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October 23, 2022
When I decided to pursue an MBA, I started to prepare for GMAT exam. I am a quant guy, so an area of my focus was the verbal part (especially taking into account that I am a non-native speaker). As I am self-disciplined person, I was preparing solely myself. Having done several mock tests from the official website I in most cases ended up with 700+ score. That made me feel that I am ready to take the real one.
I took my first shot in November 2021 and I found out that the real verbal part was much more difficult than I saw at the mock tests. I got 630 (Q49, V27).
I took a rest in GMAT and started to prepare to IELTS. After successfully passing my IELTS exam, I came back to GMAT in couple of months and bought an E-GMAT course to increase my verbal score.
I really would like to thank the E-GMAT team for that course because before, in verbal part, I was mostly relying on my intuition, I was not paying much attention to the meaning, especially in Sentence Correction section, where meaning of sentence has much more weight than grammatical structure (nevertheless, it also should be correct). Scholaranium helped me to identify my weak spots and to work on them.
Finally, after couple of months I have passed my exam and got 700 (Q48, V38). Due to some logistical problems (I was only able to take the test in another country) I have decided that I am going to apply to BS with this score.
So, if you are a non-native speaker and you are struggling with the verbal part I recommend to participate in E-GMAT course. Good luck for everyone!
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Dear VMN,
Congratulations on your score of 700! A 11-point improvement in Verbal from 44th percentile to 84th percentile (V27 to V38) is in no ways a small feat to achieve.
The fact that you are a non-native speaker made this journey more challenging, but it is because of your hard work and dedication that you aced the exam! I can attest that only a few non-native speakers who took the GMAT can claim to have scored 84th percentile in Verbal.
You were always determined to improve your score in Verbal. Earlier, you were relying mostly on your intuition while marking the answers, which you afterwards realised is not the best approach. You started following a more structured approach and you went a step ahead in identifying your weaker areas and then working on them. The below image reflects your phenomenal stats in Scholaranium –
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/VMN-Hard-Scholaranium-Statistics
It was only a matter of time before you could replicate your success in the mocks in the actual exam.
Image Link - https://success.e-gmat.com/VMN-Mock-Scores
I am sure that whatever you will do in future, you will face it with the same diligence and I wish you all the very best for the next steps ahead.
Regards,
Akash