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8
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After I subscribed to E-gmat course I realized my shortfalls in my verbal strategy. The
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my verbal success to e-gmat. A ton of thanks to the ace teachers of e-gmat (Rajat, Payal &
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& attacking SC question by splitting the clauses was the key in improving on SC.

(Exam Experience) Initial questions were easy ones and I just followed the e-gmat
strategy to solve all verbal questions. I did not bothered what is right. I just made sure i
strictly apply the strategies learned through e-gmat. I was not searching the right answer,
rather i was eliminating the wrong ones. (This is the key in verbal portion).

I have struggled more than 2 years to achieve a good GMAT score. Now there is no
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th
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740 (V42)
The e-GMAT Verbal Live course took my preparation to the next level. The OG
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logic of arguments and provided me the approach for most CR question types.
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42 (90+ percentile).
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GMAT STRATEGY - II
Improve 70 points in 30 days

Scope of this Session
STRATEGY SESSION #1 STRATEGY SESSION #2
1. GMAT Scoring
2. How to define your target split
3. High level 60 day plan (2 stage
plan
4. Focus on STAGE 1
The sequence in which to
study
How to tackle quant
5. How to study
Focus on core skills
Same Study plan Focus on STAGE
2 Refinement
1. How to get ready for mocks
What to study
Prior preparation for mocks
Etc.
2. How to review your mocks
3. How to create a 30 day
refinement plan (up to 5 mocks)
4. Key metrics that you need to
track throughout the process
Takt Time
Total Productive Time
Accuracy

Agenda of the Session
Get you ready for the GMAT 30 days before the exam.
Get Ready for Mocks
1. Mentally Prepared
2. Metrics
Evaluate Mocks
1. Understand Str/Wk.
2. Set goals
Last 30 day Plan
1. Allocate time
2. Take Vacation

High level 2 Phase Study Plan
30 days or
60 hrs.
30-50 days Or
80 hrs.
Mock 0 Mock 1 Mock 2 .. Mock 5
Learn Core Skills
1
Refine & Improve
2
Assumptions: 20 hrs per week; 4 weeks per month (2 days off)
Access to OG and other relevant material
Most non-natives require 200+ hrs of effort to achieve their
dream score
There are people who have done this in 45 days with
diligent effort
Take
Away
Session 1
This session

This stage could have a 70 point impact on your score
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Day 0 Day 10 Day 45 Day 75
500
550
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710 +
STAGE 1 STAGE 2
My plan and the focus
on application made
the difference this
time
-Aparajita 760

How should you use this session
E-GMAT Customer
Determine your strengths and
weaknesses to understand what to
revise.
Registered User
Determine your strengths and
weaknesses to understand what
improve on.

Determine the e-GMAT course which
can help you the most.
1. Kavya: Aprajita (760),
improved 6 points to score 42
2. Ketav (750), improved 5 points
to score 41
1. Mahesh (700): improved 9
points in 10 days
2. Satish(750): improved 14 points
in 22 days

Get Ready for Mocks
1. Mentally Prepared
2. Metrics
Part 1 Getting Ready for Mocks
MOCK
Dont let this happen to you

1. Your accuracy in various sections
2. Can you solve problems of different kinds
together
3. Your strengths and weaknesses
What is the Purpose of Mocks
Test of
Ability
Timing
Strategy
How long do you take to solve problems?
Endurance
What impact does fatigue have on your performance?
Your Mock Strategy
P
P
P
T

E-GMAT customers what should you have studied for mocks
Today
Tackle
quant
Study
SC
Study
CR
Study
RC
Time
Spent
20 hrs/1
week
40 hrs 35 hrs 30 hrs
Learn Core Skills
Based on
Mock
Mock
SC study
plan
CR study
plan
RC study
plan

Where
to
study
Any good
quant
book
1. E-GMAT
2. Live Sessions
3. OG 12
4. Verbal Review

1. E-GMAT
2. Live Sessions
3. OG 12
4. Verbal Review
1. E-GMAT
2. Live Sessions
3. OG 12
4. Verbal Review

Your Progression of exercises (e-GMAT Customers)
Conceptual
Application
files
Level
Qualifying
exercises
OG
Questions
You should have nailed both the process and timing for
individual sections
Take
Away
1000+ 600 = 1600 Questions

