I don't think so. GMAT can get unpredictable at times. I too expected a 720-730 but ended with 670. Disconnect for a while and try to remember the questions and your performance. I am sure you will find where you went wrong!

Then you can always retake if you're unhappy. There's no point challenging or doubting the GMAT scoring system.

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GMAT done - a mediocre score but I still have a lot of grit in me

The last 20 days of my GMAT journey

Meaning the error was mine or GMAT's? I'm guessing I have no recourse but to reschedule?

Thanks for your responses.

I find it strange that I could've missed so many questions. The level of the questions kept rising, and my last sentence correction was at a very high level. Is it possible that I answered all of the experimental questions correctly and somehow missed only non-experimental questions?

The reason I feel this score is strange is because I had a 4.0 GPA in humanities in grad and undergrad. I also studied linguistics and am a grammar expert. I know that I answered the SC correctly, except for maybe one. That would mean that I missed almost all of my RC and CR, which I find implausible, considering the last text I had was higher level at around question 33-36.

In any case, I emailed GMAC, and they are looking into it. I'll have an answer soon, and I'll let you know. Perhaps by some stroke of bad fortune, I really missed an incredibly high amount. I wasn't nervous at all. If I had been, my quant would've been terrible. BTW, my first quant was 35 when I began this perilous journey. My first verbal was 38, and it never fell below that, always ranging from 40-45.

Sorry for the length of this post, but I'm venting a bit. I rescheduled the test just in case. I'm sure that 650 is my rock bottom.

yes please keep us with fresh information

man, your post just made me feel much better
my gmat preps were all over 700 (740 in the last one) and got the same score you did in the real thing, I REALLY didnt know what went wrong, i am sitting for the exam next week. I hope this time I get over 700 just like you did.

I'm glad it makes you feel better because I really began to doubt myself. In any case, I thought the math was about the same, some parts easier, some parts much harder. I didn't pace myself well enough. On the verbal, it seemed the questions were about the same level as before, but I had harder texts this time and some rare questions. I think the main thing is to take your breaks and recoup before attacking a section. I think last time I went to fast, since it's highly unlikely the test made a mistake. Take your time even if you think you have the right answer. Read all the answers.

If you have other questions, let me know.

Yeah, I think slowing down a bit helps overcome the adrenaline and helps avoid mistakes on some of those tricky DS. I'm sure you'll be fine. Just know that you have the ability and that the test is your bitch !!!

WOW. Im sure it was a s**t storm back then...

+1. thanks for this link.
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Sorry that the GMAT treated you so rudely, anwerbakht. For starters, it doesn't take too many errors to send your GMAT score plunging, because of the adaptive algorithm. If you make a few careless errors early in a section, you'll see more easy questions--and you'll need a hot streak to pull your score back up. If you made a bunch of bad errors early in the section and then continued to make an occasional error on really easy questions, then your score will be a very unpleasant surprise.

I know that it's not a satisfying answer, but I can pretty much guarantee that this is roughly what happened to you.

The tough part is answering why. Everybody handles stress differently, and some people internalize it and aren't completely conscious that they're behaving differently. I don't know if this is the case with you, but it's possible that you were either excited or intimidated by the moment, and just started rushing more than you normally would. And you're not alone in this--your situation is disturbingly common.

One other minor factor: it looks like you exclusively used the MGMAT tests, and that probably isn't ideal. If you used MGMAT's materials during your studies, you might have grown accustomed to their writing style, and that might bias your scores on their tests. It isn't going to explain a 180-point drop, but it's *possible* that your MGMAT scores were a little bit inflated. Did you take any GMATPrep tests?

Hang in there, anwerbakht. You definitely look like a candidate for a retake, and just make sure that you focus avoiding careless errors as you prepare for your next battle with the beast. Don't let one bad day get you down too much.
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