Jim’s GMAT Journey
700 to 770 in just 3 weeks!
After scoring a 700 in his first GMAT attempt, Jim doubled down on his GMAT preparation and hit his target GMAT score of 730+. In this video debrief, Jim shares his experience of preparing for the GMAT and outlines his journey to a 770 GMAT score.
“I scored 700 in my 1st attempt. 3 weeks later, the score improved to 770. Pre-thinking helped improve my CR ability from 39th to 94th percentile.” - Jim
5 things that helped Jim
reach his target score
reach his target score
🚩 GMAT 700 (Q51, V34) 🚩
39%ile to 94%ile in CR
leveraging Pre-Thinking
leveraging Pre-Thinking
In his first attempt, Jim right away jumped to answer choices. But Pre-Thinking enabled him to -
Come up with a solution without even looking at the answer choices.
Identify the “trap” or “out of scope” answer choices.
Solve Hard CR questions in less than 2 minutes.
Meaning-based approach
helped cross the V40 barrier
helped cross the V40 barrier
After realizing that grammar can only help till Medium level Questions, Jim sought the Meaning-based approach which helped him to -
Solve 700+ level SC questions with ease.
Select the correct choice from among two grammatically correct choices.
Reject trap choices intelligently based on the intended meaning.
✨ GMAT 770 (Q51, V42)✨
Utilized
support from e-GMAT’s Strategy Team
- A Game Changer
support from e-GMAT’s Strategy Team
- A Game Changer
The interactions with the team helped Jim throughout his journey.
The Strategy team –
The Strategy team –
Helped him with a plan based on his ability.
Helped him with a step-by-step strategy to maintain performance.
Provided him with Do’s and Don’ts before the exam.
Jim’s Account Walk-through and
Improvement Plan Analysis
Improvement Plan Analysis
You have to think about three main aspects while creating an improvement plan:
1
What are my primary weaknesses?
2
How do I create an improvement plan to address those weaknesses?
3
What metrics indicate that I have successfully addressed those weaknesses?
Watch this video to learn how Jim answered these three questions using his ESR.
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