How I Scored 750 on the GMAT (Top 3 Best Resources, My Score History, Recommended Study Schedule)
Summary
TLDRIn this video, Ben shares his personal journey and strategies for acing the GMAT, a crucial part of the NBA application process. He reveals his initial score fluctuations, the importance of focusing intensely before the exam, and the value of perseverance during the test. Ben recommends three key resources: Target Test Prep for quant, YouTube channels Aditya Kumar and GMAT Ninja for verbal, and the Official Guide for practice exams. He also outlines an ideal study schedule, emphasizing the necessity of adapting it to individual needs and concludes with a reminder to practice under exam-like conditions.
Takeaways
- 📈 Ben scored a 750 on the GMAT after a lot of practice, hard work, and research.
- 🔍 He recommends using the official guide practice exams sparingly due to the limited number of unique tests available.
- 📚 Ben's scores fluctuated during his study period, but he advises not to panic as this is common.
- 🍻 A poor initial exam score can be improved by focusing intensely in the weeks leading up to the test, avoiding excessive social activities.
- 🎯 Target Test Prep (TTP) is highly recommended for quant preparation, with a 5-star rating on GMATClub.com.
- 📹 YouTube is an underutilized resource for GMAT prep, with Aditya Kumar for quant and GMAT Ninja for verbal being top choices.
- 📖 The Official Guide (OG) materials are essential for practice, providing questions from the actual GMAT.
- 🗓️ An ideal study schedule includes starting with a non-official practice test, mastering material with TTP, and regularly taking practice exams.
- 🧘♂️ Ben suggests focusing intensely in the last two weeks before the exam and doing advanced questions to build stamina.
- ⏰ Practice exams should be taken at the same time of day as the actual GMAT for consistency.
- 💪 Even if the GMAT feels difficult during the test, it's important to push through as the exam is adaptive and designed to challenge.
Q & A
What is the main topic of the video?
-The main topic of the video is the GMAT exam and tips on how to prepare for it.
What was the speaker's GMAT score?
-The speaker's GMAT score was 750.
What are the three resources the speaker recommends for GMAT preparation?
-The three resources recommended are Target Test Prep (TTP), YouTube videos by Aditya Kumar for quant and GMAT Ninja for verbal, and the official GMAT guide materials.
Why does the speaker advise against heavy socializing before the exam?
-The speaker advises against heavy socializing because it can distract from studying and impact performance on the exam, as was the case when the speaker scored 700 after a week of socializing.
What is the significance of taking a practice test from a non-official source initially?
-Taking a practice test from a non-official source initially helps to understand the format and type of questions on the GMAT without using up the limited official practice tests.
How did the speaker improve their GMAT score from 700 to 750?
-The speaker improved their score by focusing intensely on studying for two weeks, doing 40 to 60 practice questions a day, and avoiding distractions.
What is the role of Target Test Prep (TTP) in GMAT preparation according to the speaker?
-Target Test Prep (TTP) is a resource that breaks down the GMAT into individual topics with lessons and practice sets, helping build confidence and mastery in both quant and verbal sections.
Why does the speaker emphasize the importance of using the official GMAT guide materials?
-The official GMAT guide materials are emphasized because they provide previous practice exams with questions that closely resemble those on the actual GMAT.
What does the speaker recommend doing in the last two to three weeks before the GMAT exam?
-In the last two to three weeks, the speaker recommends doing 10 to 30 questions each day for each section and focusing on advanced questions to build stamina and familiarity with harder questions.
What additional advice does the speaker give for exam day preparation?
-The speaker advises taking practice exams at the same time of day as the scheduled exam and doing light practice or review the day before the exam to stay fresh.
Outlines
📚 Ben's GMAT Journey Begins
Ben introduces himself and the focus of the video on the GMAT, which he found the most challenging part of the MBA application process. He shares his intent to provide resources and tips for preparing for the GMAT, based on his own experience of scoring 750. He outlines the agenda: sharing his GMAT score history, recommending three key resources, and suggesting an ideal study schedule. He also mentions a discount for his upcoming MBA course and introduces the video sponsor, Target Test Prep.
📈 Ben's GMAT Score History
Ben details his GMAT score history, emphasizing the fluctuating nature of his practice test scores over three months of study. He advises against taking official practice tests too early due to limited availability. Ben recounts his experience of scoring 700 on his first official exam due to distractions and improved to 750 after two focused weeks of study. He encourages viewers not to panic over score fluctuations and to minimize social activities close to the exam.
📚 Top GMAT Resources
Ben recommends three main resources for GMAT preparation. First, Target Test Prep (TTP) for its comprehensive breakdown of GMAT topics and high user ratings. Second, YouTube channels by Aditya Kumar for Quant and GMAT Ninja for Verbal, praised for their intuitive teaching styles. Third, the Official Guide (OG) GMAT materials, which include past exam questions. He shares links to these resources and emphasizes their importance in his own study routine.
