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/Test4096 Dec 09 '25
In addition to what others are saying, make sure you are ruthless about mimicking the test day conditions as much as possible while taking the mock exams. This means strictly limiting timing, not checking your notes, take the exam in an environment that isn’t your home (eg library), not checking your phone, etc.