{"id":18834,"date":"2020-01-31T17:34:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/?p=18834"},"modified":"2022-11-18T16:15:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T10:45:25","slug":"how-to-score-740-on-gmat-100-point-improvement-in-40-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/how-to-score-740-on-gmat-100-point-improvement-in-40-days\/","title":{"rendered":"How to score 740 on the GMAT | 100-point improvement in 40 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">A <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">7<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min read <\/span><\/span>\n<p>\u201cIf you step inside the ring with no game-plan, you set yourself up for failure,\u201d says Shaarang who scored a 740 on the GMAT(Q49, V42) in his third attempt. <strong>Even though his conceptual knowledge was strong, but taking the GMAT without a strategy resulted in a disappointing score of 640 and 690 in the first and second attempt respectively<\/strong>. So, what did Shaarang do differently in the third attempt? How did he improve by 100 points in just 40 days? <strong>He shares his strategy in this debrief. He also shares his insights on how GMAT verbal questions have evolved and what skills do those questions test<\/strong>. You can go through his 15 min video interview or read the transcript to learn his approach to acing the GMAT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GMAT 740 after 2 failed attempts + $250K in MBA Scholarships\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K2vIes-Pazw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key highlights of Shaarang&#8217;s&nbsp;debrief:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>1:22<\/strong> &#8211; Mistakes he made in first 2 attempts<\/li><li><strong>4:58<\/strong> &#8211; Struggle with RC<\/li><li><strong>6:31<\/strong> &#8211; 9 out of 11 SC questions are meaning-based<\/li><li><strong>8:50<\/strong> &#8211; Strategy to overcome weak RC ability<\/li><li><strong>10:12<\/strong> &#8211; How &#8216;Master Comprehension&#8217; course helped him<\/li><li><strong>13:58<\/strong> &#8211; Tips for future&nbsp;GMAT takers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-shaarang-s-story-what-didn-t-work-for-him-before-scoring-740-on-the-gmat\">Shaarang&#8217;s story &#8211; What didn&#8217;t work for him before scoring 740 on the GMAT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Payal<\/strong> \u2013 So, how did you start your GMAT preparation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shaarang<\/strong> &#8211; I <strong>started preparing for the GMAT with the worst strategy (in my opinion) which was to only study from the <a href=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/gmat-official-guide-2019-vs-gmat-og-2018-review\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official Guide<\/a>.<\/strong> OG is a good question bank, but it is not the right resource to prepare. I practiced from OG for one and a half months and studied on gmatclub for a month and took my first GMAT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"417\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-640-740.jpg\" alt=\"740 on the GMAT\" class=\"wp-image-18843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-640-740.jpg 417w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-640-740-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speaking from a knowledge perspective, the amount of knowledge I had during my first attempt and the third attempt was the same.<\/strong> <strong>The only thing that changed was the skill set I had developed<\/strong>. Moreover, I didn\u2019t have a test strategy for my first attempt and I was exhausted by the time I reached the verbal section, and I blanked out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem was that I hadn\u2019t developed those skills (ability) that a structured study plan helps you develop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After my second attempt in which I scored a 690, I wrote a panic e-mail to e-GMAT support and received a response the next day, even though it was a holiday and they helped with a study plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I had only 2 weeks left for my third GMAT appointment, and during this time I focused on building skills rather than just acquiring more knowledge<\/strong>. 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Tell me about the skills that you gained and what was your approach?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"394\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-1.jpg\" alt=\"740 on the GMAT\" class=\"wp-image-18838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-1.jpg 394w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-1-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shaarang<\/strong> &#8211; I knew that I could not outperform in the quant section and my strength lies in the verbal section. But, <strong>what I learned from my first two attempts was that mastering the skills to identify mistakes is essential or else the verbal score could nosedive<\/strong>. I bought the ESR for my first attempt and noticed that I got 6 questions wrong out of the first 10 questions. Even though I got 25 out of the last 27 questions correct, I still managed only a V33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/how-does-gmat-computer-adaptive-test-work\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn how to leverage the adaptive nature of the GMAT to score 740+.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In my first two attempts, I struggled with the Reading Comprehension (RC) and Critical Reasoning (CR) sub-sections. Reading a 50-line passage in the test conditions was really difficult for me to read both the times. I knew that it is a big weakness of mine. So, I went through the entire course on RC and CR. I practiced all the 750 questions in scholaranium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Payal<\/strong> \u2013 I can see that you completed the scholaranium and that too with high accuracy. So, you learned our process and increased your accuracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shaarang<\/strong> &#8211; Yes, scholaranium really helped. <strong>The tricky thing about RC passages is that if you get the first question of the passage wrong, there is a high probability that you\u2019ll mark incorrect answers for the rest 2-3 questions of the passage and that could hurt your score badly<\/strong>. Practicing on scholaranium helped me master the skill to deal with RC and CR questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-Shaarang.jpg\" alt=\"740 on the GMAT\" class=\"wp-image-18837\" width=\"653\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-Shaarang.jpg 718w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-Shaarang-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-how-gmat-sentence-correction-questions-have-evolved-now\">How GMAT Sentence Correction questions have evolved now<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Payal<\/strong> \u2013 What about sentence correction?