GMAT Focus – Salient Features and GMAT Current Conversion Scoring Percentiles
A GMAT Focus scaled score of 655 translates into the 90th %ile equivalent, 665 translates into the 94th %ile, 695 translates into the 98th %ile, and 705-725 99th %ile; A GMATFocus 725+ is, as of now, a theoretical 100th%ile
From GMAT 620 to 740: Entrepreneur and ISB Admit Maitreyi Mahajan (GMAT 740) — a stunning 37%ile point improvement in 4 months
Maitreyi Mahajan secured an ISB admit and a mind-boggling 36 %ile point improvement from V26 to V41 (and from a GMAT 620 to GMAT 740) in a short period of 3 months! Read to find out how he prepped with us and his overall learnings and improvement.
Ujali Verma (V42) – The Lady of Steel and her journey
Ujali Verma scored a stupendous 730 on the GMAT after overcoming a failed attempt in which she didn’t get her desired score. Learn how she prepped with us and her journey to achieving a GMAT730, with a V42 (96th%ile)
GMAT Focus Mock de-brief – Scoring scales, exam pattern, and ESR analysis
Dear All, I wrote the GMAT Focus mock so that you have more insights into the exam pattern, question types, scoring scales, and more! Below are my findings: 1. First and foremost, the Graduate Management Admission Council™ (GMAC™) has done a great job with their #gmatfocus mock tests, with two new mocks with entirely #NEW! question banks. Although the latest Official […]
GMAT 750 de-brief – My prep journey and ESR analysis
I wrote the GMAT and scored a GMAT750 (98th%ile). This blog is meant to inform the question types, strategies, and changes in the exam pattern I observed whilst writing the GMAT.
A tale of Inspiration – In conversation with a GMAT 740 scorer and USC Marshall Admit
Overcoming Self-Doubt: An Inspirational GMAT Verbal Journey Self-doubt is something we all face at some point in our lives. For some, it stops us from leaping into the great unknown, resigning us to ask “What if?” for the rest of our lives. For others, this self-doubt is made worse by those we encounter. Keeping us […]
Why am I struggling so much on the GMAT as I always did well on standardized tests?
GMAT is a wonderful exam that tests your critical reading, writing, and reasoning skills acquired to date. Critical skills are a crystal clear thought process regarding the concepts and their application. For the majority of the candidates who have been brilliant academic performers or in fact, valedictorian’s, GMAT proves to be an eye-opener with the […]
“AND” vs Additive Phrases on the GMAT Sentence Correction
Additive phrases act as modifiers and do not compound/pluralize the subject. Additive Phrases include the following markers – AS WELL AS TOGETHER WITH INCLUDING APART FROM RATHER THAN INSTEAD OF NOT (in the context of, say, “John, not Sam, WAS going to the office”) IN ADDITION TO In case of additives, the noun to the […]
Inversion on the GMAT Sentence Correction
Inverted structures are tested on the GMAT in two broad parallel structures/correlatives Not only..But/But also/ also correlative Not only X but also Y Not only X but Y Not only X also Y Not X nor Y First, let us understand what inversion means. Inverted structures are structures in which (a part of) the main […]
Assumption questions on the GMAT – Negation strategy
Assumption questions form the bedrock of GMAT Verbal and Verbal Data Insights-style questions. In this article, we take a deep dive into tackling Assumption questions via the negation strategy