🗓️ Ideal GMAT Study Schedule
Ben outlines an ideal GMAT study schedule. He suggests starting with a practice test from a non-official source to understand the exam format without pressure. He recommends using TTP and YouTube videos for focused study over two to three months. Ben advises taking official practice exams every one to two weeks after a month of study, saving the last one for just before the exam. He emphasizes doing advanced questions in the final weeks and light review the day before the exam.
💡 Final GMAT Tips and Encouragement
Ben shares final tips for GMAT preparation: schedule practice exams at the same time as the actual exam, use advanced questions to build stamina, and maintain faith in your preparation even if practice scores vary. He encourages viewers to stay focused and highlights the importance of consistency and effort in achieving a high GMAT score. Ben concludes by promoting his upcoming MBA course and Target Test Prep, offering links for early sign-ups and discounts.
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💡GMAT
💡Target Test Prep
💡Practice Exams
💡Quant
💡Verbal
💡Official Guide
💡Adaptive Test
💡Study Schedule
💡YouTube Resources
💡Exam Day Strategy
Highlights
The speaker scored a 750 on the GMAT after extensive practice and research.
The speaker's GMAT preparation involved a lot of hard work and using specific resources.
The speaker is creating a 'How to Get into MBA' course with a discount for early sign-ups.
Target Test Prep (TTP) is highly recommended for both quant and verbal sections of the GMAT.
The speaker's GMAT scores fluctuated during preparation, which is normal.
Focus intensely and avoid heavy socialization one to two weeks before the GMAT exam.
The GMAT is an adaptive test that becomes harder as you perform better.
Using official GMAT practice exams sparingly is recommended due to their limited availability.
For verbal GMAT preparation, the speaker recommends videos from GMAT Ninja.
The speaker achieved a 750 on the GMAT by focusing intensely for two weeks before the exam.
Watching YouTube videos, such as those from Aditya Kumar, is beneficial for GMAT preparation.
Use the Official Guide (OG) GMAT materials, as they provide actual exam questions.
The speaker’s study schedule includes starting with a practice test and using TTP for quant.
Taking practice exams around the same time as the scheduled real GMAT exam is beneficial.
The speaker currently attends Wharton for their MBA.
Transcripts
what's up everyone it's ben here and
today i'm going to talk about what for
me was the most challenging and kind of
scariest part of the whole nba
application process the gmat now when i
was preparing for the gmat i didn't
really have someone telling me exactly
what kind of resources i should use or
how to exactly to prepare but that's
what i want to do for all of you and i
was eventually able to get a 750 on the
gmat and it took me a lot of practice
hard work and research and i want to
share with you all the best tips that i
was able to kind of compile in order for
you to help get whatever score that
you're reaching for and so jumping into
today's agenda i'll first be sharing my
personal gmat score history i'll then go
over the three resources i recommend
using and lastly i'll recommend an ideal
study schedule two really quick things
before i get started though first i'm
actually creating a how to get into mba
course and i'm offering a huge discount
for people who sign up early feel free
to sign up using my link down in the
description below and second shout out
to our sponsor for today's video target
test prep they're a great resource for
the gmat and i'll go into them a little
bit later in this video all right now
first up let me share with you my
personal gmat score history okay so what
i'm gonna do in this section is show you
guys my score history and provide some
commentary as to what happened and then
also provide some tips as to how you can
improve your process while you're
studying okay so here is my score
history and as you can see it took me
about three months to study for the gmat
starting from early august to early
november one thing you'll notice is that
i didn't take a practice test until i
had studied for a few weeks and i would
recommend this especially if you're
thinking of using one of the official
guide practice exams because there are
only six that you can actually take
before they start reusing questions and
you can take another kind of like
princeton review or manhattan prep kind
of practice guide at the beginning in
order to practice test i mean in order
for you to kind of see what the test is
like i think that's totally fine but i
really use the official guide kind of
practice exams very sparingly because as
i said there's only six that you can
really take you can also see that my
scores fluctuated a lot while i was
studying and if this is happening to you
and you've like been studying a lot and
your score is going down don't panic
because i'm pretty sure this happens to
everyone the last thing kind of worth
mentioning here is that you can see that
my official exam score went from 700 to
750 in a matter of few weeks and to kind
of explain what happened here when i
first took my real exam and got the 700
i had just flown from korea to la and i
had been meeting a bunch of friends the
week before my exam honestly honestly
like going to bars and just having way
too much fun and in retrospect it was
kind of like a bad idea and then i flew
back to korea where i honestly don't
have as many friends i was living with
my parents uh kind of working on a
separate business and also studying for
the gmat and that's where i that's when
i really really like focused was doing
anywhere from like 40 to 60 practice
questions a day and all i did was study
for two weeks up to my exam and i was
able to get a 750. and so kind of moral
of the story there is not to
drink honestly before the exam and also
to just kind of uh really focus your one
to two weeks before the exam and um try
to resist intense like socialization if
you can uh because it'll be worth it for
you to kind of sacrifice one to two
weeks in order for you to really get
that good score one more thing i want to
