Common Mistakes made by GMAT Test Takers in India

Solving questions using time-consuming methodologies: Consider 2 students – one gets a question right in 30 seconds with 90% certainty; another spends 3 minutes on the same question to answer with 100% certainty. Although both test-takers get the question right, the latter will have much less time on later questions and therefore a higher probability of getting them wrong. We help you figure out which category you belong to and how to deal with, and organize your time around, such hurdles.

Choosing incorrect verb tenses: some Indian students struggle with when to use present perfect vs. past perfect tenses for the Verbal Sentence Correction (SC) section.

Getting too caught up in the detail: many Indian students, especially from technical/engineering disciplines, waste far too much time memorizing small, irrelevant details in the Reading Comprehension (RC) section passages – which in turn affects their performance in other sections.

“GMAT English”: the GMAT is an American examination. Hence it tests the correct usage of the American version of English – which Indian students find confusing.

Critical Reasoning: most Indian students who have not had the benefit of training in Critical Reasoning (CR) find this particular aspect of the test most challenging. While it might be tempting to use one’s own opinion or real-world experience to answer questions, GMAT CR questions test your ability to process the information in front of you and arrive at a logical result.

Math section: although most Indian students find the content of the GMAT Quantitative part fairly straightforward, students often trip up in the style of questioning which is essentially reasoning/aptitude based. Our students are taught to master techniques such as “guesstimation”, problem solving backwardation, relative conversions, process of elimination and world-problem-equation (WPE) building to name just a few.

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