The Truth No One Will Ever Tell You: Will You Never Get a High GMAT Score?
This video is very real and very serious. Outsiders see more clearly than those involved. But most training providers won’t tell you these things; they’ll just sweet-talk you.
1. The “But” Person (The “But” Person):
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– Characteristics: Negative thinking, self-imposed limitations. For any advice, they always have many “but…” excuses to refute or evade, never truly trying.
– Example: When advised to summarize, they say “but I don’t have time”; when advised to practice questions daily, they say “but I want to sleep.”
2. The “Effort-saving” Person (The “Effort-saving” Person):
– Characteristics: Only looks at price, not value; only seeks to save effort, not results.They like to take shortcuts, thinking it saves trouble, but often it’s the most time-consuming and ineffective approach.
– Example: They feel that slowly summarizing test points and developing thought processes is too slow, preferring to just drill questions; when encountering a problem, they immediately check the answer or look up online solutions instead of thinking for themselves.
3. The Procrastinator (The Procrastinator):
– Characteristics: Procrastinates in studying, isn’t serious in class, and isn’t proactive in making up missed lessons. Preparation for exams is intermittent, with many excuses (often coexists with the “But” Person trait).
– Example: After enrolling in a course, they delay attending classes, study sporadically (“three days fishing, two days drying nets”), use various excuses (overtime, travel) to interrupt their learning, resulting in no progress even after years of preparation.
4. The “Fragmented” Thinker (The “Fragmented” Thinker):
– Characteristics: Fragmented thinking, unable to connect and integrate information and concepts. Even after reviewing all materials and listening to all recordings, they still feel they haven’t absorbed anything because they don’t actively connect the relationships between chapters.
– Recommendation: Integrate information through “summarization,” and read more complete books to improve fragmented thinking.
5. The Blamer / Responsibility-Shifter (The Blamer / Responsibility-Shifter):
– Characteristics: Attributes exam failure to external factors rather than self-reflection.
– Example: Blames poor performance on a stomach ache on exam day, family arguments, poor cram school materials, unclear teaching by the instructor, etc., without reflecting on whether they put in the corresponding effort.
6. The “Hand-out” Seeker (The “Hand-out” Seeker):
– Characteristics: After discovering a problem, they immediately ask for answers without thinking or researching information themselves.
– Example: Asking vague questions like “How can I improve if my CR is terrible?” or leaving comments under travel guides asking others to plan their entire itinerary.
– Recommendation: Before asking a question, first search for all available information yourself and clarify the question.
7. The “Arrogant/Complacent” Person (The “Arrogant/Complacent” Person):
– Characteristics: Uses old methods to solve new problems. May have had brilliant academic achievements or accomplishments in the past, butwhen facing a new challenge like the GMAT, they still cling to old ways of thinking and methods, unwilling to humble themselves, listen to advice, and adapt flexibly.
– Example: Graduates from prestigious schools in the past are accustomed to their old study methods and are unwilling to change, even if they are ineffective.
Further Reading: Do you possess the advantageous traits of high GMAT scorers?
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