GMAT 665! Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary GMAT Student

In this episode of GMAT Success Talks, we cover a unique GMAT story of Shivam, who despite coming from normal educational background and scoring 25 percentile on the first attempt, didn't lose hope and eventually scored 95 percentile on GMAT Focus edition.







Video Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:10 Meet Shivam
04:10 Initial Preparation; Getting 25 Percentile in First Attempt
05:36 Second Attempt & Diversion to GRE
07:30 A Tutor Enters in my Prep 20 Days before the Exam
10:40 Other things that helped in second attempt
13:22 What Changed between 25 and 95 Percentiles
15:00 Switching to and from GRE
20:27 Preparation for Last Attempt
12:50 Strengthening Quant
28:41 Hurdles in Verbal
30:55 Data Insights
34:00 Mock Test Strategy
36:00 Test Day Experience
41:20 Audience Questions

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[vikalpjain]

Nice person! He was genuine in his life and it reflects in this interview. Yes if he can do it, we all can do it! We believe in you Shivam. Thanks Selbi for bringing motivation frequently to our life.

[MartyMurrayCoaching]

Such an inspiring story, Shivam. Congrats on your success, and may all go well for you going forward.

[gauravchawla]

what an honest hardworking individual. loved this.

[sadiaafreen]

You are amazing… glad to see an amazing score.. I’m writing my exam on the 26th of November.. hope I do justice 😅

[vinayakshankar]

Hello Shivam Congratulations 👏 Well done. Your story is most inspiring. I am really happy for you. Taking a lot of inputs from your preparation towards my prep. Thanks to you, Shelbi and GMATClub for this!!!

[chinmayarora]

Hi Shivam, can you please suggest how did you manage time in quant exam and how did you prepare for Q90

[ritabratasarkar]

@shivam Singhal Can you please share which books you used? eg the Quant

[kavyay]

Hi Shivam, even in CR practicing Easy and medium level questions with few hard ones will help?

[sandhya]

Destiny finds its way and struggles and hurdles come in life just to sharpen a diamond, बहूत बहूत बधाईयां और शुभकामनायें शिवम् भविष्य के लिए 🎉🎉👌👌, happy for you friend very happy, just one suggestion be positive always