My GMAT journey from 495 to 675.

Hey All!! Not a very glorious story but i felt like sharing. I started preparing for GMAT in September, and wasnt too serious about it. But nonetheless, gave an attempt on November 23rd. Got a very poor score of 495. But i realised i can crack it, having a good quants foundation. Prepared for a month, gave a few mocks,and attempted again on 24th of December. I had been consistently getting 645+ in mocks, but on the test day, i screwed up. I got 3 consecutive RC passages, 3 boldface questions that i was bad at. Did miserably in Data Insights and ended up with 545.

I was devastated. I was expecting more, college deadlines were around, and i didnt know what to do. Finally decided to give one last try. Didnt prepare much, but I was calmer this time. Was having lower scores on mock. On the test day(today), i chilled, went to the gym, watched Big bang theory, and listened to Linkin Park on my way to the center.

There were a few moments, where i felt im screwing the test, but i was like fuck it!! I dont care. cant be worse than last time. Ended up with a 675. I know it isnt a lot, with people getting 705+ but it is lot more than I expected. Im done with GMAT, and i dont want to see this exam again.

My only message to everyone else here is that trust your preparation, and stay confident. All the best to everyone!

Edit: Since a lot of you hve been asking for the stufy material used, I got materials from Top One Percent. A close friend had suggested. Their verbals are good. They have a very definitive technique for RC and it kinda works well. Quants was good and for DI you get access to a portal, although DI isn't their strong suit. I also heavily relied on gmatclub. Towards the end, especially DI, I used https://www.thegmatco.com/all-official-questions.

This site was awesome. It has different types od questions in gmatclub categorised by question type, difficulty and topics. Free of cost and leads you to GMAT club.

Top one percent tests are prettyy hard and non adaptive so i also got official tests.