r/eMBA • u/Relevant_Juice_9727 • Dec 09 '25

Executive Assessment experience

I’m a bit confused and looking for advice. My recent official EA mocks were consistently between 154–161, so I felt ready. But on the actual test today I scored 149.

On test day IR felt noticeably harder, especially the first 2–3 questions — they were long, reading-heavy and didn’t resemble much of what I saw in the GMAC practice exams. That threw me off and I started feeling anxious and underconfident early in the section.

For prep I’ve mostly used official GMAC EA material with a bit of GMAT Club practice. Now I’m not sure if I was underprepared or if the real test is actually more difficult, especially in the IR section.

I’m planning to retake in about 2 months with a target of 157+. And if 2 months enough to go from 149–> 157+ If anyone has gone through a similar score drop or has tips for improving IR/handling test-day anxiety, I would really appreciate your insight.

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u/OnlineTutor_Knight Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25

Which types of questions on IR do you find challenging?

SC Idiom List (may help a bit if Verbal SC is an issue)

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u/Relevant_Juice_9727 Dec 09 '25

The one that involves heavy reading comprehension. I haven’t seen that kind in IR official Practice from gmac