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"329\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-2.jpg\" alt=\"740 on the GMAT\" class=\"wp-image-18839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-2.jpg 329w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-2-300x119.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shaarang<\/strong> &#8211; I believed SC was my strength and therefore, I skimmed through the SC course as I had only 14 days left for my third attempt. <strong>However, learning the meaning-based approach helped me immensely in solving SC questions. GMAT has moved on from simple grammar-based questions where it is easier to eliminate wrong options to meaning based questions which the process of elimination is time-consuming. 9 out of the 11 SC questions on my GMAT were meaning based questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Payal<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>So, when you say that the questions were meaning based, do you mean that there were no grammatical errors in the question? How did you tackle these questions?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shaarang<\/strong> &#8211; No. <strong>There were no discernible grammatical errors in the question<\/strong>. There may have been some nuanced grammatical errors but <strong>there were definitely meaning-based errors<\/strong>. This is why I went directly with the meaning-based approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/5-strategies-how-gmat-distort-meaning\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5 Strategies that GMAT uses to distort meaning<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-role-of-master-comprehension-course-and-scholaranium-in-acing-the-gmat\">Role of &#8216;Master Comprehension&#8217; course and Scholaranium in acing the GMAT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Payal<\/strong> \u2013 Coming back to RC. What kind of skills did you learn from the course?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shaarang<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>I think the most helpful module was the &#8216;Master Comprehension&#8217; course,<\/strong> where you teach how to understand the meaning of a sentence in just one read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"381\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-3.jpg\" alt=\"740 on the GMAT\" class=\"wp-image-18840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-3.jpg 381w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-3-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a speed reader and I scan through the content. <strong>One of the core skills to ace GMAT verbal is to master the skill of reading and understanding simultaneously in the first go because you cannot go back again and read<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concept of \u2018pause points\u2019 really helped me improve my reading ability. Pausing after each fragment and understanding it, and assimilating the information of all fragments of a sentence to understand the complete meaning of the sentence was the most valuable skill I learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Payal<\/strong> \u2013 How did Scholaranium help you in improving your RC skills?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shaarang<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Scholaranium has great &#8216;Reading comprehension&#8217; passages and they are slightly difficult than original GMAT RC passages.<\/strong> They were an amazing resource for practicing verbal questions especially the RC passages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Payal<\/strong> \u2013 I am glad you found the Master comprehension course and scholaranium helpful for you. I can say that \u2018Master comprehension\u2019 course was the missing piece of the puzzle for you. You had the concepts ingrained in your mind and you knew how to approach the questions (meaning-based eliminations rather than grammar-based). So, how did you come to know about e-GMAT?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-how-proper-preparation-could-have-saved-him-us-500\">How proper preparation could have saved him US $500<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shaarang<\/strong> &#8211; I was quite active on gmatclub and saw queries answered by you and your team on it. The queries were answered in a very structured manner and I definitely wanted to learn more about e-GMAT. I contacted your support team and received a good response regarding how you can help me ace the GMAT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"273\" height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-5.jpg\" alt=\"740 on the GMAT\" class=\"wp-image-18842\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I always thought why I didn\u2019t start earlier with the e-GMAT course. I even tell it to a bunch of people that <strong>buying the e-GMAT course is better than retaking the GMAT. Your course costs around US $300 and retaking the GMAT twice cost me US $500.<\/strong> I always suggest people to buy your course, build the skills and then ace the GMAT in the first attempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/gmat-fee-how-much-does-the-gmat-cost\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more on how you can save more than US$600 on the GMAT.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-shaarang-s-advice-for-gmat-takers-to-score-above-740-on-the-gmat\">Shaarang&#8217;s advice for GMAT takers to score above 740 on the GMAT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Payal<\/strong> \u2013 What advice would you like to give to other GMAT takers who wish to score V40+?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"286\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/740-on-the-GMAT-4.jpg\" alt=\"740 on the GMAT\" class=\"wp-image-18841\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shaarang<\/strong> &#8211; I have told a bunch of people that the biggest mistake they make is in GMAT verbal is that they just solve questions. 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