Start with 25 Question Mixed Quizzes
What is the Purpose?
1. Ensure command over
process
2. Timing is nailed
3. Stamina build up
4. Curb anxiety
How to do this?
1. Create a Verbal Quiz in
Grockit
2. The quiz should have no
less than 25 questions
3. Should include all 3
sections (SC/CR/RC)
4. The quiz should be timed
METRICS
Accuracy = 70% or more
Define your Takt Time for each Section
Help Videos
1. How to access Grockit Mock CATs
2. How to Use Skill Data at Grockit -
3. How to assess your Strengths and
Weaknesses using Grockit
Take
Away
Do At least 2 quizzes, Make sure that you are not (very) anxious

How to create a custom Quiz in Grockit
Click on
Create
Game

So what is Takt Time
Your accuracy Suffers if you have
less time
1:45 Mins 1:25 Mins
80%
50%
Takt time, derived from the German
word Taktzeit which translates to cycle
time, sets the pace for industrial
manufacturing lines
=> Time required to answer a question
without compromising accuracy.
CR Accuracy Variation
Why is Takt Time important?
1. Helps budget timing in mocks.
2. Proves that you cannot solve more
questions in less time without impacting
accuracy
How can you calculate Takt Time?
1. Grockit quiz with SC/C/RC question
types.
2. From Mocks

Getting Takt Time from Grockit Analytics
1
2 3

What impact could Takt Time have
Your accuracy Suffers if you have
less time
1:45 Mins 1:25 Mins
80%
50%
Time Management can have up to
10 point impact on your score
Good Mgmt Poor Mgmt
38/60
30/60
Takt time, derived from the German
word Taktzeit which translates
to cycle time, sets the pace for
industrial manufacturing lines
It also clouds your evaluation of mocks (more later)
Take
Away

How to use this Takt Time?
Attributes of Takt Time
1. It varies from person to person
2. It cannot be changed 2 days before your
mock/test
3. It can be changed with persistent effort
Reduced SC Takt time
from 1:30 to 1:10
without impacting
accuracy
-Jai 720
How can you use Takt Time?
Strategize Timing in Mocks Option Analysis
Scenario: You have 10 minutes
and 8 Questions. Your Takt
Time in SC is 1:10, CR is 1:40,
RC is 1:45 minutes. How will
you proceed further
How much time do you need?

If you rush
Smart Skipping

How to improve Takt Time?
1. Internalizing process. Application files
2. Improving understanding of concepts. Concept Files
3. Improving Comprehension.


How much impact does process have?
Ability to read and
comprehend
Understanding of
the concepts
Attack Strategy
(Process)
Familiarity with
question types
Agility of the mind
CR Assumption Question
Understand
the
argument
Pre-think the
answer
Evaluate the
answer
choices
30-45 S
15 S
15-30 S
30 S
0 S
60 -
150S
60 to 90
seconds
90 to 180
Seconds
Student 1 Student 2

Your Timing Strategy for Mock (Verbal Only)
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Time left
55 mins 35 mins 17 mins 1 mins
Improve
.
Improve.
Maintain
Maintain
Get to your
target Percentile
Maintain Your
Percentile

HOW TO REVIEW
YOUR MOCK TEST
PART 2
Evaluate Mocks
1. Understand Str/Wk.
2. Set goals

Areas of Weakness
Weakness
Incorrect responses
Not sure of the
answer
Took more time than
average
1
to answer
(2.5 mins)
These 3 categories will apply to each section
1. Note some questions and question types will take longer (example Bold Face)
+2
Question
Goal

What to monitor in mock test
What to Monitor How to Monitor? Why is it important?
Accuracy for a particular
question type
%age of questions correct
of that question type
Easy win, ensures instant
score improvement.
Time to answer question
> 30 seconds more than
Takt Time
Self explanatory Implies a weakness,
either in strategy or
understanding
Wrong answers
answered in less than
average time
Self explanatory

Careless mistakes
Your actual time (every
5/10 questions) Vs.
Planned time
Check the test timing Large deviation may have
a negative impact on your
accuracy
Total Productive Time Time taken to answer
questions correctly
Need to maximize it to
maximize score
Have a +2/+3 improvement goal for your next mock.
Take
Away

Drill Down Example
Verbal Score = 36
The Same
Looks Ok
Very Close

Analysis - CR
1. Improve Evaluate and Weaken accuracy
2. Revise Conclusion to improve timing
Comprehension
Strategy

Analysis- RC
1. Review Reading Strategies, Make sure that you comprehend the
passage to avoid re-reading.
2. Review Inference and Detail files.