add actually is that for the last exam
that i did take i actually thought it
was going super poorly because for the
last part of the verbal section i kind
of ran out of time and i had to guess on
the last two questions and so i thought
you know two questions may not sound
like a lot but it's kind of a it can
really impact your score for the gmat
and so i kind of thought that i was
going to have to retake the exam verbal
was the first thing that i took uh and i
took quant after so i had kind of like
the half the exam left i just decided to
take it anyway and i was super surprised
by the score that i got at the end and
so kind of i guess even if the exam is
not going super well as you probably
know if you're studying for the gmat it
is an adaptive test which means that it
gets harder and harder the better you do
and so even if it feels like it's not
going well i do recommend that you just
keep pushing through and finish the exam
and so to summarize i would say there
are three key takeaways from my gmat
studying history the first is to be
prepared for a very up and down
experience with practice exam scores
that's totally normal the second is to
really hunker down and focus for the two
weeks before your exam and kind of
resist socializing too much and third
don't give up on the actual exam itself
if you think it's going poorly because
the test is adaptive and it's meant to
feel like that all right now next up let
me go over the top three resources i
used and recommend for the gmat the
first is target test prep also known as
ttp which is the resource i use to study
for quant and i really can't say enough
good things about this resource what ttp
does is break down the entire gmat into
a list of individual topics for quant
and verbal and each topic comes with
lessons and practice sets that range
from easy to medium to hard so that you
can build your confidence and master
each topic so personally i only used ttp
for quant because at the time their
verbal course was in beta mode and so i
wasn't sure if i wanted to kind of
dedicate my time using it but now it's
been a few years and ttp has really
flushed out its verbal course as well
and so i think ttp is really the one of
the best fundamental kind of courses you
can take in order to really prepare for
the gmat you also don't need to just
take my word for it because gmatclub.com
is one of the best sites for gmat prep
and as you can see here ttp is the only
resource with a 5 out of 5 star rating
and these are all from verified users if
you use my link down in the description
below you can check out ttp for five
days for just one dollar and no strings
attached if the resource is not for you
after you check it out then all you lose
is just one dollar but i would kind of
guess that if you're really just
starting to study for the gmat in
particular this is a great resource and
i really credit target test prep a lot
for helping me get a 750 on my exam the
second resource i have for you i think
flies a bit under the radar and it's
youtube more specifically for quant i
highly highly recommend watching all
videos from aditya kumar and for verbal
all videos from gmat ninja and i'll
leave links to both of these in my
description below i watched a ton of
youtube videos while studying for the
gmat and these two guys are really the
best for each of the sections of the
gmat and they don't cover the entire
exam but for all the topics that they do
cover they're just so good at teaching
in this kind of intuitive way and i
don't have any idea who these guys are i
don't have any kind of contact with them
i just think for you i i really just
guarantee if you watch one of their
videos you're gonna be like oh i get it
these guys are so good at teaching
really complex problems and teaching you
how to think about gmat questions more
intuitively the third must use resource
is the official guide or og gmat
materials and these provide previous
practice exams and these come straight
from the kinds of questions you'll see
on the actual gmat and so this is like a
must use resource that you should use
for your study personally i did all the
questions in the official guide which is
a big book with both verbal and quant i
then did the latter half of the
questions in the og verbal and quant
guides because those are the harder ones
and after using ttp i do recommend doing
og questions because the questions do
vary slightly i then did all of the
medium and hard questions on the gmat
official practice questions and then all
the verbal and half of the quant for
gmat advanced questions now of course
you don't need to do exactly what i did
and the number of questions you actually
do with the og materials will totally
depend on how studying is going for you
and if you need certain help with a
certain section
and so i'll leave links to all of the
materials i used down in the description
you can kind of pick a choose what's
kind of most helpful for you i just
wanted to show you guys what it took for
me to get the score that i wanted on the
gmat all right now last up let me
recommend for you an ideal study
schedule so this schedule is going to be
a bit more of a rough outline of if i
had no idea what the gmat was and i was
just getting started with my studies you
know what would i want to do ideally or
what should i do
for you it's going to totally depend on
your situation how far you are with your
studies and i actually do also recommend
researching other resources asking other
people how they studied because you know
i'm just one person and i think i know
that this schedule would work best for
me hopefully it's helpful for you to
kind of piece together your own puzzle
of how you're going to be studying for
your gmat exam step number one is to
familiarize yourself with the gmat by
taking a practice test from a
non-official source like manhattan prep
or princeton review and the reason i
think that it's a good idea to do this
even though it might some people might
say you want to kind of study for the
gmat before taking your first practice
but i think it's good to just kind of
understand how the test works and you
know don't put too much pressure on
yourself of scoring super well because
you're just trying to understand what
