How long did it take y'all to prep for the GMAT? I would need to start from basics for all of the sections just so I can get my fundamentals down.

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3 weeks, 730 cold 770 actual

I’m saying that proudly because I have nothing else to be proud of in my life

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Ok, Bain

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Also OP keep in mind these 760 folks with little studying are the exception not the norm. Let it motivate you but not deter you

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WOW! Some y'all are really smart! Give me some of your brain power 🤓

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I don’t bring any value to any table

10 months. 570 -> 710.

I’m embracing my role as the dumbest person on this thread 🙂

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I’m here with you. Started at 580, still at 670 after 6 months...

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I was the same, basically had to re-learn a lot of fundamentals since it’s been a hot second since school - I did 5 months of studying while still working

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To essentially be an expert in the basics/know the foundations front and back in order to be able to tackle harder problems. I also ran through practice problems over and over with a timer to get used to doing problems in <2 minutes. Review again sections that are harder concepts for you or you notice you’re not performing as well in

8 months 610 - 740, learn what and how you need to study and you can probably do it much quicker but all in all, run at your own pace!

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^^^ these are the much more common GMAT experiences. I studied for about 6 months, went from 590 to 710. I used Manhattan Prep and Target Test Prep for extra quant practice

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Got 770 on a cold practice then 770 on the actual four days later. My boyfriend teases me sometimes because he also scored 770 but beat me by 0.5 on the essay lol

I think it really depends on how naturally standardized testing comes to you.

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A 770 cold is next level. Congrats. I had to work my a$$ off for a 760.

I took it cold, got a 750. Studied for 3 weeks - got a 760 on the real thing.

My gf studied for 3 months and got a 760. She needed the fundamentals more than me. Seems to be more of a similar situation as yours.

So two very different methods - exact same results.

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We took it to have a backup option when the world was falling apart last April, but neither of us intend to go unless we lose our jobs.

8 months for 640 -> 760

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Last time I took a standardized test was the ACT which I got a 20 🙃

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6 months -
590 cold
Used OG guide/tests and Manhattan prep
Took exam 3 times
760 final score

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660->760.
4 months
170 hours
1 dream

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I don’t mean to brag at all, but I got a 36 ACT on the first try and a 680 GMAT on my first cold practice exam. It took about a month of TTP and one week of dedicated studying for me to get 750+ on the real test. I’d recommend taking a practice diagnostic to know your baseline score and know if GRE or GMAT is better for you.

I literally just took it after graduating, didn’t prep at all outside of reading the guidelines and scoring rules so I knew what the exam was. Maybe I could’ve gotten a really high score but I’m pretty lazy.

Then again I am very good at math and did a ton of writing in high school so that helped the verbal stuff

Studied hard for 4 months and got a 710. Think I could’ve done better, but tests are not my strong suite and I recognized that so focused attention elsewhere

21 days to to go 660–>730. Took it online, but writing it again in person at the end of the week

3 months full time (not next to a job, but only 4-6 relatively inefficient hours max per day) to get to 730. I’d say 2 month should be enough if you work effectively but I would plan in a buffer to retake the test in case you have a bad day (happened to me on my first test ...)

After reading the rest of the replies, I feel like I'm too dumb for this. Screw it, I quit.

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