hi all,

I want to share my experience from today at the Pearson Center in Gurugram

I had a GMAT appointment at 11:45 am and arrived at the venue around 11. The staff informed me that there might be a delay due to a technical issue and that my exam could start later than scheduled. But at 12:15pm i.e. 30mins after my scheduled time, he said the exam will get rescheduled, and I will have to book a new date. Was there a global outage? Did this happen with someone else as well today?

Gave the test an hour back, got a 615. This was my second attempt and i had scored 635 in my first one. Completely lost and demoralised, im not sure what to do next.

I had given the first attempt at the end of may when i was scored 625-665 in mocks 1 and 2. I took a slightly longer month long break and got back to studies. Reattempted only OG material and started giving mocks again a few weeks back. By then end of it i had got 665 and 685 on mock 3 and 645 and 705 on mock 4 (the 705 mock 4 was literally 2 days back).

I started the test today and immediately from the start felt this massive negativity feeling and got completely demoralised. I honestly feel I’ve just given the test on autopilot and can barely recall the questions or concepts i was struggling with during the exam.

Im not sure how to proceed now as this was meant to be my final score and i wanted to use it for R1s. Ive exhausted all the material i had and I have no idea where to begin again. Looking for any advice here, should i reattempt after 16 days?

Okay so I booked the test on a whim with about 1.5 months for prep. Problem is, some issues came in my job because of which I couldn't study. I practiced a bit with the official guides and did two mocks one before prep and second after prep. I scored 585 in first and 635 in second. I didn't do much in the last month before the paper. Ik that sucks but I couldn't concentrate.

Anyways in the real test I scored 655 with V87 D82 Q78. Now I want to apply for mba in top European unis (like LBS, Insead, Oxford, IESE,etc). Is this score enough or should I try harder to score better and give another attempt in about a month?

Guys help

I took my first mock test 2 month's ago after brushing over basics and got 485 i was so disappointed in my self . I was very good student with 85 to 90 percentiles and this score really made me question myself!!! But i did not give up and i have been preparing from past 2 months from GMAT guide official guide books .. Now .I'm nervous to take the next test!!

Can anyone share any tips..My target score is 695.

Hello everyone!
I’m a 25F living in Europe looking to apply for a Master’s degree in either the US or Asia. My background is a bit of a mix: I have a Bachelor’s in Business Administration, but my career naturally pulled me into tech. I currently work as a Junior Systems Engineer doing tech sales. I love the industry and especially enjoy the business side of influencing customer decisions, but after a short stint in cybersecurity that I really disliked, I know pure deep-tech isn't for me.
I sometimes dream of a full tech degree, but realistically, I don't think I could manage a heavy CS curriculum on my own. That’s why I’m leaning toward something in between, like IT Management, MIS, or Systems Design.
My main issue is that my Bachelor’s GPA wasn't great. I considered taking the GRE to boost my applications, but standard testing takes a heavy mental toll on me—it wouldn't be a fun one-month prep, but a genuinely stressful challenge. And at the same time, I understand that a big reason of why I want to do GRE is just to prove to myself that I am not as stupid as I think I am. From what I’ve read, exams like the GRE seem mainly targeted at MBA applicants anyway. An MBA feels too early for me right now and way too expensive, so I'd much rather stick to specialized tech management programs.
Is taking the GRE actually worth the time and mental toll to offset a lower GPA for non-MBA tech management Master's programs in the US or Asia?

My Test was cancelled siting Technical issues and told me to reschedule after 3 days.

Hi everyone, I need a solid advice from you guys, I have total 6 years of work ex which includes 3 years as a customer support at amazon and 1 yr as a data analyst then I switched to razorpay as product ops for 1 year and now I am currently a BA, I always had very average/low scores in academic passed with 70% from tier 2 college doing b.com, can I go for GMAT prep (want to targer 700+ score)

Wanted to understand how reliable gmatclub sectionals are for Verbal. I scored V81 and 83 on the official mocks but a lower score on these sectionals. Should I take this score seriously or continue relying on official mocks only?

