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Depressed, Demoralized and desperate for that 700 score.

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Depressed, Demoralized and desperate for that 700 score. [#permalink] New post   16 Nov 2006, 20:57
Hi All,

Reposting, since I didn't get any responses:

I just found out about gmatclub.com, when googling for a comparison of my depressing kaplan score vs the real gmat score.

Here is my profile: I am a working mom with 2 young kids aged 2 and 4.5. Time is really scarce for me and I am always short on time for everything. I have over 9 years of software development experience in the Silicon Valley working for a major networking company. I have a MS in EE. I am trying to get into a good part-time MBA program such as Berkeley.

In anycase, I am studying for my GMAT exam that I am scheduled to take in 2 days. I mean I am studying literally day and night!

I enrolled in the Kaplan classroom course 2 months ago and the course just ended. Although I know all the math concepts and have done all my homeworks twice, I still do not do well on the Kaplan Cat exams. I have taken 8 Kaplan CAT exams so far. I consistently score between 530-610 on the Kaplan cat exams. I simply do not do well in the math section at all, inspite of knowing all the concepts. I could probably solve the toughest math problems outside of the GMAT, but the pressure of the clock makes me go crazy on the exams and I consistely do badly in the Math section. And this makes me feel really really bad about myself. I don't put in as much effort on the verbal section, but I do pretty ok. Or so I thought until today.

I took the ultimate practice test scheduled by Kaplan at the Person Vue testing center on monday and I scored a 590. To get an accurate comparison of my score, I took the GMATprep exam yesterday and scored a 630 and was completely depressed (Q34, V44). Ofcourse, I was pretty stressed when taking the exam, since I knew that the GMATprep exam would reflect my final score more accurately than the Kaplan exam.

I took another GMATprep exam today and was completely surprised. Got a 600 (Q47, V27). I have never scored so high on the Quant section ever before and I have never scored so badly in the verbal section. It is 2 days before my final test and I don't know what to make of my conflicting Verbal and Quant score on GMAT prep 1 and 2.

To cut my long store short, I was working pretty long hours 10+ hours at work and with 2 kids I was simply struggling to do well on my Kaplan Cat exams. I finally took two weeks off from work and have been studying day and night to get the 700 score on my GMAT. But each full length exam that I take depresses me more and makes me realize how far I am from accomplishing that 700 score.

I have 2 more days to go before my real gmat. Any tips, ideas, suggestion to help me? Anything at all to brighten my spirits? I am at the end of my optimistic road here.

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[#permalink] New post   16 Nov 2006, 21:09
I would say that you need to find a way to relax when you take the real thing. If you are getting stressed out by the implications of your GMATprep test result, you're going to get crushed by the stress of test day and you won't be able to do well. I healthy dose of confidence will help you relax on test day. If you are sure that you can do well on the Q section, you must make yourself believe it on test day.

The other thing is that you probably don't need to be at 700 to get into a good part time program. I think the average score for Berkeley part time is around 660 (just my recollection, not positive). Also, part-time admissions are not as competitive. If you have a good story to tell, you don't need to get to 700 to have a chance.

Good luck.
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[#permalink] New post   16 Nov 2006, 21:49
I would definitely try to relax. It seems as your nerves might be getting in the way. I would also tell you to practice your Q section as much as possible before the test, but I'm not sure if you can grasp a concept in 2 days...

i also took the kaplan course. it did help in getting timing down. If it did the same for me, then you should be finishing each section with little to no time left. I had a similar problem in that I was scoring higher on GMATpreps, but lower on Kaplan. Supposedly, Kaplan is tougher so it shouldnt be a problem.
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I scored poorly in Kaplan too [#permalink] New post   16 Nov 2006, 23:20
I scored a 560, 570 and 590 in Kaplan CATs. So don't worry !! :) The main thing is keeping your nerves on the main test day !! Good luck !!
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Re: I scored poorly in Kaplan too [#permalink] New post   17 Nov 2006, 08:10
The 4 C's of GMAT test taking:

CALM
COLLECTED
CONFIDENT
CONTROLLED AGGRESSION.

rinse and repeat. beat it into your head if you have to. with only a few days to go, it's all a mind game.
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