Analysis-SC
Major revision

What to do after the Analysis is complete?
List Top Three Weaknesses
1. RC Detail Questions (2 Questions)
2. RC Inference Questions (2 Questions)
3. CR Weaken Questions (2 Questions)
List Top Three Careless Mistakes (Reasons)
1. Mitigation Plan for Top 2
2. Time required for
mitigation (add 20% more)
3. Resources to be used
Conceptual
Practice
1. Mitigation Plan for Top 2
2. Mental notes
3. Practice To ensure success
Have a +2/+3 question goal for your next mock.
Take
Away
1. Reason 1
2. Reason 2
3. Reason 3
Other Metrics
1. Takt Time for each section
2. Total Productive Time for the test

Total Productive Time New Term
Total Productive Time => The amount of time spent on answering questions
correctly in a mock test.
Use Case: Applicant 1 with Mock score 35
Right Wrong
# of questions 23 18
Time spent 41:20 33:40
Avg. Time/question 1:47 1:52
Clearly, this applicant tried to answer all questions correctly and did
not try to improve his total productive time
As you will see in the spreadsheet; he was 8 minutes behind by the
time he reached question #22
He had a 21 percentile drop from 98 (#21) to 77 (#41)

More Analysis
Total
Productive
time (mins)
Total Time Spent
Overall accuracy
70%
126 29.27 (70%) 42.14
Total
Productive
time (mins)
Total Time
Spent(mins)
Overall accuracy
42.9%
94 11.43(35%) 32.86
First 20 Questions
Next 21 Questions
Average Time
(seconds)
Average Time
(seconds)

A few tips .
Getting Ready
1. Take a few short quizzes (25 questions) to get ready for
mocks
2. Measure your Takt Time and accuracy during the
quizzes.
3. Try to replicate the same in the mock
Mock Analysis (what to monitor)
1. Accuracy in various sections/question types.
2. Which 1-2 areas have the highest impact.
3. Total productive Time (+3 minutes for next mock)
4. Use your knowledge of relative section accuracies/Takt
Time while skipping a question.

CREATING YOUR LAST
30 DAYS PLAN

Use Case: Quant Whiz, who has recently scored 630 on the GMATPrep
Total
score
Math
score V score
Math
correct
Verbl
correct
Overall
Score SC - Corr
CR-
Corr RC - Corr
630 47 30 30 23
RC 7/13 CR
8/12 SC 8/16
50 67 53
Today
Tackle
quant
Tackle
SC
Tackle
RC
Tackle
CR
Goals
Q49/50
V 29-31
Q49/50
V 32-34
SC = 70%
Q49/50
V 33-35
RC = 70%
SC = 70%+
Q50/51
V 35-37
CR= 75%+
RC =70%+
SC =70%+
Mock
Test
Time to
MOck
4 days/10
hrs
8 days/30
hrs
8 days/30
hrs
5 days/15
hrs

You define how much time you need.
Lose Weight
Build Muscle

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16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
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Notes:
Tackle SC
Tackle SC
Prepare for next
mock. Revise all
previous mocks
and all sections
RC
Mock test
Prepare for next
mock. Revise all
previous mocks
and all sections
Prepare for next
mock. Revise all
previous mocks
and all sections
Mock test
CR CR CR CR
Prepare for next
mock. Revise all
previous mocks
and all sections
Break
RC (holiday) RC RC RC
Thursday Friday Saturday
Define your Q
Weakness
Work on your Q
Weakness -
revise theory
Work on your Q
Weakness -
Work on your Q
Weakness -
Prepare for next
mock. Revise all
previous mocks
and all sections
September November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday
(630, Q47, V30)
(RC 7/13, CR 8/12, SC 8/16)
Mock test
Revise mock,
notice the area
for improvement
SC SC SC SC


Mock test



Best Practices
1. Accuracy first, timing next.
2. If you accuracy is less than 65% in any section, then
work on fundamentals. Try out the corresponding e-
GMAT course.
3. Have a 2/3 Question goal for improvement for each
mock.
4. Make sure that you tackle your weakest areas
5. Knowing your Takt Time can help you make judicious
decisions in the mock.
6. Aim to improve your Total Productive Time with every
mock.


People have benefitted tremendously in last 30 days
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