kind of questions pop up so that when
you actually start your studies you can
know like oh okay this is kind of how i
need to study because these are the kind
of questions that are on the exam right
and also kind of like a psychological
thing i think if your like first initial
score
is not super great after you do some
studying your score will jump right so
you can actually feel like you're making
some progress so that could be like a
nice little psychological boost i would
then really start focused on mastering
the material in both verbal and quant
which are the two important sections of
the gmat and i would use ttp and study
for two to three months with it but you
can use your other other materials
whatever really works for you and i
think it does take two ish months
minimum to really give yourself enough
time especially if you're working
simultaneously with number two i would
also watch all the youtube videos that i
recommended earlier with aditya kumar
and gmat ninja and um you can kind of
figure out when to kind of watch these
but i think you know when you're kind of
too tired of studying just
off of a book or like a course and you
want to take you know you want a bit of
change of scenery then i would watch one
of their videos when you're about one
month into studying that's when i would
take the first official og exam and then
afterwards every one to two weeks take
another practice exam and i would save
that last six one
for about a one to two weeks before your
actual exam just because that you want
to save your official one before uh you
take your real one just kind of give you
like a benchmark to understand where you
are right and in between all of that if
you want to take additional um
non-official practice exams you know
definitely go for it i personally only
took the six official ones um that's
kind of just what i did for i don't
exactly know why but if you have access
to those other non-official practice
exams there's no harm in practicing more
in the last two to three weeks before
your exam once you've kind of covered
all the material and have the
fundamentals down and really needs to
just get some practice that's where i
would do 10 to 30 questions each day for
each section so that means 20 to 60
questions a day maybe 20 on the weekdays
if you have work and then 60 on the
weekends for each day on the weekend and
when you have about one week left before
exam what i would really recommend is
doing only advanced questions and this
is really going to make your brain hurt
but i think it really just helps build a
lot of stamina because you're going to
be used to seeing a lot of the harder
questions right and the gmat as you may
know if you've already started studying
starts with the easier questions and
goes towards the harder ones and so if
you're really used to the harder ones
then you know you'll just be able to
cruise through the easier ones and then
the harder ones won't feel as difficult
in a sense or maybe you'll have more
time because you're able to get through
the easy ones quicker um so that's what
i would recommend in addition a week to
a few days before your exam what i would
do is take your last official og
practice exam and that's just to help
you benchmark to see where you're at
don't get too disheartened if you don't
get really the score that you want
because if you saw my score history i
was always kind of aiming for 750 but
for my final practice exam i got a 720
but i was able to get you know a 750 on
my real exam so sometimes um if you're
like really good on game day then maybe
that'll help you or
other times the actual gmat exam can be
a little bit easier than the practice
ones
although there are pretty comparative so
have faith in the work that you've done
and you know just
basically hopefully you crush that
practice exam but i'm just kind of
trying to tell you that it's not the end
of the world if it's not the score that
you want on the day before your exam
what i would do is about five to ten
questions for each section just to make
sure you're keeping yourself fresh with
the material some people say not to
study at all and just rest and if that's
what you want to do of course that's
totally fine i understand that as well
but for me i thought of it as like an
athlete who's training for or getting
prepared for a big game you know you do
some stretches get some um addition like
light exercising and that's what i
personally felt like worked well for me
finally all that's left for you to do is
to take the gmat and crush the exam and
one last kind of tip i do have for you
is as you're doing your practice exams
try to do them around the similar time
frame as when your actual exam is going
to be
normally you're able to schedule your
the gmat
at whatever kind of time is most
comfortable for you right and so if
you're kind of more of a morning morning
person and that's when you have the most
energy then i would take all practice
exams during the morning and then take
the final exam in the morning as well if
you're super super smart or really just
a great test taker then maybe you don't
need to study as much as i did i just
wanted to share with all of you what it
took for me to get a 750 on the gmat and
hopefully these tips were helpful it
took a lot of effort only a few tiers um
but i will say that all the effort and
practice will really be worth it if you
do get the exam score that you want and
so
yeah it's a ton of work but i do think
it's worth it i forgot to mention
earlier on in the video in case you're
new to the channel that i'm currently
attending wharton for my mba and if you
actually want to sign up for my future
how to get into mba course feel free to
sign up using my link in the description
i'm giving huge discounts for people who
sign up early and lastly i wanted to
give another reminder if you're
interested in studying for the gmat
check out target test prep you can try
them out for just one dollar
you'll have 5.5 days to check out the
entire course feel free to check them
out using my link in the description as
well with that said thank you all so
much for watching hope to catch you in
the next video thanks so much and peace
out
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