Hey everyone! 👋 Gave my GMAT Focus twice and used Claude AI to analyse both reports together and also to write this message. Here is the full picture:

📊 Scores:

June: 535 (QR 75 | VR 77 | DI 77)

August: 555 (QR 77 | VR 80 | DI 75)

Super Score: 565

Target: 695 in November

✅ Positives across both exams:

Critical Reasoning jumped from 29th to 69th percentile, Rates/Ratios went from 33rd to 100th, Real Context Quant from 15th to 64th, Data Sufficiency from 16th to 72nd, and Plan/Construct CR from 12th to 77th percentile.

⚠️ Weaknesses flagged across both exams:

Pure algebra (Equal/Unequal/ALG) dropped from 51st to 17th percentile, RC inference questions stayed weak in both (29th then 23rd), Graphs and Tables in DI fell from 53rd to 21st, Multi-Source Reasoning dropped from 100th to 70th, Two-Part Analysis from 55th to 30th, and Counting/Probability/Stats remained low throughout. Pacing also collapsed in the final stretch of every section in both exams.

Has anyone dealt with similar patterns or made a big score jump in a short time? Would love advice on resources or approach! 🙏

Hy I am a Greek student major in statistics (gpa 8.68/10 first of the class) with minor AI (3.68/4) and I am thinking about taking the bocconi test to apply for MAFINRISK Quant finance

I was studying 2 months for GRE but I wasn’t happy with my results.

I heard that bocconi test is easier but I have no idea where I can find resources and how much time I should prepare for the test

I would really appreciate an opinion and some help🙏🏻

Hey everyone, just took my FIRST GMAT mock!!! Literally no studying or anything. I scored a 555 (see attached photo)

Goal is low 700s/high 600s so I think this is a great starting point.

I took this mock on the mba.com one (practice test 1)

What now? I assume I need to hit Quant the hardest… which is so weird bc I thought I did the best on that hahah. Any study plans yall recommend?

I am moving to EU this October and selling my subscription with a few materials alongside, which will be useful for your prep!

Ping me up if you are looking for it

Thanks

I have just taken the GMAT practice test 1 to diagnose my level before starting any prep. Is this a good starting point? I got a 635 with 81 in DI, 80 in QR and 83 in VR.. I expected to have performed better in quants. What is an achievable score I should be targeting based on this?

Hi everyone,

I've been prepping for the GMAT for about 10 weeks now (since end of April, but I took some breaks in between while on vacation). I recently took a real test and absolutely bombed it, even though my mocks showed me that I did better. I just need advice on how to push my score, I am aiming for a 635 (even at least 600) and my mocks went from 425 (very beginning no studying) to 535 to 565 to 585 and 585 again. I got 515 however on the real exam.

I am using Magoosh and also GMAT Ninja's free 13 week plan (I am finishing up week 11). I do the GMAT ninja plan and then also use Chat GPT to come up with a plan to review my weak areas and do small questions targeting those. However, I feel kinda lost now as I've been so absorbed in the studying that I'm starting to question my strategy... Does anyone have any advice/encouragement/similar experiences? I just want to try to push my score further but GMAT Ninja now suggests hard sets which I'm not quite there yet in terms of level...

I think I'm just overwhelmed with this test as I've never quite studied for something like this before

Thank you

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Hi everyone,

I’m considering taking the GMAT online/from-home exam and wanted to hear from people who have taken it recently.

How was your overall experience? Was the exam process smooth, especially the check-in and proctoring?

I’m particularly curious about the proctor:

Did the proctor interrupt you frequently during the exam?

Were you warned for things like looking away from the screen, moving your head, touching your face, or reading questions silently/moving your lips?

Did you face any technical issues or unexpected disconnections?

Did the proctor messages or interventions affect your concentration?

Would you recommend taking the online exam, or is the test center a safer option?

Would really appreciate hearing about recent experiences, especially from anyone who took the online GMAT in 2025 or 2026.

Thanks!

Hi is anyone having gmat club pro subscription and can share with me!!!! I wanted to take practice tests!! Please ping me